On the Sketchy Side of Things

Cherries

2010-04-19T09:49:00.000-07:00

A quick pic using my Prismacolors on Bristol smooth....

Prismacolor pencils in my hand

2010-04-15T09:57:00.000-07:00

Very proud of myself, finally getting back into using my prismacolor pencils... The veggie jar was done on bristol smooth and the cowboot was done on pastel paper... I love the texture it gave the jeans and when blended it made the boot a leather texture. Once again when it gets online I see a few things that need to be changed... But I love these none the less! Yeah! I'm back, I hope...

A sketch from 20 years ago!

2010-02-26T09:53:00.000-08:00

A small sketch I did a long time ago. I burnt the edges of the paper as something different. This was probably one of the first times I tried sketchy the human body, I still struggle with it.

Getting back to it

2010-02-19T05:42:00.001-08:00

A prismacolor pencil on Bristol smooth
trying to get back into the swing of my pencils again. I really do enjoy using these pencils and when you use the blender how it just pops!

Stuck

2010-01-18T17:08:00.000-08:00

This is oil... I have got some base parts done and would like to start details, the right side has trees that I didn't even attempt.... for some reason I have quit this one. On to others and maybe I'll be back. I'm feeling the need to use color pencils again.

What have you been up to lately?

2009-12-15T13:43:00.000-08:00

Here's a look at a painting I did on canvas for my living room. Is ok-

Not the best thing I ever did and not the worst. Heh!
I'm still working on my other painting of a landscape from Ireland, for some reason it has just gone down hill. I'm stuck, but no biggie, I'll get back to it again soon. Now I'm working on other projects, sewing, etc. Merry Christmas to all!

Moody and "in progress"

2009-11-17T16:38:00.000-08:00

Wow, it has been waaaaaaay too long since I've been on here. i actually have been painting. I've been attempting to paint larger. As I've said before I like instant gratification. So painting larger scale is a lot different for me. I get a bit impatient. I like the details... and I always want to get to that first, and we all know, you can't really do that if your going for realistic scenes..... I'm waaaaaay behind. I've been working on The Virtual Paintout of North Ireland. Which was last month. This month is Nova Scotia. Plus I went and bought a large canvas today, approx. 30 x 40... Yike! I'm going to attempt an abstract for my living room. I'm thinking something like this:

Credit where credit is due here, http://www.ballarddesigns.com/ or maybe a landscape.... not sure yet.

Down below is an oldie but a goodie I did about 7 years ago this month. I was newly pregnant with my first boy and ohhhhhhh sooooooooo first trimester sick.

Off I go to work some more on my oil painting. I will get some "in progress" pics up soon.

I need a boost

2009-10-12T11:38:00.000-07:00

It's been so long since I've posted anything! I'm not sure if it's me being busy with my kids and their activities or if I'm just not feeling the creative juices flowing. This below I did several weeks ago, color pencil. I just can't figure out what to do with the background. I'm stuck.
Seems that from May thru August I couldn't put my sketchbook down. And now I can't seem to get myself to pick it up! I'm sure it's just a phase, I'll find my motivation again somewhere....

This big fat rabbit sketch is from a photo, I just had to try it out with pastel. Well, wish me luck to find my artsy mojo. I'm going to plop myself in front of my art/drafting table and pick up a colored pencil and hope for inspiration. What get's you inspired and motivated out of a creative mind fog?

Three Friends

2009-09-22T07:59:00.000-07:00

My newest. Oil 12 x 17 a close up

I'm considering this one as done. I am not too fond of my tree areas on either side... I didn't want to mess around too much with it tho.

The Next Chapter

2009-09-16T16:41:00.000-07:00

Would you like to join The Next Chapter? Friday is the start of the next book to help you stay with the creative and a happy self. Come join us! Click here

Color Pencil Cupcakes

2009-09-07T05:43:00.000-07:00

MMMMmmmm cupcakes!
Here is my entry to the Different Strokes from Different Folks Challenge from Karin Jurick. This is prisma color pencil on 11 x 13 smooth

I think I will try this picture out in watercolor also. I enjoyed this so much because I love leaving the background white and have those primary colors pop!

Army Packer- Remington

2009-09-04T07:00:00.000-07:00

This is my Following the Masters entry

it is a Frederic Remington
for copyright legalities: This is not for sale and is for my own personal use.....
calling it a "study".... One website says this was painted before 1922, approx. 1901

a bit of a closeup As you can see I changed the background and foreground.... This below is the original:
I did enjoy doing this in oils. It was a perfect size, 5.5" x 5.5". I haven't painted too many animals before. Now on to the cupcake challenge on Different Strokes from Different Folks!!!!!

Peonies

2009-09-02T09:40:00.000-07:00

A first look at a WIP I'm doing for a friend's Birthday.
Colored Pencil on smooth
3"x11"

The bottom here will be the vase. And then a muted brown background... Off I go to finish or maybe I should go do the dishes first...... Argh....nahhhhh....

WIP it good! Ha!

2009-08-31T09:41:00.000-07:00

Here are a few WIP's:
This below is a pic of my Grandpa Eric. He passed when I was 6 or 7, a long time ago...
I remember him but only a few moments.
He owned a bar in North Dakota, Bondy's Bar, I'm not sure what to do with the background. I love the way the color pops from the background of the pure white when I use my Prisma Colors. Yet, it needs a background (and some other work on the eyes and hair...). I'm not fond of doing the exact background that is in the photo.
The color varies online from the actual on the paper. Oh well, one of these days I'll figure out which is better to use on which one of my programs with the pixels, resolutions, DPI's, JPEG's, etc.

The next two are works that I'm working on for a friend to use for the elementary school's
Where the Wild Things Are Fundraiser.

This first one was scanned and the white highlight didn't show up on the side of the trees, so on here it looks like the trees are wobbly but truly they aren't as unnatural....
dang scanners.......
Anyway, this one is done in watercolor

And this second I went for Illustration/Cartoon with Colored Pencil

And now I'm off to start something new...... Following the Masters, or Bill Guffey's Virtual Paintout-Google Challenge, or maybe Different Strokes from Different folks' challenge...... yipee! I gotta go!

An oil painting- Peony on Copper Bowl

2009-08-27T10:47:00.000-07:00

My reveal- This is from last months Following the Masters challenge.

This is oil on Masonite hardboard. And I completely forgot who the original "Master" was who painted this! Someone out there will know...
I enjoy working on the hardboard more than the canvas. Now I need to go buy some more.

Veggie Crate

2009-08-17T15:49:00.000-07:00

Here is the final results of my Veggie Crate using prismacolor pencils. I'm finding vegetables are relaxing to do. I like when they come to life. If you can't remember the old pict. without the leaves , click here for a view.

More to come, I'm working on an oil painting from last month's Following the Masters challenge. I went through a week where I just wasn't feeling creative or motivated. So now I'm a little behind, that's ok, everyone needs a break once in awhile. Stay tuned......

2009-08-09T09:53:00.000-07:00

prismacolor on smooth

A WIP of my Great Grandfathers home in the very southwest corner of North Dakota.

Not a good scan...

The Virtual Paintout

2009-07-31T16:34:00.001-07:00

Barcelona, Spain

Colored Pencil on smooth Bristol

The Virtual Paintout

I made messes, I wrecked, I laughed, I cried

2009-07-31T13:52:00.001-07:00

Well, not really... I still have a few pages left. I didn't do the "watch this deteriorate" or "give this away".... and a couple others. I did enjoy this so much and I Thank Jamie for having us share our good wrecks and our bad- which actually were good when they were really bad!!!!I made "THE END" using one line, can ya find it?

it's spose to be a finger pointing at you... but i'm not sure it turned out so...heh heh

A few rants:

I tried to get the hair to stay down so I could get it to make something... it didn't happen so I will call this "Amoeba" OR "Jellyfish"????

Pocket lint

The final collection

After finishing the doodling I felt like I passed a test. So I played teacher on the page.

Can you believe I didn't really find the white things to cover this completely. I took it literally.

all white

random newspaper page

had me some chicken alfredo

This is what happens when I doodle while watching Spongebob Squarepants cartoons.

This was the most fun! I made this tiny paper chain and I managed to cut one of the lengths and leave it attatched. Therefore, the entire chain will always stay attatched to the book. Love it!

The Journal

R.I.P.

Veggie Crate

2009-07-27T15:57:00.000-07:00

A first look at my newest project! I've been working on this color pencil drawing for about a week now. The gray area will (hopefully) end up looking more like cement sidewalk and the white splotches on the gray will be autumn colored leaves. What do you think? I have enjoyed this soooooo much! (almost hate to sell it!)

Go ahead- Wreck it!

2009-07-25T11:36:00.000-07:00

Another week has gone by, haven't done too much with my journal. I don't carry it with me in my purse like I should. I also keep want to "save" some of the pages to do and then of course I forget.

I like my stamp page. We don't get a lot of mail with stamps on there anymore. Everything is all electronic. It was neat to see what different kind of stamps are out there since usually I don't even pay attention to that.

Below: Havin' Fun with Elmer I have no clue how to make a proper paper airplane. Mine always turn out to be paper folded in half and then the front folded to make a point. I had to enlist my hubby on what the heck all those lines were for.....
I tested it's first flight....Once again, my youngest helps mommy...

Below: Found a Blue Jay feather on my front lawn to add to the "found things" page.

Turned out looking quilted! Kinda cool!

Ew!

I helped a couple neighbor girls make a cake for their moms birthday. The journal was on the counter so I remembered the fingerprint page!

and then I got carried away with the leftover cake batter. What would happen to a sharp point knife that is loaded with cake batter? Answer: a mess and some holes in my pages! It was fun tho!

DSDF Challenge

2009-07-21T11:35:00.000-07:00

My entry into the DSDF challenge.

I changed the scenery the poor guy was around. I like to call this "Enjoying Retirement".

It seemed too "I don't wanna be here" with him sitting next to the Office door.

I cropped the painting. It was 6.5 x 9.5
It is now 6.5 x 6.5 done in watercolor.

This is the photo that was given to work with.

Below are "Peppers and Onions" done with watercolor also. I'm working on the shading now.

Neighbors, "Seriously, what is up with that girl?"

2009-07-19T07:48:00.000-07:00

Journal golf-

My neighbors dog, Reese, was just not having it. It got a sniff, he licked my book, and that was that.

My 3yr. old son Marc attempted to humor his mom.

What is that girl doing!!!!!!??????

My friend took a picture of me taking the journal for a walk. She was very reluctant and said it was against her better judgement and that she was only going to take my picture because it was my birthday. Thank heavens it was my birthday! I got to use that one allllll day! ("you gotta, it's my birthday...")

(I got a few looks- you know the kind....wack-a-do!!!!!!)
I had fun! At first I admit, I literally turned 34, but felt 4. I do like how the page turned out!

Hollow-Sketches

2009-07-18T08:30:00.000-07:00

A quick sketch from Illustration Friday's challenge "Hollow". We have a lot of RedHeaded Woodpeckers that have put a lot of holes in some trees near our house. This is what I think of when I hear the word Hollow.

Here is another quick sketch I did late at night, from a picture.

Moleskine cow

2009-07-14T18:09:00.000-07:00

A slight funny there-instead of Holstein cow...ha ha ha!
A past challenge from the DSDF site. Brought the moleskine out to sketch and ended up starting the cow photo. I need to get the current photo printed and get going..... check out the site!

CigBreak- Portrait

2009-07-13T10:57:00.000-07:00

A sketch to share with you. It's been awhile since I've done a portrait sketch. I still enjoy them very much. I'm learning everday with sketching everyday. New subjects, new media, I'm having fun, but portraits are where I started and will probably always feel pretty comfortable doing.

This is a close up pic from my camera of a sketch I did from a Midwest Living mag picture.

Here's the color pic below:

A side by side pic from my camera...

In the moleskine journal from the scanner...

I didn't change the pixels on the moleskine scan. It's interesting how a scanner and a camera photograph change the same picture.

GRLZ-RL

2009-07-12T13:10:00.000-07:00

A prismacolor pencil picture I'm working on.

6x6 Bristol Vellum

This is pretty much done, I just need to work on the road and the sky. I'll keep the "shoulda" and the "yeah but that..." from being posted out loud. You know how it goes.... Think I'll label it a WIP

Hey! You Wreck that Journal, girl!

2009-07-11T18:58:00.000-07:00

I was a little slow on my journal this week. I took it easy.

Here is the circle page, well on it's way to getting full!

I found some cool firework- discards? endtrails? garbage- yep

The upper right is a Candyland man, from the game. And the lower left is a seashell rubbing.

And that word is : <---Arrow--->

Have you ever said a word out loud over and over and it started to lose it's meaning. Like "pink" or "Love", instead of thinking of a color or the meaning of the word, it just starts to sound like a funny sound. (I know I'm not the only nutty buddy that has tried this.)(and no, I don't sit around picking words and repeating them aloud, especially alone.) Ok-anyway...

I noticed as I wrote the word over and over it looked like I was spelling it wrong.

Thee envelope please....

I like this one, and I'm sure I will add more to this page. I love doodling for no reason!

More next week, I'm hoping to get a string and drag this journal along the sidewalk.... Give my neighbors a good laugh and a roll of the eyes! ("There goes Kaye, doing her artsty fartsy thing again.")

First Glimpse

2009-07-08T19:54:00.000-07:00

Maxfield Parrish- Spring

A first glimpse at the Following the masters challenge. I chose Maxfield Parrish's "Spring". There are some details that need to be worked on. I was using a small picture from my printer... I found a that putting it on my desktop background brought out more of the details that I need to bring out. I used prisma colorpencils... on my moleskine journal. stay tuned.....

DSDF challenge complete

2009-07-07T19:38:00.000-07:00

I attempted the DSDF challenge this week. I tried my prismacolor on Bristol smooth.

I don't feel it came out so good. I don't think my lighting was so good either. My blender pencil got low and scratched the paper.... as you can see. Oh well, I attempted an experiment. Hmmm, yeah, let's just say that..... and my favorite part. the boat.

This one was definitely a bit of a challenge.

Wreck This Journal

2009-07-04T11:58:00.001-07:00

I almost forgot to enter my wreckage for the week! It is a rainy fourth of July here. So we are all inside. Oh well-

So I chewed on "this" literally....ha!

Ok- the smell of my choosing is getting a little obsessive with me. I can smell the lemon stem. If I hold it to my nose. I cannot smell any of the raspberry(what was I thinkin'). But of course, the chive family will leave a definite smell of garlicy-onion....WOA! I rubbed a tiny little bud of the flower from the allium, that is all it took. I think I'm obsessed with finding smells from my garden....so to speak...

I tore the strips. Then I taped, stapled, and punched holes from the instructions on the next page. Groceries.....

I tore- I crumpled

I love my big purse..... This is actually a small amount as compared to most weeks of what I have in that bag! Whew!

Drawings in color

2009-07-02T19:21:00.000-07:00

Here is a quick watercolor I got to do of a Palm Tree while on vacation. It's only about 3.5 x 6 and took 15minutes.

The peaches below I did several weeks back. I was trying my prismacolors on a larger scale. Got the picture from a magazine and I enjoyed the DSDF challenge with the veggies so much I wanted to try another food still life.
Peaches in Prismacolor pencil. 8 x 9
on Bristol smooth

This was a challenge from DSDF that was presented long before I knew of the website. But it caught me and I just had to try it. This also was done with Prismacolor pencil. I did a sketch initially and then I wanted to try it with some color. It was done in the car on the way to Alabama. So after many bumps and jiggles of being bounced along the interstate I gave up on trying to do a background or anymore of it...
3 x 5 on Bristol vellum

Hope everyone gets to have some time to sketch, paint, or get creative this weekend. (If I don't get to post again until after all the festivities are done....) I also hope you all have a safe and fun July 4th weekend!

Florence, Italy

2009-06-30T10:57:00.000-07:00

My entry into "The Virtual Paintout"

I enjoyed working with watercolor for this project. Perspective isn't my favorite but this was fun. This is where I dropped the little google guy into Florence, Italy. (I looked all around for several days and finally found this street that caught me)Watercolor, original is 8.5 x 5.5

Florence, Italy

Wreck This Journal

2009-06-29T07:44:00.000-07:00

Like I said, I would be late. Here's what I did last week. I enjoyed a relaxing Gulf Shores vacation at Fort Morgan and I gathered shells and seaweed, see below...... Seaweed and tiny flowers added last week

I did a 5 minute document of my time passing in the car along the way to my vacation destination. Each minute I wrote down what was going on. It's funny to read now.

I tried infusing my lemon thyme. As the stem dried the lemon smell is gone. I tried reeeeally rubbing the leaves into the paper but the lemon smell didn't stay. Oh well, I'll try with something else!

The beginning of filling the circles page.

I thought I would get to do more, but I spent a lot of time on the beach and I did some sketching. So this week I will get to do more now that I'm home and back into the swing of my routine again....

2009-06-19T14:51:00.000-07:00

I had fun this week! I did find it a little more slow going. I was all hopped up and wrecking away, this week I took it easy. Didn't want to get carried away, I think part of it is that I am taking my book to wreck at the beach! (wanna save some pages just to wreck and collect there!)

Simple enough and I kept it simple

Still looking for the four-leaf clover

This was the one that stumped me.... Maybe next week, or a few days I'll get it.... or not! heee!

2. Not bad for left handing it.... (My son's lego plane!)

I don't think this is gonna do it.... I have to think of a different way to wear the journal!

OK- until next week! Which I'll be late since I'll be swimming in the Gulf Of Mexico next Friday!!

Good luck to all my other "wreckers"!!!!!

Following the Masters- challenge: complete

2009-06-16T18:36:00.000-07:00

I have completed the "Following the Masters" Challenge!

I chose John Singer Sargent as I love his portraits and paintings. I used acrylic on a canvas panel and I really like acrylics but I found this particular landscape a bit blah. I did pick a bit of an "easy" landscape as I haven't painted a landscape like this in 10 years. I also found that I'm not such a huge fan of canvas panel. It felt almost TOO bumpy. So maybe I need to step it up a bit next time and challenge myself a bit more.

As for now I'm enjoying the prismacolor pencils and pastel pencils. I'm like a kid (artist) in a candy store (art store).... I've discovered that United Art and Education store has a lot of unique items that Michaels and Hobby Lobby does not carry. I bought some masonite so I'm very excited to try that. I love re-discovering the ar-teest in me! Can't wait to find out this next challenge from Following the Masters and DSDF.

DSDF Challenge -complete

2009-06-16T06:17:00.000-07:00

Here is my final and complete drawing from the DSDF Challenge. I reeeally enjoyed this one. I got to know my prismacolors and I'm working with that some more. I can't wait to see what the challenge is next!

Prismacolor pencils vs. Pastel pencils

2009-06-15T07:26:00.000-07:00

This is a 5 minute sketch I tried with my new pastel pencils. I like that it's easier to erase than colored pencils. Has anyone tried the "Magic Black Eraser" on prisma color pencils or the "Magic White-Extra soft"? On White or Black paper? I like how prismacolors blend, but it doesnt take much for the pastels to blend either, and easy to change mistakes.

I'm off to get my stuff ready for my beach trip next week. I'm sooooo excited to get some new sketches done with a different scene.

Wreck This Journal- Week 2- The Results

2009-06-14T06:20:00.000-07:00

OK! Week 2 of Wreck this Journal! And I am on my way!

At first I took it slow, then I started to feel exhilarated and fell in love with "Wrecking"!

I have to say I reeeeally didnt want to take this book in the shower with me, so I set it on top of the shower stall thinking maybe the humidity would do something minorly destructive to it and set to cleaning my shower. That's when it fell into the shower with the bottle of Comet (that is what's sprinkled across the front cover). Soooo it got in the shower....

Pocket lint- ew!
This above is what my friend did to destruct this page.....took it to the mulch bed and ground it in there. Little did she know...it gave an awesome circular pattern around the black circle with words! Kinda cool!

So I burned THAT page! First I burnt the corner, and my friend said, get it in the middle.... well, duh! paper and fire!!!!! So I had to take the results and put the fire out on the lawn... You can see the coffee that I splotched on the other page.

And a beginning of my collection of fruit stickers. Which won't take long to fill up since we love fruit here......

Don't stare to long at this pic! I got a little wobbly with the cam....oops sorry!

Off to wreck something! ha!

Illustration Friday

2009-06-12T09:28:00.000-07:00

Here is my Illustration Friday entry: the word was Temptation

I drew this a little while back, but had named it Temptations, so I had to show this one. This is my weakness....dessert, my temptation

I drew this in my moleskine with graphite and a little charcoal.

The word from this Friday to the next is: Unfold

I think I have something in mind..... will see...

Veggies with Prismacolor

2009-06-10T19:16:00.000-07:00

My first pic of veggies from the Different Strokes from Different Folks challenge. I have a little more to finish. (the plate, shadows, corn on the mid-right....) is so much fun tho. I've used prismacolor blendable colorpencils for this.... SO MUCH FUN! GO, TRY IT! FUN!

A Rose

2009-06-09T05:51:00.000-07:00

Sketchy! Sketchy! Just another moleskine sketch. I just love the way moleskine is so smooth. Thinking of trying this same flower on Bristol smooth surrounded by other flowers.

This is just a 2B and a 5B that took 45minutes. Hope I get a chance to sketch today.

Here's to hoping your day is great!

My contribution for Drawing Day 2009

2009-06-06T18:23:00.000-07:00

My image for Drawing Day 2009! A moleskine sketch!

The Next Chapter- check it out!

2009-06-06T05:44:00.000-07:00

Are you blocked? Wanna have some fun this summer? Come and join "The next chapter" a unique bookclub! This next book is exactly as it says. A journal we get to wreck on purpose! I can't wait to go get mine! Click here for more details

Drawing Day!

2009-06-05T19:07:00.000-07:00

Don't forget Drawing Day tomorrow, June 6th! Draw something, anything and click on here to learn how to participate among several websites.

Some Moleskine Sketches

2009-06-04T19:16:00.000-07:00

Trying to sketch something each day.

A first look

2009-06-02T07:42:00.000-07:00

Here is a first look at a painting I have almost finished that I'll be putting up for sale soon. Got some detail work to finish on it....

Off to start my day! Hope yours is a good one!

Happy Anniversary!

2009-05-29T07:01:00.000-07:00

For my husband

This is a WIP. I made this for my husband for our 10th Anniversary today!

graphite, charcoal and a little pastel

Testing my waters.....

2009-05-26T10:00:00.000-07:00

This is a first look at the "Following the Masters" challenge. I chose John Singer Sergeant. I'm not a huge fan of doing landscapes. But it is a fun way to challenge myself as I am getting back into painting. There are some obvious changes that I'll be making. Is nice to take a picture of it and put it on the computer. I always find what is missing or needs to be fixed this way.

oil on canvas panel

Here is a 20min. sketch from a LIFE photo. It's not a finished product or anything.... just a fun way to get my pencil moving....

graphite and charcoal on 100lb. smooth bristol

I found a aqua watercolor brush at Michaels and a constant wet aqua-brush at Hobby Lobby. I'm so excited to try them out! I enjoyed the last Following the Masters challenge in watercolor. Maybe this will be my media of choice for awhile..... who knows....

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simple. HENRY DAVID THOREAU

From Krafty Kaye to the Sketchy side of things....

2009-05-22T18:50:00.000-07:00

I've created this extra blog as a way to separate my sketchy artist side and my Krafty Kaye Kreative side. I feel my other blog is geared more towards women and our ways of "nesting" our homes and other great things we women have in common. This blog is the other side of crafting. I don't know if there is a fine line between that or not....but...

I hope to metamorphose into a great artist like the many others I find in this blog world. I have been drawing since I was little. I became very interested in drawing when I was 8 years old. I taught myself (along with some Walter Foster Books) to draw portraits. I stuck to that until High school and learned a bit more. After graduating I flitted from state to state following the love of my life. I took one college class of drawing, had two boys, in between only sketching once in a great while. Now that they are growing I am finding my creative outlet and I'm enjoying every minute of it. Finding wonderful challenges and so many blogs FILLED with talent!!!!!!

I hope you enjoy the things I find that inspire me to grow as a person interested in making art that will be added to each post.