Sketchbook Update

Filling a new sketchbook is always a treat - especially when you have a project attached to it (with enough freedom to be creative). I recently joined the 2011 Sketchbook Project which involves receiving a sketchbook in the mail, which you then fill with drawings, sketches, collage or anything you like - and then send it back before the end of April next year. The collection of submitted sketchbooks then become part of the Arthouse Co-op Library in Brooklyn. You can also have your sketchbook digitised and included in the limited edition print version - enough carrots to have any avid sketcher sign up on the spot I know...
My book arrived just before Christmas, and although it's a tad smaller than I had expected, I've warmed to it and am busy drawing along the theme: Every Picture tells a Story. There were a bunch of pre-set themes to choose from & I think the one I chose was called "The Science of Story" - but I've changed it a little to feel more inspiring and less 'scientific' :) Below are scans of the pages I've done so far:

First page.... Sketchbook Project

The Queen of Chess wields her power - pen & ink 

Count Dracula & his Castle - pen & ink

I did this drawing while listening to my son read Bram Stoker's Drakula...

Do you see what I see...? - pencil, pen & coloured pencil

And - while not completely done, I have finished the last 2 drawings in the major arcana of the Tarot Card project. I still have to paint them, but here are the inked versions of Judgement and The World:

Tarot - Judgement - pen & ink

Tarot - The World - pen & ink

Thank you for visiting and take care
Annette :)