AEDM 2009 day 7: monster at home in his London flat

I promise I'll start posting something besides monster sketches again soon. Maybe even tomorrow.

AEDM 2009 day 6: sightseeing monster

Still traveling. Fit in some sketching today, but haven't had a chance to photograph my creations. Therefore I bring you a sketch I did earlier in the week: the monster sightseeing, in a city that looks vaguely like Munich.

AEDM 2009 day 5: Tate Modern Monsters

Sometimes it's hard to fit in art when I'm traveling. Currently I'm in London, and I packed really light so I wouldn't have to check a bag. The only art supplies I have with me are my monsters sketchbook and a couple pens and pencils. So today I sketched some monsters from paintings at the Tate Modern.

AEDM 2009 day 4: Ahhh! Monster!

As I mentioned yesterday, I am participating in the Sketchbook Project, for which I was assigned a topic. The topic I received couldn't have been further from what I usually depict. The topic label simply reads: Ahhh! Monster!



It's ridiculous how hard of a time I'm having trying to fill a sketchbook with monsters. I keep hoping I'll loosen up a bit and find my monster groove, but so far that hasn't happened. At least I'm having some fun with it.

You'll be seeing a lot of my attempts at monsters this month. I hope they don't scare you.

AEDM 2009 day 3: Sketchbook Project

I am participating in Art House Co-op's Sketchbook Project, and AEDM has come along at just the right time to help nudge me to finish the project and send it off by the end of the month. Art House Co-op is putting together a library of small sketchbooks from artists from all over the world. When you sign up you receive a sketchbook and a topic. Can you guess what my topic is?

AEDM 2009 day 2: Tallinn in pigment and sand

This was a canvas (40x30cm) I had prepped with black gesso mixed with sand. Today I got out a few pigments, mixed them with acrylic medium, and created this scene of Tallinn, Estonia (based on photos from our trip there earlier this year). I'll probably tweak a couple little things, but it's mostly done.

AEDM 2009 day 1: thank-you card

Art Every Day Month is underway. I'm starting with a small project, a thank-you note for friends who hosted us in Toulouse last week. I could have worked on this little gouache scene for hours more, but I forced myself to declare it done and move on.