Casey C-P; a valiant effort (14 pages)

Ah, the last day of the challenge. I apologize for the image dump. I got no where near 50, but I did draw way more than the previous month(s). I had a good head of steam starting off the month, but then got a nasty stomach bug and didn't do much of anything fun for a week, let alone pick up my sketch book. But anyway, excuses, excuses, blah blah. Very fun challenge, Melissa!

These weird octopus-riders crop up every once in awhile in my sketchbooks

More work on some lettering for these guys.
Bands are the best clients: they don't pay well, but they have cushy deadlines.

Fellow insomniac sketcher, Donna Jeanne Koepp inspired me to do at least one observational drawing. I love this little chair, and the toys made for good models.

These last two are a couple characters for a concept brewing in the works. Very Northwest, no?

Onto the next challenge!

-Casey C-P

Melissa Dow Pg 18

Back in town, and time to get some serious sketching done!

Looks like Donna you have been BUSY, and what amazing sketches it has brought!! Wow, I am seriously loving these!

Pretty scrappy warm up. Will definitely be posting more over the weekend in an attempt to get caught up, and hopefully ahead of schedule.


How is everybody else doing with sketches?

Melissa Dow - Pgs 16 & 17

Two quick ones tonight. I may try and get another one in later tonight, but otherwise I will be away from a scanner until Friday night. Looking forward to seeing what everybody posts during the week. Cheers!

Melissa Dow - Pg 14

Hey all, we have a new member! Welcome to the fold Ian; looking forward to seeing your late night sketches!

Melissa Dow - Pg 12

Laura, so glad to have you here! Your email went to my SPAM for some silly reason, and I could only see the title of it. I sent an invite hoping I had assumed correctly. :)

Donna, the sketches are SO beautiful! I wish I could even have remotely as exquisite handwriting as you do, and the gray tones you use work so well. It is definitely a lot of sketching, but you're right, the more you do, the faster and easier it gets. :)

Oh, and sadly comments only go to the blog creator. I'll see if I can switch that up though.

Hope everybody is having a good week!

Melissa Dow - Pg 11

Some quick cowboys before bed.

Melissa Dow - Pg 9

It's The Spit'n'A'Tin Jug Band!

Melissa Dow - Pg 8

(Well, the creepy guy on the left ruined it all for me...)

The sketch book is dead. Long live the sketchbook!

Do you start working in your new sketchbook before the last one is complete? I do. Like you get so excited for the new one that the last couple pages of the old one are sadly neglected; a bit like digging into the dessert of your TV dinner before finishing your salisbury steak. I'll miss that brown one (a bit like drawing on a grocery bag), but the pages in this new red one are super slick and take ink well (if a bit thin). Anyway here's a couple ditties from the new one:

Casey C-P's 1st volley

Greetings Earthlings!
Full disclosure: I did two of these on Sunday, before the official starting gun, but I'm including them because they represent (hopefully) a new streak in the ole sketchbook, a getting back to my roots, so to speak. edit: updated the pics with better scans. -CCP

This one was a collaboration: scribbles and texture added by my 2 yr. old daughter.
My new favorite art supply: crappy washable Crayola markers!

Melissa Dow - Pg 1

I'll go ahead and get things started, just so people can get an idea of a post.

I'd put your name, and the page number you are on in the title. Then of course, put in your sketchbook page image in the post body (for those who have not used Blogger, add image is that little blue sky photograph icon on the right side of the toolbar). Feel free to add whatever commentary/notes you'd like to the post. :)


Sketch away!