Sketchy!

A random assortment of pages from my sketchbook!

It's sketchy!

I try to sketch or draw or doodle everyday.  It really does not take much effort because I love to draw, so I do it as much as possible.  It seems like whenever I am on the phone, making a list or just passing time, I am also sketching or doodling.  Most of the time, I really try to draw in my sketch book, but sometimes it is on my "to do" list, or the mail, or a napkin or a receipt...you get the idea.  

The only problem that I have with sketch books is this...

They are SO UGLY!  Seriously, is this the best you can do Strathmore???  I know there are plenty of cute plain paper notebooks out there, but the paper is usually so thin in those, and I like the size of this one.  But the green cover, no I just can not deal with that nonsense!  So I doll my sketch books up so that they are cute and functional for me.

I paint the covers and then I put a strip of packing tape on the inside of the cover, by the spiral thing that binds it together, to make the cover stronger.  I also tie a ribbon around it to keep the pages together.  I do a lot of my drawing with water colors, and it warps the pages, so if I didn't have the ribbon around it, it would puff up and be extra fat.  

  See how unruly they get?

The book on top only has a few pages painted, but you can see how much they warp.  I don't really care about that, but I do want it all to stay together when I shove it in my purse!

Are you a doodler? 

  Here is a fascinating article about doodling, if you are interested.

Watercolors!

These may look like Easter decorations, but here at the Factory, we use SO many egg cartons to organize things we have hoarded supplies.  We have a weekly supply of egg cartons and an endless supply of doo dads, thing-a-ma-bobs, doo hickies and general "stuff" that needs to be corralled.  

I painted these guys with water colors and then splattered some metallic gold paint on them, cause everything is better with a little splash of gold paint! 

See?  Little things all nicely organized in their own little spot!

What do you do with your old egg cartons???

Happening!

This is the situation at Factory 506 right now.   

Things are happening...

And they are all very PINK!!!