Some sketchbook work that has accumulated recently

I took an image from Pinterest. I believe it is in Iceland. I tried to make the picture my own. I am still working out some different things in painting landscapes, and I still need more practice although I think I need to go back to drawing people for a while. I am starting to feel out of practice. Although I am also not very good at practicing. I should practice practicing.

Iceland sketch

Iceland sketch

Here’s a slightly different angle.. in case it makes it look more interesting.

Here’s a slightly different angle.. in case it makes it look more interesting.


I was mainly trying to figure out floral patterns and placement here.

I was mainly trying to figure out floral patterns and placement here.


I was looking at a couple different things here. I was playing with composition and experimenting with how this paper reacted to watercolor paint.

I was looking at a couple different things here. I was playing with composition and experimenting with how this paper reacted to watercolor paint.


A colorful doodle and some planning for how I was going to deal with my sketchbook falling apart last summer. I also threw in some clipping of different places that I thought were pretty and inspiring.

A colorful doodle and some planning for how I was going to deal with my sketchbook falling apart last summer. I also threw in some clipping of different places that I thought were pretty and inspiring.


These were tracings of the original drawings I did for a couple of botanicals that I will eventually get back to. Someday I would like to use these to create a collage with colored paper. I think it would be a fun experiment that might turn out real…

These were tracings of the original drawings I did for a couple of botanicals that I will eventually get back to. Someday I would like to use these to create a collage with colored paper. I think it would be a fun experiment that might turn out really cool. Or it could be a disaster, who knows?


This was actually supposed to go in the first post, but I must have overlooked it, whoops. Here is a rhino I thoroughly enjoyed drawing a few years ago

This was actually supposed to go in the first post, but I must have overlooked it, whoops. Here is a rhino I thoroughly enjoyed drawing a few years ago

So there you go, a few more images from flipping through the old sketchbook.