London in sketches... 10 years ago.

Ten years ago I went on this amazing trip to London with some of my dear friends from church. It was a surreal experience. Lately I've been dreaming of all the places I've been and yearning to go back and sketch them... but this time I realized that I DID sketch in London! So I decided to dig them up and take a look. Ahh. Such great memories! 

To see what I'm sketching now days...check out my other blog HERE! 

Butler Sketch Collective

I've been wanting to form a sketch group for quite some time. . . and I finally did it! Today we had our second gathering. It has been so much fun despite my initial social anxiety. LOL. Thanks everyone for hanging out!

Sketching in the Dominican Republic!

I had the honor of going to the Dominican Republic for the third time last week! That place is truly inspiring in every way. I did a ton of painting including, a mural, church logo and lots of "urban sketching." I could paint endlessly in the DR. So many colors and such beauty.

This week I'll post one sketch a day over on my "more overflow" sketching blog. Check it out!

Current Obsession: Watercolor Sketching

I can't get enough! I'm trying only to do this in my "free" time but it's hard when the fall days are so beautiful! I can't wait until the trees start to turn around here. It's definitely not as pretty as Pennsylvania though. 

It's easy to go to the park and sketch because I can usually find a quiet place to myself. Being an introvert this is ideal. But I REALLY want to sketch down town and get some of the monuments or whatever. It's SO scary to me. I don't like people looking at my sketches while in progress. I don't know why! I think I am slowly gaining confidence in this area. I guess I need to just force myself to get out there and do it, and it will slowly become easier.

P.S. I post most of my sketches on my "Marcia Sketches" blog if you'd like to follow me there. 

 

In my dream...

I was confused.

Good hair day? Bad hair day?

Let's try this again.

Starting January 2011, I embarked on a journey to draw a tree every day. Well...sadly that lasted until May. It was a great experience, but just got burned out on trees. Maybe I just got burned out in general.

Whatever the case, I'm back on the band wagon thanks to Bryan Collins and a group of other artists. We're all doing it together, and keeping each other accountable. This time, it's not just trees. It's whatever. I know not every day is going to be a masterpiece, and I'm ok with that. Some days will be better than others I'm sure. As long as I'm drawing, then I'm accomplishing my goal!  I'm continuing on with my 365 blog. I'll be posting my drawings daily. Feel free to come along if you like.