moleskines, pens, and coffee

2010-06-12T04:42:00.000-07:00

I changed some of the website today. I will be uploading new images soon.

2010-06-04T14:19:00.000-07:00

So my mind is now on an illustrated path. I have been asked to illustrate a book for someone I know. :)
I have more paintings to post up however the pc is not working at the moment so I can't upload any photos.

ok i have not posted in a long time again...

2010-06-02T22:04:00.000-07:00

So I am back. I really am going to try and get this blog up and running again. Really. I have at least 11 books filled with drawings and I am on to the 12th one. I am also on to my second book of watercolor sketches. I got a bit sick and tired of the black pen drawings. I still draw them. I alternate. So I am going to post some of the watercolor images now.

2009-01-13T09:18:00.000-08:00

I saw this on neatorama and thought it was cool. I love Golden Books.

http://goldengems.blogspot.com/

One of my new year resolution is to post more drawings and art interests more often. I have now started my 11th Moleskines Sketchbook (Thanks to my sister for the sketchbook from a Christmas gift).
So yes more sketches and even some crafts coming around. (My other goal was to get on Etsy....eventually....once I have enough stuff to try and sell).

2008-12-04T08:34:00.000-08:00

I seem to draw a lot of people with glasses and mustaches

2008-12-04T08:33:00.000-08:00

the coat and buttons and scarf had lots of texture.

2008-12-04T08:31:00.000-08:00

the hat and sweater was fun as well as the scarf.

2008-12-04T08:26:00.001-08:00

Ok ok......finally. Here are some new pictures that some of you have seen already but are now up on the blog. I have been sketching, or at least trying to find some time to do so. I don't go through sketchbooks as fast as I used to, but I am still sketching! So here are some pen drawings of random people at local places in Westchester. Mainly for now at coffee places. It's great now that it's winter time because for me it's fun to draw different textures of fabrics...so when people are coming in from the cold all bundled up and wearing cool hats or scarves, it gives me a starting place to put my pen down on the paper (I hate pencil).
So these are all maybe 5 minute drawings (people move or leave so I have to be quick).

Inspiration

2007-10-09T14:38:00.000-07:00

Check this site out :)

http://mattiasa.blogspot.com/

I love his illustrations.
I would love to really fill up my Sketchbooks. I am almost done with my Sixth and trying to finish it before we move at the end of the month.

2007-09-10T15:51:00.000-07:00

This one I did today at Starbucks. I think he noticed me drawing him though I was trying to look elsewhere.....

2007-09-10T15:45:00.000-07:00

I love the hat and the sweater :)

2007-09-07T23:43:00.000-07:00

Ok so here are those drawings from that small sketchbook.

2007-09-07T22:24:00.000-07:00

Ok...ok....I know. I haven't posted more pictures than I should have but the end of the summer was so busy. Between selling our apartment...tons of birthdays...and Isa in general I just was unable to sit down and post all of the new drawings. In the time I posted the first three drawings I have completed that sketchbook, a smaller version of another sketchbook, and I just started my sixth sketchbook. Maybe I will be able to finish the sixth sketchbook before we move. That would be wonderful :)
So yes. More pictures are on the way. I promise!

2007-08-10T14:47:00.000-07:00

This guy was drawn at Starbucks on 8/6/07.
It was drawn at the one on Queens Blvd. around 67th Ave. He was also talking to someone across the table he was sitting at.

2007-08-10T14:33:00.000-07:00

This Lady was drawn on 8/9/07 at the Dunkin Store on 108th St. She was talking to perhaps her daughter.

2007-08-09T12:43:00.000-07:00

So these people were waiting for the bus after the big storm we had yesterday. This was on Queens Blvd. The whole entire block was filled with people. It was just a mess that day!

2007-08-07T12:10:00.000-07:00

So I have been filling out pages and pages of Moleskine notebooks with observations from local coffee shops. Yes most of them are from Starbucks and others are from other places like Dunkins, but every now and then I will venture off from the coffee shops and sketch people in different settings. Some may include the subway, post office, park, etc....but mostly these sketches are done at Starbucks and Dunkin. I am now on Notebook number 5. I can already see how much my drawings have changed from Notebook 1 to Notebook 5. My drawings have become bigger and more darker. I also stuck to the black pen that I love. Every so often I will post some of these pictures that I draw in less than 15 minutes or so. Some people can tell that I am drawing them. Others don't even realize. Some people move around or leave a bit early before I can finish the drawing. It's a great challange and I carry my sketchbook everywhere. Since I am a mother, I try to squeeze in time to draw. Lately my time is during her drop off classes. So here goes. I will post some photos up soon.