From my sketchbook

 

When travelling by plane a person wastes tons of time waiting at the airports.That's why I always bring a sketchbook with me.The sketches above were done at the Minneapolis and Chicago Airports and on the plane.As you can see it was in May when my daughter and I were on our way to Bulgaria.

Sketchbook-2014

Sketchbook is such a delicious, inspiring word. Every time I hear or read it my imagination starts simmering with hundreds of new ideas.They usually come though, when I do not have time to try them.When I have a lot of time they somehow disappear and I have hard time coming up with something to draw or paint.And.... this is how I feel at the moment.....Posting pages of my new/and not so new anymore /sketchbook I am trying to find some inspiration for the weekend.
This sketchbook was an unexpected present to myself for Christmas.I was rushing through Barnes and Nobel looking for a last moment present for my husband.It was so crowded and hard to navigate through the isles. Accidentally I knocked something over with my shoulder and that was It.Nice,simple with beautiful off white paper.
I thought to myself: "Oh,you are so beautiful and so delicious with  all your blank pages!!!You are coming home with me!"

My Winter Olympics

It is too sad that the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi are already over.During this endless and frigid winter they were like a ray of sunshine and joy for me.I love to watch winter sports especially figure skating and downhill skiing.I was glued to the TV whenever I had some time...or whenever my daughter would let me have the TV.I did some sketches while watching the games and also took some pictures from the TV mainly for reference.The opening and the closing ceremonies were epic.The Russians did a great job organizing the games although there were some concerns at the beginning.

Arctic cold

Yeaaa,this is the coldest winter I have ever experienced in my life.It was arctic cold the last two or some weeks.-23-24F. And there is more to come.It looks beautiful  and sunny outside at the moment but it is coooold!It makes me want to snuggle up,put warm socks, drink tea and crave hot soups.The good side of the cold weather is that we have more time to read,sketch or browse the web on our tablets.My latest passion is to look at illustration blogs on Tumblr.My favorite ones at the moment are- phoebe bird,Missy Dunaway,someforeignletters,carnetimaginaire.They are so inspiring!

From my sketchbook-botanicals

For this one I looked for inspiration on the Internet in the old time botanical drawings.

#93 and 94

Desperately behind but still not giving up.Both sketches inspired by Vogue magazine.

Looking for inspiration in magazines

These two sketches have been completed using

references from Jazz Magazine.Have I mentioned before I loooove to draw and paint musicians?

These two guys reside in my 8x10 Canson sketchbook and have been completed with watercolor pencils and ink pen Millennium.

Faces from the web

I have been into sketching people's faces recently.I looked for inspiration on the web.Just improving my skills.

More Drawings From The Movie

I am still in the atmosphere of the movie.