Watch for Interview # 13--Steve Penberthy!

Hi all!  Watch for Interview#13, up next!  It's with my friend Steve Penberthy, from St. Louis, Missouri.  You'll have seen his recent post to this blog, HERE.

Steve's sketch is on the back cover of the book, and it's terrific--as are the other examples throughout Artist's Journal Workshop!

You may have discovered his work as "LiquidChroma," which really fits Steve's wonderful, rich, singing color.  I love how he plans future works in his sketchbooks, doing thumbnails and making a grid--and then exploding exuberantly OUT of it!  You'll love what he has to say about his working methods...

Look at the colors of those shadows!  YUM.

I feel as if I'm right there, in that peaceful early morning...

Watch for the interview, you'll love it!

Steve's Liquid Chroma Flicker is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/liquidchroma-/with/2578737757/
and his wonderful blog is here: http://www.stevepenberthy.com/

Updated the classes and workshops page again!

Hi all...I just updated the page on classes and workshops again...

Heard from my dear friend and sketching buddy Maria Hodkins with her updated schedule...it's here in this post, and on the page so you can find it easily, later.  I'd LOVE to take part!

MARIA HODKINS, JOURNALING INSTRUCTOR, WESTERN COLORADO

Maria teaches visual journaling, nature/field journaling, and bookbinding classes and workshops in Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Utah.  For more information, check her website: www.windword.net

Here's her brand new schedule!

UPCOMING SUMMER & FALL CLASSES

AUGUST 5-7 - THE ART OF THE NATURE JOURNAL
at Caribou Ranch and Mud Lake Open Space, Nederland,Colorado
http://www.botanicgardens.org/sites/default/files/2011Botanical_Illustration_SummerFall.pdf  (scroll down to Elective Courses)

AUGUST 13 - SKETCH YOUR VEGGIES--AND EAT THEM TOO!
at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Aspen, CO (Rock Bottom Ranch)
http://www.aspennature.org/programs/sketch-your-veggies-and-eat-them-too?pid=214

AUGUST 15 - HAND MADE NATURE JOURNALS
at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Aspen, CO (Hallam Lake)
http://www.aspennature.org/programs/hand-made-nature-journal?=214

AUGUST 16-17 - THE ART OF FIELD SKETCHING
at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Aspen, CO (Hallam Lake)
http://www.aspennature.org/programs/%5Btitle-raw%5D?pid=214

SEPTEMBER 17-18 - SPIRIT OF PLACE:  CAPTURING TIMELESSNESS THROUGH ILLUMINATED JOURNALING
at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Aspen, CO (Toklat)
http://www.aspennature.org/programs/spirit-place-capturing-timelesssness-through-illuminated-journaling?pid=214

Making Fresh Strawberry Jam, Drawing it and Taking a Photo!

Making Fresh Strawberry Jam, a photo by apple-pine on Flickr.

One of the things I enjoy in journaling is recording my sketching process - it's fun to look back and see what worked, what not, it's fun to compare with the "source" and it adds another dimension to the whole experience for me :)

Sorry for the delay while I deal with a dinosaur...

I know I said we'd pick the winner for the CD today, but although J. said I shouldn't even call it a prototype because there weren't any glitches, I found to my dismay (from some kind person who BOUGHT one!) that there were, indeed.  ACK.  We thought it was done, honest we did.


So.  The dinosaur is unfortunately my MovieMaker 2.6, which keeps hanging up and leaving things out.  I've been working for two days to try to solve the problem...but unfortunately they're DIFFERENT things, each time.

And each time I go to fix it I find another typo...so might was well clean those up while I'm at it....

I've even uploaded a new version of MovieMaker to let it repair itself.  That was yesterday...


I'm going to switch to a newer movie-editing software as soon as I get this one DONE (rats, thought I was!), but the project itself, pre-slideshow/movie IS finished--and there doesn't seem to be another software out there that can read it. (Believe me, I've tried!)


Soooo...sorry for the delay!  Technical difficulties...

Plein Air "Workstation" for "On the Grounds at the Elms"

I hope all of you are enjoying your copy of Kate's "Artists's Journal Workshop" as much as I am!  It's an incredible resource, and I'm awed by the talent and information in the book.

It occured to me that I had a photo of my watercolor setup for the "On the Grounds at the Elms" sketch, so I thought it would be fun to post it here.  Also, here's a link to the photo on my Flickr site:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/liquidchroma-/2578737757/

Enjoy!
Steve

NEW CLASSES from our correspondents!

What great opportunities to learn!

I've just updated our "Classes, Workshops, etc." page to include new classes from Sandy Williams, Jessica Wesolek, Laure Ferlita, Gay Kraeger, Maria Hodkins, and my own mini-classes.

You can also still access the free Strathmore journaling classes, the last of which was from our friend and correspondent Roz Stendahl.

Some of these are online, some are DVD or downloadable, some come to you as PDFs, and some are in person.

Don't miss these! Click the page at upper right, or go to the direct link: http://artistsjournalworkshop.blogspot.com/p/classes-etc.html

Early Morning Sketch-Time

July 2011: Organizing, a photo by apple-pine on Flickr.

I sketch whenever I can. But the more I sketch in the early hours of day the more I like it.
Before everyone is up.
Before light is sharp.
Before voices are loud.

I just organized my early morning sketches in a separate set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23173190@N07/sets/72157626969901047/
I often don't even scan my morning sketches - sometimes they are too private, sometimes not good - but they get me going!