I lied

Yes I know, I said I wouldn't be back until the Christmas weekend. But here is a little video of the Sketchbook Project.

Your interest in my upcoming face painting workshop warms my heart. Thank You! I'm working real hard to get all the detail ready to announce to you.

Also, just a little tease, I wanted to mention that three of the pages in A Timekeepers Diary will be separate video segments in the workshop.

Expect more,

Sharon

Finished Time Project

Here is the finished page.

It is the last spread in the book but not the last page to complete.

Hey, look..........

my eye is so much better.
really and I should have told you that it was not painful at all.

Thank you for you all your caring words. It means so much.

See.........all better wink wink

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Visual Tutorial on this the last spread.

Here is how it happens sometimes.

But first, the finished spread for

"I need face time today".

The above was the background that I had prepared last week.

As I was getting so close to the end of the Sketchbook Project, I was beginning to run out of steam, energy, inspiration and time.
This background stumped me and I kept looking at it and waiting for inspiration.

Nothing.

The thing that works for me sometimes is to just pick up the paint brush.

So, that is what I did.

I knew I wanted to paint a face so I chose to push around some Folk Art "skintone" in the middle of the background.
That couldn't hurt. This background was doing nothing for me.

Then I added some blue on the left.

Then I started scrounging through a stack of "stuff" and ran across these two pages of doodles.

They were art-at-the-desk while I was waiting to receive the Moleskin.

I was trying to think of what in the world I could do with the theme, "time".

I am so happy now that I brought the doodles home.

The little sketch in the upper right corner inspired me today.

That was all I needed.

Using a water soluble pencil, I just made a continuous circle around and around.

Then added face features.

Fun funky features.
Then I started adding shading around the edges.
Think I was using violet oxide liquid acrylic.
I decided to switch to a Folk Art terra cotta because it was more of the color in the background.
That's when my eye was directed to Folk Art Metallic Copper.
I used that but eventually covered it with other colors.
Say what you will, but I really like the way Folk Art acrylics blend on paper substrate.
(off topic but I think one of the lessons in my first online workshop will be with Folk Art paints)

OK

You know how I am, I reach a point and get lost and forget to photograph.
But here she is before I added the clock hands.
In Gold.

Also stenciled gold dots.

And she is finished.
Notice that I changed the writing from black to white.
More better.
I think.

Just as soon as I type the information on my Library Card that I added, I will be on target to mail this on December 22, 2009. That is all the TIME that I allowed for this project.
I'm happy it is done.
I'm happy with it.
I'm sad to send it away.....to never see again.
Unless, it comes to a location close to me.
And it could.
More on that later.

I'm thinking I will be absent from posting until Christmas weekend.
But I will be visiting blogs and stopping in to say hi.
I will be working on another pressing project, as well as,
my workshop videos.
Expect to hear more about that,
Sharon

In Progress

Another Sketchbook Project page.......

In Progress

This page is not finished which is why I'm only showing this close up.

I'm showing unfinished for two reasons:

One:

We are about to have a family Christmas weekend celebration.

Therefore, I will be off line and absent for a bit.

Number Two:

I am so very excited to tell you that I have been working on an online workshop

that I hope to have ready in January.

Painting the above little face is one of several lesson included in this first workshop.

Expect more about my workshop soon.

Expect me to go on and on and on about it.

Expect a fantabulous workshop not to be missed,

Sharon

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WARNING

GROSSNESS

AHEAD

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I'm seeing Stars...................

no no

I mean

HEARTS

subconjunctival hemorrhage

not a serious thing

Cover Time

I'm about to run out of TIME.

How about you?

I meant for these faces to be "sketches" over the prepared background. However, when I picked up my brush with the medium to set the sketch marks, the Stabilo pencil marks just became paint for me. I moved the pigment around until I lost the "sketch" quality. Sort of. All I added was Zink White in the high spots.

I'm happy it is done.

Although, you know how I am, I always see something I would do different. I won't tell you what.

Two more spreads and I will be mailing this off to Art House Co-op for the Sketchbook Project.

Until next time,

Sharon

Kiss Kiss

Good Morning,

Sometimes it starts like this. A desk doodle, also known as art-at-the-desk.

I wondered if I could paint "kissing".

So I gave it a try. Then I chickened out on painting the second person.

Anyway, it is another page in my Sketchbook project and it is good enough.

How about you give k.i.s.s.i.n.g. at try.

Expect kissing,

Sharon

Par-Ta-Time

I'm just a little bit excited this morning only because I did get up with huge energy and went to my ART desk and painted. I talked to you all while I did that. I know I know, you didn't hear me but that didn't stop me from talking. I pretended.

After I finished that other page then I came back to this one where the pat-ta-girls are letting their hair down for party time.
Expect to hear me,
Sharon

Time Do-overs

I know you've thought about it.

If you could have time do-overs.

Or what about this? What if you could just go backwards in time?

You know, what if we started out with knowledge and experience.

And we went backwards in time and did everything perfect and made all the right choices.

Or maybe this, what if we could go back and repeat those really really good times.

Just because they were so good that you would want to experience them again.

Heck, I sometimes want to go back and have the same dream.

Just because it was so good.

Or what if there is just that one little tiny thing you wished you had done different?

I know you have thought about it.

Expect to,

Sharon

Time Flies

That's it, Time flies when you are having fun.

Having a lazy day here.

Making a little progress on the sketchbook.

and

Watching movies.

Expect something or other,

Sharon

Night Time

Another page in this project. I am officially half way through not counting the cover. That is because I glued some pages together. That is because I would have never finished otherwise and mainly they needed to be more substantial for painting sketches instead of sketching sketches. I like this page and i have all sort of thoughts while I'm painting and then when it comes time for the "words" (because I declared this A Timekeeper's Diary), I'm blank.

Expect words soon,

Sharon

Happy Hour

Aren't they happy?

That's how I feel today having to come back to real life work.

This was my last prepped background for the Sketchbook Project.

No worry, I did three more this morning.

For some reason I was late for real life work.

Expect Monday,

Sharon

Sketchbook Project

I really do enjoy painting on top of a prepared background. I seldom did that in the past. But what I like is just letting the background show through the face. The only thing, it really doesn't take much "time" to paint the face. Well that's good because "no matter what I do time just keeps ticking around me."

Expect a great weekend,

Sharon

Timeline

Here is another page in my Sketchbook Project. Sorry I forgot to give the link last time to Art House Co-op. It is a great site and they have many projects that you might participate in. This one is closed I believe and my Sketchbook is due January 4th. I think I will have enough time to finish.
Expect more,
Sharon

Timekeeper

I'm finally getting started on the Sketchbook Project. It took four weeks for the Moleskin to arrive and then I had to put it off a bit more. Today I official became the Timekeeper. You see each participant is assigned a theme and mine is "Time". This should be easy as I'm always talking about needing time; more time; enough time; etc etc etc...........

Update on our life: my Mother-in-law passed away last week. She had reached the end of her time. We will grieve for her but she had a long life and we feel blessed with that.

I started a new Thanksgiving tradition at the Tomlinson house this year by celebrating Thanksgiving with dinner on the Saturday before. Ryan and Kristy didn't get to be with us because Ryan is not doing well right now. Kevin and Zack came as did Melissa, Timothy and Ashley who declared the dressing the best ever.

I'm sitting here right now feeling stuffed after finishing the leftovers and happy after playing ART all day.

Expect Time,

Sharon