addiction – This Artistic Life

Binder Clip

Today I took about 20-30 minutes of completely interrupted time to draw this binder clip. I think that I was stopped every 2 minutes. I’m quite fond of the results actually! This was done in my moleskin sketchbook with a 02 Micron black pen.

I used Sue Bleiweiss’ The Sketchbook Challenge to prompt this drawing. She has a chapter devoted to drawing the inanimate object, or tools we use daily, as inspiration for sketching. In fact this particular chapter is what grabbed my attention when I saw this book at the library. I will most likely use another chapter from her book as inspiration in my next drawing. Current rating of the book: B, best for mixed media artists looking for creative daily inspiration. More for the “crafty artist” than a traditional fine artist.

February 15, 2016 by egglestonart Categories: art, artist, artwork, challenge, create, draw, drawing, family, hobby, illustration, mom, mother, passion, sketch, UncategorizedTags: addiction, art, artist, artwork, black, draw, drawing, family, illustration, ink, micron, pen, sketch, white Leave a comment

Crusher

Crusher 1-24-16

This is a sketch called Crusher, done with a basic #2 pencil in my moleskin sketchbook, of one of my boys’ favorite toys. There are obvious flaws, but I just went with it since I had a rare amount of time where my boys were entertained and busy and weren’t interrupting me for this and that. Actually the part I love the most is the foremost wheel on the right side. I’m not sure why. I’ve always enjoyed circular forms, and explored them quite a bit in my undergraduate art program.

I started this with a prompt from a book I picked up from the library, titled The Sketchbook Challenge by Sue Bleiweiss. I sort of intended on picking up books here and there and experimenting with them, starting a thread on my blog reviewing the book. The first prompt was to draw circles, or look for circles around you for inspiration. Can you find the circles in this sketch? The book itself I feel is less for the schooled artist, and more for those who enjoy it as a hobby and form of craft over fine art. That’s just my thoughts so far. I will attempt a few more prompts from the book before divulging a formal review.

January 24, 2016January 24, 2016 by egglestonart Categories: art, artist, artwork, challenge, craft, create, draw, drawing, family, hobby, illustration, mom, mother, relax, sketch, UncategorizedTags: addiction, art, artist, artistic, artwork, black and white, book, challenge, children, drawing, family, love, mom, mother, pencil, sketch, sketchbook, son, Sue Bleiweiss, toy Leave a comment

Screw it…

Okay so the pun is overused, BUT, I have been trying to finish this tiny little drawing for months, and still have not finished it. This is drawn using a basic Ticonderoga pencil in my moleskin sketchbook (it’s about 5×7-ish). This actually is a large carriage bolt, not a screw, but I just couldn’t resist the title. I am attempting to render it in a realistic fashion, if I ever get the time and patience (and focus) to do so.

October 25, 2015October 25, 2015 by egglestonart Categories: art, artist, artwork, challenge, craft, create, draw, drawing, family, hobby, mother, passion, sketch, teacher, wifeTags: accurate, addiction, art, artist, artwork, black, black and white, bolt, draw, drawing, hardware, moleskin, mom, patience, pencil, realism, realistic, render, rendering, screw, shade, shading, sketch, sketchbook, tool Leave a comment

Camping Sketch: Water Bottle

Here is a sketch I did this past weekend while camping with my family. By some chance I actually had time to sketch twice (a miracle, believe me!). I enjoyed sketching this bottle, and would have liked to have completed the scene. The bottle was placed at the end of our picnic table among an identical bottle, and several other items (bug spray, sunscreen, etc). But, alas, time is short with twin three year old boys, so I stuck to the single bottle. This was drawn with a Micron 03 black ink in my Moleskin sketchbook, about 5×7, a little longer I think. Enjoy!

September 1, 2015 by egglestonart Categories: art, artist, artwork, children, drawing, illustration, relax, sketch, vacationTags: addiction, art, artist, artistic, artwork, black and white, bottle, camp, challenge, children, draw, drawing, drawn, drink, hydration, illustration, ink, leisure, outdoor, relax, resort, sketch, vacation, watercolor Leave a comment

Portrait in Plaid

Here is a pencil portrait from a photograph of my son. It looks nothing like my son, naturally. However, I was pleased with the results for the most part. Done in my moleskin sketchbook with a basic Ticonderoga #2 pencil. For the life of me I couldn’t get the nose right. I’m just amazed that I had 20 minutes or so to work on a sketch today. My boys are particularly lazy today, maybe due to the 90+ degree weather outside. Enjoy.

August 18, 2015 by egglestonart Categories: UncategorizedTags: addiction, art, artist, artwork, challenge, child, children, draw, drawing, family, illustration, mother, pencil, portrait, realistic, sketch, sketchbook Leave a comment

ADK Chair

We took our first camping trip of the year last weekend to beautiful Woodford, Vermont. I (attempted) to draw (between interruptions from twin crazy boys) one of my child’s Adirondack Chairs. It’s a little messed up, but I don’t care. I often like smallish mistakes in drawings. One more addition to the Moleskin sketchbook, done with Micron black ink pens in a #5. Never mind the bizarre “rock” formation to the right…

August 9, 2015 by egglestonart Categories: UncategorizedTags: addiction, adirondack, art, artist, black and white, camp, camping, chair, children, design, draw, drawing, entertainment, ink, memories, memory, micron, mistake, moleskin, outdoor, sketch, sketchbook, twins, vacation, Vermont Leave a comment

Portraits… of the furry kind

Just thought I would share some of the portraits that I have done in the past. I’ve gotten some crazy requests actually, hence the new header image of Bella, a custom portrait done for a friend of mine’s previous employer.

I’ve also done another of Chase for a friend at a local gallery. I have to say that this is by far my favorite.

Then there is Grace, another custom portrait done in the realist style. All of these portraits are done in Prismacolor colored pencils on Strathmore Bristole board. I think I enjoy doing the zany ones a bit more than the realistic, only because there is more freedom with color and design. (p.s. I also do cats)

June 25, 2015June 25, 2015 by egglestonart Categories: artwork, custom order, pet, portraitTags: addiction, art, artist, artwork, bristol, colored pencil, custom order, design, dog, portrait, prismacolor, realism, realistic, repetition Leave a comment

Bicycle Sketch

Here is the latest, sorry for the hiatus, things have been busy around here and I spend most of my days outside with my boys. This is a sketch done with Micron ink black #5 pen in my Moleskin sketchbook. It’s of a bicycle I picked up on the side of the road for free which the boys argue over. It has no pedals, and they can barely reach the ground, but it’s still favored. I can see the obvious mistakes, but the fact that I even got ten minutes without interruption to sketch is a miracle, so I’ll take it. I may finish it out by adding more cinder blocks (which edge our garden) and maybe something in the background. Unsure yet. Enjoy!

June 8, 2015 by egglestonart Categories: art, artwork, bicycle, bike, children, draw, drawing, sketchTags: addiction, art, artist, artwork, bicycle, childhood, children, drawing, ink, memories, realistic, sketch 1 Comment

Day 2: Pencil Portrait

Here is a portrait done in my sketchbook of my friend Elana in pencil. Sadly, it looks nothing like her. The mouth I couldn’t get quite right! Argh! Practice makes perfect though right? And so I trudge on.

February 13, 2015February 13, 2015 by egglestonart Categories: UncategorizedTags: 365 days, addiction, art, artist, challenge, draw, drawing, face, illustration, pencil, people, portrait, resolution, sketch, sketchbook 2 Comments

Day 1: Portrait drawing of Wyatt

Day 1 of Portrait drawings. Wyatt, from photo

Here is Day 1 of portraits. This is done in Micron black ink on (I think) watercolor paper. I’m using an old sketchbook that I made back in college to hold these drawings. Half way through this drawing I swore I was drawing the Grinch, but it turned around a little. I drew this from a photo obviously. I don’t think that I quite captured the crazy smile on his face, but eh, it’s Day 1!

Please feel free to participate in this challenge! Post your own drawings (no original photo necessary) or send along a link to your image. Please remember though, this is not a place to advertise your blog or website. If you’re participating in this challenge, then link us through to the image or page where your image is located. Thanks!

February 10, 2015February 11, 2015 by egglestonart Categories: UncategorizedTags: addiction, art, artistic, artwork, blog, challenge, days, drawing, head, headshot, illustration, image, ink, pen, people, person, portrait, sketch, sketchbook, website Leave a comment

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