MWG Sketches: Sketchbooks: 2011, 2010, 2003, 2001, 2000

April 18, 2011: iPad Noteshelf app

April 12, 2011: iPad Noteshelf app

April 8, 2011: iPad Noteshelf app

April 7, 2011: iPad Noteshelf app

March 20, 2011: iPad Noteshelf app

March 19, 2011: iPad Noteshelf app

March 18, 2011: iPad Noteshelf app

March 10, 2011: iPad Noteshelf app

March 6, 2011: iPad Noteshelf app

March 2, 2011: iPad Noteshelf app

March 1, 2011: iPad Noteshelf app

February 28, 2011: iPad Noteshelf app

February 27, 2011: iPad Noteshelf app

February 26, 2011: iPad Noteshelf app

February 25, 2011: iPad Noteshelf app

February 24, 2011: iPad Noteshelf app

February 23, 2011: iPad Noteshelf app

September 11, 2010: Sketchbook Pro app on iPad

September 8, 2010: Layers app on iPad

September 5, 2010: Brushes app on iPad

September 4, 2010: Sketchbook Pro app on iPad

September 3, 2010: Sketch using Layers and Strip Designer app on iPad.

September 1, 2010: Sketches using the Layers and Strip Designer apps on iPad.

June 7, 2010: Sketches done at the Cathy C. acrylic workshop.

May 12, 2010: Sony Reader sketches; I have been drawing with my finger on the eReader sketch pad, instead of the stylus. There is a certain fluidity to it, a gestural freedom of line. The finger, though, is a large tool. It is hard to see around it...in fact, the view of the leading edge of the line is all but obscured. This is compensated for by scribbly loose-handedness. It encourages true sketching...feeling your way...as opposed to more formal drawing.

April 10, 2010: Harmony app sketch

April 7, 2010: Harmony app sketch

March 14, 2010: I drew this early in the morning, waiting for my company to wake up. The bird here, drawn with the 'web' tool, seems to send out shoots of changeling forms. Ambiguous shapes appeal to me, a feather becoming a leaf, a whorl becoming a wing.

March 12, 2010: A growth shape, reminiscent of ferns. The woods behind our house is full of them, emerging in tight curls in the spring, spreading in orange and brown fans on into the autumn.

A sort of visceral woman...thinking about all our inner workings, swirling around with my stylus. This was done in almost one continuous line.

March 11, 2010: Using the 'sketchy' tool, I was quite intrigued by its depth of function, based on the angle/direction of use and pressure applied, much like calligraphy brushes and pens, which I always enjoyed drawing with. This particular building up of shapes has made me rethink my 3D programs, where some of the tools could be used more like dimensional pens, brushes, or even palette knives, for deep textural effects.

March 10, 2010: The Harmony sketch tool is one of the best I've found online for doodling and experimenting. One of the most important specifications for invention is—surprisingly—limitation. A limited palette, here of black and grays, and limited tools keeps the focus on composition and design. Even the quirky tools—chrome, fur, grid, etc.—open new vistas, as your usual lines and shapes sprout and spread. It is a bit like dunking unusual objects in ink and scribbling with them. The top sketch is done with the 'shaded' tool.

The 'chrome' tool (visage sketch) more closely resembles the way I use pencil. I like smooth shading with bright highlights.

The 'web' sketch tool has an interesting way of catching at previous lines, and sending out feelers, in much the same way I often connect disparate elements .

February 13, 2010: 'Context 1'- On a quick print-out of desean's text cloud, I experimented with various markers. The text bubble becomes either the body, tattooed with words and covered with transparent folds, or the garment itself. The hatch of horizontal and vertical words suggested folds to me, since desean and I have been discussing them. My print was on glossy photo paper, which left bare receives markers nicely. However, the dense ink coverage (from the black background) clogged my pens. Printouts on more absorbent card stock should solve that problem. As well, I want to make some text clouds and paint on them digitally.