The 2013 Sketchbook Calendar

It’s been pretty fun to put these together, wrap them all up, and ship them off to people again this year. They’re available online through the end of January.

Each month in the calendar features a pencil sketch from that year’s sketchbooks that I then color digitally. I print on a smooth sturdy paper with inks that resist fading for 100 years (same inks I use for my art prints)… and then I assemble and package each calendar by hand.

Check them out and find more specs in my shop: heidifuchtman.etsy.com.

11am

Sketch prompt #274: Gypsy. Sketch prompt #275: Time. Sketch Prompt #276: Grow. Sketch prompt #277: Cup. Sketch prompt #278: Portrait. Sketch prompt #279: Bag. Sketch prompt #280: Perfect. Sketch prompt #281: Snap. Sketch prompt #282: Bath. Sketch prompt #283: Knit. Sketch prompt #284: Hula. Sketch prompt #285: Rainy.

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2013 Sketchbook Calendar available here and here. 
Free offers through Monday! See my Facebook post for details.
 

9pm

Sketch prompt #262: Library. Sketch prompt #263: Ship. Sketch Prompt #264: Zodiac. Sketch prompt #265: Graduate. Sketch prompt #266: Color. Sketch prompt #267: Pirate. Sketch prompt #268: Print. Sketch prompt #269: Story. Sketch prompt #270: Forest. Sketch prompt #271: Buzz. Sketch prompt #272: Learn. Sketch prompt #273: Ride.

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2013 Sketchbook Calendar available here and here.
Free offers through Monday! See my Facebook post for details.
 

4pm

Sooooo close. Finishing the final touches…

7am

Drew all of these just from my mind – without referring to life or photos – and that is really hard for me. I was pleasantly surprised a few times, but overall… yikes. So don’t judge too harshly.

Sketch prompt #252: Yoga.

Sketch prompt #251: Captain. Embarrassing… I couldn’t think for the life of me what a pirate hat looked like! This is all I could conjure up without looking anything up. (Looks a little like a firefighter hat!)

Sketch prompt #252: Spring.

Sketch prompt #253: Day.

Sketch prompt #254: Circus. Do they have seals in the circus? I don’t know. Again, my brain…

Sketch prompt #255: Nerd. I think I accidentally drew my dad when he was in high school. Hehe. (Love you, Dad! I believe you were actually quite cool. It’s the flat top and glasses that got me thinking…)

Sketch prompt #256: Shy. I was shy growing up… never one to raise my hand in class!

Sketch prompt #257: Spooky. I did not capture him at all (drawing from memory again… you have my permission to laugh at this one), but I always thought Lord Voldemort was portrayed as creepy as anything in the Harry Potter movies… those slits for his nostrils were too much!

Sketch prompt #258: Glamour.

Sketch prompt #259: Prince. Wanted to do a prince riding a horse. Only sketched the horse!

Sketch prompt #260: Together. Really hard for me to do this from memory…

Sketch prompt #261: Create. Too bad I’ve been eating the cookie dough instead of creating cookies! :/

10pm

A number of quick sketches for the 365 Day Challenge. Tried something a little new on most of these (but not all)… drawing from my mind instead of from life or from a photo. Spent 1-5 min. max on each.

Sketch prompt #241: Geeky. Harry Potter on the brain.

Sketch prompt #242: Swing.

Sketch prompt #243: Heart. Sometimes it feels like it will just burst.

Sketch prompt #244: Daily. Have to deal with my hair every day.

Sketch prompt #245: Missing. Look cross-eyed at it. It’s a sock missing its match. (Important lesson here. It’s funny. I ♥ The Series of Unfortunate Events and Marinka. Makes me laugh every time.)

Sketch prompt #246: Sing.

Sketch prompt #247: Jungle. Just a scribble.

Sketch prompt #248: Self. Again, look quick and cross your eyes. ;)

Sketch prompt #249: Celebrity.

8pm

So, I know the point of the 365 Day Drawing Challenge is to draw DAILY. I am like 100 sketches behind and I really want to finish all 365 by day #365 next month. I’m not quitting even though I clearly failed at the “daily” part! These are all quick-quick sketches…

Sketch prompt #235: Walk. My kids walking home from school.

Sketch prompt #236: Prom.

Sketch prompt #237: Cook. My stove.

Sketch prompt #238: Moon. Eek… a 30-second sketch.

Sketch prompt #239: Utensil. My fork.

Sketch prompt #240: Citrus. On the “utensil” track I guess… our juicer.

10pm

Sketch prompt #234: Class. Drew this old school desk while watching a show tonight – White Collar, the only show I watch because a friend I had in high school writes for it and I LOVE IT – so the drawing is a little wonky because I was distracted by the show. Not a very comfortable seat!

Nighty, night.
 

12am

Sketch prompt #233: Aquatic. Didn’t finish this one… time to party with the kids! It’s Friday, you know.

7pm

Sketch prompt #232: Dinosaur. Saw this guy in NYC.

4pm

Sketch prompt #231: Astronaut. This has got to be one of the most terrifying things I can imagine ever doing.

3pm

Sketch prompt #230: Day.

2pm

Sketch prompt #229: Sorry.

After my last post, I declared my own little drawing party here on the blog. Submit your own drawings in the comments, or send them to me and I’ll post them for you.

Happy drawing!
 

12pm

I’m trying to fill myself back up after the last several weeks of crazy wonderful art making (go, Youth Art Team!). I’m also home with our kids WAY more than I’m used to this fall, so figuring out how to fill myself back up while trying to meet everyone’s needs around here is a new trick.

Drawing fills me back up. Moves my work forward. Focuses my mind.

So today, I’m working on my sketch prompts (remember, I’m so behind). And eventually I’ll have my energy back to share more about my last few weeks. They were good weeks.

These first two are from last night…

Sketch prompt #223: Wood. Definitely a start-and-get-one-done sketch.

Sketch prompt #224: Blanket. Crocheting one.

And from this morning…

Sketch prompt #225: Tranquil. My new candle – made by a friend – that keeps me company while I work at night.

Sketch prompt #226: Vitamin. My kids always fight over the lion vitamin. Maybe I ate this one after I drew it?

Sketch prompt #227: Take. The look on a kid’s face when another child takes his toy is unlike any other. Pain, outrage, disbelief… ha.

Sketch prompt #228: Exercise. My favorite yoga pose right now. Forward fold. Just perfect. Strrrreeeettttccchhh. Ah.

If all goes well, I’ll have more to post as the day goes on!
 

10am

Ahh, back to my once-a-week office. I work here once a week, and from home the rest of the week. Today’s especially sweet because after significant changes to my personal/work schedule this fall, this is my first day away from home since this time last week. Nice.

I keep trying to work my sketches into my daily routine, but it’s hard when so many other things seem immediately more pressing. Did it today though… a warm up to my design work this morning. Two here:

Sketch prompt #221: Six. We had six kids playing in our yard – hunting for bugs together – yesterday. Four are mine. Two are older kids from the neighborhood.

Sketch prompt #222: Hand. My two-year-old’s grubby little hand on the table at the coffee shop yesterday where we shared a blueberry almond scone. Mmm, mm.

10am