12.29.2011

A Taste of 2011

I'm doing year-end overviews of all my blogs
(Did you know that I write five?!)
Here are highlights of various styles of sketches from the last year.


Ink sketch - the first type of sketch that I posted here, as inspired by the Everyday Matters group. This is one of my "waiting at the hospital" sketches. The last in my Chemo Chronicle sketchbook, in fact.
original post here
more ink drawings

Paint tubes
- I exhibited paint tube and cupcake sketches in June. (The cupcakes are over on their own blog: Cupcake Safari) This is a digital composite of all the paint tubes.
original post
more paint tubes

Colored pencil
- This I drew specifically for an event at my gallery to benefit the Japanese tsunami victims. I think I'll open up the Cupcake Safari to include other desserts. Maybe a world tour of desserts... I got tired of eating cupcakes [not, haha].
original post
more food

iPhone Brushes painting
- Started sketching garish skies. This is my favorite of the lot - both for location and skill level.
original post
more like this

iPhone Brushes painting #2 - More food. I like how it's possible to get the translucent glow found in tomatoes through the brushes app. This is here because I want to do more of these.
original post

Digital paintings - These I create in Corel Painter, using the Wacom tablet. They originate as photos and I'm currently concentrating on my commute captures.
original post
more like this

Digital portraits - In November, I revisited my technique of tracing over photos in Adobe Illustrator using the Brush Tool and a Wacom tablet. This has lead to a huge project that will be my next TAG exhibition in April 2012. It involves style bloggers and you can follow my progress on that over on SpyGirl, my fashion blog.
original post
more like this
How was your year?
Wishing you all a great 2012, filled with creativity and new possibilities!

2 comments:

Coleen said...

Hi Ann,

Thanks for your recent visit to my blog and comment. I so appreciate comments. They are such encouragement. I know every blogger has sometimes wondered "is anyone reading this thing?"
I like all of these, but especially the first line drawing. I used to do a lot of that sort of drawing, but seem to have gone into other things. Must utilize it more in my art journal. Happy New Year to you and Yours, Coleen in Ukraine

Anne M Bray said...

thanks coleen!
the analog ink in sketchbook technique is so direct and can be done quickly, as long as those two items are "at hand"