Patty Van Dorin

and so it goes

just playing in my sketchbook while waiting on the plumber to finish some unexpected (isn't it always) costly repairs

daily sketchbook

 
frustrated and a wee bit angry thinking of this past friday, but putting out good thoughts that today contractors will follow through and fix last weeks debacle

tonight, I will add some journaling to this page

winch up the dog

 
 The house I live in came with a tree house, I am thinking it may need a bit of a re-do.  Wouldn't it make just the perfect place to read and draw.
 
Plans are being made in the daily sketchbook for an upgraded tree house ship.

daily sketchbook

 

daily sketchbook journal - during out walk

 
 
Sometimes I don't have the time to complete a page in the sketchbook. What I like to do is roughly sketch on a page what I want to record for that day and add the date. When I have time, I will come back and work on the page. Just like these two.
 
and this one
 
 
A sketchbook journal does not have to be magnificent pages of art work, it can be rough little sketches like these to record what you were doing on any particular day.

daily sketchbook

 
inspired by last night's dream, a dream of color and patterns of circles
 
The Duchesse de Brabant outside my door is putting on quite a show despite the heat and humidity.  She seems to love the tropical weather.
Duchesse de Brabant is said to be Teddy Roosevelt's favorite rose.
A continous bloomer with pale pink cupped flowers with a rich strong tea fragrance that I can catch even inside the house.
This rose is a nodder, meaning the blooms tend to tip down which is nice since my rose gets very large each growing season.
In my area, this shrub rose can grow to 8 feet but can take a heavy pruning as it blooms on new wood.
Don't overcrowd this rose and give it plenty of room
a.k.a.
Comtesse de Labarathe
Contess Bertha
Shell
The Shell Rose

sketchbook

 

today's sketchbook

 
 

not all pink dresses are created equal

 
a peek inside the sketchbook

in the sketchbook

 
I have been spending more time with my sketchbook or is it a doodle book. Or maybe it is a doodle sketchbook journal. The journals have been put aside for the time being. Drawing mice has been my current obsession, I wanted to draw squirrels but it's mice that seem to emerge on the pages of this sketchbook.

 
My pen of choice had been rapidograph pens whether it was sketching or doodling but they are just so fussy.
At Christmas, I received this gift of Copic markers set in black and I love them. These are the pens and markers that I now use every day. This set comes with a handy ink refill kit and has a nice variety of sizes. This set comes with a nice zippered case that makes it easy to grab for working on the sketchbook outside the art room.