Sali's Sketch Blog

EDM

2008-08-25T16:51:00.002-09:00

My trusty studio tape measure. It's the only one I haven't lost or misplaced. I've lost a lot of these guys.

EDM challenges 77 and 97

2008-08-25T16:46:00.002-09:00

Boy it's been awhile since I've posted to this blog. Good to be back. I'm posting mostly to www.SallyArt.com/blog now. Anyway, here are challenges 77 (draw something cold or cool) and 97 (draw a present from someone). I've been using the BioFreeze a lot lately. That carpal tunnel is driving me nuts. Hopefully this isn't a permanent condition.

Full Grown Men

2008-08-03T06:04:00.001-09:00

Full Grown Men

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EDM # 39 - Toothbrush

2007-10-03T04:55:00.001-09:00

EDM # 61- Draw a grouping of 2 or more items

2007-10-02T12:55:00.000-09:00

EDM 37 - Draw some keys

2007-09-07T18:38:00.000-09:00

Boy did it feel good to draw something. It's been awhile. I missed doing these challenges. Got a little lazy with the metal clasp, but hey, it's something.

EDM 19-Draw something you've made

2007-08-11T16:05:00.001-09:00

A small little ceramic vessel I threw years ago.

EDM #78 - Draw a souvenir from somewhere you've been.

2007-06-25T13:11:00.000-09:00

I bought this little glass pencil sharpener at an art supply boutique in Seattle, Washington. Such a great city.

EDM 121- Coin

2007-06-18T17:25:00.000-09:00

Pitt Marker, Prismacolor colored pencil and background colored in Photoshop.

BirdWater

2007-02-01T17:32:00.000-10:00

gouache, charcoal and ink drawing

EDM Television

2006-02-13T18:40:00.000-10:00

Drawn w/ PITT markers. I cut out the TV screen, photographed one of my favorite shows (Seinfeld), printed out the image and pasted it behind my drawing.

Random sketches

2006-02-12T15:21:00.000-10:00

EDM 16 - Favorite Tool

2006-02-08T12:39:00.000-10:00

Since I lost most of my tools in the flooding due to Ms. Hurricane Wilma, I drew my next favorite tool. I would have drawn my beloved yellow drill. I tried saving it, left it out in the sun to dry out, dunked it in fresh water, knocked it on the concrete a couple of times, sprayed it w/ anti-rust stuff... but nothing. Not a whir, not an iota of life in my dear DeWalt drill. So sad. I received a Black & Decker replacement (which I appreciate with all my heart...thanks, babe) but for some reason it just isn't the same. The Black and Decker is much slicker, even has comfort grip and soft buttons on it. I guess it's just hard to let go sometimes. I still miss my Ford Tempo w/ no AC (and had to put power steering fluid in it every time you wanted to go somewhere) and my Saturn w/ the soggy seats (when it rained outside, it also rained inside the car). Anyway, I'm getting misty eyed over a drill so I will stop. Here is my tool. Eating is one of my favorite things to do so I guess this makes this tool pretty important in my life.

EDM Sunglasses

2006-02-05T20:44:00.000-10:00

Drawn w/ my new PITT markers. I scanned a lot of white space in b/c I liked the way the glasses looked sitting down there at the bottom of the page.

EDM 27 Draw A Book

2006-02-01T17:37:00.000-10:00

Drawing while frustrated at work...

2006-01-25T18:34:00.000-10:00

I have been so burnt out on work lately and have resented my cell phone for so long that I decided I would draw my biggest enemy. I despise this piece of technology, I think it has detracted from my quality of life, and I think it evil. Evil, evil, evil. It makes my cheeks and temples hot after talking for more than 5 minutes, which convinces me that I am going to get some kind of tumor in my head...it's ring makes my chest tighten everytime it goes off...it is a burden. And yes, I turn the ringer off and sometimes turn the power off but that just means that I have to listen to tens of messages later. And then call people back. Ugh. Anyway, I rarely leave much of a comment on my blog but I had to vent. I will say that drawing the phone was a nice distraction...until the damn thing rang while I was drawing it! I swear it was mocking me. I can't win!

EDM 12- Dinner

2006-01-18T14:09:00.000-10:00

EDMs 9 & 22

2006-01-15T16:36:00.000-10:00

Organized Chaos and Clothing.

Trying to combine EDM's here. This isn't quite finished but my clothes got rearranged so I couldn't finish the drawing the following day.

EDM 26

2006-01-15T16:31:00.000-10:00

Draw Anything You Like.

My little jar of Boots Wonderbalm. I doodled this on a Post-It when I was placed on hold at work.

EDM Draw in public

2005-12-18T18:56:00.000-10:00

My first attempt at drawing in public. This is the new marquee for Key West's Tropic Cinema. Very art deco. From one block away, looking north, you see the bright colors and curves juxtaposed against the very cubist angles of St. Paul's Episcopal church on Duval street. One day I will attempt to draw that view. I'm not quite there with perspective when it comes to buildings and angles, especially when trying to draw quickly. Regardless, it was fun and my half hour of waiting before my movie flew by.
The next drawing was my attempt at drawing the lobby of the theater. Big mistake! Lots of angles, curves, pipes, colors, depth...a lot of visual informationt to organize. Maybe next time I'll get it down more accurately.

P.S. The flower was something I saw in my yard in the morning that I tried sketching from memory hours later.

EDM 8 - A piece of Jewelry

2005-12-11T17:45:00.000-10:00

This is a pendant I bought at a local art gallery. It's only about an inch square but I thought it would be neat to fill up the page and draw it huge.

EDM 3 - Wallet

2005-12-11T17:42:00.000-10:00

My wallet with a 5 dollar bill scanned in and added with Photoshop.

EDM 15- Leaf

2005-12-10T08:40:00.000-10:00

Green Buttonwood leaf. One day I hope to draw every species of native plants that are growing on my property. This green buttonwood is one of my favorites b/c it provides a great habitat for the native florida orchids. It's fast growing and had really helped fill in the spots where I've taken out the Brazilian Pepper (devil plant!). The Buttonwoods are part of phase one of rebuilding the native habitat destroyed by exotics and hurricane Wilma. I really should have drawn an entire branch to really get a feel for how beautiful this tree is.

Blind Contour Attempts

2005-12-08T18:04:00.000-10:00

EDM 5 Draw your Bed

2005-12-08T17:59:00.000-10:00

This isn't my bed, but I wish this were my bed. I drew this from a book about Mexican homes and this is my dream bed. Since my bed is a mattress on boxspring w/ mismatched sheets, I wasn't very inspired to draw from reality!

EDM 7

2005-12-08T17:48:00.000-10:00

Draw a jar or tin from the kitchen

I keep the tequila in the kitchen and it seemed like the best looking, most interesting "jar" so I chose this to sketch. Background colored in Photoshop.

EDM 13 Telephone

2005-12-08T17:39:00.000-10:00

2005-11-19T18:14:00.000-10:00

Tree Frog.

Not an EDM challenge, but I felt like sticking this guy in this blog for the heck of it. Colored pencil on illustation board.

2005-11-19T18:09:00.000-10:00

EDM 25 - A Glass

My glass of juice which ended up very lopsided when I drew it.

2005-11-19T18:06:00.000-10:00

EDM 10-My Hand

Pen and ink, background in Photoshop.

2005-11-19T18:02:00.000-10:00

EDM 6-Draw your favorite well-loved object.

Quick sketch of my Golden, Lake. Pen and colored pencil.

2005-11-19T17:59:00.000-10:00

EDM 4-Coffe Mug

2005-10-04T15:23:00.000-09:00

EDM #23

2005-10-04T15:16:00.000-09:00

EDM #14

First thing I see in the morning. Lamp colored in colored pencil, background in Photoshop.

2005-10-03T18:18:00.000-09:00

EDM #2-Lamp

My favorite green glass lamp. Background color in photoshop.

2005-09-25T18:13:00.000-09:00

EDM #1
Draw a shoe-This is my trampy, fake tiger fur heel that I love to wear b/c it's so not me. Doesn't really go with my tattered shorts and flip flop look. But it's a great shoe. The first version is just the sketch, the second is colored in Photoshop.

2005-09-25T08:50:00.000-09:00

EDM challenge (#33)-Draw an Eye.
Sketch of Anh Duong's eye from the cover of her book of self portraits. Eye color added in Photoshop.

2005-09-18T14:05:00.000-09:00

EDM Challenge #32-Draw something metallic.
My constant companion-my silver iPod mini. I Photoshopped my iPod screen in and colored the background to make it a bit more interesting.

2005-09-11T20:26:00.000-09:00

My first EDM challenge (#31)-Draw something you collect. I couldn't find anything that I collect, in fact I like to purge and throw things out, donate, etc. to get all extras out of the house. But when I looked around I saw pairs upon pairs of flip flops strewn around the house. So I guess I "collect" flip flops in every style and color imaginable. Only drew one as my hand is in a brace from to much mouse use!

Ciao!