Sketchbook Project 2012—End papers #sketchbookproject

Ooh. I do have one more page to show you from my Sketchbook Project sketchbook, and here it is. It's what you might consider the end papers.

Also, they've digitized my book, and you can flip through the whole thing on the Art House Co-op site: http://www.arthousecoop.com/library/6123. Or, if you're in the Brooklyn area, you can see it for real and in person at the Brooklyn Art Library at 103A N. 3rd St., Brooklyn, NY 11211 with the call number 153.3-3.
O.K. Now I'm all finished.

Sketchbook Project 2012—Scarecrow in color #sketchbookproject

And here's the last drawing my Sketchbook Project sketchbook.

The quote is the title of the song by The Hives (who happen to have a really cool website, by the way). I loved the song when I heard it on the Cartoon Network (see the embedded video), but it was really hard to find a copy at first since it was a bonus track only on the UK version of their Black and White album. Eventually iTunes caught on that I was looking for it, and finally made it available for me. Thanks, iTunes.

Sketchbook Project 2012—Scarecrow sketch #sketchbookproject

Here's the final sketch from my Sketchbook Project sketchbook. I think I'd like to paint him biggie-size some day. Maybe add a crow somewhere and a corn field all around him. And a yellow brick road around front. Scarecrows can't exist without yellow brick roads, can they?

Sketchbook Project 2012—Accordion player in color #sketchbookproject

Here's that little accordion player girl in color. I wasn't thinking of this when I drew the sketch, but when I was figuring out what colors to use, that raincoat absolutely had to be yellow which automatically required this little girl's hair to be blue.

Don't all little girls who wear yellow raincoats have blue hair?

Sketchbook Project 2012—Accordion player sketch #sketchbookproject

The next image I drew for my Sketchbook Project 2012 sketchbook was this little accordian player.

Sketchbook Project 2012—Knitter in color #sketchbookproject

And then this would be that little knitter guy after he got himself a little color.

Sketchbook Project 2012—Knitter sketch #sketchbookproject

The sketch for the next page of my Sketchbook Project project: a knitter.

Sketchbook Project 2012—Wrinkly dog in color #sketchbookproject

Here you go. The wrinkly dog in color.

The further I get in the sketchbook, the heavier I seem to be applying the spray fixative. I started out worried about when I was working on the back of a page, how the page on the other side would rub and transfer to the page opposite it. So I've been laying on the fixative. Unfortunately, that seems to be messing with the transparency of the paper, so on this page you can see the Frankenstein showing through from the page before.

Not only that, I'm noticing that any green I use bleeds through the paper as yellow on the other side when I spray it.

I don't think there's much I can do about all that, so I'm moving on with the rest.

Damn the torpedoes.

Sketchbook Project 2012—Wrinkly dog sketch #sketchbookproject

Here's another sketch from my Sketchbook Project project. It's a sketch of a really wrinkly dog with lots and lots of folds, but absolutely no stitches. That I know of.

The @arthouse Coop have (has?) digitized my #sketchbookproject

Part of the payback for creating a sketchbook for the Art House Coop (The Brooklyn Art Library) is that they scan every page of your sketchbook and upload them for the whole world to see. They've finished scanning all of my pages, and here's the link to the digitized version:

http://www.arthousecoop.com/library/6123

If you're unfamiliar with the Sketchbook Project, here's a post that attempts to explain what it's all about:

http://nora-thompson.blogspot.com/2011/12/sketchbook-project-2012.html

And here's a ready-made search of all my posts of sketches and finished pages for the project:

http://nora-thompson.blogspot.com/search/label/sketchbook%20project

This was the Sketchbook Project 2012 version. They've just finished signing up participants for the first round of the Sketchbook Project Limited Edition, and I went and signed up for that one, too. I'll be posting about the Limited Edition project on The Rots' blog, so I'll be posting the progress on that sketchbook over there.

Sketchbook Project 2012—Frankenstein in color #sketchbookproject

Here's the finished Frankenstein page of my Sketchbook Project. This is the center spread, so what you're seeing down the middle is the tied-off end of the string from where I bound the book.

Another green Frank.

The only reason I can think of that my Frankensteins are green is because Herman had a bit of a greenish tint to him when The Munsters were in color. I used to be a big Munsters fan when I was little.

Sketchbook Project 2012—Frankenstein sketch #sketchbookproject

Here's the next page in my Sketchbook Project for the Art House Co-op and the Brooklyn Art Library. This illustration marks the center spread which means he's also standing on the halfway-through-the-sketchbook page.

If you missed what this little project is all about, here's the post that explains all the details.

Sketchbook Project 2012—Baseball in color #sketchbookproject

And here's that little baseball player dude in color (for the Sketchbook Project 2012 sketchbook). He's wearing red and white, of course, because those were my high school's colors.

Sketchbook Project 2012—Baseball sketch #sketchbookproject

Here's my next sketch in my Sketchbook Project sketchbook. He's a baseball player (duh). I wasn't sure at first if I should put a name on his back or not. I've sort of decided he plays for a high school team, so I'm going to leave the name off.

Sketchbook Project 2012—Elephant in color #sketchbookproject

Here's the next page in my Sketchbook Project 2012 sketchbook.
It's an elephant. With wrinkles.

Sketchbook Project 2012—Elephant sketch #sketchbookproject

The next page in my Sketchbook Project sketchbook is a little tubby elephant. O.K. Maybe he's a big tubby elephant, but in the sketchbook he's actually quite small as elephants go. He has folds, of course, because "Stitches and Folds" is my theme.

Sketchbook Project 2012—Butler in color #sketchbookproject

Here's the second page (not including the title page) of my Sketchbook Project 2012. He's a butler. With a towel. Click the image to see it biggie-sized.

Sketchbook Project 2012—Harley in color #sketchbookproject

O.K. Admittedly I'm running a bit on the late side with this one. I signed up for the Sketchbook Project 2012 months (and months) ago but, unlike the usual get-it-finished-way-before-it's-due me, I'm getting the color done on these pages way too last minute for my blood pressure (it's due Jan. 31). I would include the link for the project, but right now they're signing people up for the Sketchbook Project Limited Edition, and I can't find a link anymore for the regular Sketchbook Project 2012.

So here you go. The first color page (after the cover and title page, of course) finished and stamped with "done". I posted the sketch for this little guy last August. Apparently, at the time I named him Harley so I guess we'll have to go with that.

Say "hello" to Harley.

Sketchbook Project 2012—Title Page #sketchbookproject

The next page in my Sketchbook Project sketchbook is inside the front cover and the title page (you didn't think I wouldn't have a title page, did you?). And here's the post with the cover image (and an explanation about the Sketchbook Project, if you don't already know what it's about).

Sketchbook Project 2012 #sketchbookproject

Next year (next month!) I'll be participating in the wildly successful Sketchbook Project, put together by the Art House Co-op and the Brooklyn Art Library. I know, I know, I sure waited a long time to jump on the wagon, but at least I'm not falling off of it. I posted my first sketch in an earlier post.

The Sketchbook Project works like this:

1. I order a sketchbook from the Art House Co-op
2. They send a sketchbook specifically for me, with a bar code on the back identifying me and my sketchbook
3. I draw in said sketchbook (this seems to be the part that's taking the longest)
4. I send the sketchbook back to the Art House Co-op
5. They scan all the pages of my sketchbook and include them in their digital library and post them on their site
6. They gather up all the sketchbooks from this collection (this collection being 2012) and take them on tour around the country starting in April
7. After the tour, the sketchbooks are cataloged as a permanent fixture of the Brooklyn Art Library, available for patrons around the world to enjoy (hopefully)
8. Every time someone "checks out" my sketchbook it will be logged through the bar code on the back, and I can check my stats in real time online or through text messages
9. That's it

We had to pick "themes" for the sketchbooks, and the one I picked was Stitches and Folds. I thought I could do something cool with that idea. My first page from the sketchbook is actually the cover, and here it is (ta-da):

Each image will include some sort of stitch or fold (in the drawing of it, not an actual stitch or fold, which I played around with and discovered didn't work so well) opposite a page with a song lyric that I think goes well with the image.

I rebound (rebinded?) my sketchbook (you're allowed as long as you follow their rules) with some toothier paper (theirs was too smooth and too white), so the stitching on the spine is mine (and part of my theme).

Due Jan. 31, 2012.

What was I thinking?