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All in a Morning

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

I keep a sketchbook as a way of remembering and understanding. This morning I sat and sketched four relatives, squishing them all into the same sheet of paper, not caring too much about the impossible overlapping of the space and … Continue reading →

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It looks like your mother!

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

This morning I sat with many of my relatives, including my cheery sister-in-law MJ. I get a lift from MJ’s wry sense of humor and could listen to her stories all day. As we all caught up on our news and exchanged stories, … Continue reading →

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Yes, and…

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

Although my main goal in this sketch was to show focused listening, a secondary goal was to use blues and reds to indicate skin tone and especially shadow on the skin tones.This work with shadow is tied back to the two … Continue reading →

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Campfire 2

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

Despite my intention of improving my sketch, ‘Let’s Sing Another One,” I somehow have switched the story of the sketch from a group singing to six individuals sitting around a single campfire seemingly lost in their own thoughts. I wanted to … Continue reading →

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Let’s Sing Another One!

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

There is something timeless about the fire ring as a place for families to gather, talk and sing and I intend to capture this. Over the last several days I sketched in the near dark as we sat and sang around … Continue reading →

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More Waiting

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

I got to looking at the sketch I posted yesterday. I used several thumbnail sketches to compose the final sketch and somehow in the process I developed two different perspectives in the same sketch. I was sitting in a chair … Continue reading →

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Waiting

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Sarah Sullivan

My focus this week is planning before starting major sketches. I am using thumbnail sketches as a planning tool and it is having a big impact on my work. Thumbnails provide such an explicit and speedy way to gauge the choices I need to … Continue reading →

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