Day 23, 24, 25 Sketches 2025

 I counted up and I have missed five days that I didn't sketch this month, BUT some days I actually did two or three sketches (multiple items from life), so I have done more than the month's worth (31) already. It's all good! 😊

Anyway, here are my sketches for the last three days!

The little stuffed snowman and the candle were gifted to me by a friend for Christmas, and I just added the little spray bottle of water for practice.

Yesterday I sketched a saucer with a piece of baked, instead of fried, chocolate pie, a glass of milk, and my father-in-law's flag, which was folded crooked when the funeral home gave it to my husband. It drives me nuts, but we're afraid to try to re-fold it, for fear of making a bigger boo-boo. 😒

Today I've sketched one of our Himalayan salt lamps, a wooden clothespin, and a resin pear.

All but the pear were sketched with my Zig Writer marker except the pear, and I used a dodgy :Uniball ink pen that was about out of ink, because I had moved to my printer desk and it was handy. I did fill in around the stars with an India ink filled brush pen. All of my daily sketches, so far, have been in my 7x10" Canson mixed-media sketchbook.

The book, "Desire to Inspire", which I shared with you in the last post had two sheets of inspirational quotes on cardstock by the various artists participating in the book, so I have cut them out of the book and plan to use them in my collage journals. Cut apart, they will fit perfectly in some of the pockets in the mini journal that I have in progress.

As I said before, this book has many good inspirational thoughts, tips, and exercises from many different artists. I'm glad I found and re-discovered it! It's by Christine Mason Miller

That's it for today! I think. It's too cold for hubby to potter around outside, so I'm not getting anything done in the house either, as far as cleaning. But that's ok. I'm thankful to still have him with me.

I'm thinking I may re-charge my old mp3 player and use it here in the house and keep my newer one in my purse for when I'm out/waiting. I miss my music a lot.

Anyway, enjoy your weekend and do something for yourself! Your soul will thank you for it!