Days 14,16,17,18,19 Sketches 2025 April

 I missed a day again this week, but I'm making it up! A couple of days I sketched two! 

Day 13 I posted last time

Day 15 I missed

Day 16-I sketched the sister of the one on the left. I got her a little too large, because I wasn't paying attention close enough, but I'm still proud of her. They are actually about the same size, dressed alike, in the photo, which is an original family photo of two of my gr-aunts. I didn't try for a likeness in their faces, as I'm practicing figures and clothing in these sketches. Zig Writer and Posca white markers in sketchbook

Day 14 is out of order because I needed a break from the harder sketching, plus I was feeling a bit lazy, and I was saving the space on the previous page to sketch the sister, so I sketched a squiggle girl from imagination. She was fun and relaxing! Zig Writer and Posca markers with a touch of colored pencil.

Day 17 and 18- same sisters in a different vintage family photo-I sketched the one on the left one day and the one on the right the next day. Not great lighting, so their faces are in shadow. I don't know if it was midday or cloudy, but bad light for sketching. Zig and Posca markers

Day 18 also- There were actually four sisters in the vintage family photo. Three of them are my great-aunts and one is my grandmother on my dad's side. However, I failed to leave enough room for the fourth one, again. Grrrrr! So I sketched the two on the left on the 18th (making 3 sketches that day including the one above).

Day 19-The third one, my granny, I sketched the next day. The fourth one got left off this sketch, but that's ok. She's in both the ones above! This photo was made later in their lives than the others. Zig Writer and Posca markers

Their names were Nancy, Virgie (Jeno), Laura Lue (my Granny), and Annie Mae. I was lucky to grow up around my Granny and Annie Mae, and I kind of knew Nancy from when she came home once a year to visit family. I don't remember ever seeing Jeno, but from what I've heard about her she was a character, and I would have loved her. Granny talked about her often. I adored my granny!

I lack three days of making up the ones I missed since January 1, but I'm going to keep sketching. Just not going to have a specific goal in mind, and I'm going to try to paint every day for a while. I don't think I'll try for a hundred days though. Maybe a month or two?

I also want to finish my mini junk journal, which has been staring at me forlornly ever since I started the stitching and sketching challenges.

Anyway, that's it for this week. I've done one for today, but it hasn't been scanned yet. It's inspired by Helen Wells sketchbooks of intuitive art. Very fun! Next post!

Happy Easter!