Sketchbook Project: Seeing Through Blind Eyes

It has been a couple years since I've participated in the Brooklyn Art House Sketchbook Project, but I made it a goal to get back into it this year.  In terms of a theme, I looked back on the last few years teaching special education, and tried to honor some of my students.

The ink was bleeding through the pages, so I had to glue every other page together to make them thicker. I didn't add color, because it's a sketchbook after all. Keeping things simple is a priority to me lately, and the black and white makes me feel a little nostalgic.

Some of the backgrounds are a nod to special interests/ obsessions of a student in the sketch.

My students have changed my life and I never want to forget them, just as I hope they will never forget me.

The Sandwich Sketchbook

One thing that I really enjoy about participating in Brooklyn Art House's Sketchbook Project is getting to explore a theme. Last week I posted sketches (pen & ink with colored pencil) of animals. Last January, I posted my 2013 sketchbook of shelters. Here are a few images from my 2012 sketchbook o' sandwiches.

To see every page, visit:
http://www.sketchbookproject.com/library/5797

The Sketchbook Project 2014

While my husband and sons spent the three days after Christmas at scout camp, I hunkered down to fill a 32-page sketchbook. I stayed up late to scratch away, while Psych and West Wing episodes played on Netflix. Then I mailed it off to New York, where it will stay in the Brooklyn Art Library with many other sketch books. If you don't think you'll make the 2014 Sketchbook Project Southeast Tour, fear not, I scanned the images for ya.