The Sketchbook Project 2013

I know I haven't been posting much here, (tho' I'm doing daily image posts at Tumblr)...but I've been busy, in some ways good busy (group exhibitions at Szozda Gallery photos to post soon!) and some ways not so good...such is life! It's a new year, and I submitted a new sketchbook for The Sketchbook Project 2013, which kept me busy for a bit of time during the holidays, and I had so much fun making this one, and it was so hard to part with her because she's so lovely!  I thought I'd share the scans I made right after I finished binding it back together...this is a sketchbook named Celestial Phases - Sun - Moon -Stars...acrylic washes, monotype mark making, rice paper...and lots of blue!

Cover, front and back

Inside front cover and title page

Solar and Sun, Winter Solstice

Waxing Crescent Moon and New Moon

The Children's Moon and Winter Sun Through Snow

Summer Solstice and New Moon

Moon Rise and Star Field

Winter Window and Waning Gibbous Moon

Blue Distance and Summertime

Crescent Moon and Stars

A River of Falling Stars (the centerfold)

Summer Stars and Full Moon

Summertime and Blue Distance

Full Moon and Winter Window

Star Shine and Rising Moon

Winter, Sun Through Snow and Crescent Children's Moon

New Moon and Summer Solstice

Full Moon and Waning Crescent Moon

Sun, Winter Solstice and Luna

Artist Bio and inside of back cover

Now that this project is done, I've got a few canvases lined up for more new work...today should be a productive day now that I've beaten back my cold to a more tolerable stuffiness ('tis the season for such pesky viruses!)