The sketchbook is here!

I received my sketchbook in the mail today. All nice and new, blank pages and all. It's a little bit intimidating to start this project but at the same time I look forward to something new. I'm used to working on the computer so it will be good to get back to the basics. I've always loved to draw & paint. Sometimes I'll sketch out designs before I illustrate them on the computer, but not as much as I should be doing.

Each sketchbook has a theme and mine is "A day in the life". I have some ideas brewing up for my sketchbook and I promise I'll share pages as I go along. Scouts honor!

The Sketchbook Project

I totally just signed up to participate in The Sketchbook Project. Here is how the project is described:

Thousands of sketchbooks will be exhibited at galleries and museums as they make their way on tour across the country.

After the tour, all sketchbooks will enter into the permanent collection of The Brooklyn Art Library, where they will be barcoded and available for the public to view.

Cool, right? Best of all your sketchbook is tracked so you can see how many people viewed it & where it has been. I should be receiving my sketchbook in a couple of weeks and then I have until Jan. 11th to complete it & get it mailed back. So exciting!

Update: Exciting? What was I thinking?! I'm feeling a little bit intimidated all of a sudden but it is too late now! I'll try to forget about it until I get the sketchbook in the mail and then we will see how I feel about it.