Coptic Stitch

I finally finished my large sketchbook (10 x 11.5 inches). I have been afraid of doing the Coptic stitch and talked to my friend Stephen about it every time I saw him, I looked at videos and read directions over and over. I was so proud when I finished it I showed him and he gave me his stamp of approval.

The nice thing about the book is it is made from materials that were given to me by artist friends. Davey Board: Kathy Przekopp, Cover paper: Doris Bertch, Craft paper: Diane DeMers Chen, Watercolor paper: Jennise Ashley and Francesca Albini. Thank you friends. I also used gesso on some old watercolor paintings for paper.

City Farmers Nursery with the San Diego Urban Sketchers Meetup Group

My sketch and a video of the morning.

 



Rose Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego

Drawing with friends after work today...

Stephen's Bicycle

Stephen, Leon, Manda, _ , _ , Rachel
Kathy, Me, Carol, _

our sketches.

Stagecoach Days, Old Town, San Diego

San Diego County Fair

Sketching at the San Diego County Fair this week with Terry and Kathy.

Sketching at Spanish Village

I met with the weekday sketchcrawlers yahoo group today.



These are the sketches I did.





Rachel shared a great book on Peter Beard. You can view some of his journal pages here: http://www.peterbeard.com/work.php .

This is a short video of our afternoon.