Jemina's book is BACK IN ACTION--

Here are the recent artist pages for 'a house is a house for me.' 
I'll be sending this one off Oct. 1st.

Cheers, Stacy

DIY!

Posting for the last 3 artists & myself. The DIY theme so far = tools used to secure, bind or fix. I was playing with photo transfers and tried using acrylic medium to create a transparent image of a DIY fundi's (repair man's) duka (little corner shop).  I added some East African kitenge to create movement.

Jeminas entry into places that take your breath away

My sister recently came to visit Berlin. She did some collage work while she was here and I borrows her idea!

Jemina's sketch in Michaela's book

For this entry I wanted to address the conflict/resolution in Berlin. To do this the wall, and the fall of the wall seemed to fit. 

Switzerland is Breathtaking, Ryan's entry in Mark's book.

This is a re-creation of a plein air sketch I did in Montreux last spring. Switzerland is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to breathtaking views and this day was a perfect storm. Warm spring light, crisp morning air after a night rain, castle, lake, mountains, what more could you ask for?

Ryan's sketch in Michaela's book

Conflict/Resolution

My goal for this entry was to incorporate elements from the previous page (head and horizon line). I struggled for quite some time with this one and it finally came to me one night when I was playing chess with my son. Even a pawn can kill a queen if the circumstances are right.

A place that takes Nora's breath away

a view from my balcony

Stacy's April Sketch (Places that take your Breath Away)

Trying to keep the architecture theme alive!  Visited Istanbul two winters ago and was floored by the architecture of the Hagia Sofia & the Blue Mosque. 

Cheers, 

Stacy 

Stacy's Sketch in Michaela's Book-

Conflict/Resolution.

My sketch is about the conflict and balance between traditional cultures (like the Maasai) and tourism/consumerism. Inspired by my recent trip to the Serengeti. 

Nora's entry into Michaela's book

Looking for resolution.........I thought about conflict resolution for a long time before deciding what to sketch.  My pages connect to the issue of poaching in Tanzania and my experience finding a recently shot elephant, not yet dead, outside my campsite in Selous National Park. A tragic event and a massive issue for Tanzania and the world right now.  Luckily, it is being addressed at a national and global level more and more.

Michaela's book: Conflict Resolution

I'm posting the cover and first 2 pages of the book created by Michaela. The Theme is "Conflict Resolution." It is a beautiful book! I've been holding on to it for too long!

Jeminas entry into Stacy's

I took a stab at dot painting! For some reason aboriginal art was on the brain. I think because the theme journey makes me think of roaming and maps, two main subjects of aboriginal painting. There also is a strong tree theme developing in this book so I went with it -)

Ryan's Entry in Nora's Book

For this entry I sketched views from 3 significant places I've lived. Woodlake California where I grew up, Courtland California where my kids were born and raised until we moved to Adliswil Switzerland where we are living for the first time abroad.

Jeminas entry into Ryan book

I played with collage this month. Well first, to follow he books theme, I went on a few different walks with my daughter and on each I made a sketch. Then I filled in the sketch with different collaging techniques.

Nyumbani Sketch

Here's another sketch coming out of Tanzania! I've collaged imagery from a few places that represent my home.

In Nora's Sketchbook I started with sketching a hex sign (Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Art including the Distelfink Birds that represent happiness and good fortune.) In the background I've included Lancaster County farmland from my youth in Pennsylvania, and to the right is the view from my home in the British Virgin Islands (where I lived for 3 years--- my first home with my husband.)
In the foreground I've included scenes from Tanzania.

All media went on super smoothly and the background imagery/texture was inspiring! Great idea, Nora!

Cheers!
Stacy

D.I.Y

Hi all!  Here is my book/folder.  My theme is D.I.Y.  I made the cover of the book from Duct tape, I decided to weave it as that fits in with my drill which I embroidered on hand made paper.  I will leave the rest up to your own interpretation.  Hope you get inspired.
Marcia Maxwell

Jemina's Book

My daughter has a book titled 'a house is a house for me.' It is one of my favorites, the line is always stuck in my head! I have decided to make this my theme.

 

There is one picture plain for each person in our rotation. I can't what to see where you all go with it!

Happy Sketching!

Nyumbani

Nyumbani means "home" in Swahili - another book coming out of Tanzania! It is made out of an old, discarded from the library, Tanzania guide book, and each page is layered and textured.  There are 24 spreads, so each artist can have 1 or 2 or 3 spreads as you desire! Enjoy!

I'm sending it across the way to my Tanzanian teaching buddy, Stacy, any day now!

On each page I layered images, papers and a wash of gesso or acrylic paint, so you have an interesting base to start from. Each page is really about 3 pages glued together for a little more strength. I ripped most of the pages out of this book when getting started and it weakened the binding. After I drew the above pages, I taped the crease between the pages just to help it stay together.  That is something you might want to do too.

Safari Njema

Hi there ECISketchers! My theme is Safari. In Kiswahili, safari means journey. You can interpret this however you like! I've made a simple accordion fold book.
Feel free to use a two page spread and work onto the back as well.

Cheers! 

Stacy

Location, Location, Location

Ryan's Book
The theme for my book is Location, Location, Location. I have always loved to draw and write on location and found that I retain more of the moment when I do so. The starting point for this book is the idea of being present to your physical, mental, or emotional location.

There is enough allocated space for each artist to create 10 individual pages or 5 double page spreads. This book is now ready to take a journey. 

Mark's Journal

Front

Back

 Dear Sketchers,

The theme of my journal is, Places That Take Your Breath Away.  Interpret this as broadly as you like.  Have fun with it.

Mark

First Entry