Round 8...

 I love the evolution of our sketchbook. Life's been crazy and so is the art inside this project.

Thank you to my artists, as always.
Happy Halloween All!

Two Years Old...

A few days ago was Postal Sketches second birthday! Life got a bit busy for our artists during round 5/6, so we've been slow to post, but we're still drawing. I went to China for a while, Jen moved, Eileen and Jeff got married in Hawaii, Matt has been freelancing like crazy and Chris released comic books and displayed in art shows. Even when life gets hectic, we haven't forgotten the project, so keep watching for posts. Thank you for the continued support. Round 7 commences soon!

4887 miles...

One year ago yesterday, the sketchbook for Postal Sketches was purchased, and it was first mailed out two days later. We have finished 3 rounds of mailing and invited 5 guest artists to help us mix it up. I used mapquest to add up all the miles, including trips to Chicago and San Francisco, and the sketchbook as traveled about 4887 miles so far! Thanks for all the art and support. I'm anticipating another fantastic year.

round three...

The highlight of my week arrived in my mail box today! Since it's suddenly a nice day out after our little earthquake in Socal, I thought I'd take pictures of sketchbook outside. The corners are getting a bit worn, and we have a few fun additions to the cover after round three. I love the drippy ink on the edges of the pages.
So during round three we had four guest artists, lots of feathers and whimsical drawings. Thanks to all my artists! I can't wait to see what round four brings...

Postal Sketches Progression

I thought this one would be pretty interesting . . . it is a snapshot of the progression of the sketches as it slowly overtakes the white canvas of the empty pages. Pretty cool, huh?

round two...

so we finally completed round two, and i'm always delighted to see the sketchbook come back to me with new embellishments...
witty, huh? i love it.

round one...

our traveling sketchbook completed round one and made it home on friday...i was ecstatic to find a reinterpretation of the original sticker on the cover. then looking at the sketches, i was amazed by the details we cannot see online. jpegs really don't do the art justice. i love what everyone has done so far. this wasn't the original intention of this project, but i think this collaboration is a good way to challenge each other and ourselves...

Our New Project...

i love a new sketchbook. every artist has a weakness for art supplies. this one i'm going to share, because this sketchbook has caught a case of wanderlust...this sketchbook will be mailed from artist to artist. each artist has one week to complete a spread using one element from the previous spread as inspiration and mail it to the next artist.
i actually got the idea from here, must give credit to the originals. hopefully we'll have fun with our own...