Relentless Robin

Artist Trading Cards

On days that I have small pockets of time, I make Art Trading Cards. These are the ATCs I made from January 1 to January 15.

Selfies Technical pen and Ecoline brush pen

Inktober52 week 1 Flight Technical pen and Ecoline brush pen

January theme Bugs Technical pen and Ecoline brush pen

Hands (20 of 100 to go) Technical pen (I like hands without color.)

Artist trading cards are 2 1⁄2 by 3 1⁄2 inches (64 mm × 89 mm) in size, the same format as modern trading cards such as sports or game cards. They are self-made unique works or small series, signed and dated on the reverse by the artist/producer, exchanged and collected by other people.

Stamps

I cut these out of a soft rubber easer like material that the students in the middle school at the Rivers School use.

I hate using something so soft. It crumbles more than cuts.

I do like that I could cut both sides.

I forgot to cut the negative space out for the blocks. Sigh. I will dig up some real linoleum block for print making and try again.

I also over inked. It took more than 3 weeks for the ink to dry.

This was inspired by Jane LaFazio in the Beginning class at the online Sketchbook School using her sketchbook drawings to design stamps.

Tea Pot

Day 2 A Drawing A Day

A metal nozzle, skull bone and teapot make an interesting still life. They are found things in the 8th grade art room.

A thin (ultra fine point) and thick (fine point) Sharpie pen contour lines in a Strathmore mixed media series 200 9 inch by 12 inch sketchbook

Colored with grey Tombow Dual Brushes and a silver fine point sharpie in a Strathmore mixed media series 200 9 inch by 12 inch sketchbook

Note: Sharpie and towbow pens bleed through to the back of the page.

Animal Skulls

Roz Stendahl’s week animal homework in the online Beginning class — offered by the Sketchbook School — an assignment was to draw at a natural history museum.

Instead I dug up some bones at the school where I work.

I found this skull bone in the “junk to draw” bin in the 8th grade art classroom. The box predates the teacher who has no idea what beast the bone is from.

18 by 20 Swathmore heavy weight drawing paper with an Ebony pencil

I found a second skull in a middle school science class room.

5 by 8 inch Swarthmore 5 by 8 in drawing pad with an Ebony pencil

I will revisit these bones once a month or so. I need to do this again and add shadows.

Hands (28 more of 100 to go)

Hand #71 Color pencil on tan pastel paper

Hand #72 Color pencil on black pastel paper

Six Hours of Life Drawing Drop-in

5 minute Canson Dessin 9 inch by 12 inch Drawing Pad technical pen

Thursday’s life drawing session was a “long pose.” The long pose session was three 5-minutes poses and the the rest of the 3 hour session was the same pose.