Open Mic Friday! featuring the Sketchbook Project

Welcome, dear ones, to the first Open Mic Friday of 2011!

All this week I have been working on my book for The Sketchbook Project 2011, which I first introduced on this blog back in August. The format for the book is a slim, 40-sheet (80-page) Moleskine notebook with the theme “A Day in the Life.” I have to mail it out in a week, so I’m hurrying to finish it before then. I’ve paid for the project to digitize my pages after they receive the book, but I’m quickly scanning the pages myself too; my sketchbook is a tribute to Tisha, and I don’t want to lose it if it gets destroyed or lost in the mail. Here are a few of the scans. Click on the images to see larger sizes.

: My sketchbook – page 11

: My sketchbook – page 13

: My sketchbook – page 18

I’ve been uploading these pages to the Sketchbook Project’s flickr pool, a growing collection of about 2,000 pages from participating artists. It’s so inspiring and fascinating to see what people are doing with these flimsy little sketchbooks. Besides “A Day in the Life,” there are also many other themes, and artists are permitted to alter their books in a variety of ways. Here are some of my favorites that I found on flickr. Clicking on the images will take you to the artists’ larger-size images on flickr. If you like what you see, I encourage you to leave comments there!

"Supermercado" by Irene G. Lenguas

"Coral Buddha" by Gallery of the Absurd

"Forest Pop-Up" by orangesparrow

"Dim Sum" by Debra Morris

"Chapter Three" by Madzia Bryll

And here are a few more, by artists who requested that their images not be downloaded from flickr. Click the links to see their work.

“Untitled” by Huilin Dai

“Columbia River Gorge” by jrbmgarner

“In Memory of My Own Cat Moppel,” by K. Johanna Fritz

Feeling awed yet? Again, I encourage you to visit all these artists on flickr and leave comments!

I’m still looking for artists for guest posts on the Open Mic. Photos, videos, drawings, music, text — it’s all welcome. Check out past guest posts for examples and inspiration, and comment below if interested! Don’t be shy! Thank you for visiting.

CategoriesFriday Open Mic

Tagskitties, Sketchbook Project 2011, tisha

7 Comments

Mo 8 January 2011 at 11:32 am

OMG, this is amazing!!! I absolutely love your Tisha pages (“echolocation” heehee), and the links you shared have given me plenty of ways to avoid work this morning. 😉 What a cool idea!!

1. satsumaart 16 January 2011 at 10:30 pm
  
  Thank you, Mo! 🙂 I’m so glad you checked out the other artists — they’re amazing!
  
sherry 8 January 2011 at 5:12 pm

I forgot you were working on this Sketchbook Project, Lisa. I love it…..a wonderful memorial to your precious Tisha!

1. satsumaart 16 January 2011 at 10:31 pm
  
  Thank you, Sherry! It’s given me so much peace to finish this project to my satisfaction.
  
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sparksinshadow 13 January 2011 at 8:16 pm

This is so cool! I checked out the website and found that the tour will be in my neck of the woods around July 14th, so I’ll have a great reason to get out to a neighborhood I rarely visit and look for your sketchbook. The lovely pages you’ve shared of your tribute to Tisha have definitely piqued my interest. Kudos to you, my prolific friend!

1. satsumaart 16 January 2011 at 10:32 pm
  
  Thank you, Ré! That would be so, so cool if you were able to check out the sketchbook in person. 🙂 I’m going to look for it when it comes to SF, too!