Sketchbook Revival 2025 Binge Fest (Part 1)

Sketchbook Revival was different this year.  Instead of having all new lessons, there was access to 5 years of past lessons.  With about 140 lessons to choose from and only 2-3 weeks to have them available, I had to choose. I picked the 14 that I most wanted to do and have done lots of art in the past couple of weeks!

This one was my favorite.
I think I'll do my own version of this in oil on canvas.
(Acrylic with palette knife - Lesson from Renee Mueller)

Cut... tear... glue... paint... stencil... mark... write... 
And all together it tells its own kind of story.
(Collage Journal Page - Lesson from Laly Mille)

They're just blobs and daubs and swishes of paint.
But, somehow the eye is tricked into seeing flowers.
(Acrylic - Lesson from Anna Battle)

Scribble then erase until a face emerges on the page.
I'm always a little shocked and amazed when I'm able to draw a face.
(Pencil, Eraser, Watercolor, Acrylic - Lesson from Ida Andersen Lang)

Painting with watercolor looks so easy and free; however, I never find that to be true.
Grateful for mixed media which allow for lots of covering, hiding, and fixing.
(Watercolor, colored pencils, paint pens, Stabilo All pencil - Lesson from Tamara La Porte)

Just because... it's quirky and fun and should be the setting for some children's story.
(Watercolor, colored pencils, paint pens, Stabilo All pencil - Lesson from Tamara La Porte)

I've painted one of her "quirky birds" before.
Silly, but meaningful in a quirky self-portrait kind of way.
(Watercolor, colored pencils, paint pens, Stabilo All pencil - Lesson from Tamara La Porte)