{"id":866,"date":"2020-08-23T14:58:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T18:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jordanstovka.com\/steepedinsound\/?p=866"},"modified":"2020-08-23T20:40:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T00:40:29","slug":"sketchbook-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jordanstovka.com\/steepedinsound\/sketchbook-august\/","title":{"rendered":"august sketches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let me start by saying that as someone who identifies as an illustrator, sketching for \u201cfun\u201d isn\u2019t usually on my list of pleasurable pastimes. I\u2019d never really enjoyed drawing-by-observation outside of my college drawing classes, and never made it a consistent practice for myself.<\/p>\n

Let me also say that the writer half of me loves good stationery, which led me to impulsively buying a cute, little, yellow sketchbook in support of my beloved Artist and Craftsman<\/a> supply store (Friendly public service announcement to shop small and local).<\/p>\n

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I generally want everything I bring into my life to have both functionality and value, so I told myself that even if this tablet was only $3, I didn\u2019t want it to become a $3 dust collector.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So with that mantra in the back of my mind, I recently started sketching whatever was around me whenever I found myself with a free half hour or so. The lines are loose, the proportions askew and the perspective warped, and that\u2019s really been okay with me.\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019m also experimenting with lines and dots to show some depth\u2014and honestly I just think the patterned quality of it looks visually exciting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n