Tag Archives: Sketch

Hacking Away at a Cheap Sketchbook

Posted on April 18, 2023 by Joe

I continue to throw graphite at the unwilling little sketchbook of which I have written about lately. I’ve had no evidence of anything close to supernatural brilliance bubbling up from the pad’s cheap little pages, but I continue to make … Continue reading →

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Second Thoughts on a Cheap Sketchbook…

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Joe

I may get my $3.25 worth out of the terrible little sketchbook from discount chain Five Below after all. I have stubbornly refused to put it aside, and I continue to doodle in it as I sit on the couch … Continue reading →

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A Sketchbook Not from Heaven

Posted on April 4, 2023 by Joe

The sketchbook made for the shelves of Philadelphia based discount chain Five Below is coming in below my expectations. I’ve had a lot of luck with the cheap, juvenile sketchbooks that I have received as gifts from Target, but they … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a Sofa Sketcher

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Joe

I sit on a couch with a cat and a spouse scribbling my graphite grotesques into the night. Some of them are good. Some of them stink. Some of them I do in pen and ink.

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Sketchbook • Gruesome Graphite Grotesques

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Joe

I sit on a couch with a cat and a spouse scribbling graphite grotesques into the night. Continue reading →

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Monster Mash

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Joe

Some things never change. I used to work on class projects in my bedroom studio in my parents’ house while a 13-inch black and white TV set played trash. Last night I was sketching for fun while watching trash from … Continue reading →

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My sweet irreproducible you

Posted on February 23, 2023 by Joe

Non-Photo Blue pencils are a particular shade of blue that could not be detected by a  graphic arts camera like a photostat camera. I ran stat cameras in the era when graphic design was an analog pursuit involving rubber cement, … Continue reading →

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