sketching paintbrushes and my day links

Here are links to the blogs of those who responded to the paintbrush challenge and the 'my day' challenge - some nice stuff to look at :>)

and EJ http://community.livejournal.com/merry_fates/

Katherine Tyrrell has done a fun one on her cat http://makingamark.blogspot.com/2008/05/4th-may-2008-whos-made-mark-this-week.html

and Lindsay has done a great painting of her paintbrushes here http://straightlinesout.blogspot.com/2008/04/viviens-paintbrush-game.html

Lindsay has updated and is working on another version :>) http://straightlinesout.blogspot.com/2008/04/comic-book-reprise.html

and Katherine is working on one

Cathy's set of brushes at http://asketchintime.blogspot.com/2008/04/brush-project.html

Barbara's recent addition http://bjhome-drawings.blogspot.com/2008/04/day-in-my-life-in-12-frames.html - cats seem to be a recurring theme as an alarm clock :>)

a beautiful sketch of a paintbrush and story to go with it from Jeanette http://illustratedlife.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html#181761402518323289

http://illustratedlife.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive Jeanette's great sketches of her day - and see what it's led to! and those geese look downright scary

http://elizabethfloydstudio.blogspot.com/2008/04/memory-sketch-exercise.html Elizabeth Floyd's busy day

Rose's imaginative arrangement of paintbrushes http://rosesartlines.blogspot.com/2008/04/paintbrush-fun.html

Lindsay at http://straightlinesout.blogspot.com/2008/04/comic-strips.html a fun look at her day

Maggie at http://greywarenart.blogspot.com/2008/04/maggie-on-art-materials-part-iii.html a fun visualisation of a day juggling her busy writing and art life with every day life and toddlers.

http://boogiestreet.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-brush-sorry.html Mr Zip's sketch of a well loved and lived brush

http://havedogswilltravel.blogspot.com/ some beautiful dogs feature strongly in Robyn's :>)

http://idlethoughtsofanidlewoman.blogspot.com/ Not 2 Weeks in Another Town by Dinah

http://havedogswilltravel.blogspot.com/2008/04/brush-sketch-challenge.html Robyn's lovely paintbrush sketch

I'll update this as people add to it


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Comments

Robyn Sinclair said…
Double thank you, Vivien.
12:53 pm
Lindsay said…
I think you are going to have to do a feather one too!!!
3:12 pm
vivien said…
I just may do that Lindsay :>) and it would be good to include in the FPP if people felt like it?
7:08 pm
Lindsay said…
Good idea.We could use it as a "logo" of some sort.
3:46 pm
Unknown said…
This is a wonderful idea. I might have to give it a go.
4:31 am
vivien said…
Sue great :>)

Linday - good idea
1:28 pm
Making A Mark said…
Cosmo is blushing! Well I think he - there's that much fur!!!
1:33 pm
vivien said…
If Cosmo is anything like my two he is well aware he's beautiful and far to complacent about it to blush!!!!
4:04 pm
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