Sketchbook Project

Good Monday morning!  I hope you had a nice weekend.  I wanted to start of this week telling you about a little project I recently signed up for called the Sketchbook Project.   Here's the skinny:  basically, you pay $25 to receive a moleskin "sketchbook", pick a theme for your sketchbook, and you must fill in said sketchbook and have it postmarked Jan 15, 2011.  The sketchbook has a barcode and the lovely people at Sketchbook project tour the U.S. exhibiting thousands of sketchbooks in numerous cities.

The theme for my sketchbook is "facing forward" and I decided to join the project in an effort to spend some more time with pencil, pens and watercolor and less time on the computer.  I've had many sketchbooks in my time as an art student but since graduating (years ago) I put down the paintbrush to pursue other, less creative things.  I miss getting my hands dirty and I definitely miss drawing.  The goal is to have my sketchbook complete and ready to send out by the deadline.  I'll hopefully share it's progress with you along the way:)  If you'd like to find out more about the Sketchbook project, you can check out the rules here.  The tour is scheduled to come to Atlanta April 8-9, 2011 and hopefully my book will be there!  Remember, it's only $25 to join and I'd love to know if anyone else is participating!
*Deadline to sign up is 10/31/2010.

images: example sketchbooks from the Sketchbook project