Awaken Your Emotions

 "The purpose of the artist is simply to reproduce in others' minds the impression which a scene or subject has made upon them. A work of art does not appeal to the intellect. It does not appeal to the moral sense. Its aim is not to instruct, not to edify, but to awaken an emotion."

~ George Inness

Day 55 ~ SE-55-25

Draw Your Passion

"When you draw and paint something you are passionate about,

your emotions take over and the creative spirit flows through you."

~ Sandy Sandy

Day 54 ~ SE-54-25

More Than A Hobby

"Sketching and painting is much more than a pastime or hobby.

It is a way to place our energy, feelings,
and soul before the viewer."

  ~ Stephen Quiller 

 Day 53 ~ SE-53-25 

A Reflection of Your Feelings

"How you draw is a reflection of how you feel about the world.

You’re not capturing it, you’re interpreting it."

~ Juliette Aristides 

 Day 52 ~ SE-52-25

Learn To Really See

"Learning to draw is really a matter of learning to see, to see correctly,
and that means a good deal more than merely looking with the eye."
~ Kimon Nicolaides

 Day 51 ~ SE-51-25

Art Is Healing

“Art making has the ability to move people along their journey of grief and loss into a more balanced place of healing and hope.” ~ The Chandler Gallery at Maud Morgan Arts

Day 50 ~ SE-50-25 ✍️

Don't Just Exist

"Don't just learn, experience.

Don't just read, absorb.

Don't just change, transform.

Don't just relate, advocate.

Don't just promise, prove.

Don't just criticize, encourage.

Don't just think, ponder.

Don't just take, give.

Don't just see, feel.

Don’t just dream, do.

Don't just hear, listen.

Don't just talk, act.

Don't just tell, show.

Don't just exist, live.”
~ Roy T. Bennett

Day 49 ~ SE-49-25

Courage

"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” ~ Winston Churchill

Day 48 ~ SE-48-25 

Opportunity

 "In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity." ~ Albert Einstein

Day 47 ~ SE-47-25

Don't Quit

"When you get tired, learn to rest, not quit. ~ Banksy

 Day 46 ~ SE-46-25 

Never Let It Rest

 "Good. Better. Best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better, and your better is best."
~ St. Jerome

Day 45 ~ SE-45-25

Determination

"You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction." ~ George Lorimer

Day 44 ~ SE-44-25 

Drawing With A Brush

"I dip my brush in my soul, and paint my own nature into the picture." ~ Sandy Sandy  This is the start of my next oil painting with the subject drawn out  with a brush.

Day 43 ~ SE-43-25

I Am Still Seeking

"I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart." ~ Vincent van Gogh I added a background wash and beefed up some of my line work today. Sometimes you just have to try things out and not worry about 'ruining' your piece. There is no other way of learning. Which way do you like this watercolor sketch better, with or without a background?

Day 41 ~ SE-41-25

Making Progress

"As practice makes perfect, I cannot but make progress; each drawing one makes, each study one paints, is a step forward." ~ Vincent Van Gogh

 Day 39 ~ SE-39-25

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Two Months Of Sketching Everyday

Satisfaction lies in the effort,

not in the attainment.

Full effort is full victory."

~ Mahatma Gandhi

7-26-19 ~  6 x 6" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"Human happiness and satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself...

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future,

concentrate the mind on the present moment."

~ Dalai Lama

7-27-19 ~  11 x 14" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"All lasting satisfactions come from investment of time and effort."

~ Gary Lanthrum

7-28-19 ~  11 x 14" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"You've got to get up every morning with determination

if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction."

~ George Lorimer

7-29-19 ~  11 x 14" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

7-30-19 ~  5 x 7" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Yupo

"The fulfillment of being an artist... is in the doing, or the 'joy of process',

and the pleasure and excitement of striving for improvement."

~ Suzy Smith

7-31-19 ~ 5 x 7" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"Fulfillment is structured in achievement, Achievement is structured in action,

Action is structured in thinking, Thinking is structured in knowledge,

Knowledge is structured in consciousness."

~ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Stay Inspired and Productive My Friends
Join Me for 31 More Days of Sketching Everyday! 
 

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Joy Is In The Journey

"The joy is in the journey. In the doing.

In following one's inspiration.

In being one with one's process."

~ Abigal Brown

7-21-19 ~ 6 x 6" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"A grave mistake is to paint only for the end results and not for the joy of painting!"

~ Leanne Cadden

7-22-19 ~  6 x 6" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

  

 "Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back

a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty."

~ Henri-Frederic Amiel

7-23-19 ~ 5 x 7" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Yupo Paper

  

"I buy art in order to live with it at home or in the office,
never to store it away in a vault. In fact, living with art
has been one of the great joys of my life."

~ Michael Audain

7-24-19 ~  6 x 6" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back

and realize they were the big things."

~ Robert Brault

7-25-19 ~  6 x 6" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside."

~ Melba Colgrove

Stay Inspired and Productive My Friends
Join me for a summer of sketching everyday! 
 

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A Fresh Set Of Challenges

You can accelerate your development by

giving yourself a fresh set of challenges,

or the same set viewed from a different angle,

every day. Explore a different path.

If it's a dead end, explore another."

~ Paul Foxton

July 1- 9 2019 Sketches on Yupo using alcohol ink

 I went back into some of these sketches and added to them and changed a  few things.

You can see the sketches individually on our Drawing Everyday facebook group.

"I do my best work and have the most fun when I'm not sure exactly where I'm heading." ~ J. Cohen • #DoItOnYupo The process of discovery IS exhilarating! Come let me share my discoveries with you. To help celebrate the grand opening of a new #blickartmaterials store at 401 Park Drive in Boston, MA, ⁣I will be giving a free demonstration using #alcoholink on #YupoPaper from 11-1 on July 21st, sponsored by our friends at Legion Paper! I would LOVE to meet you there! 💖

Stay Inspired and Productive My Friends
Join me for a summer of sketching everyday! 
 

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One Month Of Sketching Everyday!

"Get on a daily routine... Working is a process not a product.

Success comes from the word, succeed: Latin: 'to under go.'

You must keep moving."

~ Nicoletta Baumeiste 

6-27-19 • Watercolor and Ink sketch from Pixabay.com photo

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." ~ Aristotle

6-28-19 • Watercolor and Ink sketch from Pixabay.com photo

 "The more you draw and paint the more fluent you are with your pen and brush."
~ Igor Babailo

6-29-19 • Watercolor and Ink sketch from Pixabay.com photo

 "Make today your day to start that uncomfortable new habit." ~ Jack Canfield

6-30-19 • Watercolor and Ink sketch from life

 "Out of routine comes inspiration." ~ Mark Kostabi

Stay Inspired and Happy Creating My Friends!

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Symbols of Joy and Accomplishment

"Hummingbirds are symbolic of love and joy

and of accomplishing that which seems impossible."

~ Sandy Sandy

Hummingbirds can migrate more than 3,500 miles twice a year!

What seems like an impossible feat for such a tiny creature, happens without fail,
year after year. They often return to the place of their birth again and again,
to build nests and have 2-3 broods every spring and summer!

You can find out more about attracting and caring for these flying flowers
and about my hummingbirds here in SandyLand by going HERE.

Some say to draw and paint what you love and also to draw the same thing
20 times or more, so here's some more of my recent summer sketches!

6-24-19 • Watercolor and Ink sketch from Pixabay.com photo

6-25-19 • Watercolor and Ink sketch from Pixabay.com photo

6-26-19 • Watercolor and Ink sketch from a video

Stay Inspired and Happy Creating My Friends!

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