andrea joseph's sketchblog

Ah, my gosh. Somebody please run my blog! I just will do just about anything but do it. I make myself so mad sometimes. I frustrate the...

I've been cleaning up my house recently. And cleaning up my act. I've always kept stuff 'for drawing'. For that day when ...

Here's a couple of drawings that I made back in the day. When my eyes could see better. The top one was made with a ballpoint pen a...

Recently, on Facebook , I asked the question "does anyone use Flickr anymore?" I asked because I was, kind of, toying with the i...

I've been doing a little design work for a wool/knitting/crocheting centre recently. It took a few attempts to come up with a design ...

Tonight I am donating the fiver that I would have spent on my Thursday-night-end-of-the-working-week-wine, if I had not been taking part i...

Four drawings, three places in one sketchbook. And, a shedload of different pens and pencils. Edale Red marker pen, two red ballpoi...

Over the years I've heard many people say that they find starting a new sketchbook the hardest part. They become frozen with the fear...

 These are the final couple of drawings from the rock n roll day last weekend. Actually, there's also a motorbike but that might take ...

 When I went to the 1950s event last weekend I fully intended to spend the day drawing cars. It's one of those subjects I really want ...

Here's one from the series I am doing for a stage production of James and the Giant Peach . These drawings will be used as the backdrop...

This is an X-ray of my head right now. That's exactly what's going on in there at the moment. I get into a project and I live and br...

I was sent these sweets from my friend Tine, in Sweden, about a year ago. Of course, I had all intentions of starting this new journal back...

The chutney, above, is one of the delicacies I took to our Mad Hatter's Tea and Sketching Party back in January . Inspired by, my drawi...

This is a little taster. A little trailer, if you will, for a new project I've been desperate to get up and running for some time. Actua...

Clearly, I haven't thought the idea for this new book through. Because this is the space I'm left to work with on the next page.....

This was a nice little surprise in my mail box today. I sold this drawing earlier in the year. It was destined for a little girl's bedr...

'have you tidied that room yet?' 'er...' Remember THIS POST ? That was a lot of fun. I must do something similar soon. When ...

I promised an exciting update on a project in my last post. This is not it. Although, personally, I am excited to be working in my travel t...

A few posts ago I told you about how I'd swapped the childish purse I'd been carrying around for the ever so grown up owl purse on ...