Robie Benve Art

Geraniums Paper collage, 18cm x 25 cm I signed up for the local Sketchbook Venture. They gave me a blank sketchbook, with thin pages, and I am supposed to fill it with images and words, following a theme of my choice.  All sketchbooks entering the venture will be displayed at an exhibit, and then kept available at the local library.  "Cool! " I thought, but now I'm intimidated and I proceed very slowly, maybe too slowly, since there is a deadline.  One thing is doing sketches for your own sake, completely unrelated to each other, and knowing nobody will ever see them, another thing is sketching for a public projects, and following a theme. Well, I haven't even settled on a theme yet, but I started filling few pages, so far only with flower subjects. This geranium collage filled one of the pages, and I really had fun ripping out magazine and making it. I also made a drawing of the same geraniums. I'm trying to work quickly on my sketches, ...

I just came back from a family vacation, eight wonderful days in Riviera Maya, Mexico. Beach, sun, food, drinks.  Ahhhh, the life!  Needless to say no time to paint. I didn't even pretend I was going to, in fact I just brought a sketch pad and pencils. Turns out it has been a week full of fun and activities, and my art tools did not make it out of the hotel room. However, while waiting at the airports, I kept myself entertained making quick sketches of few fellow passengers. On the plane I found some interesting images on the Airline's magazine, and sketched those too.  :) I loved making use of that otherwise boring time at the airport and plane!  PS: I brought coloring and writing activities for my kids too, which kept them busy scribbling, so they did not drive daddy crazy. :)