Welcome to another stop on The Sketchbook Challenge Blog Hop! Over there I’ve described a little bit of the inspiration and sketchbook work I’ve done that…
Congratulations to the Winners from my stop on the blog tour for The Sketchbook Challenge Techniques, Prompts, and Inspiration for Achieving Your Creative Goals Remember – you…
Book Review & Giveaway: The Sketchbook Challenge
July 2, 2012I’d like to introduce you to a wonderful new book The Sketchbook Challenge Techniques, Prompts, and Inspiration for Achieving Your Creative Goals If you’ve been following…
The Sketchbook Challenge Blog Tour
June 25, 2012If you’ve been with me a while you know that I’ve been working with The Sketchbook Challenge We are a varied group of artists challenging our…
The theme this month over at The Sketchbook Challenge is Urban Sketching. I love nothing more than urban sketching. Cities enthrall me. Hidden corners invite exploration…
It’s difficult to find time to open my sketchbook and draw – that’s nothing new so I really have no excuse. There are two things that…
It’s my turn to work over at The Sketchbook Challenge to choose the theme for the month of April. As I’ve watched spring blossom all around me…
This month’s Sketchbook Challenge theme is flowers. I’ve been pressing up against deadlines for the past two weeks and needed a short break. Maybe some day…
The Sketchbook Challenge theme for this month is Close-Up. RIGHT UP CLOSE is the way I really like to see things. I focus in so close…
I am happier than a little puppy dog with two tails to wag to be involved in The Sketchbook Challenge again this year. It’s been a…
I can’t tell you how pleased I am to be included in year two of this amazing adventure. http://sketchbookchallenge.blogspot.com/ Each month we’ll continue to challenge you…
The Sketchbook Challenge: December Theme
December 26, 2011I have a little confession. I’m having trouble with this month’s Sketchbook Challenge theme. As much as I usually love such things, “trashed, ruin, and decay”…
One of my favorite artists and illustrators is named Omar Rayyan. Fluffy, by Omar Rayyan on etsy I love his slightly twisted and humorous imagination. Contessa…
The Long View: Making Bad Art and Becoming a Good Artist
October 22, 2011DREAM by Lyric Kinard There are some things I’m good at, and some things I’m not. I’ve always loved music and trained on French Horn with…
The Sketchbook Challenge – July’s Theme
July 3, 2011Fun Stuff over at the Sketchbook Challenge this month! sketch by Lyric Kinard It’s my turn to choose the theme and I think it’s a good…
Saturday April 30th 10:00 am -12:00pm Meet near the front door to the new wing – at those tables under the trees. We’ll do a couple…
Last week we had a fabulous time at the Cary, NC Sketch-In. What we lacked in numbers we made up for in laughter! And in some…
http://www.lyrickinard.com/publications.html I gave a presentation at my local library last week – can I just say how much I love libraries?! I think most of my new…
Welcome to Week 4 of my year long determination to learn how to draw faces. At a daughter’s concert. Fast sketches then longer ones… using pencil…
The Sketchbook Challenge: Highly Prized
January 31, 2011I’ve been thinking about the Sketchbook Challenge theme all month. It only took a few minutes to know what I consider to be very valuable. TIME…
And so it begins. Installment #1 of my determination to draw a face every day. I’ve decided to draw each face on the back of…
I am an artist. Sometimes I feel it takes a certain amount of gall or hubris for me to introduce myself that way. I am confident in…
The Sketchbook Challenge: January’s Theme
January 1, 2011!!!GAME ON!!!PEOPLE Hop on over to the Sketchbook Challenge blog TODAY to read about January’s theme. You can read about Jill Berry, this month’s featured artist…
The Sketchbook Challenge: prepping a book
December 28, 2010I’m excited about the Sketchbook Challenge. I’ve always used my sketchbooks as a learning tool and a reference library. If it doesn’t go down onto a…
Sue Bleiweiss Podcast at the Voodoo Cafe
December 27, 2010RICË FREEMAN-ZACHERY over at the blog Voodoo Cafe has posted a fantastic interview with Sue Bleiwiess about the Sketchbook Challenge. Take a quick break and go listen.…
I call my sketchbooks my PAPER BRAIN These books are filled with doodles, drawings, composition studies, grocery lists, exercises, and nothing in particular. They are one…