Jumpstart January

January begins tomorrow, and it is time to Jumpstart.  This year I have signed up for three things to do every day, although two of them might be accomplished at the same time.

1.) I will practice my Welsh
2.) I will find an art material, device or book each day that I have in my possession and give a review or demonstration of it, either with photos or with video, and post that to share.
3.) I will do some sort of art sketchbook or project every day even if it is a small one like my friend who does a single comic pane every day.

I did this sketchbook page yesterday, it reminds me a bit of the Farscape television show I had been watching.  And I did practice my Welsh, even though it isn't quite Janaury yet.

Materials :

This was done with Sakura Micron pens over colored pencil.
Micron pens are my absolute favorite for outlining and they come in several tip sizes, marked on the top of the caps.  My favorite size to do this sort of outlining is .45mm marked with a '08' on the cap.

My Absolute Favorite Pen
Buy a Package of 3 on Amazon to save and always have one on hand.

I am also reading this lovely book 'The Book of Delights', which is a collection of essays about one or many things each day that the author found 'delightful' and how he is more and more walking through the world feeling the delight in things around him and the joy of being alive.  Check it out below.

Book: 'Kittens are Like That'

This is a 1976 picture book we picked up at the flea market. Esme loves it. She made lots and lots of noise at one of the pages where a fuzzy kitten gets dried off in a towel. Here is a picture of that kitten getting wet! Of all the cats in this book it looks the most like our Pogo, complete with the orange eyes.



All the pictures are wonderful. There are also plenty of cats to count on several pages. It is obvious on every page that the artist really knew and studied cats. Attitudes all cat owners will recognize show through in eyes, ears and body posture. All the fuzzy kittens would make any baby excited about reading this book with Mommy or Daddy.