tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71391216966608938592023-12-12T12:14:28.279-08:00TrailsBethie Engstrom http://www.blogger.com/profile/06105042834554692028noreply@blogger.comBlogger210125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139121696660893859.post-40747154136836019002016-10-04T19:14:00.002-07:002016-10-04T19:16:03.364-07:00Inktober Day One - Four!Inktober is upon us again! So crazy to me how fast this year is flying by.<br />
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I've known since July that I want to participate in Inktober, but I didn't want to do what I did last year, which was just do a ink drawing of whatever random thing I happened to think of last minute and stress over not being able to use color (which I have a love-hate relationship). So I began to think about what I could focus on (this was before Jake Parker released the Inktober 2016 prompts btw, I probably would have done them too), and as I was watching/listening, while doing the cat's litter box, to the Artist/Illustrator/Youtuber <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/frannerd13/videos" target="_blank">Fran Meneses</a> who was discussing how for inktober she takes a not well known fairy tale and illustrates her interpretation of it in her unique style. I loved that idea! But, I decided, instead of fairy tales, I would go through my beloved bookshelf, and find the top 31 favorite fiction books, from my childhood up until know and do a 4x6 inspired illustration of them as my personal challenge.<br />
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Day One, Miss Jaster's Garden </div>
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Written and Illustrated by N. M. Bodecker in 1972</div>
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The Maggie B. </div>
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Written and Illustrated by Irene Haas in 1975</div>
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The Seven Silly Eaters </div>
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Written by Mary Ann Hoberman and Illustrated by Marla Frazee in 1997</div>
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The Junie B. Jones Series </div>
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Written by Barbara Parks and Illustrated by Denise Brunkus in 1992-2013</div>
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Until the next inking session!<br />
Xoxo<br />
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<br />Bethie Engstrom http://www.blogger.com/profile/06105042834554692028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139121696660893859.post-31969080210606846612016-06-04T00:23:00.001-07:002016-06-04T00:23:20.124-07:00Failed and art dump updateGa my gosh.<br />
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I'll never get good at this blogging thing again. 2009 was my year of constant blogging it would seem (but no links to that, as I was verrry young *shudders*)<br />
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But enough of that, onto sketchy crap painting art dump!<br />
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If you are interested in my (nearly) daily uploading of this kind of thing to the social meds, check out my public Instagram or Tumblr, I find it a little more chill and less daunting over on those. ;)<br />
Xoxoxo!Bethie Engstrom http://www.blogger.com/profile/06105042834554692028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139121696660893859.post-62544445344317246812015-10-22T10:03:00.001-07:002015-10-24T18:59:48.012-07:00Personal Style<div dir="ltr">
I don't have one yet, not completely that is. I have, what I like to call, my whimsical figures, my life drawings, and just fun doodle sketches. I strive for the realism, but am constantly attracted to the more exaggerated forms and likeness. <br />
So here's to still figuring things out, and here are a couple of recent sketches that physically show my love of every form of style. :)</div>
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Bethie Engstrom http://www.blogger.com/profile/06105042834554692028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139121696660893859.post-10144947091021183272015-10-22T09:43:00.001-07:002015-10-22T09:49:48.709-07:00Week three of Inktober <p dir="ltr">This last week of Inktober.</p>
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Another week of Inktober has flown by! Here are my daily inklings from the past week that I've posted to my <a href="https://instagram.com/bethie_illustrates/" target="_blank">Instagram </a>and Tumblr Blog</div>
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Bethie Engstrom http://www.blogger.com/profile/06105042834554692028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139121696660893859.post-25375393309246498672015-10-13T23:37:00.000-07:002015-10-13T23:52:05.188-07:00Another Sketch Dump<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Bethie Engstrom http://www.blogger.com/profile/06105042834554692028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139121696660893859.post-39761584512669954472015-10-07T16:58:00.000-07:002015-10-07T16:58:00.670-07:00Weekly Inklings (Inktober)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Here's a look back at my little Inktober inklings.</div>
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Bethie Engstrom http://www.blogger.com/profile/06105042834554692028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139121696660893859.post-41995421039209066292015-10-04T05:30:00.000-07:002015-10-04T05:30:01.128-07:00Watercolor and Ink<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Some of my favorite things are nature, sketching, and combing ink and watercolors. Here's a little personal project from July</div>
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<br />Bethie Engstrom http://www.blogger.com/profile/06105042834554692028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139121696660893859.post-82439127692555700872015-10-01T23:07:00.001-07:002015-10-01T23:08:14.208-07:00Art Dump<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Here are some sketches and little things from over the summer!</div>
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I'm also going to be trying out Inktober for the first time this year. I'm posting everyday on my tumblr, but will be doing weekly updates on my Instagram and here maybe.<br />
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The past month or so, I joined a app called Art Amino, it's like Instagram, Facebook and Tumblr all rolled into one with the purpose of being just for the artist community. I've thoroughly enjoyed being apart of it, and I have even roped my younger brother, an amazing artist, into tagging onto it. :)</div>
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It was through Art Amino that I become apart of a group that wanted to do a sketchbook exchange. Short version of how it will work, we get paired up with another member, each start a new sketchbook, themed around our city, and send it to the other, then do a sketch again, and send onto the next person on the list, and so on until it's full, and hopefully, if all goes accordingly, you'll get the sketchbook you started, with additions from fellow artist, from all over the world!</div>
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I just mailed this babe off to an amazing art student from Scotland, can't wait to receive another sketchbook in the next week or so that I get to put something in and send off.</div>
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This is the first go, that made me want to do the above. I like to break into my copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wreck-This-Journal-Black-Expanded/dp/0399161945/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1429485096&sr=1-1&keywords=wreck+this+journal" target="_blank">Wreck this Journal</a>, by Keri Smith randomly, it's honestly so refreshing to me, like having a book of warm ups and encouragement from a friend! I obviously didn't follow the 'instructions' to this page very well, but you don't have to, you just have start something! I need that reminder a lot, and I'm not even a perfectionist. ;)<br />
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It's so hard to not finish something, especially when it's so obvious as the bottom half of a face. It can kind of feel like limiting the thoughts of the sketch in a negative way, but I want to try and limit myself more, like working out your body, give yourself a task that is challenging and hard (like core work outs, uck), and let what happens, happen. And while this is not "complete", I have the power to say, it's finished, and that is an amazing feeling.<br />
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Project for a friend! Unfortunately I'm the type of person that gets hung up on little things and trends to forget about my 'first love', watercolors. With a brush in my hand, the window open to the surprisingly warm Seattle weather, and all my mix mediums in front of me, I was so relaxed and ''in my element''. I haven't felt that way in a long time, it seems to always be tense when I 'get down' to work on drawing. Do you ever feel like you take more self-doubt or crap from yourself more than anything else? I feel like I'm my biggest ball and chain. And critic. Oh the life of working alone. ;)</div>
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Bethie Engstrom http://www.blogger.com/profile/06105042834554692028noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139121696660893859.post-55813164722017963292014-04-02T17:21:00.001-07:002014-04-02T17:21:09.378-07:00Traits and ageing and learning<p dir="ltr">One of the the worst things that I do to myself, is that if I don't complete, or at least approve of something I've put down in an appropriate short period of time, I begin to believe that I don't have what it takes to be an artist. This is one of those raw and very tender aspects of myself that I do. Not. Like. We all have our issues (right? 0.0). I tend to be on the side of can't get out of my head... What's the actual expression?? Letting my thoughts get ahead of my actions, or messing up things (in everyday life as well) because I'm <i>thinking</i> about it too much. </p>
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<p dir="ltr">Today I bring you this painting, that I did on the sub flooring in my new room. I hope no one ever takes this new flooring out (blood and tears, as is typical with any home renovations;) to find this little heroine, but if they do they will also find a large flower with a seven year olds name proudly painted by herself, and a tree with a potato shaped man under it, made by a little five year old boy. I wonder if it'll get even a glance, or maybe it'll get more? I kind of hope I never know:) But here it is, it's one little moment, last moment, before being completely covered.</p>
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Bethie Engstrom http://www.blogger.com/profile/06105042834554692028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139121696660893859.post-15372827772182755412014-01-21T17:00:00.002-08:002014-01-21T17:00:37.369-08:00late night sketchingThis means something to me, but any one who sees it sees something different. A different perspective is amazing. I love hearing what people see or "feel" about sketches. What do you see?<br />
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Bethie Engstrom http://www.blogger.com/profile/06105042834554692028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139121696660893859.post-37011248750383386342014-01-13T01:14:00.003-08:002014-01-13T01:16:54.588-08:00I have a good excuse...My best friend in all the world is getting married (we're so close, we can out of the same human, me, just fifteen months after!) soon and getting everything figured out and still working and trying to have somewhat of a life is kind of distracting, so, to make myself feel better (and hopefully it can give you a little warmness in your heart as well), here are some pictures of my families kittens:)<br />
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Enjoy and have a great rest of your day!<br />
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<br />Bethie Engstrom http://www.blogger.com/profile/06105042834554692028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139121696660893859.post-54644126698059397872014-01-06T06:30:00.000-08:002014-01-06T06:30:00.307-08:00drawing from thought vs. drawing from a model<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sketching out these hands was really just that, but than that '<i>thing</i>' happened... You know, when a thought suddenly becomes an idea. Weird I know. Wish it would happen more often. :P<br />
But than as I kept trying to give the piece a <i>little</i> more dramatics and tension - I just couldn't put it down, simply for the fact that trying to just look at my hands awkwardly clasped infront of me, it's pretty much impossible to get that "experience" unless I've made serious note of a similar scene already. That's when actual other human beings become real good handy (ha! Don't judge me) subjects. Two football players that happen to be my live in brothers do very well.<br />
Soon I hope to use this photo (plus the others) to make something out of that little seed of thought.<br />
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