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Wednesday, March 09, 2011

a peek inside my sketchbook- exploring color & pattern

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42 comments:

  1. whyducks12:17 PM

    Lovely

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  2. Alisa, this so yummy and inspirational. Love your flowers - they really are your thing. Thank you for sharing your sketchbook with us. :-)

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  3. oh my heart just sings to see your art in the sketchbook!thanks for sharing!

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  4. I always love when you give us a peek in your sketchbook! One of the areas that I really struggle with is creating pattersn and filling things in like this. I'm much more comfortable leaving all kinds of negative space.

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  5. Wow! Just WOW! these are so beautiful!

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  6. Beautiful colors and lovely patterns! How you photograph your sketchbook is wonderfully done as well, so nice to see the detail in every brush stroke and pen mark. Your flowers would make a gorgeous fabric or wallpaper!

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  7. oh my u are so inspiring.. love the bright hues of the colors u chose.. gorgeousness!

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  8. I love these, such vibrant and gorgeous colours.

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  9. OMG! Your pages are beautiful, Alisa! I LOVE to take a peak in your sketchbook! I enjoyed taking your Sketchbook Delight class, just a little behind. I highly recommend your class to anyone that wants to learn how to draw! Thanks again!

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  10. Lindo trabalho!! Parabéns

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  11. Lovely, bright, cheerful pages! :)

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  12. What a gorgeous sketchbook you have!!

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  13. your work almost stopped my heartbeat, sooooooo stunning!

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  14. yummy yum yum. that might very well be a repeat of my last 20 comments left here. :)

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  15. Just what my eyes needed to see on a dreary, rainy day. Thanks!

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  16. deeee-licious.

    ooxx
    k

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  17. Goody, goody! Always a treat to peek in your sketchbook! Love those flowers, and longing for spring!

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  18. These pages are just GORGEOUS. I love the colors and the drawings alike. I just selected my word or focus for the year the other day--"begin"--and then visited your site today to see the word featured prominently in your banner! How interesting!

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  19. I absolutely love your blog and your sketchbook! Thank you for sharing.

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  20. SO beautiful! Those orange flowers made me smile!

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  21. so SCRUMPTIOUS...and now a thank YOU from the bottom of my heart for your wonderful teaching skills, alisa! i so thoroughly enjoyed your drawing class. loved your style and approach, i just picked up my pen and did it! and was pleased as punch. i am LOVING the water-filled brushes!! xoxo

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  22. Alisa Burke you are great!!!
    The spring is here!!!
    Greetings.

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  23. I adore the colours in your sketchbook they look so rich and vibrant - thank you for sharing!

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  24. Rich in color, adore your use of design...
    keeps my eyes dancing around the page! :]
    Thank you for sharing your sketchbook.

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  25. Rich, vibrant, glorious - sigh!

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  26. Anonymous2:27 AM

    Lovely work, what wonderfully colourful pages :D

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  27. I am new to your blog and I am so enjoying these peeks inside your sketchbook. : )

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  28. Beautiful and inspiring. I loved every minute of your 'Sketchbook Delight' class!! Thank you!

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  29. Wow! What glorious colours!! It feels like a fiesta!!

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  30. Anonymous9:54 AM

    Glorious colours! They make me want to dance flamenco or samba, throw my hands up in the air and sing. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

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  31. Your sketch books are so beautiful,i would love a maxi dress with those beautiful colourful patterns on for summer.

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  32. These are really lovely. I love the colors and the paisley/ floral pattern that you are so good at. You should really work on repeating these and making some fabric ( Spoonflower) Its a natural!!

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  33. Gorgeous, simply gorgeous! Please tell me what watercolors you're using? They are so beautiful.

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  34. Sighhhhhhh…...my heart leaps with your color love!! So glad to be taking your Sketch class right now. I am learning so much, and am getting so refreshed by your theories and passions! Huge huggs Alisa!!!

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  35. So gorgeous. These designs would be so lovely on silk scarves. Just beautiful.

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  36. love love love love your creations & nice color scheming..awesome..
    would you like to visit my blog & my Designs??plz have A LOOK THERE...

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  37. love the colors - turquoise with orange. is this what yo do in the sketchbook class?

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  38. Magnificent, I like very much all these colors I often come to visit you even if I speak only about some words of English I make the good-humored height and of colors ;-D

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  39. Amazing color and beautiful patterns. You inspire me! Thank you!

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  40. I am so happy I stumbled upon your blog... I keep trying to remember what rabbit trail lead me here but I cant think of it, but I am SO HAPPY! I love to sketch using colored pencils and your sketch books are so incredibly inspiring! Thank you for sharing and thank you for using your talent! I look forward to following along.

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  41. I would so love to know what brand of watercolor you use and what color that lovely vibrant purple is! Thanks - your work is brilliant!

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