Sketchbook Nr. II

This is my second sketchbook, filled between May and October 2007. I found little time to do any actual artwork, but to “exercise my right brain” I decided to sketch whenever I could instead. The sketches are made whenever I had the chance to pick up my pen.

Most drawings have been made in Finland, but a large portion of

the drawings are made either while traveling in Hungary or Israel.

My cryptic scrawls are written in Swedish, Finnish, and English.

Some sketches and drawings are from a drawing class for children during the calm moments when the youngsters stopped fidgeting and temporarily lost themselves in their own drawings.

There are doodles made at a café while waiting for a familiar face or my hot chocolate.

To make time pass more quickly, I developed the habit of sketching while on the bus or the plane.

I visited museums, and almost all of them banned photography. To get around this frustrating blockade to inspiration, I whipped out my handy-dandy sketchbook

and pens instead.

I have mostly used grey-toned felt tip pens and a permanent black marker, but also indian ink, a dark pencil, colored pencils, colored markers, a white gel pen, and poster paints.

I hope you enjoy my doodles at least partially as much as I enjoyed making them.

-Ann-Mi-

All artwork © Anne-Marie Eriksson