<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5333942423969100967</id><updated>2011-07-08T02:27:33.447-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sketches and Studies</title><subtitle type='html'>This blog is for my sketchbook and painting studies. I'm doing it to participate in this cyber world of art critiques and comments... to improve with every sketch and every stroke.  Plus, it'll be fun, for me at least, to see when and how my work progresses. :)</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjsartblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5333942423969100967/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjsartblog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>JJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00363766172533005764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SRd3V_HsBlI/AAAAAAAAAAc/h-6Pw9WgAKA/S220/IMG_0184.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5333942423969100967.post-8728955746492169370</id><published>2009-01-13T20:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-13T20:39:45.705-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Collages</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SW1sF86N19I/AAAAAAAAACY/sG4NnsI9EBw/s1600-h/IMG_0031.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SW1sF86N19I/AAAAAAAAACY/sG4NnsI9EBw/s320/IMG_0031.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291003986735650770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SW1sF2h-P8I/AAAAAAAAACQ/otaivHOyEf4/s1600-h/IMG_0034.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SW1sF2h-P8I/AAAAAAAAACQ/otaivHOyEf4/s320/IMG_0034.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291003985023352770" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SW1sFV167uI/AAAAAAAAACI/q1wNdCTI6XQ/s1600-h/IMG_0035.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SW1sFV167uI/AAAAAAAAACI/q1wNdCTI6XQ/s320/IMG_0035.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291003976248651490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some collage works that I made a few months back.  I really had fun doing this exercise.  I was playing with story telling in these images.  Hope you like them. :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5333942423969100967-8728955746492169370?l=jjsartblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjsartblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8728955746492169370/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5333942423969100967&amp;postID=8728955746492169370' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5333942423969100967/posts/default/8728955746492169370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5333942423969100967/posts/default/8728955746492169370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjsartblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/collages.html' title='Collages'/><author><name>JJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00363766172533005764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SRd3V_HsBlI/AAAAAAAAAAc/h-6Pw9WgAKA/S220/IMG_0184.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SW1sF86N19I/AAAAAAAAACY/sG4NnsI9EBw/s72-c/IMG_0031.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5333942423969100967.post-8414404286618380083</id><published>2009-01-13T19:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-13T19:48:58.743-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Catch Up</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SW1gTnj7qbI/AAAAAAAAACA/HG94Tw5pATs/s1600-h/IMG_2445.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SW1gTnj7qbI/AAAAAAAAACA/HG94Tw5pATs/s320/IMG_2445.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290991027383675314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SW1gTXXf0LI/AAAAAAAAAB4/UycdW6PhEW8/s1600-h/IMG_2442.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SW1gTXXf0LI/AAAAAAAAAB4/UycdW6PhEW8/s320/IMG_2442.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290991023036551346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SW1gTOOjUoI/AAAAAAAAABw/-nGjCMk27rI/s1600-h/IMG_2440.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SW1gTOOjUoI/AAAAAAAAABw/-nGjCMk27rI/s320/IMG_2440.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290991020583113346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Things have been busy for us these last weeks.  Like everyone else, holidays tends to cram up your style and between all the engagements, you lose all sense of a regular life.  So, to sum up what I've been up to... London for a week during Thanksgiving (soooo awesome!!!), moved to a loft in downtown LA (so in love), traveled to Cleveland New Years for Micah &amp;amp; Jessi's wedding (the hotel bed was sooooo dreamy), and finished working on my singing group's promotional package... pant, pant, pant.  So now, here are a couple of the few sketches I managed to make during all that.  :)  Oh, and I just attempted a Bob Ross painting one day with a friend... hahahahah good times.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5333942423969100967-8414404286618380083?l=jjsartblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjsartblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8414404286618380083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5333942423969100967&amp;postID=8414404286618380083' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5333942423969100967/posts/default/8414404286618380083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5333942423969100967/posts/default/8414404286618380083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjsartblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/catch-up.html' title='Catch Up'/><author><name>JJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00363766172533005764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SRd3V_HsBlI/AAAAAAAAAAc/h-6Pw9WgAKA/S220/IMG_0184.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SW1gTnj7qbI/AAAAAAAAACA/HG94Tw5pATs/s72-c/IMG_2445.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5333942423969100967.post-6238542406292161871</id><published>2008-11-11T16:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-11T16:53:25.225-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Inspirations 100</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SRooY5MANOI/AAAAAAAAABA/g74Sx9S37-k/s1600-h/loish.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 66px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SRooY5MANOI/AAAAAAAAABA/g74Sx9S37-k/s320/loish.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267567122296354018" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's a chica on deviantart that I like "watching".  Check her out - loish.net  I really like her use of pantone markers here... why does it look so effortless?  Practice, practice, practice...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5333942423969100967-6238542406292161871?l=jjsartblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjsartblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6238542406292161871/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5333942423969100967&amp;postID=6238542406292161871' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5333942423969100967/posts/default/6238542406292161871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5333942423969100967/posts/default/6238542406292161871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjsartblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/inspirations-100.html' title='Inspirations 100'/><author><name>JJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00363766172533005764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SRd3V_HsBlI/AAAAAAAAAAc/h-6Pw9WgAKA/S220/IMG_0184.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SRooY5MANOI/AAAAAAAAABA/g74Sx9S37-k/s72-c/loish.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5333942423969100967.post-2686007316057087229</id><published>2008-11-09T15:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-11T19:15:43.494-08:00</updated><title type='text'>BIRDS  Week 11/6</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SRpKQH6mxlI/AAAAAAAAABQ/ssbJVOcAQVA/s1600-h/IMG_0060.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SRpKQH6mxlI/AAAAAAAAABQ/ssbJVOcAQVA/s320/IMG_0060.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267604355026437714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SRpJYTh_ooI/AAAAAAAAABI/zM1aOk_6l5g/s1600-h/IMG_0058.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SRpJYTh_ooI/AAAAAAAAABI/zM1aOk_6l5g/s320/IMG_0058.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267603396071760514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes you just need a goal or a project to keep you going on what you love to do but never find the time for... So, one day, I came upon an artbook about sketchbooks at the book store.  Neat huh?  Anyway, I decided that each page of instruction or topic it covered would be a great sketchbook assignment for me to tackle every week.  This week, it's BIRDS.  :)  So here's what I got so far...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5333942423969100967-2686007316057087229?l=jjsartblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jjsartblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2686007316057087229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5333942423969100967&amp;postID=2686007316057087229' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5333942423969100967/posts/default/2686007316057087229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5333942423969100967/posts/default/2686007316057087229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jjsartblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/birds-week-116.html' title='BIRDS  Week 11/6'/><author><name>JJ</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00363766172533005764</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SRd3V_HsBlI/AAAAAAAAAAc/h-6Pw9WgAKA/S220/IMG_0184.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KUY0FUCSQ7w/SRpKQH6mxlI/AAAAAAAAABQ/ssbJVOcAQVA/s72-c/IMG_0060.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
