sketchbook project 2013...

two years ago, i stumbled upon a cool project.  the sketchbook project 2012. simple concept.  you buy a blank sketchbook, put whatever your little heart desires in it, mail it back, and it joins a traveling exhibit across the u.s., then becomes part of the permanent collection at the brooklyn art library.  i signed up, had grand plans, then watched the due date come and go.  with my sketchbook remaining empty.  i was sad and disappointed that i didn't finish this cool project i had signed up (and paid!) for.  so when the sign ups came to do the sketchbook project 2013, i was initially all gung ho to sign up.  but then i waited.  as doubt crept in and i wondered if i would procrastinate and do the same thing...not finish.  then i decided i needed to buck up and do it.  just get it done.  so i signed up.  paid my money.  and vowed to start the moment my sketchbook arrived.

well...fast forward about 7 months.  good old procrastination creeped up again. and now i was looking at another blank sketchbook the WEEKEND(!) before the project had to be postmarked.  awesome crap. some say that you find inspiration when you most need it.  well, i think i did just that.  i was wandering around the internet after coming home from a visit to instacare (love bronchitis...NOT) and stumbled upon this cool art journal page and i loved the colors, the simplicity, everything.  and that was my inspiration for this year's sketchbook.  i busted it out in about 4 days.  i can't believe it.  i'll be posting the rest of it over the next few days, but here's the front and back cover, which is heavily inspired from mixed media mondays with tracy!!