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Monday, December 5, 2016

Holiday Book Signings!

Lots of book signings around in time for Christmas. I will add to the list as I get information.

Jeffrey Ebbeler, Vanessa Sorensen and Christina Wald will be signing books at Sharon Woods Friday December 9th at part of their Holiday in Lights event from 6 to 9 pm.

Details here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1048826188560862/

Loren Long will be at at Blue Manatee Children's Book Store on Saturday, Dec. 10, beginning at 11:00! He will be sharing his new book, Otis and the Kittens.

Details here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1312505292122407/

Monday, March 21, 2016

Sketch Outing to Music Hall

Jeb Brack, Christina Wald, Sarah Rocheleau, Amy Bogard, Vanessa Sorensen, Margot Madison, Darcy Vorhees

A group of us (Jeb Brack, Christina Wald, Sarah Rocheleau, Amy Bogard, Vanessa Sorensen, Margot Madison, Darcy Vorhees Van Horn) went sketching at Music Hall March 7th.

I have wanted to sketch Music Hall again for a while and we were filmed as park of a segment they are doing on me for Arts Bridge on CET.

Here are some of the sketches!

The sketchbooks! Photo by Amy Bogard

Sketch by Jeb Brack

Sketch by Sarah Rocheleau

Sketch by Vanessa Sorensen

Sketch by Christina Wald

Our next outing is to the Cincinnati Zoo on March 23rd at 9am before the next illustrators lunch at Dumesh. Hope to see you there!

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Sketch Outing at Mother of God Church in Covington

The daunting view!

Vanessa, Jeb, Robin and I met last Wednesday afternoon to sketch the Mother of God Catholic Church in Covington.

It was a little daunting at first because we were so close; it was a bit of a forced perspective. We wanted to be in the sun though. This was the type of fall day that gets chilly the second you are not in direct sun.

It is always so interesting to see how each person sketching handles the composition.

The intrepid sketchers: Vanessa, Jeb, and Robin

We sketched until it got too cold and then finished the color portion at home.

The church bells tolled frequently as we drew which prompted interesting discussion of recorded over hand rung.

Group sketchbook shot

Here are the final results!

Sketch by Robin Ewers Carnes

Sketch by Jeb Brack

Sketch by Vanessa Sorensen

Sketch by Christina Wald

Shot on location

Friday, June 26, 2015

Sketching at Taft Ale House

Vanessa Sorensen's sketch

Vanessa Sorensen and I took a quick break from deadlines last Friday to get out and sketch. I had my eye on Taft's Ale House to sketch the exterior but was just as happy to sketch inside, drink beer and eat smoked chicken wings.

The Ale House is a gorgeous renovated church. They also have this great logo.

It is an homage to Ohio President William Howard Taft getting stuck in the bathtub. There is even a delightful children's book about it by Caldecott winner Mac Barnett called President Taft is Stuck in the Bath that seems to have a place here even though it has nothing to do with the Ale House.

Blast!" said Taft. "This could be bad."

I never did add color to my sketch. I have been in a deadline vortex.

Christina Wald's sketch

Here is Vanessa's write-up: http://nessydesigns.blogspot.com/2015/06/taft-ale-house-sketch.html

Friday, March 27, 2015

Sketch Outing at St. Mark's in Norwood

Sketch by Vanessa Sorensen

It is finally nice enough to sketch outdoors again! Or at least it was since there is currently a bit of snow flurrying as I write this...

Vanessa Sorensen and I went to St. Mark’s, a catholic church that has closed in Norwood close to the Xavier campus. It is gorgeous! There was a creepy boarded up convent next door. We would love to tour the inside. It is attached to a school that is still open.

I hope they find a good use for the building. The bell tower is so cool!

View from our sketching spot...

Sketch by Christina Wald

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Illustrator News: Vanessa Sorensen's Birding Journal on Tina Fey's New TV Show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Tiny Fey's new show for Netflix, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, features local illustrator and designer Vanessa Sorensen's Birding Journal (which she wrote and illustrated) in episode 10.

Check out the show and then check out the journal here: http://amzn.com/1591933188

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Sketch Outing at Krohn Conservatory

Sketch by Amy Bogard

Amy Bogard, Vanessa Sorensen and I recently took an afternoon to sketch at the Krohn Conservatory. It is one of our favorite spots, especially during the winter. We long to sketch outdoors; cherry blossom season cannot come too soon!

Check out Amy's post here: http://www.amybogard.com/2015/02/16/deep-winter/

Check out Vanessa's post here: http://nessydesigns.blogspot.com/2015/02/philodendron-sketch-krohn-conservatory.html

Sketch by Vanessa Sorensen

Sketch by Christina Wald

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Sketch Outing in Spring Grove Cemetery

Amy Bogard and Vanessa Sorensen sketching among the tombstones

Vanessa Sorensen, Amy Bogard and I went sketching in Spring Grove Cemetery on Saturday. The air was crazy humid, but we had a great time.

We all sketched the Dexter Mausoleum. It is a chapel with wonderful flying buttresses. It reminded us of Hogwarts. One could imagine a Quidditch match taking place above it.

Sketch by Vanessa Sorensen

Sketch by Amy Bogard

Sketch by Christina Wald

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Urban Sketching Seminar in Chicago

The group of sketcher from Chicago and all over! © Andrew Banks 2014

Vanessa Sorensen, Nora Young, Carla Franke, Carol Schwartz and I all met in Chicago for the sketch group's inaugural Urban Sketching Seminar. (Here is their write up on their blog about the event.)

We were not the only travelers. There were other attendees from further away including Ontario!

Many who read this blog will remember that Carol moved away from Cincinnati to Milwaulkee a while ago and we all miss her at our weekly lunches!

It was a great weekend to get out in draw and photograph (check out Vanessa's awesome photography from the trip.)

Here are some of my, Carol and Vanessa's sketches:

Sketch fromDonald Colley’s workshop, Creating a Rich Drawing © Vanessa Sorensen 2014

This was done in the How to Sketch like an Architect workshop presented by Joel Berman, of Joel Berman Architecture & Design .

Saturday morning, we went on a little church architectural sketch tour. This is Vanessa and my sketches from the Holy Name Cathedral. Roger Ebert's funeral was here (not while we were drawing).

There will be more sketches to post and as I get them and links, I will post them.

Some more of my sketches are here: http://christinawald.blogspot.com/2014/06/sketch-workshop-in-chicago.html

More of Vanessa's Sketches here: http://nessydesigns.blogspot.com/2014/06/urban-sketchers-chicago-2014.html

See more of Andrew Banks' art and illustration here: https://www.facebook.com/andrewbanksillustrationandphotography

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Morning Sketching at Krohn Conservatory

Vanessa Sorensen's Sketch

Amy Bogard, Vanessa Sorensen and I all went to Krohn Conservatory Friday Morning to check out the butterfly exhibit and sketch.

It was a rainy day out so sketching in the rainforest was just perfect! There are a bunch of caged tropical birds in that area too so we could not resist drawing them (or the koi).

Vine Video: https://vine.co/v/MXTjEgX1JdO

Some of Amy Bogard's sketches

Christina Wald's Sketches

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Sketch Outing to Spring Grove Cemetery

Sketch by Vanessa Sorensen

Amy, Vanessa and I managed to get out and sketch the cherry blossoms at Spring Grove Cemetery while they were peak. It was a beautiful day. There was also a plein air group out, so a lot of painting was going on.