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March 15, 2024
Not all sketchbooks have to have plain pages from Karen Ann Ruane

Not all sketchbooks have to have plain pages

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March 14, 2024
studying sketchbooks from Karen Ann Ruane

embroidery, studying sketchbooks

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January 19, 2024
Art Sketchbooks on Off the Wall Friday from Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever by Nina-Marie Sayre



 Okay, it's guilty pleasure confession time....One of my favorite things to do when I'm avoiding working in my studio is to look at videos and TikTok of other artists' sketchbooks.  It all started with me looking at my daughter's best friend's TikTok page.  Brittany is a trained artist and it's been fun to watch her develop into this amazing professional.  Here is the one that started it all.  She spent the year doing a lot of figure studies.  That led to one of my favorite hashtags #sketchbooktour | TikTok where there are a ton of ...

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April 15, 2023
simple collage and a little doodling from Karen Ann Ruane

simple collage and a little doodling

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February 15, 2023
sketchbooks from Karen Ann Ruane

sketchbooks

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January 9, 2021
design for embroidery [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

contemporary embroidery posted a photo:

design for embroidery

I have plans to reinvent the design work in this ledger. This was created sixteen years ago. How much different will it look if I do it now?
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renewing the ledger from Karen Ann Ruane

reworking an embroidery design ledger

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January 7, 2021
rescued! [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

contemporary embroidery posted a photo:

rescued!

these samples, this work was hosted in a different sketchbook initially. But....there was a mishap...oops...a disaster of epic proportions actually. These images are my attempts at rescuing what was rescuable!
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October 27, 2020
artist book in progress [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

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artist book in progress

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October 25, 2020
old work, a little sketchbook stitching [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

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old work, a little sketchbook stitching

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how you all doing? from Karen Ann Ruane

a little page in a sketchbook

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October 20, 2020
working a ledger page [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

contemporary embroidery posted a photo:

working a ledger page

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October 10, 2020
a little artist book play from Karen Ann Ruane

a little artist book play

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September 27, 2020
design exploration [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

contemporary embroidery posted a photo:

design exploration

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September 25, 2020
Design imagery, past work, sketchbook pages, investigation, sampling, imagery, mark making. [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

contemporary embroidery posted a photo:

Design imagery, past work, sketchbook pages, investigation, sampling, imagery, mark making.

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August 24, 2020
mounting, protecting embroidered samples [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

contemporary embroidery posted a photo:

mounting, protecting embroidered samples

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July 14, 2020
a little stitched notebook [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

contemporary embroidery posted a photo:

a little stitched notebook

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June 23, 2020
stitching papers [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

contemporary embroidery posted a photo:

stitching papers

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May 27, 2020
embroidery for my stitched notebook [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

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embroidery for my stitched notebook

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May 10, 2020
a little stitched notebook of embroidery design [Flickr] from Karen Ann Ruane

contemporary embroidery posted a photo:

a little stitched notebook of embroidery design

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