Virtual Sketch Date April reference

Rhododendron bud

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Welcome to the April Virtual Sketch Date! This month's reference is supplied by Jeanette Jobson. This is a rhododendron bud on an ancient bush outside my window. The bud opens up into a pale lavender pink bloom and is so beautiful and never lasts long enough it seems.

Following the normal schedule, all entries are due by Saturday, April 24th and should be posted on your blog and/or on the VSD Flickr group. If you are posting your entry on Flickr please use the tag VSD_Apr2009.

What you need to know...

• The results post will be posted on Sunday, April 25th.
• After you have posted your entry on your blog, come here and enter your name and the URL for your VSD blog post into the Mr. Linky widget. Then press enter. (As always, please link directly to your specific VSD post and not to your blog's main page.)
• The Mr. Linky widget will be removed from the results page on the following Sunday, May 2nd.

When you enter your information into the Mr. Linky widget, it will automatically create the link list. Please check back here in the middle of the week if you post your result during the first couple of days.

1. DS Whitney2. Liz Steel3. Alissa4. christine pierce5. Nancy Eaton6. Lori Forester7. Debbie Later8. Kiana Fecteau9. Peggy Fonseca10. Mary Jane Muir11. Victoria Culbertson12. Elias Garcia Ortiz13. Alicia Markey14. Paulette15. Sherry Thurner16. Carolyn Pappas17. Florence Morris18. sketchbookbuttons19. sketchbookbuttons
20. Joanie Springer21. Rose Welty22. Lynn23. Cathy Bockel24. vfm425. leigh26. Ann Thompson Nemcosky27. Priti Lathia28. Leslie D' Allesandro hawes29. Jeanette Jobson30. Denise31. Rachel 32. Eileenpostlethwaite33. Eileenpostlethwaite34. Olga Wagner35. Olga Wagner36. Rhonda Bartoe Tucker37. laura starrett38. Ruth Bodycott
39. Sydney Harper40. Jennifer Rose41. Sherrie Roberts42. Karen Officer43. Nithya Swaminathan44. Mary Beth Nardy45. Sarah Michaelson46. Jonathan " Blade" Manning47. Jonathan " Blade" Manning48. Mary Ann Cleary49. Claudia50. Carol Ottaway51. ffyrebird52. Teresa W53. Ramana KV

March 2009 Virtual Sketch Date Reference

This month's reference was supplied by Stacy Rowan. These birds showed up for a meal at the feeder just in time to become our subject for March. A larger version of the reference can be found here.

Following the normal schedule, all entries are due by Saturday, March 28th and should be posted on your blog and/or on the VSD Flickr group. If you are posting your entry on Flickr please use the tag VSD_Mar2009.

In a continuing effort to find the best way to provide links to each and every VSD entry, we are going to try something new this month for the results post. Several participants mentioned "Mr. Linky" as a way for each of you to enter your own links on the results page. So we decided to give it a shot.

What you need to know...

• The results post will be posted on Monday, March 23rd.
• After you have posted your entry on your blog, come here and enter your name and the URL for your VSD blog post into the Mr. Linky widget. Then press enter. (As always, please link directly to your specific VSD post and not to your blog's main page.)
• The Mr. Linky widget will be removed from the results page on Sunday, March 29th.

When you enter your information into the Mr. Linky widget, it will automatically create the link list. (Keeping our fingers crossed here.)

Please check back here in the middle of the week if you post your result during the first couple of days. If for some reason the Mr. Linky widget does not work as expected, we will update the Results post with further instructions.

Again, thank you for your patience as we experiment to find the best process for running the Virtual Sketch Date. Happy sketching!

(My apologies to all subscribers who received the post before it was completed. I was trying to start a new line of text and managed to publish the post instead. Sorry for any inconvenience it caused!)

Virtual Sketch Date January 2009 reference

Clementine (click the image to view it full size)

This will be the first Virtual Sketch Date of 2009! Its so exciting to start off a new year. I hope you enjoy the reference image supplied by Jeanette Jobson.

What You Need to Know

• Post your image to your blog on or before Saturday, January 24th.


• Email your name and the link to your blog post to virtualsketchdate@gmail.com with "VSD post link" in the subject.


• Come back and visit this blog on Sunday, January 25th for the post of links.

UPDATE! The Virtual Sketch Date will now have a presence on Flickr. We will still post the link to your blog image here but invite you to add your image to our VSD group on Flickr.

Details for adding your image to the group can be seen here.

Reference for November VSD

It's that time again! Above is the reference for the November VSD. We wanted something seasonal and Jeanette Jobson graciously offered this.

Remember, there is a new process this month:

What You Need To Know

• You do NOT need to "opt in" via the comments as before. You can leave a comment if you'd like but the list of participants will come from the emails received.
  
• Post your image to your blog on Saturday November 22nd.
• Email your name and the link to your blog post to virtualsketchdate@gmail.com with "VSD post link" in the subject.
• Come back and visit this blog on Sunday November 23rd for the post of links.

Enjoy!

September 2008 Virtual Sketch Date - The Reference

Welcome to the September Virtual Sketch Date!

The reference for the sketch date is above. A larger version can be found here on Flickr. It was kindly provided by Sharon. You can visit Sharon's blog here. Below are the guidelines for participating in the Virtual Sketch Date. The purpose is to have fun with some online artist friends.

How It Works

1. You need to comment on this post to be included. If you have multiple blogs, it is helpful if you can leave a link to or the title of the blog that will have your Virtual Sketch Date image.
2. You have until Saturday, September 27th to complete your drawing.
3. You should then post your entry on your blog sometime on Saturday, September 27th.
4. I will create a post on this blog on Sunday, September 28th with links to everyone's entry.
   

Art Guidelines

1. Any medium is fine -- graphite, charcoal, digital painting, colored pencils, watercolor, pen & ink, etc. have all been used.
2. You are free to crop the image however you want -- include what you want, exclude what you don't.

July 2008 Virtual Sketch Date - reference

Welcome to the July 2008 Virtual Sketch Date!

The reference for this sketch date is above. It was kindly provided by Leslie Hawes. You can visit Leslie's blog here. If you've never joined in or were curious about what this is, please see the guidelines below. This is just a bit of fun for some online artist friends.

How It Works

1. You need to comment on this post to be included.
2. You have until Saturday July 26th to complete your drawing.
   
3. You should then post your entry on your blog sometime on Saturday July 26th.
   
4. I will create a post on this blog on Sunday the 27th with links to everyone's entry.

Art Guidelines

1. Any medium is fine, graphite, charcoal, digital painting, colored pencils, etc have all been used.
   
2. You are free to crop the image however you want, include what you want, exclude what you don't.

I have included a greyscale for those who may want to see the values more easily.

Please click on the image to see it full size.