A tiny sketchbook 01

Lene is back in Denmark, meaning that our artistic collaborations will get more frequent (hopefully) from now on. the scans below are from a small sketchbook we did during christmas and new years. it's 2 pieces of bond paper folded and stapled together. it limited the materials we could use, but the main purpose was to get warmed up before starting a new moleskin. and it surely did help. there a no progress scans this time, cause we never really thought about putting it on the blog, till we decided the paper couldn't take any more work. so here it is.

The end of sketchbook 1 and time for a new beginning

The first sketchbook is completed. It has been a fun and long journey, but all good things come to an end. Lene and I have both had a real blast doing this book and now we need your help. We have talked about auctioning the book away for charity. What we would like to know is: is this a good idea, where is the best place to do so, and would any of you be interested in bidding on this?

Shipping note

New scans added for a bunch of pages. sloppy scans I must admit, but they seem to add some "this actually a real book" feel. the 8861miles project is quickly nearing an end. I'm kinda expecting Lene to take this across the finish line and yell eureka. hope to see you all when the book is auctioned away for charity.
(Peter)

page 85 - the last in the book

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Pages 83-84

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Pages 81-82

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New scans

I finally got around to scanning the many changes and brand new works Lene has added to the book.

Pages 79-80

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Pages 77-78

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Pages 75-76

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Lene's blog

Lene has started a blog with loads of her fantastic works. visit her blog here.

Another shipping note

The book is ready for Australia. I would like to apologise to Lene and to the probably only person following this blog by now. Sorry. I should have done a lot more work and a hell of a lot sooner. I am sorry, it will not happen again.
On a lighter note, Lene and I have talked about the possibility of selling the book through ebay once we are done filling the pages. We would like to hear if that would be something any one you would be interested in. Owning the original and first 8861miles sketchbook. with smells, stains, and loads of original art. Let us know, okay. (Peter)

Pages 73-74

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I used my sons brown crayon for this contemplating young man. (Peter)

Pages 71-72

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Another brushpen drawing, this time without a pencil sketch to follow. some parts work, some don't. The lines turn rather grayish on the moleskinpaper... it actually looks better on cheap paper. expensive crap. (Peter)

Pages 69-70

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I actually did a small sketch before I started inking with my brushpen, not that it shows. the drawing is as scruffy as the bear. (Peter)

Pages 67-68 finished

This should break a smile or two. acrylics. (Peter)

Pages 63-64 finished

Acrylics on black ink. (Peter)

Pages 65-66

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This is almost finished, just needs to rinse. (Peter)

Pages 61-62

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Not much to say here, big heads in need of color perhaps.(Peter)

images moving server

All the images on 8861miles will be moving to a different server, due to this the images might be missing for a couple of days, but they will reappear during the weekend.

New scans

Just got the book from Australia today. Wow. Great stuff and loads of it. I went straight to the scanner, so you could all enjoy these as quickly as possible. (Peter)

Book 01: pages 59-60

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I added a little paint. (Peter)

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Book 01: pages 57-58

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Book 01: pages 55-56 finished

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Drawings on scrap

Those of you who have been following this blog for a while, might be interested in knowing that I have published a book through cafepress, it's called "Drawings on scrap", and it's 144 pages of doodles, drawings, studies, sketches and weird marks, all done on scrap paper. If you visit my personal blog: http://peter-hermann.blogspot.com, you can read reviews of the book by such incredible talented people as Guy Davis, Alec Stevens, John Cuneo, Sune Ehlers, Martin Madsen and 8861miles own outback artist Lene.
(Peter)

Third shipping note

A lot of black ink and acrylic went into the pages this time around. Now it's time to put the book in a sturdy envelope and send it to Australia, where Lene hopefully will add lots of new pages and lift some of the old ones to higher grounds. (Peter)

Book 01: pages 53-54

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The return of Paul (on the right). Looking snappier than ever. (Peter)

Book 01: pages 51-52

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Drawing a blind. (Peter)

Book 01: pages 49-50 Finished

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Well. I started out wanting to paint a really funny looking frog. Then I downgraded my wishes / hopes and setteled for a frog-looking thing. (Peter)

Book 01: pages 47-48 finished

Lene says you can't have too many dino's. I agree, and the same goes for frogs. Anyone you have visited my own blog will know what I mean. (Peter)