Lately, I’ve been working on a lot of projects where people have suggested that I send in some sketches. At first, this sounded fairly simple. I love drawing. In fact, all of my fabric and stationery designs start off with pencil and paper. When I brainstorm something new to make, I almost always include a sketch in my notebook. So I dug out my notes to see what I had and realized that there was a little problem.
The word “sketch” would be a generous term for some of these drawings. It’s more like an elaborate shorthand that only means something to me. When I look at these drawings, I see construction details, material choices, colors, the finished project. I think most people would see blobs and little happy faces. So I have quite a bit of work to do before I’ll be sending sketches anywhere. I see some time with my dear friend, Adobe Illustrator, in my near future.
This all reminded me of a sketch my dad made for me. I once asked him if he would help me measure the living room, and 15 minutes later he handed me this:
Crazy, huh? I guess that’s how engineers sketch. Maybe I should see if he’s available…
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