Elizabeth Patch's More to Love Sketchbook » My Next Book http://elizabethpatch.com positive art for the plus size majority! Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:00:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Adventurous at Every Size http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/01/adventurous-at-every-size.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/01/adventurous-at-every-size.html#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:33:00 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/01/adventurous-at-every-size.html ©elizabeth patch, all rights reserved

I believe that you can be happy and healthy at every size.

It may take some practice convincing yourself this, especially if you’ve ever suffered an eating disorder or been on the roller-coaster of yo-yo dieting.

But I also believe that you can do everything at

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This new illustration is for my next book. She represents the concept of being "athletic" at any size or level of fitness.

The idea of an “exercise program” seems so intimidating. I drag myself to the gym a few times every year, and then inevitably quit. Even though I

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I think most women lead lives that are over-booked with “Things I MUST Do”: the house, the kids, the job, the shopping, the errands, the bills, the yard, the cooking, the cleaning (and on and on and on!)

And then there are the things that you WANT to do: spending time with your

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/11/the-importance-of-doing-nothing.html/feed 16 Impatience/Patience http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/08/impatiencepatience.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/08/impatiencepatience.html#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:10:00 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/08/impatiencepatience.html This weeks “Illustration Friday” theme is Impatience.

What is Illustration Friday? According to their website: “Illustration Friday is a weekly illustration challenge. A topic is posted every Friday and then participants have all week to come up with their own interpretation.”

By another bit of coincidence, I had started illustrating a page on

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/08/impatiencepatience.html/feed 9 Serenely Idle http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/07/serenely-idle.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/07/serenely-idle.html#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:18:00 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/07/serenely-idle.html 2 reasons I’m excited by this illustration: 1. Its the FIRST finished work for the next book in the “More to Love” series of inspirational illustrated books for the “plus size majority”. (!!!)

2. Its the FIRST time I’ve submitted anything to “Illustration Friday”.

What is Illustration Friday? According to their website:

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/07/serenely-idle.html/feed 10 Health, Happiness and Serenity at Any Size http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/07/health-happiness-and-serenity-at-any-size.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/07/health-happiness-and-serenity-at-any-size.html#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:08:00 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/07/health-happiness-and-serenity-at-any-size.html It’s Friday afternoon in July.

I am up in my studio drawing what I wish I was doing: drifting off to sleep in an Adirondack chair, barefoot and without a care in the world. This is another preliminary sketch for my next book…if you haven’t seen mt first book yet, and

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/07/health-happiness-and-serenity-at-any-size.html/feed 4 More to Love: some new sketches http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/07/more-to-love-some-new-sketches.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/07/more-to-love-some-new-sketches.html#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:22:00 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/07/more-to-love-some-new-sketches.html I always love the “making of” features at the back of the DVDs; I find it fascinating how movies are made, love seeing the raw pencil tests for animation, or 3D without all the final textures applied.

I think many people are interested in how stuff is made; one of the

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