Monthly Archives: July 2014

The Lojong Sketchbook: My Practice

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Originally posted on Zenkatwrites's Blog:
I am using Weeping Buddha and the lojong sayings and commentary from Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness by Chogyam Trungpa as a study, together. I’ve been practicing tonglen for almost three decades, and…

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Finished a Sketchbook for the Month of July

Amazing how fast this sketchbook filled with me drawing every day. The more I drew the more I wanted to draw, and the habit begins. A lot of Buddha heads, due to drawing in the middle of the night! Looking … Continue reading

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Chihuly at Denver Botanic Gardens

Originally posted on bemuzin:
The spectacular Chihuly Garden Cycle show has come to Denver Botanic Gardens. Dale Chihuly, world-renowned glass artist, was born in Tacoma, WA in 1941. He studied in Venice, and has incorporated the team approach to glass-blowing…

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Textures with Pen and Ink with Rob Adams

Another great blog on drawing, by Rob Adams. I don’t know how to reblog his post, so I will give you a bit and send you on to enjoy the post: Textures with Pen and Ink I said I would … Continue reading

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Challenge: One Book, One Pen, One Month, #4

Last week, the end of this challenge. Oddly, I think I am the only one who did it! No matter; I am developing a drawing habit. Next I take the 75-day challenge from Brenda Swenson. *sigh* I know I will … Continue reading

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Handy Info on Notebooks

Jet Pens has a short but handy post in their blog on notebooks, including lines spacing and so forth.  Passing it on!  

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Challenge: One Book, One Pen, One Month, #3

Okay, we are  into the waning moon cycle and it is time to STOP the lies! I cannot work with one pen. . . Must.Use.All.Colors.AND.Medium.At.Whim. Wow, I feel better having come clean with all of you! Sketchbook Skool had us … Continue reading

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Selfies, a Challenge

Argh, a week of selfies. What don’t I like about this challenge?  Realism. I found it harder to screw around with my own image, especially when I was supposed to draw myself like you are. Okay, I’ve bitched, now getting … Continue reading

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Gwenn Seemel’s Commentary on Copyright

Copyright is an important issue for artists.  I cringe every time I hear art students speaking of how they want to post an image of an experiment where they copied an artist or photographer, but they know they can’t do … Continue reading

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Hit. The. Floor. Running.

Thank you to Sammy at bemuzin for this blog post! I am asked how I manage to be so productive.  We have our business together and I am working 25-40 hours/week.  And I have several blogs — see the side … Continue reading

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Challenge: One Book, One Pen, One Month, #2

Week two, still many obstacles in my life.  AND, started Sketchbook Skool.  Tuesday was a day off (YAY!!!!) and spent the day painting, including a recipe. Saturday, Cathy Johnson posted some outtakes from her Sketchbook Skool class, a video on … Continue reading

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Taking a Class

I am taking Sketchbook Skool for two reasons: I want to be able to go “lead-free” — to drop my dependency on pencil lines first — and because friends are teaching.  Some of the teachers are excellent pen-and-ink folks. And … Continue reading

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Challenge: One Book, One Pen, One Month, #1

I’m up for a simple challenge like this, or so I thought. Laughingly, the first night I broke the rules. I used multiple colors of the same pen and then used a waterbrush!  EEEK! The book: OE NOTES (my favorite … Continue reading

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Anyone Doing the 44th Worldwide Sketchcrawl?

I will be out in Portland doing my first sketchcrawl! If you want to participate you can register and  look here for groups, but you can also do it yourself on that date, and post images on Flickr.  12 July … Continue reading

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Reclining Buddha

My feeble attempts to paint watercolor with no pencil marks continue.  This is a Reclining Buddha from the Buddha Park in Laos (Wiki image bottom.)   I had pencil/pen sketched the head a while back — now I did a very … Continue reading

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Recipe: Lemon Ginger Garlic Sweet Hot Pepper Broiled Chicken

Originally posted on katwritesfood:
Some people despise prepared garlic; I cannot always take the time for fresh garlic and so, I always have a bottle of Christopher Ranch Organic Chopped Garlic on hand. Ditto, if you don’t have fresh lemons…

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