gads turn off the sound!
mac is not letting me turn it off during export!
I haven’t done a prompt with challenges in a couple of years.
I have no trouble thinking of things to sketch and time is what makes
filling a sketchbook hard — I work at our business full-time.
So why do a challenge when I was swamped and stressed over a deadline on a huge project? Because sketching is my second form of meditation (first is actual meditation), and it provides me a way to free my mind, calm my stress, enjoy my day.
To up the ante, I did no pencil —
NOT that I think pencil is a no-no — I’m not one of those people —
but pencil does slow me down, make me prepare mentally for a “good” sketch.
I wanted to just make it through the month still sketching every day, because I am doing a sketch a day even if I don’t post them (sometimes I can’t for privacy reasons.)
I chose a too-small Hahnemühle Watercolour Book —
I ordered the A6 size by accident — I don’t like small journals —
because as I started this I thought of the exercise as a throwaway.
It was a throwaway —
I threw away
judgements and perfection (10-minute sketches do that for you)!
I gained a fun finished journal, sanity during a long push,
an appreciation for small journals,
and even a few tricks I will continue with —
like more colored ink-in-waterbrushes (besides the greys for grisaille.)
My cover and commitment on the inside cover…
…my test pages for inks (you can really see that I started with my normal inks in waterbrushes — browns and greys — but then added a whole other page of colorful inks.
I started using them in waterbrushes two years ago, so I had color for the middle of the night! Then I loved them for grisaille or brunaille…
And finally, my thoughts — which I often record at the end
of a journal looking back — but rarely share.
Jutta and admins, thank you for the best EDIM ever!
See You next year! 
The list, above.
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Hahnemühle Watercolour Book,
Pilot Metropolitan with Platinum Cassis Black ink,
Lamy Al-Star with Platinum Citrus Black ink,
Pilot Desk Fountain Pen – DPN-70 or Lamy LX pen with De Atramentis Tobacco ink,
Pilot Preppy pen with Noodler’s Lexington Grey Ink,
Lamy Al-Star with Diamine Ancient Copper ink,
Pilot Metropolitan with KWZ Ink’s Foggy Green,
Pilot Metropolitan with Super5 Australia,
Platinum Carbon pen with De Atramentis Document Brown ink,
Pilot Metropolitan with Super5 Frankfurt,
White Uniball Signo, Pitt White pen, Platinum Japanese Art Pocket Brush Pen,
Lamy Al-Star with De Atramentis Document Black ink,
Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges,
liquid watercolors (yellow, green, red) and inks in a waterbrush.
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Your defication is admirable Kate. I am trying to do my morning pages but if I post on my blog I sometimes have to count that. Just. Not. Enough. Hours. Congrats on a job well done!
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Yes. I understand. For me the news is that it is often my meditation. But looking at the posts not answered I can see I am behind!
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I loved the music! It was very festive and jubilant, and made me smile.
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I am glad it pleasured you!
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Congratulations Kate! This was very well done and I know you were busy. I don’t know how you found the time, but I’m gald you did,
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As I go into another month of crazy busy I am continuing this pen-only for flowers on postcards thang and loving it. Thanks Dan.
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I enjoyed the video, but I did turn off the music. I often do because I really work better in quiet. I have a new MBkPro and the cursor arrow skips around as I type so that the words end up on the wrong lines and sometimes in the middle of other words. No one has been able to fix it for me. So I understand if Mac wouldnt let you cut off the sound.
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It is a hit and miss thing — so annoying. I also am not interested in music on videos unless they are music videos!
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I also view drawing and painting as a form of meditation to relax the mind. Love the no pencil zone, I need to work straight from pen more often as a challenge!
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I love my pencil, but this is a different kind of drawing… Freeing…Yes, I also use it as a centering and meditation device.
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Love your pen work! I agree – I don’t like to use pencils first – it is straight to the ink for me, too! LOVE your list of prompts – I’m going to share with my daughter! Happy PPF 🙂
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Tammie if you are on FaceBook, there is a list of prompts (I think) for every month — It started with EDIM but now many people keep it going. Also, Doodlewash does prompts every month I think! I wanted to follow your blog but can’t find a button!
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