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Gratitude Journal: Music, Ice Cream, Pema Chodron & K.D. Lang
I missed Ani Pema Chodron’s talk with K.D.Lang due to the medical debacle. I kept praying that they would allow us to go back and see it. YAY! Sound’s True reposted it! I sketched while listening to it. I was … Continue reading
Posted in art, art journal, drawing, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, K.D.Lang, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Pema Chodron, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Oregon, Primatek, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Favorite Waterproof Inks
My beloved brown inks. How did I ever live without them. I bought the De Artramentis Document (DeA Doc for short) Brown because I read that Lamy pens have problems with Noodler’s ink, but I prefer the darker Noodler’s Polar Brown … Continue reading
USk: Pyramid Juices + Schoolhouse Electric
Schoolhouse Electric is on Nicolai St. It’s been revitalized with a barista and a great home furnishing and lighting store. It was a hot day to sketch. Pyramid Juices was once made in Ashland Oregon before it was bought out … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, drawing, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged Alphabet District Portland, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, industrial, Nicolaides, NW Industrial Sanctuary Portland, NW Portland, Platinum Carbon pen, Pyramid Juices, QoR watercolors, Schoolhouse Electric, Strathmore journal, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor
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Gratitude Journal: Summer Bounty
Summer suddenly appeared after my medical hibernation! Being on drugs for months is like hibernating . . . the world goes on and you are unaware! When I “woke” it was summer and Portland was in that lovely state of … Continue reading
Fraud: Be aware
NOTE: IF you want to see if your items are also on Wallpart.com, check through AnonyMouse, a service that allows you to look without them tracking you. Wallpart (spoken of below) is a phishing company. From Jackie Morris’s blog, an … Continue reading
USk: MPF Conservation’s NW Neighborhood
I haven’t sketched outdoors much lately. I wondered what I might make of our buildings. Our studio is in an industrial area in NW Portland. This is the approach from the freeway. We share space in the building with Portland … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, drawing, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged Alphabet District Portland, art journal, Calbag, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Grimm, MPF Conservation, Nicolai St, NW Industrial Sanctuary Portland, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Portland Opera, Portland Oregon, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Rejuvenation, Strathmore journal, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor
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Gratitude Journal: One
Now that I have published the Healing Journal I can move on to happier things, or at least a different reality than the awfulness of the first quarter of this year! Mitchell brought me beautiful sunflowers, my favorite. The card … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, drawing, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Healing, Holbein, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Sunflowers, Super5 ink, watercolor
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The Healing Journal
Note: The Healing Journal in its entirety has been mostly removed with just a few images left. This journal started out as a journal to record positive uplifting thoughts to speed my healing on what was to be a five … Continue reading
Posted in art, art journal, creativity, drawing, journal, lojong, meditation, memory, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, diagnostics, Kidney Stones, medical problems, Noodlers ink, pain, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, prescription drugs, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Super5 ink, urologists, watercolor
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4th of July: The best part was the morning
We went to the PSU Farmer’s Market on the 4th of July, arriving when it opened as we wanted to avoid heat and crowds. It was lovely, cool under the canopy of trees and on the cool lawn. We bought … Continue reading
Kursuwa Stad Aluminum Pencil Caps
Life was not civilized before the Kursuwa Stad Aluminum Pencil Caps came into my life. No more broken tips on my pencils in my purse. No more graphite coming off my soft leads. HOW COOL IS THAT? I bought mine … Continue reading
Posted in graphite, review
Tagged Jetpens.com, Kursuwa Stad Aluminum Pencil Caps, Pentalic 2B woodless pencil, review, USk
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Challenges Saved My Sanity
During this medical debacle, challenges saved my sanity. When you just can’t think of anything to draw and you are stuck looking at the same things day in and out, challenges can prompt giving you a drawing to do without … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, calligraphy, challenge, drawing, memory, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Noodlers ink, palm, Pentalic Field Book, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, QoR watercolors, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Announcing the Cherished Blogfest
Originally posted on No Facilities:
I know. I’ve been talking all week about how I stink at organized blog activities, but I’m one of the organizers of a Blogfest? WTH? That’s like putting me in charge of the checkbook, or…
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Jinhao: Inexpensive Pens
I wanted to like them, I really did. They are inexpensive, they are Japanese. I thought they might be like the Platinum Preppie pens, which are inexpensive, hold a good deal of ink, and will go for MILES without clogging … Continue reading
What I Did on My Painful Stent-cation
I am a watercolor hog! I admit, I covet every single Daniel Smith Primatek color, and can’t stop buying greens! I am however, trying to understand the chemistry of paints now and looking at how close various colors are — … Continue reading
Posted in Buddha, color, watercolor
Tagged #hoteibuddha, Daniel Smith watercolors, hotei, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Sennelier, Strathmore watercolor pad, Yarka
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June Challenge, Week Two
I am in the home stretch of this frigging stupid stent and frankly, what has helped keep me sane is these crazy challenges on Facebook. I am heavily drugged on pain killers and frankly, that does not make me creative. … Continue reading
My Loverman
In all this waiting-for-kidney-stone maladies to heal (the surgeon tore my ureter) I have been creating a healing journal. I’m not sure I can share it in its entirety, but will at some point share within my comfort zone. It … Continue reading
June Challenge, First Week
I’m participating in another keeping-me-sane while recouping challenge! This months prompts are really good, and I am working small and fast. Selfie started it, and this is one from an image we use in the business. Shell game was next. … Continue reading
Publishing the Darker Artwork
This post is a dialogue with other artists, and two other bloggers. Many people do not think of art as a dialogue and commentary. I hope they will not mind me co-opting a few lines from their blogs; I encourage … Continue reading →