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D is for Drawing Pens: A-to-Z Challenge
My favorite drawing pens are Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens, shown right as the top three pens with their caps off. I love them because they are wonderfully waterproofed India ink, and work best of all the pens on shellacked … Continue reading
Posted in art, creativity, drawing, journal, painting, process, shellac, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged Cocoiro pens, drawing pens, painting with pens, Pitt pens, Tombow pens
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Working With Watercolors in My Journal: Paint Party Friday
I know that the best way to get over fear-of-watercolor-mistakes is to make a lot of them. So I finally dove into my journals, coloring sketches and moving graphite with water. the sketch above was partly made on-site; then colored … Continue reading
Posted in art, creativity, drawing, graphite, journal, painting, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged Blacksmith, Cherry Grove Forge, Jamison Square, Portland Oregon
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Garuda Sketch: Paint Party Friday
Paint Party Friday’s post this week is about Mitchell’s Garuda statue. Mitchell went to a friend’s home and they were drumming. The drumming was meant to further visions, for which Mitchell had no experience. He achieved a trance-like state, closed … Continue reading
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Tagged bronze statue, buddha, buddhist, Garuda, hindu, nepal, paint party friday, vedic
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Basilica of the Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo: Sketch to Finished Piece
Carmel Mission (long name is Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, link to Wiki article) is one of my favorite missions. I am taking you through my sketching process from rough pencil sketches (which I wish I had not lost) to … Continue reading
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Weeping Buddha, or as I like to think of him, Compassionate Buddha
The Buddha statue made by young monks in Indonesia and Vietnam touched me when I first saw one at a retreat, and has been on my altar ever since. He is now known popularly as “weeping Buddha,’ but I … Continue reading
Posted in art, drawing, journal, painting, series, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged architectural elements, carved buddha, earth, Vietnamese Buddha, weeping buddha, Zen Buddha
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#29faces: The Worst Cold in History and I Painted Buddha
I’ve had the worst cold in history. This cold virus should be packaged as a weapon. After the first two days, going stark mad with boredom but having trouble standing due to dizziness, I finally got my wits about me … Continue reading
Posted in art, drawing, journal, painting, process, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art, Buddha's face, buddhist, Guatama Buddha, head cold, Neocolor II, Tibetan, watercolor crayons, zen
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My Foray Into Keeping a Watercolor Journal
I have not used watercolors in 25 years — and when I did, it was in a graphic manner or as an undercoat for colored pencils. But I want to paint more, and need to work my painting into … Continue reading
Posted in art, drawing, journal, painting, process, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged buddha, buddhist, fear, Guatama Buddha, Ommani Center, perfection, Tibetan, zen
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#29faces, Week Four Part 1
I turned to family this week, starting with my niece and nephew. Heather was difficult because she is a turned face, and a young face with few wrinkly lines. I almost caught Stephen — but not quite as fussy as … Continue reading
#29faces: Week Three Part 2
#13, sadly, looks nothing like my friend, except that she is jolly — so I will spare you her name. In this photo she had on a funny hat of fake hair, and is much better looking, not a caricature … Continue reading
Palm Tree Goddess Under the Full Moon
Mitchell gifted me with art supplies for Valentine’s, and I took half the day to play with them. My first watercolor turned into a mixed media, because I added some colored pencil and Pitt pen. Watercolors are very different from … Continue reading
#29faces: Week Three Humpday Post
Starting off with #10, I hate pastels, and was trying them for a class. I was to do faces, but I didn’t want to have to combat pastels and faces. Finally, Lorraine Rigby did such a cool face in the … Continue reading
Posted in art, drawing, painting, process, sketchbook
Tagged Cat, pastel, Pitt pens, Tombow pens
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Honu Book-Card
I am enjoying classes; it has been so long since I’ve taken a class! A fellow participant from Vienna commented that the classes were loosening her up from University, allowing her creativity to flow. It is certainly doing that for … Continue reading
Posted in acrylic, art, drawing, process
Tagged folded cards, Honu, Pitt pens, sea turtles, starfish
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#29faces: Week Two
Week two I continued with my teachers, then moved to friends and family (also teachers!) #3: When it came to Sakyong Rinpoche, his face proved difficult for me because he is young, and has no lines for me to work! I remembered … Continue reading
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Tagged Chagdud Rinpoche, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Lama Tsering, Orgyen Kusum Lingpa, Sakyong Rinpoche, Sits For Cats
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#29faces: Week One
I am participating in the #29faces Challenge; I won’t post daily but on Sundays on my blog. I have trouble with faces so this is a GREAT challenge for me. I will probably use Gwenn’s sketch technique a lot, allowing … Continue reading
Posted in art, drawing, sketchbook
Tagged Ani Pema, Pema Chodron, Suzuki Roshi, Zen Mind Beginner's Mind
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