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Inktober, 11 Gilt Chair
Once a year I give the old brush pen a try. I’ve had the same pens for four years and they are wet and lovely because they are NEVER used. I like the sexy sexy lines they allow but I … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, drawing, furniture, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, process, sketchbook
Tagged #brushpen, #giltchair, #Hahnemühle, #inktober, #inktober2018, #mpfconservation, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, chair, MPF Conservation, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pentel Pocket Brush Pen, Zig Wink of Luna pen
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I Lost the Centre for Transformative Work Design Competition
*entry not enter (end of video)… no way was i doing this a third time with yaman driving me crazy!* I don’t enter many competitions, but the Sketching Work competition for the Centre for Transformative Work Design out of Perth … Continue reading
Posted in challenge, creativity, drawing, furniture, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithprimateks, #davinciwatercolors, #foldingjournal, #handmadejournal, #mpfconservation, #penandink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #urbansketcher, #urbansketching, #urbansketchingportland, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, furniture, object conservation, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolors
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Sketching for Presentations: French Sofa
More design sketches for our client, the owner of the Louis XVI Settee. Silk bolsters for the arms, with flirty tassel-dangly-bobs. French knotted India silk creating scrunchy pillows for the back. The entire sketch… You may remember that the LouisXVI … Continue reading
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Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #designdrawings, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #houles, #janetyonaty, #Lamy, #LouisXVI, #middleofthenight, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, designer, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, furniture, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, MPF Conservation, Passementerie, pillows, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Primatek, settee, silk, sofa, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Finished Fabriano Journal
I’ve not liked the A4 Fabriano Journal. On the upside, the company was responsive to my issues. They sent me replacements, but I think the paper is just not up to snuff. It pills easily, and the color sits on … Continue reading
Table Legs
I had the opportunity to repair the finish on these lovely legs from a family table, and now I paint them. They were stacked in my finish studio for a long time in this manner and reminded me of ancient … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, furniture, journal, making a living, painting, shellac, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #holbeinwatercolor, #mpfconservation, #portlandhistory, #tablelegs, art journal, Fabriano Watercolor journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, shellac, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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USk: Labor Day in the Finish Studio
Labor Day weekend and we are laborers so we are working… I have new A/C and a new lease on life in my newly cleaned and reorganized studio! I sat close to the door and tried to draw the entire … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, furniture, journal, memory, pen & ink, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #delrey, #masonmonterey, #momentcatchers, #mpfconservation, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Del Rey, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, finish studio, Holbein, Labor Day, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Mason Monterey, Oregon, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland, Portland Urban Sketchers, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USA, USk, watercolor
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Mitchell on the Louis XVI Sofa
I like doing full images more than a hundred… THAT’S what I learned from #oneweek100people. I did this from a picture of Mitchell laying on a fully re-tied spring set. I’m happy with the way it turned out, and wish … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, furniture, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Fabriano Watercolor journal, Louis XVI Sofa, MPF Conservation, Platinum Carbon pen, Portland Oregon, Sennelier, upholstery, upholstery studio, virtual sketching, watercolor
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