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Rona2: Wildlife
Blackberries along the back fence attract birds and so, this year, we finally began feeding the birds on the roof of our building’s loading dock. A wide variety of seed and peanuts and corn means a wide variety of bird … Continue reading
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Rona2: Rancho Gordo Santa Marie Pinquitos
Bored with talk of beans yet? Oh well. because I have lots more beany things to explore! These beans smelled like fresh grass when I opened the bag. Now I am smelling ALL my bags — but so far none … Continue reading
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Rona on Grey, VSW Canal, France
Annette Morris is leading our FB Virtual Sketchwalk group this month… This fiery image was a sunset and I wanted to play with inks over watercolor. Washes underneath were created quickly. Jinhao 750 with Robert Oster Glistening Orange Rumble ink … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, drawing, ink painting, journal, landscape, loss, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #assignanfrance, #danielsmithwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #holbeinwatercolor, #inkpainting, #Lamy, #lifeinapandemic, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #monteverdeink, #pandemicpainting, #robertosterink, #ronavirus, #shakeandsimmy, #virtualsketchwalk, art journal, France, Lamy Joy, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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Rona2: Anniversary Gift of Masks
Between the pandemic, working long hours, and the protests I have had no time for posting. I continued to make marks late at night. Our anniversary in May was quiet and we slept, ate, and binge watched the Good Karma … Continue reading
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Rona2: New Moon
My creativity comes and goes… My sleeplessness comes and goes. Stess over pandemic and government’s handling of it, economics, and as usual now, politics. My New Moon was a mistake. Reached for the wrong black ink and then had to … Continue reading
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Rona2: The Squirt
She is the little Squeak, the Squirt — the kitten who didn’t make it to foster care for a couple more days after her siblings were found, and so also, missed feedings and started life the runt. She’s not getting … Continue reading
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Kamala’s Red Bowl
Kamala was a smart tuxedo gurl kitty who lived on our deck for many years. We think she was abandoned by the previous tenants, and she was fascinated by our houseful of cats, but careful. She talked to our … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, ink painting, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
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Rona2: Rancho Gordo Yellow Eye Beans
*sigh* My first failure, sorta… Yellow Eye Bean did not deserve that! I put the beans in water to soak and forgot them and they soaked a LONG time, too long. I also put the wrong liquids in the pot … Continue reading
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Rona2: A Change
I’ve been a mostly one-journal gurl for awhile now, but with all the writing I am doing during this pandemic, I decided to go back to two journals. It is an attempt to save money — the Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook … Continue reading
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Rona2: Protests and Riots and Looting
Midweek, and several days since the protests started. I’ve thought about this so much, and partly has been self-serving, as we worry about our own business not too far from downtown. I/we think about where our country is heading all … Continue reading
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In Support
Like others my age, I lived through early modern lynchings. For me the awareness of it started when I went to college. There, black RA’s told us what the university was not telling us, because mine wanted to keep us … Continue reading
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Tagged #blacklivesmatter, #covid19, #mutewhitenoise
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Rona on Grey, Family
This is not a commentary on the Buddha or Buddhism, which is very much a positive force in my life. I can’t publish the written parts that go with it… It is very much a personal statement and involves family … Continue reading
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Covid-19 Journal, 3
Continuing Covid-19 journal… Finishing this journal… moving on. When I decided to do these folding journals for Covid-19 reflections, I wanted the virus writing and sketching to be separate from our lives. HA! I thought this was going to be … Continue reading
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Covid-19 Journal, 2
Continuing Covid-19 journal… It feels good to write a word for how I am feeling at a given time; feelings roller-coaster through the day like Portland weather. I am selective about the news I read. I don’t want to hear … Continue reading
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Tagged #covid19thots, #deatramentisdocumentink, #Hahnemühle, #pilotink, #robertosterink, #super5frankfurtink, #survivingcovid19, #thisisgonnabebad, #uskathome, #uskatstudio, #uskportland, furniture, Super5 ink
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Sending Postcards
Everyone enjoys a handwritten note! And a doodly posie or a work of art makes it more special… What are you waiting for? Get your writing on — spruce up someone’s life! To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook … Continue reading
Posted in animals, creativity, drawing, ink painting, painting, pen & ink, portrait, watercolor, writing
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Covid-19 Journal, 1
Made a little folding journal… Not a celebration… Not high art… Just me trying to get through my days… I’ll publish from time to time… Starting on the New Moon. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or … Continue reading
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Tagged #covid19thots, #Hahnemühle, #pilotink, #robertosterink, #super5frankfurtink, #survivingcovid19, #uskathome, #uskatstudio, #uskportland, De Atramentis Document ink, furniture, Super5 ink
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Covid-19 Desk Delivery
The infamous desk. Okay, maybe not infamous. Yes, I sketched it and write about it, venting like crazy. I can’t share it because I don’t want some crazy ass lawyer deciding he wants a piece of me. Let’s leave om … Continue reading
Dark of the Moon
Dark of the Moon, finished this journal. I love it when that happens… Silence for a few days, and as we’ve gathered our thoughts for how to work with this crazy Covid-19 virus, I can begin work tomorrow a bit … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, Buddha, color, gods and goddesses, ink painting, lunar cycle, paint brush, pen & ink, tonglen, waterbrush
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #darkofthemoon, #esterbrookpen, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, #sydneylavenderink, #weepingbuddha
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