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Finished a Journal!
Finished my Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook just before the election. I’ve been slow to post. Sorry there were pages I had to leave out; family members still alive. Who knows if they dip into my blog? I am doing so much … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers, virtual sketching, watercolor, writing
Tagged #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, Hahnemuhle Nostalgie Sketchbook, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, watercolor
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USk: Water Towers
I’ve been getting my pens in shape for Inktober. I had received a Goulet nib in the mail and was out sketching the water tower in NE Portland… The dang Conklin nib is sooooo awful, I switched it between sketches. … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, Buddha, drawing, journal, landscape, memory, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #21chinatownink, #akkermanink, #architectnib, #artjournal, #australiaink, #calligraphynib, #conklinpen, #gouletnib, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #middleofthenight, #Moonmanpen, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, #super5ink, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Super5 ink
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USk: Pelikan Hub 2018
The 2018 Pelikan Hub happened Friday night. My first time, and wow I will never miss another. It happened at the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne. Oddly, my sketch while waiting for it to start (after dinner) is in Robert Oster’s … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, color, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #fountainpengeeks, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #luckylabradorbrewing, #motoroil, #pelikanhub, #PilotMetropolitan, #Portlandoregon, #portlandpenclub, #robertosterink, #urbansketcher, #urbansketching, #urbansketchingportland
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USk: Broadway Bridge
Traffic has a few good points… I added watercolor later, and after I bought a couple of new colors. I swear I am never ever going to be seduced by a Daniel Smith color name again. “Burgundy Yellow Ochre”??? I … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #broadwaybridge, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #nostalgiejournal, #Portlandoregon, #urbansketcher, #urbansketchingportland, #uskportland, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Super5 ink
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USk: Trip to Lacey Washington
Trip across the big wide Columbia to make a presentation in Lacey, Washington. Labor day the bridge was very slow due to traffic; this meant I could draw while Mitchell drove. Robert Oster’s Motor Oil ink is becoming a go-to … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, color, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged #columbiariver, #davinciwatercolors, #drawingwhiledriving, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #motoroil, #nwportland, #PilotMetropolitan, #Portlandoregon, #robertosterink, #super5frankfurtink, #super5ink, #urbansketcher, #urbansketching, #urbansketchingportland, #urbansketchingseattle, bridge
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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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