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Australian Sky Buddha
My sketchbook is about exploring, and I wasn’t completely happy with my first Buddha. I tried another using TWSBI Eco 1.1 with Robert Oster Australian Sky Blue ink. This is a Buddha-of-the-Sky! What do you think? I call him Buddhaball … Continue reading
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Posies #notinkober
Ink drawing with a Platinum Carbon Pen with Platinum Carbon ink waterproof cartridges. Then many inks painted… J.Herbin Rose Cyclamen ink, L’Artisan Pastellier Classique Jaune ink, Sailor MO Tangerine ink, L’Artisan Pastellier Classique Vert ink, Troublemaker Sea Glass ink. To … Continue reading
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Full Moon #notinkober
Full Moon…. Two inks…. Robert Oster Thunderstorm ink and a whole lotta water in the center: Letting ink do what it will. Robert Oster Green at Night ink to create the trees in front of the moon. On this strange … Continue reading
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Kinktober 2020
This year, I am not doing Inktober, but KINKtober, which is both because 2020 is a truly crap year, and that is my initial in front of inktober… but then I saw the company I would be in and it … Continue reading
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Process Ink Painting, Tips
For Maureen!! I haven’t time to do a video but I decided to publish this now and not wait… more tips for painting with ink. Above, I simple use a Pentel Aquash waterbrush filled with water, and touched the Robert … Continue reading
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Inky Thots: Diamine Festive Cheer
From their website: “Manufacturers since 1864, Diamine Inks relocated to this state of the art factory in Liverpool in 1925, where they successfully carried on using the traditional methods and formulas for ink production. Over the years the company has … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #blueink, #diamineink, #festivecheerink, #Lamy, #lamyalstar, #lamystubnib, #lovethestub, #sheeningink, art journal
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Tools: Mitchell’s Glitter Inks, 2
So I gave you a little taste of Mitchell glittery collection here, with the help of Yamantaka! Now I’ll show you our favorites! I bought a few bottles of inkmasters we know, so we trusted the ink quality, and some … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #diamineink, #goldshimmerink, #Hahnemühle, #jherbinink, #nostalgiejournal, #penbbsink, #robertosterink, #shimmerink, #vintagedeskpen, #vintainks, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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Flowering Quince
From an image, because the Quince is not here YET. I am ready for any beauty at this point, though I loved the snow a few days ago. Don’t despair, look for the gems in every day. To hear about … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, ritual, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #ceriseink, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #diamineink, #floweringquince, #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PilotMetropolitan, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, posies, Primatek, watercolor
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Tools: Beauregarde From Birmingham
I wanted this pen for a long time. Stunned by it’s simple beauty and clear drenched color, I waited for over a year. I was not seduced by other pens in similar colors… Then when it became available, I could … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #birminghampens, #diamineink, #fountainpenaddict, #fountainpengeeks, #Hahnemühle, #Handmadefountainpens, #holbeinwatercolor, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PentelAquashWaterBrush, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #super5frankfurtink, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Purple Lilies
Ink-painting with lovely new ink colors… Nostalgie sketchbook takes watercolor washes well, but sometimes ink washes get bogged down in the paper… Especially inks I have not played with enough to see how they move. Troublemaker Sea Glass (green) is … Continue reading
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VSW: San Francisco, 3
Ink painting from pictures from Debi Taylor’s last visit to San Francisco. Sketch over watercolor pencil in Diamine Ancient Copper. Hard to control inks… they need to do what they need to do! Colors I used below. To hear about … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, landscape, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #diamineink, #Hahnemühle, #inkpainting, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #papierplumeink, #robertosterink, #sanfrancisco, #virtualsketchwalk, #watermanink, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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Word Art: Mugged by Reality
What do you do when you are living under oppression and you have things to say but you are living in fear? Not little fear, but cataclysmic fear? For the first time in your life? I wrote this and got … Continue reading
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Word Art: Shut Up Stupid
She wasn’t a perfect mom, but I was broken hearted about how she was treated, her confusion when losing her memory, and the family dynamics. I could not share that with my biological family. Shut up stupid. When you keep … Continue reading
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Word Art: Trump
I’ve been playing with words in inks, layered into an abstract piece. moved by water and letting it go where it will. I’ll tell you a bit more about it as I move into it, but for now… The words … Continue reading
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Inktober 2019, the Aftermath!
Here are the rest of the stars from my Hahnemühle ZigZag Accordian Journal!! Lamy Al-Star with Pilot’s beautiful Asa-Gao…. Jinhao 750 with Goulet 1.1 stub nib and Robert Oster’s changling Grey Seas ink. TWSBI Eco 1.1 with Robert Oster Midnight … Continue reading
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Inktober 2019, 31
I adore INKTOBER, and so it technically ends… but I have the rest of the Hahnemühle ZigZag Accordian Journal to finish!! Robert Oster lovely Blue Denin ink in my birthday turquoise Diplomat Aero! **INK case you missed it, this year, … Continue reading
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Inktober 2019, 30
I adore INKTOBER! A perfect beautiful grey-blue ink, Papier Plume‘s “the Blues” which I won — it is a special edition ink! In a Knox pen from Birmingham… which may not be available anymore. **INK case you missed it, this … Continue reading
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Inktober 2019, 29
I adore INKTOBER! A perfect blue, Monteverde Horizone Blue ink in my most lovely Pilot 3776 with a music nib! **INK case you missed it, this year, I am taking on a class on illustration, and that class is requiring … Continue reading
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