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VSW: Ich Bin Ein Berliner, 3
Berlin is our city this month, with contributions from two photographers, Rich Matheson and Eli Weisz, though todays image comes from the famous “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech. I played fast and loose with this sketch using a Sailor Fude … Continue reading →
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #berlin, #famousspeeches, #greyink, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #ichbineinberliner, #jfk, #presidentjohnkennedy, #presidentkennedy, #virtualsketching, #virtualsketchwalk, #waterproofinks
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Summer’s End
For me, the end of summer shows itself when our local peaches are gone. We just took delivery on three dozen yellow peaches and so, summer is over. White peaches are earlier, lovely and fleeting. Yellow peaches are in for … Continue reading →
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #danielsmithwatercolors, #directwatercolor, #greyink, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #nostalgiejournal, #Portlandoregon, #summerpeaches, #urbangreyink, #waterproofinks, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink
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Soft Kitty Warm Kitty
I drew the lines using Soft Kitty Warm Kitty ink in a Pilot Metropolitan with a stub nib. A waterbrush moved the lines without erasing them by moving it fairly fast only ONCE over the sketched lines (before below). I … Continue reading →
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #catpaw, #greyink, #greytabby, #greytabbycat, #Hahnemühle, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #nostaliesketchbook, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, #softkittywarmkitty, #SoftKittyWarmKittyink
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Grey Sweater
Ink-painting a current project, enlivening my old grey cotton cardigan with some bright floral embroidery. I started by mending a rip and then got carried away! The embroidery goes all around the neck of the sweater, small flowers. I LOVE … Continue reading →
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #cardigan, #chesapeakepenco, #embroidery, #greycardigan, #greyink, #greysweater, #Hahnemühle, #inkpainting, #lovethestub, #mendingmatters, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #opalgreyink, #robertostersignature, #robertostersignatureink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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VSW: Walk to New Seasons
We sometimes walk to New Seasons Market in NW Portland from our studio. Snapped some images of our walk and sketched this layout across two pages. Before I started the watercolors, I used a diluted grey waterproof ink to place … Continue reading →
Posted in architecture, art journal, drawing, flowers, ink painting, landscape, memory, pen & ink, urban sketchers, virtual sketching, watercolor
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Tagged #brownink, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #getoutandwalk, #greyink, #hahnemuehlepapersarevegan, #holbeinwatercolor, #lamyjoy, #newseasons, #nostalgiesketchbook, #nwportland, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #Portlandoregon, #robertosterink, #sennelierwatercolors, #takeawalk, #watercolor, #waterproofinks, @hahnemuehle_global, architecture, art journal, urban sketcher, USk, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Lifting Paint
I’ve heard of lifting paint but never tried it. I didn’t like the looks of the heavy gouache on the nose of the Pinto Pony, and so I thought I’d give it a try. I carefully and gently used a … Continue reading →
Posted in animals, art, art journal, pen & ink, process, series, sketchbook, watercolor
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Tagged #carouselhorses, #danielsmithwatercolors, #grayink, #greyink, #greytabby, #greytabbykitten, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #hahnemühlewatercolourbookcotton, #hahnemuehlepapersarevegan, #lamyjoy, #pintopony, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #pony, #waterproofinks, art journal, carousel, cats, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Holbein, horse, Platinum Carbon pen, Sennelier, watercolor
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Tools: Hahnemühle 100% Cotton Watercolour Book
My new journal is an A5 landscape Hahnemühle 100% Cotton Watercolour Book, and it is not only a new journal, it is a new brand from Hahnemühle! I’ve had it for a bit and been testing it out. I LOVE … Continue reading →
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Tagged #architect, #architectural, #danielsmithprimateks, #danielsmithwatercolors, #flexnib, #grayink, #greyink, #hahnemühlewatercolourbookcotton, #hahnemuehlepapersarevegan, #lamyalstar, #lamyjoy, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, #sketchbookcotton, #twsbilove, #watercolor, #watercolourbookcotton, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Sennelier, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Lupines
Dragon’s Night is such a gorgeous sketching BLURPLE ink! In a Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook, wild lupines are perfect for the blurple of Dragon’s Night, with a little help from his other inks! Drawn with a Platinum Carbon pen with waterproof … Continue reading →
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Tagged #blackink, #blueink, #flowers, #greenink, #greyink, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #inkpainting, #lamyalstar, #lamyjoy, #lupines, #pinkink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #purpleink, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, #waterproofinks, #wildflowers, art journal, Platinum Carbon pen
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Sketching for Clientele
I LOVE documenting our studio life in my sketchbooks, and some projects are so sketch-worthy with their baubles and trims and bright colors! I also use my sketchbook as a way to communicate with our clients from time to time, … Continue reading →
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Tagged #brownink, #flexnib, #fountainpenrevolution, #fprhimalaya, #grayink, #greyink, #HahnemühlePostCards, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #hahnemühlewatercolourbookcotton, #hahnemuehlepapersarevegan, #himalyapen, #inkreview, #lamyalstar, #lamyjoy, #PilotMetropolitan, #platinumcarbonink, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, #sketchbookcotton, #super5ink, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, #ultraflexnib, #watercolourbookcotton, #waterproofinks, architecture, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Holbein, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, urban sketcher, USk, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Inky Thots: Robert Oster Graphite
Robert Oster Graphite is one of five of my favorite greys, leaning into deep purple and blues when touched with water. I am on my third bottle. Above, a wet circle is ringed with Graphite, and left to dry on … Continue reading →
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Tagged #architecturalsketching, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #graphiteink, #greyink, #gulygus, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #himalayan, #inkpainting, #inkreview, #inkygoodness, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #newinkday, #NID, #nostalgiejournal, #reviewink, #robertosterink, #robertostersignatureink, #ultraflexnib
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Inky Thots: Birmingham Tarnished Nickel
Taking a break from posting World Watercolor Month images for a review of a great grey ink from Birmingham. NOTE: I just realized this ink is nowhere in their new colors, and so, I apologize. I picked up one of … Continue reading →
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Tagged #1week100people, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #birminghaminks, #gcmurphyco, #greyink, #gulygus, #himalayan, #inkreview, #lovethestub, #portraits, #sktchyimages, #tarnishednickel, #twsbieco, #ultraflexnib, art journal
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Inky Thots: Birmingham Everlasting Inks
Birmingham has a new lineup of beautiful water-resistant inks, their Everlasting Inks. These inks are quite water-resistant (not 100% waterPROOF) and excellent for writing precious documents. For sketching or use with watercolors or other fluid mediums over the top, I … Continue reading →
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Birmingham Pen Company, #birminghaminks, #birminghampens, #blackink, #bluegrey, #blueink, #everlastinginks, #grayink, #greengrey, #greenink, #greyink, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #warmgrey, #waterproofinks, #waterresistant, art journal
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Inky Thots: Krishna Pencil
Remember that others review these inks just for writing; I am also interested in how they are used for ink-painting! I love this oddball ink. It looks mauvish then can also look biscuit grey, and I have no idea why … Continue reading →
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #greyink, #jinhaoshark, #krishnaink, #lovethestub, #mauveink, #pencilink, #scallopshell, art journal
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Pandemic Exhaustion
We’ve been exhausted at the end of our days, and so watch more tele than normal… and also, we often go back to favorite shows rather than try new shows… Lazy and tired and we often fall asleep with the … Continue reading →
Posted in art journal, calligraphy, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, review, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Birmingham Pen Company, #birminghaminks, #birminghampens, #blackink, #bluegrey, #blueink, #graceandfrankie, #grayink, #greengrey, #greenink, #greyink, #warmgrey, art journal
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Inky Thots: Birmingham Independence Grey
Birmingham Pen Company Independence Grey ink is named in honor of the Liberty Bell, housed in Philadelphia, PA. I drew the Liberty Bell on my test page with a PENBB pen on cold press watercolor paper and touched the lines … Continue reading →
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Birmingham Pen Company, #birminghaminks, #birminghampens, #bluegrey, #cokingcoal, #edgarthomsonsteelworks, #grayink, #greengrey, #greyink, #warmgrey, art journal, Coking Coal
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Inky Thots: Birmingham Crisp Formula Inks
Birmingham has a new lineup of amazing inks, the Crisp Formula Inks. I know, I usual write about inks as an artist, but these inks are made to be compatible with inexpensive everyday papers, without bleed and feathering, which is … Continue reading →
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Birmingham Pen Company, #birminghaminks, #birminghampens, #blackink, #bluegrey, #blueink, #grayink, #greengrey, #greenink, #greyink, #warmgrey, art journal
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Inky Thots: Birmingham Coking Coal
Birmingham Pen Company Coking Coal ink is named in honor of coking coal, a unique coal which “usually refers to the product derived from low-ash and low-sulphur bituminous coal by a process called coking.” Coking is “the heating of coal … Continue reading →
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Birmingham Pen Company, #birminghaminks, #birminghampens, #bluegrey, #cokingcoal, #edgarthomsonsteelworks, #grayink, #greengrey, #greyink, #warmgrey, art journal, Coking Coal
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Inky Thots: Birmingham Slag Grey
Blue-green-grey Birmingham Slag Grey ink is named in honor of the Homestead Steelworks, built in 1881. It became part of the Carnegie Steel company in 1883. For many years was the largest steelworks in the world. Remember that others review … Continue reading →
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #birminghaminks, #bluegrey, #grayink, #greengrey, #greyink, #homesteadsteelworks, #madeinamerica, #madeinusa, #slaggrey, #warmgrey, art journal
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D.Katie Powell Art 