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Laguna Beach 1950
Inspired from an old postcard from the fifties, and I wanted to do it because my mom and dad honeymooned in their second marriage (a looong story, not interesting except to family) but in a nutshell married, three boys, … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, challenge, landscape, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #fifties, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühlePostCards, #lagunabeach, #middleofthenight, #palmtrees, #southerncalifornia, #WorldWatercolorMonth, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Lamy Joy, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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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
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühlePostCards, #jinhaowithjowonib, #Lamy, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #sendapostcard, #twsbieco, Lamy Joy, Super5 ink, TWSBI ECO 1.1stub, watercolor
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Puppy Postcards
And the showdown, water color versus ink! Okay, we know that watercolors, good ones, have light-fast ratings. This is a huge plus for sending postcards that someone might stick on a wall… PBeaux (left) should last longer than Poppy (right) … Continue reading
Posted in animals, creativity, drawing, ink painting, painting, pen & ink, portrait, watercolor, writing
Tagged #bostonterrier, #danielsmithwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühlePostCards, #jinhaowithjowonib, #Lamy, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #twsbieco, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, puppy, Super5 ink, terrier, TWSBI ECO 1.1stub, watercolor
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Inktober, 13 Black Bean Tostadas
I attempted to grind my own architect’s nib from a Lamy Broad nib. Not too bad, for my first Lamy nib (I’ve practiced on the cheap ones.) It needs to be a little sharper, and not quite as scratchy… but … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching
Tagged #architectsnib, #blackbeantostada, #darmstadtink, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühlePostCards, #inktober, #inktober2018, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, #threesisterswhitecorntortillas, art journal, Lamy Joy, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen
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Inktober, 2 Tracey’s Walk
Tracey Fletcher King shows this lovely walk frequently in images. I love it and wanted to have it on my wall… Now the postcard is winging its way to her instead! Started as a thang for Inktober, but added watercolors, … Continue reading
Posted in cards, drawing, landscape, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #austrailiabeach, #HahnemühlePostCards, #inktober, #inktober2018, #walktobeach, Austrialia, beach, De Atramentis Document ink, Gamblin Cold Wax Medium, Hahnemühle Post Cards, ocean, Platinum Carbon pen, scallop, shell, shells, sunset, Tracey Fletcher King, watercolor
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WWM: Giveaway! Cold Press Hahnemühle PostCards
Giving away to two lucky winners my favorite middle-of-the-night watercolor surfaces! Cold Press Hahnemühle PostCards! In honor of the paper I use most often for the World Watercolor Month challenge, I’m offering TWO prizes of postcard tins! (Sorry, USA + … Continue reading
Posted in cards, creativity, drawing, ink painting, painting, pen & ink, review, tools, watercolor
Tagged #davinciwatercolors, #HahnemühlePostCards, #WorldWatercolorMonth, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, flowers, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Holbein, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, review, Sunflowers, Super5 ink, watercolor
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WWM: Day 23, PDX Roses
Lovely roses in from of a “brownstone” in the Pearl District! “Paint as you like and die Happy!*” Want to join in the fun? Use the hashtag #WorldWatercolorMonth when you post your drawing on any platform, and add your watercolor … Continue reading
WWM: Day 20, Laguna Postcard
Randy Boyd let’s me use his photos of home, Laguna Beach, to paint from. His images fill me with cheer; I miss home and the beach so much! Went for fat inked lines and deep tones on this one — … Continue reading
WWM: Day 19 Grape Hyacinth
Back to textured, rough Hahnemühle Post Cards. Love Grape Hyacinths, which I’d never seen until my first Spring in Oregon. “Paint as you like and die Happy!*” Want to join in the fun? Use the hashtag #WorldWatercolorMonth when you post … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, painting, pen & ink, watercolor
Tagged #davinciwatercolors, #grapehyacinth, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühlePostCards, #middleofthenight, #rough, #WorldWatercolorMonth, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, Lamy Joy, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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WWM: Day 18 Moon Palm
Any excuse to use my Moonman pen, below! Added a brush dipped in inks and you have my Moon Palm! “Paint as you like and die Happy!*” Want to join in the fun? Use the hashtag #WorldWatercolorMonth when you post … Continue reading
WWM: Day 16 Moms Stuff, Sun Postcard
Playing around with Robert Oster African Gold; ink-painting! In the end added lines… I LIKE lines! This is loosely based on my Mom’s big copper sun from Mexico. It now hangs in my finish room… Happy Sun! “Paint as you … Continue reading
WWM: Day 13 Buttercups
Back to textured, rough Hahnemühle Post Cards. I like how the divots hold deeper color, especially in the Primatek colors. “Paint as you like and die Happy!*” Want to join in the fun? Use the hashtag #WorldWatercolorMonth when you post … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, painting, pen & ink, watercolor
Tagged #buttercup, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühlePostCards, #middleofthenight, #rough, #sagebrushbuttercup, #WorldWatercolorMonth, Daniel Smith watercolors, Lamy Joy, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, watercolor
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WWM: Day 11 Moms Stuff, Pelican
Ink as watercolor, in this case Robert Oster African Gold. I think I can stretch this World Watercolor Month to include this ink painting on Hahnemühle Cold Pressed Post Cards. This squatty body is such a joy to paint! “Paint … Continue reading
WWM: Day 4 Pink Posies and Hyacinth
Happy 4th for those who celebrate! I’ll post my 4th drawings tomorrow… Experiments with new inks, and new pens, TWSBI and Jinhao with Goulet nibs. *okay i cheated no watercolors but all with brush as if!* This Monteverde Chariote needs … Continue reading
Posted in art, cards, challenge, color, ink painting, meditation, pen & ink
Tagged #coldpressed, #grapehyacinth, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühlePostCards, #jherbinink, #monteverdeink, #robertosterink, #rough, #WorldWatercolorMonth, floral, flower, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Hahnemühle Postcards, posies
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WWM: Day 1 Mom’s Stuff, Leaf Goddess
Doing ritual here… memories of my mom’s house. This leaf and straw goddess was a gift from me when she moved to Ashland Oregon It has survived all her moves and now lives in my finish room. Objects hold a … Continue reading
Posted in art, cards, gods and goddesses, journal, meditation, memory, pen & ink, ritual, watercolor
Tagged #brownink, #coldpressed, #danielsmithprimateks, #davinciwatercolors, #deatramentisdocumentink, #earthgoddess, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühlePostCards, #leafgoddess, #mothersanddaughters, #WorldWatercolorMonth, Hahnemühle Postcards
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