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Hahnemühle Post Cards, 13, Palms
These are my happy place doodles… Not quite California but reminiscent of a less crowded California! I had no idea when I began playing with the Hahnemühle Post Cards that I would love them so much! I wanted to mitigate the … Continue reading
Hahnemühle Post Cards, 10, Palms
A lot to want to ESCAPE from this last couple weeks… Sad angry politics, riots, and my MAC is a lemon and screwed with my reports. So I go to my happy spot… doodling Palm Trees and Daisies and Stars … Continue reading
Hahnemühle Post Cards, 7, Palms
A tropical island, one place I go that is my happy place… Not too hot, Pacific Ocean, breezes. Brunaille and grisaille underpainting. Sent! Laguna Beach iconic view — from one of many photos I’ve taken over the years. Brunaille and … Continue reading
Posted in creativity, drawing, ink painting, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, waterbrush, watercolor
Tagged #365sketch2017, #WorldWatercolorMonth, art journal, brunaille, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, grisaille, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Holbein, Laguna Beach, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Neocolor II, palm tree, palms, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Robert Oster ink, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Revisiting Palms
I repeatedly draw certain images. I am not sure why, and I don’t look too closely at why. Maybe I am superstitious about creativity and don’t want to question it too much. Maybe I just want to trust my Muse … Continue reading
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Tagged #365sketch2017, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Hahnemühle Grey Book, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Holbein, meditation, muse, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, palm tree, palms, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, Primatek, Sennelier, sunset, watercolor
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Tools: Time to Dream
New Moon, a day of silence. Sundays I talk about tools, and the biggest tool is our own bodies and hearts and minds. (Why do I think this is so dang funny — oh wait — the English call people … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, journal, lunar cycle, meditation, pen & ink, process, ritual, sketchbook, writing
Tagged #365sketch2017, doodle, Hahnemühle journal, lunar cycle, new moon, Nostalgie by Hahnemühle, palms, tea bag
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Bright Ideas: Inktober 19, King Tut
When King Tut came to Lalaland, I managed to obtain tickets. I was unimpressed by the viewing, but loved the hype and design elements all around the exhibit. The powder coated metal costume jewelry was the best. From the LACMA … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, drawing, journal, memory, pen & ink
Tagged #inktober, art journal, Bright Ideas journal, De Atramentis Document ink, earrings, gold, Lamy Joy, palm tree, palms, Platinum Carbon pen, pyramids
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Boyd’s Beach, 1
Randy Boyd is letting me use some of his Laguna Beach *home home home* images for Inktober. It started out okay, then I tried adding colored inks to it. For some reason they got darker and more *aaack* until I … Continue reading
Days of Yore: Laguna Beach
I am homesick. Sketch from an old black and white photo from who-knows-where, looking East into the Laguna Hills, when they were pristine… With more news of fracking pollution approved to dump in our oceans, I am homesick for better … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, eucalyptus, fire station, home, Laguna Beach, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, palms, Pentalic Aqua Journal, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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