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Tools: Ink Journal
In the back of new journals, I make sure I try all inked pens on the new paper. It is the second test I have for inks to see if they are waterproof, the first here. I also get to … Continue reading
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Tagged #diamineink, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #KWZink, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, Fineline masking fluid, Hahnemuhle Watercolour Sketchbook, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Super5 ink
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Tools: Waterproof Inks Review
If you are a watercolor artist your definition of “waterproof” must meets the highest standards. A lovely drawing in ink has to hold while washes of watercolor pour over it; the linework must stay put. When people say, “It is … Continue reading
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Tagged #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #sketchinks, #waterproofinks, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, De Atramentis Document ink review, De Atramentis Document Review, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Document ink review, Fineline masking fluid, Holbein, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor, waterproof inks
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Doodlewash: 1000 Days
Charlie from Doodlewash posted his 1000th doodlewash today. His post is worth reading from beginning to end, and I concur. Great minds and all that. At the end of the post he has three takeaways worth following! One is about … Continue reading
Posted in art, art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, watercolor
Tagged #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Fineline masking fluid, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Tools: Derwent Palette (Pencil Case)
Yes, another Palette! I swear my last one (fingers crossed!) Jenn understands that I paint in bed in the middle of the night AND like lots of colors. On her recommendation (Just Add Water Silly) I bought the Derwent Empty … Continue reading
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Tagged #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Derwent pencil case, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Fineline masking fluid, Holbein, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Difficult Mom
My mom may be unable to stay in her apartment. This is hard for us, harder for her. Fortunately, not one of her friends, doctors, nurses, etc., disagrees with us, which helps to make the decision clear-cut. Still, is is … Continue reading
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Tagged #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Fineline masking fluid, Holbein, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Nostalgie Journal 10-2017
This journal started in Diwali, and continued to just after the New Year. I anticipated that it would be about light and ritual and women… There was instead a good deal of unanticipated loss. I withheld many pages from this … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, history, ink painting, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, process, ritual, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Fineline masking fluid, Holbein, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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VSW: Gardens by the Bay Singapore
December we had two choices in the Virtual Sketchwalk group *though this group goes rogue regularly 🙂 but the rules of the group are “as long as it is drawn from a photograph”* and one of them were the Gardens … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, pen & ink, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #ferriswheel, #GardensbytheBay, #PilotMetropolitan, architecture, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Sennelier, Singapore, Super5 ink, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Holiday Gifts
My mom uses heating pads, and has one she’s practically worn out with lavender and I’m not sure what in it. I wanted to make her a new one, and also made her some to give to friends. I don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged #christmasgifts, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PilotMetropolitan, art journal, Da Vinci Watercolors, Holbein, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, watercolor
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Inking Striped Shirts
Seeing them hanging to dry I had to try the stripey lines! What fun! Drawn with an inked Pentel Aquash! All of a sudden there is a hubbub about putting inks in waterbrushes… They sell inked waterbrushes (Pentel and Wink … Continue reading
More Posies and Writing
Cheryl shared this and it stuck in my head. My passions are journaling, painting, reading autobiographies and Buddhism, ditzing with Mitchell, and playing with the kittens. NOT necessarily in that order, though if I had to choose between writing or … Continue reading
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Tagged #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #passion, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, posies, Primatek, Sennelier, watercolor
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Gratitude, Everyday Practice
I’ve journaled for ever. It is only since picking up watercolors that my journal entries have gone beyond sketching and perhaps colored pencils into what I do now, but the discipline and connection to reflection and sustenance was embedded long … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #givingthanks, #Hahnemühle, #journalling, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, gratitude, Holbein, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Monterey Platform Rocker
I’m a lucky woman. I am paid to work in brilliant color on pieces of California history. I love the smell of oil paint when I open the studio door. Catching the wavy base and angles in this drawing — … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, history, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, watercolor, writing
Tagged #coronado, #delrey, #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #masonmonterey, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #plarformrocker, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, furniture, Goulet nib, Holbein, Jinhao, Lamy Joy, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Primatek, Sennelier, watercolor
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Lake Oswego Tree
We were going to a client meeting before the leaves dropped, and the Lake Oswego trees were exceptional! I had a chance to sketch before coming back to the studio.I tried this technique unsuccessfully (not what I was going for, … Continue reading
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Tagged #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #nostalgiejournal, #portlandurbansketcher, #urbansketcher, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Fineline masking fluid, Holbein, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, USk, watercolor
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Hahnemuhle Nostalgie Journal Wrap-up
I’ve been so busy I forgot to post my flip side-show on my last journal. Thankfully, no music accompanied this one. (Mac tends to continue to override my commands.) This journal is from July to October 2017… Yes I omitted … Continue reading
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Tagged #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Fineline masking fluid, Holbein, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Wendell Berry Palm
Obsessed with palms in my sketchbook these days; I’ve always doodled them but I am working on bamboo furniture, which is palm-ish and so, more palms. This quote caught me, from where I don’t know, and dashed it on a … Continue reading
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Tagged #Hahnemühle, #KWZink, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #palmtrees, #WATWB, #wearetheworld, art journal, De Atramentis Tobacco ink, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, Lamy LX, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, palm trees, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen
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A Change in Posting
As I move along for the next couple of months my posting habits will change: I have a PAINTING project in our business that is in oil paint. The DAR is commissioning a formal reproduction of the Washington State Flag. … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, oil paint, painting, watercolor, writing
Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, Lamy Al-Star, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, lunar, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Primatek, Super5 ink, watercolor
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D.Katie Powell Art 
Fire
It is a pitiful drawing, altogether too cheery, but it was the middle-of-the-night and I had only my watercolor-filled pens. I was horrified about what I’d read in the Oregonian. *yeah i know i should not be reading puter in … Continue reading →