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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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VSW: Flash Mob in Hartford, Connecticut
Last images of Hartford Connecticut this month. I love Flash Mobs, the surprise and delight! When I found one in Hartford I decided to try sketching from it. Still keeping with the very fast sketches! LAST images in the Fabriano…. … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, pen & ink, virtual sketching, waterbrush, watercolor
Tagged #Connecticut, #flashmob, #Lamy, architecture, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, Hartford, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy LX, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Platinum Preppy pen, Super5 ink, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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VSW: Genius of Connecticut
She is called the “Genius of Connecticut” located in the Connecticut State Capitol Building. Keeping with quick studies, I used DeAtramentis Document Brown for line. I began a slow buildup of DEA Doc Brown ink (brunaille) in a waterbrush to … Continue reading
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Tagged #geniusstatue, architecture, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Hartford, Holbein, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Platinum Carbon pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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VSW: Hartford, Connecticut
Sketchwalk is in Hartford Connecticut this month. For one thing, let me tell you that this dyslexic has a hard time remembering the order of the letters in Conn-ect-i-cut. I have the dang word hand-written to the side all over … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, pen & ink, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #Connecticut, architecture, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Hartford, Holbein, Lamy LX, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Platinum Preppy pen, Sennelier, Super5 ink, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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HBG: Ice Cream Sticks
The ice-cream-stick game. The only good thing to come from the botched kidney stone surgery! Began with Jai and Kamala, and now the torch has passed to Yaman and Savitri. *sammy looks at the sticks, then at us, as if, … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged #WorldWatercolorMonth, art journal, Cat, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Pilot Desk Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Platinum Citrus Black ink, Platinum Preppy pen, Savitri, Super5 ink, Yamantaka
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HBG: The Back Story
I am sure there are hundreds of amazing and honest foster parents in the world, but ours wasn’t one of them. Because of her lies and antics, our guys cost us roughly a thousand dollars more than they “should” have … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #365sketch2017, #WorldWatercolorMonth, art journal, Cat, cat buddha, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, Holbein, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Pilot Desk Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Sammy, Sennelier, Super5 ink
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HBG: Dosha Types
*btw, that is not a rat… it is he with his head under a roll of cotton trying to find a rattle mouse he thinks went under the roll. Also, this was written when they had not yet come off … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, drawing, ink painting, journal, memory, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #365sketch2017, #WorldWatercolorMonth, art journal, Cat, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, kittens, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Pentel Aquash Water Brush, Platinum Preppy pen, Savitri, siamese cats, Super5 Frankfurt ink, watercolor, Yamantaka
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HBG: Toilet Paper Box
Building a fort for them reminded me of the forts I built as a kid! They are so tiny that we built it out of the toilet paper boxes for the studio… When my mom and I moved into a … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged #WorldWatercolorMonth, art journal, Cat, De Atramentis Document ink, Hahnemühle Watercolour Book, kittens, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Pentel Aquash Water Brush, Platinum Preppy pen, Savitri, siamese cats, watercolor, Yamantaka
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Nostalgie Book 2017
I did more experimentation in this book than any other to date. I also went back to my 40-year-old habit of writing and sketching… Been doing that since boring architectural history classes. I am sorry but had to leave a … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, painting, pen & ink, process, sketchbook, urban sketchers, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Diamine Ink, Fineline masking fluid, Hahnemuhle Nostalgie Sketchbook, Holbein, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, Lamy Al-Star, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Primatek, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Happy Year of the Fire Rooster!
Okay, he’s not as fiery as some I’ve drawn but he is what he is and he is also a New Moon Rooster as he was made during my sketch blitz yesterday when I took some silence and set my … Continue reading
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Tagged Aquabee Super Deluxe Journal, art journal, Chinese New Year, Daniel Smith watercolors, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, Fire Rooster, Lamy Al-Star, new moon, New Year, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Primatek, rooster, Super5 ink, watercolor
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Women’s March Portland Oregon
Along the Willamette River, estimates of 70,000 people wearing brightly colored clothing and umbrellas (not a normal sight in Oregon) in the grey rain. Moleskin A4 Watercolor Journal, with a Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Noodler’s Lexington Grey Ink, Super5 Frankfurt … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, downtown, Holbein, KWZ Ink Foggy Green, Lamy Al-Star, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Portland Oregon, Primatek, protest, Sennelier, Super5 ink, watercolor, Willamette, Women's March
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Tools: Grey Inks for Grisaille
“Grisaille (/ɡrᵻˈzaɪ/ or /ɡrᵻˈzeɪl/; French: gris [ɡʁizaj] ‘grey’) is a term for a painting executed entirely in shades of grey or of another neutral greyish colour… A grisaille may be executed for its own sake, [or] as underpainting … working … Continue reading
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Tagged Alphabet District Portland, architecture, art journal, Diamine Ink, grisaille, grisaille underpainting, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Pilot ink, Platinum Preppy pen, Portland Urban Sketchers, Super5 ink, urban sketcher, USk, virtual sketchwalk, waterbrush
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