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VSW: Angra do Heroísmo, 3
Our Virtual Sketching group was led this month by Toni, who took us to the island of Angra do Heroísmo. This new way of creating layouts works better on this page, with the tree dividing and blending the three images. … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, gods and goddesses, landscape, painting, pen & ink, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged Angra do Heroísmo, art journal, Atlantic, bay, Convent of Sao Francisco, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, fountain, Holbein, Hotel Angra Garden, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Noodlers ink, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Preppy, Platinum Preppy pen, Portugal, Rua do Palacio, Super5 ink, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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VSW: Angra do Heroísmo, 2
Our Virtual Sketching group was led this month by Toni, who took us to the island of Angra do Heroísmo. I tried a new layout this time, trying an overlapping, more relaxed look. Not that I don’t love a grid. … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, drawing, landscape, painting, pen & ink, pencil, process, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged Angra do Heroísmo, art journal, Atlantic, bay, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, Ilha Terciera, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Noodlers ink, painting with inks, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Preppy, Platinum Preppy pen, Portugal, Super5 ink, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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VSW: Angra do Heroísmo, 1
Our Virtual Sketching group was led this month by Toni, who took us to the island of Angra do Heroísmo. Such a treat — I’ve never even heard of this island! My push for myself is to continue to work … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, drawing, landscape, pen & ink, pencil, process, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged Alto da Memoria, Angra do Heroísmo, art journal, Atlantic, bay, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Holbein, landscape, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Noodlers ink, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Preppy, Platinum Preppy pen, Portugal, Super5 ink, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor
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Inktober, First week
I feel like I am cheating with this challenge in that my drawings usually begin with ink then watercolor is applied — though sometimes more ink is applied — hell, I dunno. Feels like cheating not to do a separate … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, drawing, furniture, making a living, pen & ink, pencil, sketchbook, virtual sketching
Tagged #inktober, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, Moleskin Watercolor journal, MPF Conservation, Noodlers ink, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Portland Oregon, Super5 ink
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USk: Frank Ching, Gail Wong Workshop
I had the opportunity to meet the man who taught me more than most professors in college, and influenced my drawing style as a free-hand sketcher of the built environment: Frank Ching. Architecture: Form Space and Order made sense out … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, class, drawing, journal, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged 11th Avenue Portland, 8th Avenue Portland, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Director's Park Portland, Frank Ching, Gail Wong, Holbein, Noodlers ink, OE sketchbook, Pearl District Portland, Platinum Carbon pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Portland Oregon, Portland Urban Sketchers, Stillman & Birn, urban sketchers, USk
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VSW: Laguna Beach, California from Lifeguard Tower to Wyland’s
Note: To see the images I drew from, click here. This was all about things not going well and forging ahead. And the difference between what you want to do (personal goals) and what happens when you are not looking! … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, drawing, pen & ink, sketchbook, virtual sketching, watercolor
Tagged art journal, California, De Atramentis Document ink, home, Hotel Laguna, Laguna Beach, Lifeguard Tower, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Noodlers ink, PCH, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Preppy, Platinum Preppy pen, Super5 ink, urban sketchers, virtual sketchwalk, watercolor, Wyland's
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Gratitude Journal: Discovering New Tools and My Old Nature
My fascination with pen and ink goes way beyond addiction to art supplies. Not that I can’t be pulled in that direction. I have used mostly acrylics for my 30 years painting as an adult. I loved them, and love … Continue reading
Posted in calligraphy, creativity, drawing, journal, pen & ink, review, sketchbook, tools
Tagged Faber-Castel; Pitt pens, Lamy Safari pen, Metropolitan pen, Noodlers ink, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Pilot Parallel pen, Platinum Carbon pen, Platinum Felttip pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Uniball Vision Elite, Uniball Vision Signo, white pens
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USk: MPF Conservation’s NW Neighborhood
I haven’t sketched outdoors much lately. I wondered what I might make of our buildings. Our studio is in an industrial area in NW Portland. This is the approach from the freeway. We share space in the building with Portland … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, drawing, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged Alphabet District Portland, art journal, Calbag, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Grimm, MPF Conservation, Nicolai St, NW Industrial Sanctuary Portland, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Portland Opera, Portland Oregon, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Rejuvenation, Strathmore journal, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor
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IFJM 18: Tarot Reading Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
April 18 This day is too chaotic to try to convey to you. I took my journal and drew the images quickly, scribbling, because I also wanted to write down what she said. I kept a page from Mik’s journal … Continue reading
IFJM 15: Horses and Bulls and Flamingos, Oh My!
15 April “Gardian House Carmargue Region” From my journal: “Maybe it’s France. We’ve had a shift in travel schedules . . . languid! Took time for our lovemaking, and then a heavenly very French breakfast and favorite breakfast. . . … Continue reading
Posted in animals, architecture, art journal, drawing, graphite, journal, painting, pen & ink, pencil, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged Arles, art journal, bull, Carmargue, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Fake Journal, flamingo, France, Gardian, Holbein, International Fake Journal Month, journal, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Roma Gypsy, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, sketching, Super5 ink, watercolor
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IFJM 9: Home, Palazzo Della Pilotta
9 April 2015 “Palazzo Della Pilotta [River side or Front]” 9:30am From my Journal: “Today we are going to see E’s home as it might have been in the 17th century. The renderings this page are of her home . … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, creativity, drawing, graphite, journal, museum, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Fake Journal, International Fake Journal Month, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Palazzo Della Pilotta, Parma, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Preppy pen, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, Primatek, QoR watercolors, seventeenth century dress, sketching, watercolor
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IFJM 8: Bologna to Parma
8 April 2015 “Anytime you get clear about what you mission is or what your focus wants to be, things start to come together in your life.” Eve Ensler “Santa Croce, the Basilica on the Piazza. Home to the bones … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, drawing, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Bologna, Charles Moore, Daniel Smith watercolors, Fake Journal, Florence, International Fake Journal Month, journal, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Noodlers ink, Parma, Pierre Koenig, Platinum Preppy pen, Polar Brown Noodlers ink, Primatek, Santa Croce, Santuary of the Madonna di San Luca, watercolor
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IFJM 2: Rome
2 April 2015 Landed, picked up the car, and then headed into Rome for food and to visit the pen shop to buy inks. My journal: “It was fun watching Mik navigate a rental in Italian! Our van is the … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, journal, painting, pen & ink, pencil, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged Ahab Flex pen, #IFJM2015, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, Fake Journal, Holbein, IFJM, International Fake Journal Month, Moleskin Watercolor journal, Novelli pen store, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Carbon pen, Platinum Preppy pen, Primatek, QoR watercolors, Rome, Santi Apostoli, Super5 ink, sushi
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USk: Montavilla Sewing Center and DEQ
Mitchell sews on machines; I do not. I used to follow him around for a while at the sewing centers and drive him crazy behaving like a five-year-old, then go sit with the husbands waiting for their wives. Now I … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, drawing, graphite, journal, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, waterbrush, watercolor
Tagged De Atramentis Document ink, DEQ, Montavilla, Platinum Preppy pen, Portland Oregon, sketching, Strathmore journal, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor
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USk: 17th and NW Davis
I’ve approached these buildings, which are part of the St. Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception complex, dozens of times. Needing a break from bidding I stole away to sit in the car (easier to lay watercolors out) and do … Continue reading
Posted in art
Tagged Alphabet District Portland, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, NW Industrial Sanctuary Portland, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Preppy pen, Portland Oregon, sketching, St. Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Strathmore journal, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, USk, watercolor
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Green Tara, One
She is based on our Ganges River clay version of Green Tara. A challenge for me, she is very colorful and detailed, AND, I am still pushing for a loose wash effect. Not completely happy with her but not bad … Continue reading
Posted in art, art journal, Buddha, color, journal, process, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged Aquabee Super Deluxe Journal, art journal, buddha, buddhist, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Document ink, deities, Green Apatite, Green Tara, Holbein, lapis, Pentalic 2B woodless pencil, Pilot Gold Marker, Platinum Preppy pen, Primatek, Tara, watercolor
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USk: 26th Street, WHAT IF?
Took a walk and sketched in our studio’s neighborhood, buildings I look at all the time. I was able to sketch both of them, and it was a bit like old times, architectural sketches. They are both shades of grey: … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, color, creativity, journal, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers, watercolor
Tagged Alphabet District Portland, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, ESCO, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, NW Industrial Sanctuary Portland, NW Portland, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Platinum Preppy pen, Portland Oregon, Rejuvenation, Strathmore journal, urban sketcher, urban sketchers, Urban Sketchers Portland, watercolor
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Thai Buddha, One
He is an unassuming little black resin Thai Buddha. I see him in color, looking so sweet. Aquabee Super Deluxe Journal, with a Pentalic 2B woodless pencil, Platinum Preppie Pen, De Artramentis Document ink, and Daniel Smith and Holbien watercolor … Continue reading
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