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30×30 Direct, Week 1, Finito
Okay why did I try this again? Because I love Marc Holmes as a teacher (follow his blog artists) and he is very gung ho on this. I used inks not watercolors. But a week later I still hate it. … Continue reading
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Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor, #diamineink, #robertosterink, art journal, Hahnemühle Post Cards, Super5 ink
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Wolf Spider
Stared with linework then tried to switch to a wet brush using Robert Oster Heart of Gold ink. Spiders scare me badly; I’ve done a lot of work on them. I don’t kill them anymore unless they crawl out from … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #goldshimmerink, #Hahnemühle, #heartofgold, #labellaluna, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #wolfspider, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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Coyote Cries
*warning… sad angry political post* I love coyotes. I love animals period. The feds are going to allow them to be hunted for sport and are even making a game out of it. I wept. I am so over the … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #coyotehowling, #fullmoon, #Hahnemühle, #labellaluna, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #stoptheslaughter, art journal, coyote, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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Inky Thots: Robert Oster Jade
From Robert Oster’s website: “My great interest in fountain pen inks – and by extension inks that combine many creative applications – began with the birth of my love of fountain pens in 1989. The contents and packaging of my … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #hoteibuddha, #inkpainting, #jadeink, #Lamy, #lamyalstar, #lovethestub, #robertosterink, #robertosterjade, art journal
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Inky Thots: Sharing My Enthusiasm
This year I fell in love with ink painting. I’ve painted with inks for a time, and moved them about with water, but this year my heart really flipped over inks. Years ago I began with a swatch book of … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #birminghaminks, #deatramentisink, #diamineink, #Hahnemühle, #krishnaink, #KWZink, #Lamy, #lovethestub, #monteverdeink, #robertosterink, #super5ink, #twsbilove, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink
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Memorial Weekend
The bliss of having several days unplugged from the business: The ability to do a personal check-in with my psyche. It is hard to process tragedies when you are swamped at work. To sleep in — Omi, so nice, and … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, ink painting, journal, making a living, memory, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook
Tagged #Americanflag, #berriesareinseason, #birminghaminks, #darmstadtink, #diamineink, #frenchtoast, #friedchicken, #Hahnemühle, #icecreamcone, #ilovevanilla, #nostalgiejournal, #oldglory, #robertosterink, #super5ink, American flag, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Super5 ink
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VSW: Paris Street
Paris walk in Virtual Sketchwalk… this image from Joyce Harbin Cole. As I remember Paris, colorful and crowded in an intimate way. Ink painting… I am loving using inks in my sketchbook! Quick, not thinking too much, middle-of-the-night. To hear … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, drawing, ink painting, pen & ink, virtual sketching
Tagged #darmstadtink, #diamineink, #fireengineredink, #fountainpenrevolution, #Hahnemühle, #iloveparis, #pentelaquash, #PentelAquashWaterBrush, #pilotink, #robertosterink, #ultraflexnib, #virtualsketchwalk, architecture, art journal, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Paris, Super5 ink, virtual sketchwalk
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VSW: Centre Georges Pompidou
Paris walk in Virtual Sketchwalk… this image from Joyce Harbin Cole. I saw the Centre Pompidou just after it opened. Parisians were protesting the building, calling it ugly, but also protesting that they had moved many small museums into this … Continue reading
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Tagged #CentrePompidou, #darmstadtink, #diamineink, #fireengineredink, #fountainpenrevolution, #Hahnemühle, #iloveparis, #pentelaquash, #PentelAquashWaterBrush, #pilotink, #robertosterink, #ultraflexnib, #virtualsketchwalk, architecture, art journal, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Paris, Super5 ink, virtual sketchwalk
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Doe Library Palm
We did some work for UC Berkeley. The Doe Library is one of the most beautiful spaces I’ve seen, and there is a window with the palm through it and it is just like this. Last week was our anniversary … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #doelibrary, #fountainpenrevolution, #Hahnemühle, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #palmtrees, #robertosterink, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, #ucberkeley, #ultraflexnib, anniversary, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, TWSBI ECO 1.1stub
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Hari-Fred-Gibbs Hurts: Versed/Midazolam
Gibbs was limping. When you see the way the cats tear around playing it isn’t such an odd thought… BUT, he also has put on weight (he is going ot be a BIG cat) and worse, he was moving stiffly. … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, ink painting, journal, memory, pen & ink, sketchbook, writing
Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #deatramentisdocumentink, #diamineink, #Hahnemühle, #jinhaowithgouletnib, #lamyalstar, #lamyvista, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #robertosterink, #super5ink, #super5inkdarmstadtink, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, art journal, Lamy Al-Star, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, TWSBI ECO 1.1stub
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VSW: Sky View
A fantasy overview of conifers next to water… A quick and easy doodle of the trees, a jumble of different colored ink lines. Pentel Aquash waterbrush touching the lines lightly and not overdoing it, letting some white breathe through the … Continue reading
Posted in art journal, challenge, creativity, drawing, ink painting, journal, landscape, pen & ink, process, waterbrush
Tagged #christmastree, #diamineancientcopperink, #Hahnemühle, #pentelaquash, #PentelAquashWaterBrush, #robertosterink, art journal, lake, ocean, sea, tree, virtual sketchwalk, water
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1 Week 100 People, After, I Continue: 73-88
I am SO surprised, but after #1week100people I am choosing to draw more peeps… I’ve just never been interested in sketching people before! AND, I’m intent on finishing my Hahnemühle Cappuccino Sketchbook. So imagine my surprise when Sketchbook Skool’s Danny … Continue reading
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Tagged #1week100people, #artjournal, #artjournaling, #birminghaminks, #CappuccinoSketchbook, #drawingfaces, #drawwithme, #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #lamyalstar, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #robertosterink, #sketchingpeople, #super5inkdarmstadtink, #twsbilove, art journal, Hahnemühle Cappuccino Sketchbook, Lamy Al-Star
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New Journal: Healing
I love it when my new journal begins on the New Moon. I start each new journal out with a deity image. What deity symbol could be more appropriate than the symbol for the Great Mother herself, the lovely spiraling … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #deatramentisdocumentink, #diamineink, #Hahnemühle, #inkpainting, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, new moon, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, shell, spiral, TWSBI ECO 1.1stub
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Tazzie View, Process Ink Painting
*Note: I hit publish by accident, and wouldntyaknowit no spelling errors so ask me if something doesn’t make sense!!!* No time for watercolors and an abundance of new inks led me in a new direction. Some were samples… yummy to … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #diamineink, #diplomataero, #Hahnemühle, #inkpainting, #Lamy, #lamyvista, #lovethestub, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, #twsbieco, #twsbilove, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Super5 ink, TWSBI ECO 1.1stub
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VSW: Notre Dame, 2
I have NO time, and yet want to keep my hand in the game. I am really trying to do fast sketches… no pencil on this one I used a Lamy Al-Star with Robert Oster Graphite ink. I dropped in … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, class, creativity, drawing, ink painting, meditation, pen & ink, process, virtual sketching
Tagged #diamineink, #Hahnemühle, #howtodraw, #howtodrawarchitecture, #iloveparis, #notredamecathedral, #pentelaquash, #PentelAquashWaterBrush, #robertosterink, #virtualsketchwalk, architecture, art journal, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Paris, virtual sketchwalk
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VSW: Notre Dame
Many peeps from Virtual Sketchwalk (Facebook group) are having a bit of a nutty right now. It has to do with a Paris walk, and wanting to try Notre Dame, and being a bit overwhelmed! It is a complex building, … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, challenge, class, creativity, drawing, ink painting, meditation, pen & ink, process, virtual sketching
Tagged #darmstadtink, #fireengineredink, #Hahnemühle, #howtodraw, #howtodrawarchitecture, #iloveparis, #notredamecathedral, #pentelaquash, #PentelAquashWaterBrush, #robertosterink, #virtualsketchwalk, architecture, art journal, De Atramentis Document ink, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Paris, Pentalic HB woodless pencil, Super5 ink, virtual sketchwalk
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Gratitude Tulips Mitchell
I have a Jinhao that came with a purchase and the nib was swapped out — Lovely writer with the JOWO nib. Filled it with Super5 Darmstadt, which has never had its own pen. It is now my always-gotta-have-it pen! … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #darmstadtink, #diplomataero, #fireengineredink, #Hahnemühle, #ilovemyhusband, #jinhaowithjowonib, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, #super5ink, art journal, gratitude, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Super5 ink, tulips
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Pooh Bear
A page ready for journaling… Sometimes that is all I have time for and that is enough. Bear and friends dispense such wisdom. Love that Melon Tea ink. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #fprhimalayan, #Hahnemühle, #lovethestub, #melonteaink, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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D.Katie Powell Art 