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Tools: The Saga of the M.Graham Palette
A gift of credit at Merriartist left me with $$$ to spend on watercolors… I’ve had a few M.Graham paints and enjoyed them, but my experience was they often didn’t dry in the pans, probably because of the moist climate … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #Hahnemühle, #MGrahamwatercolors, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #travelpalette, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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Inktober 15, Chicken Curry with Great Northern Beans
One of our favorite meals, I make this every week. it starts as a roast chicken, and then becomes curry burritos I freeze for lunches or dinners later on. We buy Smart Chicken, which, even when not organic, is Non-GMO … Continue reading
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Tagged #chickenwithbeans, #currychicken, #davincitrio, #davinciwatercolors, #diamineancientcopperink, #fiestaware, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #montereytrio, #recipepainting, #super5frankfurtink, #super5ink, #travelpalette, Diamine Ancient Copper Ink, opaque, palette, transparent paint, watercolor
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Inktober 12, Denny Pat’s Spice Rack
I keep working on various things that came from my mom’s house. I am amazed this spice rack made it through 60 years intact. *okay, i notice some glued bits* I can imagine my brother as a little kid buying … Continue reading
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Tagged #davincitrio, #davinciwatercolors, #familymemories, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #montereytrio, #spicerack, #super5frankfurtink, #super5ink, #super5inkdarmstadtink, #travelpalette, palette, transparent paint, watercolor
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Inktober 8, Summer Artichokes in my Da Vinci Monterey Trio!
Mmmmm, this summer the organic artichokes were amazing. We had them every week! This is one of those tests of soul-mate compatibility: Are you a hot butter or a Mayo person? (NO Miracle Whip!) My ink-only sketch was too fuzzy … Continue reading
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Tagged #australiaink, #davincitrio, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleWatercolourBook, #montereytrio, #recipepainting, #super5ink, #super5inkaustrailiaink, #travelpalette, artichoke, palette, transparent paint, watercolor
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Da Vinci Paint Launches the Monterey Trio!
I am so happy to be chosen to be a Da Vinci Watercolors Trio Artist! Quinacridone Gold, Alizarin Crimson and Sap Green create Katie’s Monterey Trio. Da Vinci Paint packages their NEW 8ml Vegan tubes to highlight great watercolors in … Continue reading
Posted in color, creativity, landscape, painting, process, review, watercolor
Tagged #davincitrio, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #montereytrio, #travelpalette, opaque, palette, transparent paint, watercolor
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Tools: Travel Palette, Three
Part 3, on other palettes and changing brands! Continued from Big Changes in My Travel Palette… Okay, remember when I said that I was going to stick with December’s travel palette? I lied… I’ve changed it up twice and think … Continue reading
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Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #holbeinwatercolor, #MGrahamwatercolors, #sennelierwatercolors, #travelpalette, Daniel Smith watercolors, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, Matteo Grilli, opaque, palette, Primatek, transparent paint, watercolor
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Tools: Studio Palette, Two
Continued from Big Changes in My Travel Palette… After the travel palette sort, and after successfully trading some paints I didn’t want, I began to look at the paints that have ended up on the sidelines, and wondered about my … Continue reading
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Tagged #allthecolors, #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #holbeinwatercolor, #MGrahamwatercolors, #sennelierwatercolors, #studiopalette, #travelpalette, Daniel Smith watercolors, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, Matteo Grilli, opaque, palette, Primatek, transparent paint, watercolor
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Tools: Taking Another Artist’s Palette Advice
Continued from Big Changes in My Travel Palette… An aside… Recently I took the advice of a USk sketcher I admire and bought a series of Holbein’s Antique “IRIDORI” Watercolors pigments… AAACK, bad paints! Be glad if you didn’t buy … Continue reading
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Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #holbeinwatercolor, #MGrahamwatercolors, #sennelierwatercolors, #travelpalette, Daniel Smith watercolors, Greenleaf & Blueberry Watercolors, Matteo Grilli, opaque, palette, Primatek, transparent paint, watercolor
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Tools: BIG Changes in My Travel Palette
I’ve been asked about my travel palette and here is the primary palette, though I have others, which I’ll talk about later. I have had this basic palette for two years with the exception of adding Da Vinci’s Rose Dore … Continue reading
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Tagged #danielsmithwatercolors, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #nostalgiejournal, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #travelpalette, Daniel Smith watercolors, Hahnemuhle Nostalgie Sketchbook, M.Graham watercolors, Matteo Grilli, opaque, Primatek, Sennelier, transparent paint, travel palette, watercolor
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