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USk: Valentine’s At HEM23
Following on the discussion I was having about how other creatives shape our art, recently an urban sketcher was reiterating how it is not right to ink at the location and add colors later… the colors are not true from … Continue reading
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Tagged #artjournal, #artjournaling, #birminghaminks, #davinciwatercolors, #Hahnemühle, #hem23, #nostalgiejournal, #PilotMetropolitan, #PlatinumCarbonPen, #slaggrey, #urbansketcher, #urbansketchingportland, #uskportland, #valentinesday, art journal, Daniel Smith watercolors, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Platinum Carbon pen, watercolor
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USK, Kaiser
Following on my last Robert Oster ink post, I took RO Purple Jazz ink out sketching while trying to stay sane. Last year was hard and this was part of it. Mitchell had a problem in his throat and after … Continue reading
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Tagged #Hahnemühle, #middleofthenight, #nostalgiejournal, #PurpleJazzink, #robertosterink, #urbansketching, #urbansketchingportland, #uskportland, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen
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USK: My Birthday Pen Changed…
I returned my red Karas Kustom pen — I didn’t like the stub nib on their pen, and I love stubs so back it went. This is the new pen that Mitchell bought me to replace it. Edison Nouveau Tequila … Continue reading
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Tagged #21chinatownink, #akkermanink, #artjournal, #Edisonnouveaupen, #graphiteink, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #montgomeryparkbuilding, #nostalgiejournal, #nwindustrialsanctuary, #Portlandoregon, #robertosterink, #super5ink, #urbansketching, #urbansketchingportland, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, NW Portland, Super5 ink, USk
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USK: The Old Police Stable
I love the old buildings of Portland. I am sorry that the developers here do not have the ingenuity of the California developers, especially in the Bay Area or Cannery Row, where they saw how some of the history would … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art journal, drawing, history, ink painting, journal, landscape, memory, painting, pen & ink, sketchbook, urban sketchers
Tagged #21chinatownink, #akkermanink, #architectnib, #artjournal, #australiaink, #Edisonnouveaupen, #graphiteink, #Hahnemühle, #HahnemühleNostalgie, #nostalgiejournal, #pearldistrict, #Portlandoregon, #robertosterink, #super5ink, #urbansketching, #urbansketchingportland, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, NW Portland, Pearl District Portland, Super5 ink, USk
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Inktober 14, USk Anna Bannana’s
No, not spelling it wrong. Anna Bannana’s Cafe in St. John’s is where Aussie Debi and I went for Turkey Panini and coffee! I must have a bottle of Robert Oster Thunderstorm ink… I am addicted to his inks! Indigo, … Continue reading
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Tagged #Hahnemühle, #inktober, #inktober2018, #jinhaoshark, #nostalgiejournal, #robertosterink, #thunderstorm, #urbansketcher, #urbansketchingportland, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal
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Inktober, 7 End of Day
Raining, and that is the good news. Rain cheers us. There is no good news in the USA today. They are confirming Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Oh yeah, I left of the ‘H’ in my journal… oh well. Done … Continue reading
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Tagged #frankfurtink, #Hahnemühle, #inktober, #inktober2018, #nostalgiejournal, #super5frankfurtink, #super5ink, #urbansketching, #urbansketchingportland, art journal, Lamy Joy, Lexington Grey Noodlers ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen, Portland Opera
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Inktober 5, USk Ross Island Bridge
It started with a sketch looking north at the Ross Island Bridge while waiting to see a client, a beautiful fall day. In anticipation of Inktober coming, I also had a waterbrush filled with diluted grey ink. Watercolors back in … Continue reading
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Tagged #Hahnemühle, #inktober, #inktober2018, #jinhaowithgouletnib, #nostalgiejournal, #super5frankfurtink, #urbansketcher, #urbansketchingportland, art journal, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, Pilot Metropolitan Fountain Pen
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