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A Little Hiatus While Some Technical Issues and Deadlines Are Addressed

I find that even a quick sketch of dogs will bring me out of a funk and get me back to focusing on actions I can take to turn things around. Dogs are about living in the present moment. If we can't live with them (and currently I don't have dogs) we can still remember and learn from them as we draw them. (These are two lovely dogs on Sktchy.)

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In Context—Paper Testing

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Simple Approaches for Backgrounds—A Five-Part Series: Part 5 Lifting Off Color

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Simple Approaches for Backgrounds—A Five-Part Series: Part 4 Fold Outs

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Simple Approaches for Backgrounds—A Five-Part Series: Part 3 Patterns

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Simple Approaches for Backgrounds—A Five-Part Series: Part 2 Multi-color Backgrounds

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Simple Approaches for Backgrounds—A Five-Part Series: Part 1

Here's another detail of today's sketch so you can see the paper and stroke texture.

New Winsor & Newton Watercolor Paper Part 3: Professional Hot Press

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New Winsor & Newton Watercolor Paper Part 2: Classic Cold Press

In Context—Favorite Papers

October 27, 2017

Platinum Carbon Black ink from their fountain pen, with washes of watercolor (complementary colors mixed to work monochromatically. On Stonehenge.

Sometimes you can search and search and test and test, and you just keep coming back to a favorite paper. For me I love to paint on white Stonehenge paper. It isn’t a watercolor paper—the washes need a different handling than on watercolor paper. Yet there is something so fun about working on the paper—the drag, the push, the way the wash settles—that I am always reaching for it.

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Hair In Context monochromatic sketching Platinum Carbon Black ink pen Portraits Stonehenge watercolor

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- ellen meyers
- October 27, 2017
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So inspiring. Thanks!!
1. - Roz Stendahl
  - October 29, 2017
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  Thank you for stopping by Ellen! I appreciate it. I’m glad you enjoyed this.

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