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Making Your Own Loose Sheets
For the past several years I’ve really enjoyed working on the paper in the Canson 180 sketchbook. I couldn’t find anywhere to buy the paper unbound. This year, the first week of January, I was about to start another Canson 180 sketchbook. I like to have one going while I have an art-paper journal going. […]
Thoughts on Nose Rings
Dick claims that we talk more than most married couples. I don’t know about that, but I do know that our conversations are far-ranging. This past fall my lung situation was pretty bad. I didn’t have a lot of energy for multiple bouts of the downsizing packing, unpacking, sorting—as well as work and cooking. So […]
A Hat, a Beard, Some Watercolor on Drawing Paper
Today’s image isn’t from the hat series, and me sketching men with beards isn’t really a series it’s just me sketching…And of course I often work on drawing paper when I’m painting…so this is simply me sketching and having a lot of fun on the paper in the Canson 180 sketchbook. I can’t wait until […]
More Happy Brush Pen Strokes
I couldn’t help myself. I decided to end the week with another brush pen portrait. (Another person captured in @Earthsworld photos.) It’s in a Canson 180 sketchbook which I love using for brush pen sketches. I was using the Pentel Brush Pen with the gray squeezy body. It contains water-resistant black, pigmented ink. It’s […]
Brush Pen Portrait Problems: Aging
I know I could tone it down, but I do have a tendency to keep my bold brush pen lines when sketching women—and it ages them. Recently a reader wrote to commission me to do a portrait of herself and her husband. Yes, I do commissions (though I’m not taking any new ones until after […]
Hairdos on Television
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Cupcakes—Thoughts and an Upcoming Demo
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Did You Follow My Advice Over The Weekend?
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Post-Project Let Down: What To Do About It
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I Test the COLOR Ink Tombow Fudensuke Pens
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