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Still Working Out What To Do About Those Eyebrows
Left: Water-soluble color pencil (Faber-Castell Albrecht Dürer) and watercolor on Arches Cold Press Watercolor Board (8 x 10 inch board). Even though International Fake Journal Month is over I'm still working on that Arches Cold Press Watercolor Board with Watercolors. And Dick is still patiently sitting while I sketch him from life. But now I'm shining […]
Drawing as a Diagnostic Tool
Above: Sketches made while watching a movie—using one of those Cretacolor pencils that has multiple colors in the tip. This is the BEFORE image, the sketch made while I was stable on a group of allergy medications that had worked well for me for some time. This past month has been “interesting.” March was also […]
The Flexbook SKETCHBOOK by Prat: A Review
Above: Flyleaf page (black) and title page of a Flexbook Sketchbook. There is type set on this page where the eye of the finch is located. (Typically I paint over these annoyances.) There is also a place to write your name and return information at the bottom center of the page. Click on the image […]
Family Members Often Make the Best Models
Above: Dark purple Prismacolor Pencil sketch in an 7.5 inch square handbound book containing Nideggen paper. You can clearly see the wavy laid texture in the background and clothing. I love this paper. This is CR, Dick's 94-year-old father, sitting quietly, posing for me. I had just given him a hair cut. It wasn't […]
Nideggen Is Great for Color Pencil Too
This is one of my favorite sketches of Dick. Nideggen is a great paper, and not just for ink, it works well with dry media like a color pencil as well. In fact, if you want to go really crazy on this toned surface with a full range of color pencils you will not be […]
Maxwell in the House: A Jack Russell Terrier Comes to Visit
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Gesture Drawing Co-op in St. Paul
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Ken Avidor’s Sketches from NAMTA 2013
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Drawing from My Imagination—Sketcher Non-Photo Blue Pencil from Caran d’Ache
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Derwent XL Graphite—Big Bars of Graphite
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