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In Context: Anywhere But Here…
Typically when I process my images into bloggable sizes I put them in a folder titled to hint at what I want to discuss in a post containing those images. These folders go into my “possible blog posts” folder which currently has 663 folders. EEEK I’d better get writing. Well today’s image was in a […]
What’s Happening on Patreon/RozInterim in September?
This month on my Patreon site I have a little fun with direct brush painting and some leftover paint. During the first demo of the month I do this portrait sketch and discuss looking for values and value shapes, brush and paint choices I make; and some fun with a gouache background. Additional demos are […]
Brush Forensics
A few years ago I was asked to create an illustrated love letter for a show of such letters at a local gallery. At the time I wasn’t traveling much. For me a really good love letter requires time and distance to ferment. I chose instead to write a love note to Dick about the […]
Flood Debris Part 2—Art Pack
I know I have hobby horses—those pet schemes and interests that you keep coming back to over and over. And nothing has preoccupied my adult life more than the efforts to get other people to draw. (I’m just bossy that way.) What’s funny and fun for me to see, while going through the water-logged debris […]
On Patreon August 2023—Filberts
This month on Patreon-RozInterim I’ve been discussing and demonstrating the use of Filberts. Filberts are my favorite brush type for watercolor, gouache, or acrylic paint. I like them for a host of reasons but two stick out: They give me push back with the paint and I love that. They keep me from getting as […]
The Hocoro Fude Dip Pen From Sailor
A student wrote to me a few weeks back about a recently released dip pen—the Hocoro Fude Dip Pen from Sailor. I have fude pens from Sailor already. I use Platinum Carbon Black ink in them. It’s a pigmented black ink that will not clog fountain pens. I have had great success with it in […]
What I Did During the Pandemic: Thinking about Frames
Of course one of the things I did during the Pandemic was to keep sketching and painting. There didn’t seem much point to stop, since it’s a life-long habit. But also I got to the point I couldn’t have stopped if I had wanted to because I started getting obsessed with gallery walls. The downsizing […]
Semolina Flour—Just for Grins
OK so two weeks or so ago I ordered some flour. I get flour locally and I get some flour mail order. Both take more that a day to be delivered or milled and picked up. Everything arrived on the same day. I’d ordered some Semolina flour from King Arthur Baking. After putting everything in […]
Review: “Look Again: A Memoir” by Elizabeth A. Trembley
Books do contain essential information—sometimes. And when I read a book that does contain essential information I go around telling everyone about it—urging them to read it. That’s how I feel about Elizabeth A. Trembley’s “Look Again: A Memoir.” It contains essential information about life, creativity, and balance. Everyone alive experiences trauma a some point […]
Boxes and Boxes of Books…
Today’s image is about old brush pens. The page says everything I want to say about that. I’m distracted. What I’ve been doing is unpacking boxes of books. I am finding it takes a different muscle set. The constant bending, the twisting, the lifting always a little more than you really can handle. It has […]