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2021 Minnesota State Fair Sketch Out Update
LisaMarie [LMNOP] and Robin Kutz, co-coordinators for the Minnesota State Fair Sketch Out (and MetroSketchers), have posted the following information about the 2021 Minnesota State Fair Sketch Out. You still have time to plan and participate in a variety of ways that will accommodate your current health/Covid/crowd/mask needs and safety issues. Here’s what the coordinators […]
Finding An Art Buddy Might Be Detrimental to Your Drawing Practice
Yes, I said it. I called out one of the elephants in the room. Finding a sketching/art buddy to go sketching with might just turn out to be detrimental to your drawing practice. This is difficult for people to digest, especially during the pandemic when most are craving more contact with people. […]
Protected: Don’t Miss the 11th Minnesota State Fair Sketch Out!
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Roz’s 2018 Minnesota State Fair Journal
Today’s gallery contains all the pages of my 2018 Minnesota State Fair Journal. This year I was able to attend on three days. There are sections indicating the start of each new day, and stating which day was the sketch out (I could only attend one of the sketch out days). I worked on 300 […]
Protected: In Context: Not the Time To Explain a Vignette
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Protected: Check Out My Article in Artists Magazine January/February 2019
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Packing for a Trip or Class
Recently a blog reader who is going to SketchKon (see the note later in this post) wrote to me and asked for tips on packing for such a trip. She wanted to know which supplies to bring and what the perfect pack for carrying supplies might be. Very simply keep the following in mind: • […]
John Ruskin: The Father of Modern Sketchbook Practice
Tuesday in a Facebook group I belong to someone asked: “Which country originated the practice of the sketchbook?” Group members, myself included, got sidestepped into discussionsof what was a sketchbook, and the history of bookmaking, and I even looked into the Oxford English Dictionary and an online dictionary to see when the word “sketchbook” went […]
Making a Simple Brush Holder for Your Travel Brushes
This year at the Fair I wanted to use real brushes with water, not water brushes, when painting. Since I stand when I sketch it meant I had to have a way to put all my supplies and journal on one work surface. Dick and I made up a prototype “travel table” using plastic corrugated […]
Protected: Saying Good-bye To The Bell Museum
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