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In Context: Looking at the Arteza Watercolor Book Part 2
Key Points This is part two of my in context review of the Arteza Watercolor Book. (You can find them on Amazon and the link is in the first post in this series.) Use the navigation at the bottom of this post to go back to the first post in this series. There’s no text […]
Gouache in the Seawhite of Brighton Journal
Left: 8 x 8 inch pen and gouache sketch in a Seawhite Sketchbook of the same size. Under sketch is done in orange and red Uni Posca extra bold tipped paint pens. (The tips are about 1/4 inch wide chisel tips.) The sketch was then refined with a Platinum Carbon Black solid felt tip brush […]
Using a Small FlexBook Sketchbook On Errands
Above: See the text on the lower left page, this is the printed information on the first left page of all the FlexBook Journals. I find it very annoying. In my other post this was covered, but here you can see it. And at the bottom right of the LEFTHAND page you can also see […]
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 […]
You Get To Change Your Mind About Commercially Made Journals
Left: Pentel fine-tipped black (pigment ink) Colorbrush sketch in a 6.7 x 6.1 inch "All-Media Book" or "Aquarellbuch" depending on which label you're reading, from Kunst & Papier. In 2009 I tested a Kunst & Papier watercolor book. You can read the review at this link. I think they might have changed the paper since […]
Commercially Made Sketchbooks: Hand•book Journals
Above: ©2009 Roberta Avidor. This New York City view of water towers atop buildings is from the visual journal Roberta keeps in a Hand•book Journal. Here she sketches with a black Faber Castell Albrecht Dürer Aquarelle colored pencil and Sennelier pan watercolors. (This sketch is from a large-sized journal which is around 6 x 9 inches.) Click on the image to view an enlargement.
Today we have fabulous GUEST ART! Eye candy. The images in today’s post are by one of my favorite artists, my friend Roberta Avidor. She is an illustrator of immense talent. She has a quick sense of humor and is kind and supportive. She keeps one of the most visually stunning visual journals I’ve ever seen. Along with her husband Ken, she is great fun on sketch outs. (Ken also keeps an amazing visual journal. He was my first Profile Friday.) You can see more of her work at her website and here.