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Another Post Promoting Direct Brush Pen Sketching: It’s So Fun

Yep, every so often I write a new post to convince everyone to use a brush pen for direct sketching, i.e., just draw with it, no pencil sketch, no net. It’s just too fun. So it’s the new year, and the Pandemic is still raging, and I thought it would be a good time to […]

Roz Stendahl 3 months ago

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Papers Influence Your Ink Wash

I wish EVERYONE paid more attention to this. You might say, “Roz, I don’t have a paper budget, I’ve got a grocery budget right now and I use what I use for paper.” Yep, I get that. I don’t have a paper budget right now either. I do have some paper purchased for projects that […]

Roz Stendahl 8 months ago

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Sketching Faces: When You Feel You’ve Hit A Plateau

I sketch a ton of faces. I look back over the years and see how my approach to sketching faces has changed, how it’s constantly evolving. Often students write to me about experiencing a plateau in their drawing efforts. They feel that they have achieved a level of skill at which they remain […]

Roz Stendahl 1 year ago

In Context: Looking at the Arteza Watercolor Book Part 4

Since there is no writing on this page in my Arteza Watercolor Book—direct brush painting with watercolor. I used a 5/8 inch flat wash brush and also a size 10 watercolor round for some of this. I should have worked a little harder to make enough wash for the background to not […]

Roz Stendahl 2 years ago

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Protected: Trick or Treat Sketch?

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Roz Stendahl 2 years ago

The first sketch I made on World Beard Day. I got a bit of a late start. I started large—this is about 12 x 18 inches, Pentel Brush pen and watercolor, with an acrylic marker background. For all my portraits I was using muses in the Sktchy App. So many great bearded men who post photos of themselves for us to sketch!

Protected: No Shave November

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Roz Stendahl 3 years ago

In Context—Direct Brush Sketch and A Brief Review of “Taboo.”

I know last week when I started the new series “In-Context” I wrote that I wouldn’t be writing a blog post with the images—but today’s entry really required a bit more “context.” In January I started watching “Taboo” staring Tom Hardy. Readers of my blog already know I’m a huge Tom Hardy fan and […]

Roz Stendahl 4 years ago