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A Couple More Thoughts on Green and Flat Brushes
I wanted to show another green-based watercolor I worked on last year while I was testing the Hahnemühle Watercolor Sketchbook. (A review with lots of details about that paper and the binding of that sketchbook will appear in a couple weeks.) Today’s image was created mostly with watercolor flats. I went in with round brushes […]
A Slip Case for My 2017 International Fake Journal Month Journal
This year for the April 2017 International Fake Journal Month celebration I created a journal of 30 loose card sheets. Each sheet contained the sketch from one day in the month. To contain these sketches I decided that I would make a simple slip case using pre-painted watercolor paper. I decided to use a case […]
Wrapping Up My 2017 International Fake Journal
Today I’ve got a gallery of images created in April for 2017 International Fake Journal Month. (Don’t know what IFJM is? Or what fake journal is? Click on the link.) This year’s journal was a loose sheet journal. All the sketch pages were 6-3/16 x 9.25 inches. In keeping with my goal of using what I […]
I Didn’t Know It But I Was Starting A New Series
Often the idea for a new series comes to us by accident. We’re working (that’s when the muse can best find us) and things we’re working with combine in new ways, jog a memory, present a challenge, and bingo a new series pops into our minds. That’s what happened at the end of March this […]
Going Through Withdrawal from International Fake Journal Month
Left: Small Pentel Pocket Brush Pen and Schmincke Gouache painting on Arches Cold Press Watercolor board. (4-3/16 x 6-5/8 inches for live area.) Two days into May and I found that I really couldn’t give up the Arches Cold Press watercolor board, yet. I took a scrap of it and taped the sides leaving only […]
I Married a Cartoon Character
Left: Pentel Brush Pen sketch with Daniel Smith watercolors on Arches Cold Press Watercolor board (16 x 10 inches). Painted with a 2 inch wide brush. I got so carried away working on Arches cold press watercolor board every day in April for my 2016 Fake Journal that I worked on it for real as […]
I’m Posting My 2016 Fake Journal on the Official International Fake Journal Blog
If you would like to see the project I've been working on during my free time in April you can go to my other blog and see the first entry for my 2016 fake journal here. This year's theme is "Shift in Place" and I'm doing very little shifting and I did very little preparation—It's […]
April Is Almost Here…
Above: I'm not the only one attracted to the odor of the sizing in Arches watercolor paper. Des had to come over and check out the stack of cut watercolor boards Monday afternoon. He is very curious. I didn't have the heart to tell him they were for a project he's not involved in. Background It’s […]
Shift in Place: It’s Almost Time for International Fake Journal Month 2016
Today on The Official International Fake Journal Blog I've just posted about the 2016 theme: Shift in Place You can read about this year's theme at that link. April is going to be a fun month. Remember: Life's so short, why live only one?
Project Friday: Working With Project Boundaries To Stretch Creatively
Left: A page from my 2015 fake journal. I had hoped that every page would be filled with a gouache painting like this one. But that wasn't quite what happened. Read today's post to see what did happen, and why that was the best possible outcome. (Gouache on Stonehenge gray.) Sometimes having too many […]