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Television: The Big Bang Theory
For various reasons I’ve been rewatching shows I watched when they first ran. These days with all the streaming possibilities it’s hard some days to remember what TV used to be like, with the three networks and seasons, and summer re-runs and everyone in the office watching the same top shows. Then of course we […]
Remembering My Budgerigar and the Naming of Pets
When we lived in Australia I had a budgerigar—a.k.a. budgie, a.k.a. grass parakeet. They are native to Australia and fly in great flocks over the iron-rich red desert of the interior of the continent. I thought I loved birds until I saw these in their natural habitat and then everything clicked together for me—geology, geography, […]
Sketching with Neocolor II Water-soluble Wax Pastels—Doodle of a Chicken
Today’s post is all contained in the video below. In this video I discuss how to transfer a drawing using graphite transfer paper; build up a color sketch from my transferred doodle using Neocolor II water-soluble wax pastels; discuss different ways I use this art material; and provide a lightfastness chart. I’ve come back to […]
Caran d’Ache Neocolor II Experiments
Because of my recent International Fake Journal Month Journal I’ve been experimenting with Caran d’Ache Neocolor II—water-soluble wax crayons. I am using them without water activation. These Neocolor II experiments come after I haven’t used them for years (they were packed away for a good period of time during the move, but even before that […]
I’m Posting about Snow Piles over on Urban Sketchers—Twin Cities
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Ken Avidor on Toned Paper
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Experiments with NeoArt Watersoluble Wax Pastels from Caran d’Ache
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“It’s Carl Week” Still Isn’t Over
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“It’s Carl Week” of Course!
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Yet Another Look at that Eggplant—More Gouache
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