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Pushing a Sketch
It’s very rare that I don’t finish a sketch. If something goes awry during the sketching I typically keep pushing just so I can see what’s possible. I learn a lot at moments like that. On this date I was using a granulating blue on a pen sketch of a little black dog. I usually […]
OK, I Guess Sometimes I Do Doodle…
A couple months ago I seemed to be living through my own Brendan Gleeson film festival. On this day I was sketching without glasses (if everything is double vision isn’t blurred vision an evening out or smoothing out of the lines?) without stopping the movie. That meant I had to hold things in my mind, […]
More Fun With Hair (and a Beard)
The brilliant audacity of this hair takes my breath away. It makes me smile.
Protected: How Do I Keep a Journal or a Sketchbook?
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Protected: The Potentiality of the Page
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More Giddiness with Nideggen Paper and Schmincke Pan Watercolors
Diane: Well, I don’t know if there is really any reason to ever go back to white paper. SaveSaveSaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave
A Quick Look at the Pilot Futayaku Double-Sided Brush Pen
Left: Self portrait made at the bathroom mirror. My braids are tucked back behind my head because I was gluing (nothing like leaning forward and getting glue in your hair!). I’m testing the Pilot Futayaku Double-Sided Brush Pen in a handmade book that’s about 7.5 inches square—I made it with Nideggen paper. Before the Minnesota […]
Heads Up: It May Take a Village To Take Care of the Elderly…
Above: To pass the time in the dental office waiting for CR and Dick to arrive, and then waiting through CR's appointment I do a little sketching in a small 8 x 8 inch journal I made with Nideggen paper. I started with a Staedtler Pigment Liner and then went to the Sensei from Sakura. […]
Finches: Some Studies
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