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More Happy Brush Pen Strokes
I couldn’t help myself. I decided to end the week with another brush pen portrait. (Another person captured in @Earthsworld photos.) It’s in a Canson 180 sketchbook which I love using for brush pen sketches. I was using the Pentel Brush Pen with the gray squeezy body. It contains water-resistant black, pigmented ink. It’s […]
Brush Pen Portrait Problems: Aging
I know I could tone it down, but I do have a tendency to keep my bold brush pen lines when sketching women—and it ages them. Recently a reader wrote to commission me to do a portrait of herself and her husband. Yes, I do commissions (though I’m not taking any new ones until after […]
The Fun of a Bold Brush Line
A new pigment brush pen and a fresh page in a smooth-surfaced lined paper journal: what could be better than that? This is one of my sketches of actor Alun Armstrong. I did a project where I drew him (multiple times) every day in March last year. (#MarchIsSketchAlunArmstrongMonth; look it up, a couple other people […]
In Context: Productivity Matters in Visual Journaling
Productivity matters. I believe it matters more than pretty pages in visual journaling. I say this after keeping a journal almost daily for over 62 years. (I started very, very early because it was important to me to note down what I saw, and because my mother liked that I was occupied.) In my last […]
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 […]
A Short Video about My Favorite Brush Pens
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Rewatching “Death in Paradise”
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Sketching Warm Up—A Quick Approach
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Simple Approaches for Backgrounds—A Five-Part Series: Part 3 Patterns
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New Winsor & Newton Watercolor Paper Part 2: Classic Cold Press
Before doing my watercolor demo at Wet Paint on April 7, 2018 I had to test the “Classic” cold press sample I’d been given. I feel that “Classic” is a bit confusing as names go. To me that sounds like “traditional,” or “original.” While I don’t drink Coca Cola, it sounds like Coke Classic and […]