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Playing with Markers in Backgrounds
There are a gazillion ways to use wide tipped makers for backgrounds on your artwork. Typically you see me put backgrounds on some of my portraits AFTER I’ve drawn the portrait. I like cutting around the figure with the wide tip. It’s just fun. You can’t really see the edge of the portrait all the […]
Kuretake Ai Liner Brush—Sepia Brush Pen
I’ve reviewed the original Kuretake Ai Liner brush with black pigmented ink before on my blog. Recently I saw there is now a sepia version. Who doesn’t like sketching in sepia ink now and then? I ordered up a sepia Kuretake Ai Liner pen from JetPens. (They run around $7.50 and I typically buy enough […]
Stippling, and Sketching Stubble with the Pentel Fine Brush Pen with Pigmented Ink
For contrast, after seeing how the Kuretake AI Ultra Fine Brush Pen (KAL) works, here is the Pentel Fine Brush with Pigmented ink (grey squeezy body) in a 9 x 11 or so inch Canson 180 Sketchbook. The pen just glides along, and thin to thick lines are easy to accomplish. Sure the Canson 180 […]
What Do You Want in Your Journal—Aspirational Grids Help You Decide
After decades of journaling, I know what I want in my journal; I know what matters to me. But like everyone else, life is sometimes too busy, complicated, and simply exhausting, to have the time to fill my journal the way I would like. I find it useful to think smaller in my goals, not […]
Cupcakes—Thoughts and an Upcoming Demo
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The Janus Sketchbook from Kunst & Papier
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Rewatching “Death in Paradise”
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Have Fun By Working on a Different Surface
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No Shave November
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Richard Is A Very Patient Model
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