Well, was I excited when my new Joon Catalog showed up in yesterday’s mail. I think my very favorite thing to draw is fountain pens….glorious, outrageously expensive, fountain pens. Check out the prices of these! I might get around to watercoloring these a bit, but for now, ... Continue Reading
I’ve decided that Homebody that I am…..interiors are v fun to draw and paint. More catalogs, and Home magazines that I don’t even subscribe to, continue to show up in my mail. Ah, more challenges! Almost two months now that I’ve been drawing….and I’ ... Continue Reading
Well, the brushes are new (Dragon’s Tongue Kolinsky….just fab from CheapJoes.com) though now upon a closer look only that blue handled round is the actual DTK in the group) and the Ball Jar was fished out of the bottom of Lake George as the story is told…..and I got it ... Continue Reading
I get some of my best practicing with my Lamy Safari and Noodlers….by just drawing all the stuff I see in catalogs. Here are some samples….. a2a_config.linkname="More pretties from the catalogs – bottles and jars"; a2a_config.linkurl="http://www.artforthesoulofit.com/ ... Continue Reading
Finally got away from my computer and office, and decided to sit outside with my hot frothy chai at Starbucks…..and thought…ok, i’ll draw one chair over there at that setting. Then another one, then the table legs. When i drew one at a time I felt ok, then I just move ... Continue Reading
New fountain pen practice, so excited…got the Lamy Safari pen so many of you rave about, and the Noodler’s Ink. But alas, I didn’t order the converter (dumb) so I can only draw in regular nonbulletproof ink for now. But here are just a couple of sketches to limber me u ... Continue Reading
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I have a wonderful gal who comes and cleans my apartment every other week, and since my daughter works with me on Tues and Fri, we go out for breakfast after scrambling thru the house to pick it all up for Cathy. (Lots of work preparing for a housecleaner, really!) My daughter buys the n ... Continue Reading
I’m a homebody, I admit it, though i envision myself getting outside and sketching landscapes and all that. But i’m so doggone busy, tied to my computer, doing websites…but, at least i have got my drawing everyday, even though it may be the inside of my four walls! Har ... Continue Reading
Since I took a class on Illustrated Watercolor Journaling, the least I could do is share a page! Spent a most brilliant weekend with my dear friends, Jean and Graham, took the workshop on Sat….then back for more fun at their lovely home in Santa Cruz. Wine, friendship and deep metap ... Continue Reading
I attended my first ever watercolor workshop this weekend in the S Cruz mountains….full title: Illustrated Watercolor Journaling. Fantastic workshop….started out with doing blind contour sketching, modified countour, then really really quick sketches. Everything we ink ... Continue Reading
I couple of things I did last nite….The girl is a famous painting, and the Baryshnikov was yet another Vanity Fair ad. Yeah, his eyes are a bit alienesque large. Working on getting over my fear of drawing people. Also working on simpler color…since I tend to put together t ... Continue Reading
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