June 2017 – Page 2 – ThreeSixFiveArt

Day 171 (Tues 6/20) Cocoa Krispies and early morning cartoons…

June 20, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, Day 172, drawing, girl, pastel, project, sketch, watching tv, watercolor pencilLeave a comment

… perfect for when you are not fully awake.

watercolor pencil, pastel, gel pen, on 100 lb drawing paper

Day 170 (Mon 6/19) Inky Cow sketch

June 19, 2017June 19, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, cow, day 170, doodle, drawing, fountain pen, heart of darkness, ink, noodlers ink, project, sketch, water, Zentangle2 Comments

I tried out some Noodler’s Heart of Darkness ink in a fountain pen they include with the bottle on a sort of zentangle-y cow sketch. I ordered it because I thought it was waterproof, or mostly waterproof, and was going to add color… but you can see what happened when I touched water to it. I’ll try letting some dry overnight and see if it still reacts the same way. I like the result, but I wanted a fountain pen I could use for my watercolor sketches. Oh well, back to Staedtler and uniball. They are great, so it’s all good. I just wanted to play around with line width a bit.

Day 169 (Sun 6/18) Ink and Watercolor Zentangles

June 18, 2017June 18, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, circles, Day 169, doodles, project, uninspired, watercolor, Zentangle2 Comments

Completely uninspired, and tired, I didn’t feel like ‘arting’ today. But I did, and just finished before midnight. There’s nothing inspiring here, except perhaps the idea that I did it anyway.

It felt cold and remote without the background, but some bright blue added a little depth and connection. Now… go do that thing you don’t feel like doing.

Day 168 (sat 6/17) Great Watercolor Deal for quality student grade set

June 17, 2017June 17, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, bargain, barn, Day 168, farm, horses, painting, project, sketch, watercolor, winsor & newton watercolor2 Comments

All I’ve done is add a little color to yesterday’s sketch.

The good news: I tried this Winsor & Newton Cotman watercolor sketchers box, and love it!

Which I found at Amazon for $12.93, an amazing deal, and I am really pleased with it. I really dislike my original W & N set, and I kept reading about how everyone loved them, even the Cotman student line, so I thought, when I saw this deal, I’d try them one more time. And I’m really glad I did. If you are looking for a very inexpensive start to watercolor, or a nice little travel box cheap, this one is for you. The box is nothing special, but adequate, the assortment of colors is really good, with two good yellows, two good reds, two good blues, two good greens, as well as yellow ochre, burnt sienna, burnt umber, and (wasted on me) white… really great choices… and it comes with a beautiful tiny travel brush that is nearly worth the cost of the whole set. Now that I have tried it, I highly recommend it, and think this will be my go-to pan set for travel, even though I have worked so hard to set up different travel tins.

Seriously. Under $13 and free shipping, if you have Amazon Prime. I haven’t seen a price like this anywhere. (*I just looked to see how much without a Prime membership, and there’s another seller listing it for $12.77 with free shipping right now… I wish I needed more of these!!) Many of these are “hues”, which bothers some artists, but they have good lightfast ratings and vibrant colors. I’m really happy with them.

Day 167 (Fri 6/16) Another pen sketch or two

June 16, 2017June 16, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, barn, day 167, drawing, fence, ink, outside, pen & ink, project, sketchLeave a comment

In my tiny Stillman & Birn. I did this with a tiny Pilot pen pencil combination I purchased specifically to go in my travel set. It works fine, but the ink isn’t as nice as the uniball pen I normally use.

A break from art for my puppy’s birthday!

June 16, 2017June 16, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged birthday, Doc Emmett Brown, dog birthday, emmett, newfie, newfoundland dog, puppy1 Comment

No, I didn’t SKIP my art… just a non-art post. Doc Emmett Brown is our (now) one year old Newfoundland puppy. I don’t know if he can really be called a puppy at 120 pounds? But he’s still using a puppy brain, so I say YES. Since I occasionally sketch him, I figured he could be here, and I thought I’d link my other blog. It started out as an everything blog but now has become The Emmett Diaries. I don’t post often there but like to now and then, and hope to more frequently. You can go there to read about Emmett’s first birthday

And follow the blog if you want to hear more about Emmett! I can’t post a video here, but there’s a quick on one here on Youtube… okay, it isn’t very interesting… Emmett eating his birthday ice cream and drooling all over it. But I’m sure they will get more interesting over time! He’s a pretty fascinating fellow.

Happy birthday, baby!!