Because it’s just so fun to doodle.
5/11/2018 QoR watercolor sketch
Tag: doodle
Day 170 (Mon 6/19) Inky Cow sketch
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 44: (Monday)a zentangley peacock
I don’t exactly “zentangle“, but I do like to draw these sort of zentangled pictures. We are on a business trip but I won’t let that stall my threesixfive project. (Plus I love my art supplies like they are children. Almost. So brought a bunch with me. A mini travel version of my studio.) I did this project on the plane, on an empty lottery ticket I picked up at Food Lion. I wish I had thought to work the shaded areas into the design. And I thought of a way to work the feathers in better. But I’m needing a pencil on fewer and fewer projects, which feels like improvement.
Day 26: forget realism
A fun pen and ink doodle. Not my idea, but my interpretation. Micron pen on Canson 9×12 mixed media pad.
Day 10: (sick) quick lettering
I still have that nagging little cold, and I don’t feel like being creative, but I did SOMETHING. And I even learned something. (I learned that I don’t love writing with the kuretake brush marker, although I liked drawing the angel with it two days ago. I do love the idea of it, so I’ll keep trying it and other brands of brush markers. I also learned don’t think so much about the letter while writing. Just write) Usually I’d try both of these again until I liked them, but I’m too tired today. And maybe less if better anyway.
Artists and crafters… what do you do about pen smears? Ideas for avoiding them? Brands that dry quickest? Definitely plaguing me. Weigh in with opinions, PLEASE. And thank you all for helping me get started with my 2017 project! New watercolor paints coming in a few days, just got slowed down by the blizzard, so I’m really looking forward to that!
I’m hoping to add a drawing/drafting table to my studio soon. I don’t NEED one, but I do WANT one. Let me know if you see a fabulous deal somewhere!!
Day 9: Sick Day Doodle
Just slightly sick… nothing bad, but I took it easy with a simple little doodle… and watched movies and worked on cleaning up my studio full of after-Christmas messes. (and turned my little space heater up, and drank hot cocoa, and puppy even behaved himself… actually a very nice day!)
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