Tag: drawing

Day 109 (Wed April 19)

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One of my favorites yet, a simple sketch of Ellis. Sans freckles, I just realized. Uniball Deluxe Micro pen, (the best, most affordable purchase I’ve made this year, if you are looking for a useful drawing tool, check out this link!) and Strathmore 400 watercolor journal.

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Below I tried it with a japanese brush pen I have. I did not like the look much, although it looked kind of charcoal-isa which is fun… AND it smeared. Ugh. Also it turned out the ink is VERY NOT waterproof. Like, might as well just be black watercolor paint. Water completely re-activates it. But more on that tomorrow.

I considered it a ruined page. Then turned it into something cool. (-ish) Which I will show you tomorrow!! Can you guess what?

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Day 47: (Thurs)airplane doodles

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An airplane isn’t ideal for drawing… but it’s pretty good for doodling. This is the back cover of a little notebook I brought with me. Micron pens, .8, .2, .005

(If you can’t tell, it’s those little spiky gumballs we played with as kids, remember them? Also a pine needle, stick, leaves. From a photo from afternoon last week on Nolan’s Trail.)

Day 44: (Monday)a zentangley peacock

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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.

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Day 37: sketching

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Just a quick sketch of a photo from our walk today on the Nolan Trail, looking up through the trees, in a journal I’ll be sending off to a swap-bot friend. Goodbye, sweet Little Tree Sketch! I’ll miss you!

Notebook paper, uniball deluxe micro pen, copic markers N2 and N4.

 

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Day 31: watercolor and pencil studies.

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A full month already!! I am 1/12th of the way to my goal. I’m amazed by how much I have learned in just a month. Mostly from youtube tutorials. And I’m back today with another two youtube studies… one watercolor ocean scene, and one water droplet pencil study. Definitely didn’t want to post the droplets, I even tried them three times. First with charcoal on toned paper. Then on pencil on white paper. Then pencil on toned (posted) Well, I’ll keep trying. And while the watercolor was fun to do, I’m not crazy about it either…  but hey I can’t just post stuff I like, right?

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Day 24: a shopping spree

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I went to Michaels last night to get supplies for the drawing class. I spent like two hours staring at a row of pencils. PENCILS. Weird because A) I had no idea there were so many choices and B) I really had fun staring. It’s hard to find the right place between awesome quality supplies, and fun stuff, and a reasonable budget. My 50% off one item helped a little. (Really little. Because while it was an item I wanted, it was not an item I was planning to purchase yet)

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My little haul: Charcoal… I’ve never enjoyed charcoal. But maybe I just wasn’t taught how to use it properly. A mixed media book and a watercolor book, $8 each, a pretty good deal. A leather chamois. Too expensive for a tiny scrap. Two drawing pencils… that you can use a paintbrush on as well! I’ve been wanting these. AND 6 alcohol markers!! (Illustrator, by Spectrum Noir.) I’ve been planning to get copics but they are so expensive that I keep putting it off. And I don’t like the colors in the little sets at Michaels. I decided to try these while I had the coupon, and I love them! (So far.) I can tell I’ll be wanting the next set asap. That’s the trouble with trying new things. It leads to buying even more new things.

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(drawn for day 15, colored for day 24) I did more art than this, but I will post it tomorrow!