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Day 196 (Sat July 15)

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Cover to a birthday story my nephew wrote for my granddaughter. She calls him “My Jon”. (“Is My Jon coming to the party?” Etc)

Day 195 (Fri july 14) more watercolor crayons

July 14, 2017July 14, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, caran d'ache, day 195, drawing, flower, painting, project, watercolor crayons5 Comments

Using these Caran d’Ache watercolor crayons

for the second time… they are so fun!! Obviously I haven’t quite figured them out yet, but I will keep playing with them.

First I drew an image… they spritzed water over the surface. See how the colors just flowed immediately??

Then I used a brush to move it around a bit, and after it dried I used more crayon (oh my goodness you can crayon white right on top of the colors!!!!) and a little more wet paintbrush and a little more crayon scribbling… well I couldn’t really tell when I was finished and felt like that might go on for a while, so I just stopped. I can imagine some gorgeous simple backgrounds with these things. And I’ve read that both these and their watercolor pencils have great lightfast ratings.

Day 191 (Mon 7/10) salt and pepper

July 10, 2017July 10, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, day 191, drawing, kitchen, painting, practice, project, salt and pepper, salt and pepper mills, sketching, watercolorLeave a comment

Himalayan pink salt. And a mix of peppercorns. Perspective errors, but I still like them. 🙂

Day 190 (Sun 7/9) random kitchen items

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Not even a grouping… just several items… practicing randomness on a page. My favorite teacup, my huge cookie jar, a small wooden ladle, not to size or anything 🙂

Day 189 (sat 7/8) my watercolor kitchen window

July 8, 2017July 8, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, Day 189, drawing, kitchen, painting, pot rack, project, sketching, watercolor, windowLeave a comment

Yep, that’s my little pot rack, over the window.

Day 188 (Fri 7/7) sketching kitchen tools

July 7, 2017July 7, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, carbon ink, colander, Day 188, drawing, fountain pen, ink, kitchen tools, measuring spoon, pen & ink, project, sketching, spoon, watercolor2 Comments

A few of my best loved kitchen tools. I’d like these sketches better if I’d used a pencil first, but I used my new Platinum Carbon Desk Fountain Pen (extra fine) and was determined to just quick-sketch them in. This was a fun page to do! I love this ink. And at under $10, the pen is worth a try. It uses Platinum Carbon ink cartridges, but the ink is available in a bottle as well. It’s a nice dark black, safe for fountain pens (or so I keep reading!), and waterproof!

Day 186 (Wed July 5) Me and Wonder Woman

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Something I read suggested writing pages of your name to play around with fonts and lettering. I like my name, but I need a better one with more letters to do this project justice.

Day 185 (Tues July 4) Noodlers ink test on Pentalic watercolor paper

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This page includes a couple of art supply sketches and a test of my fountain pen ink when water is applied. It turns out most fountain pen ink is not waterproof, or even water resistant, because properties that make an ink waterproof also make it likely to clog or even ruin a fountain pen. You can get a nice fountain pen for $25, but when some cost upwards or $300, I want to be sure I know a little about them.

I ordered Noodlers Heart of Darkness ink for my fountain pen because so many people who enjoy drawing with a fountain pen swear by it. I I like to watercolor over my ink so tested for waterproof properties. (only on two samples of paper). I found the HOD to be mostly water resistant on writing paper almost immediately, but I guess it just sits on the surface of this particular watercolor paper, because even 24 hours later it still bled. A lot. Disappointing. I’ll try it on another paper. Meanwhile, I’ve ordered another ink that I saw recommended by a youtube artist I follow.