Another Peter Sheeler tutorial (it’s been a long time since I did one of these!), a bee and thistle. Tomorrow I will add the color.
Day 257 (Thurs Sept 14) bee and thistle sketch, part 1
Tag: ink
Day 256 (Wed Sept 13) still sketching
That’s it so far… only one! Another fan (or two) at the football game Friday night. Her head’s a little small, but I’m happy with the pair. Still using my Uniball Micro Deluxe .5 pen, black ink, Follow this link and go to More Buying Choices… I found a three pack for $4.80, shipping included! I’m ordering right NOW. This price may not last. I love using this pen for sketching on the go.
Day 255 (Tues Sept 12) more football sketches
Just practice in sketching figures. I do think I’m better than I was in January. I took a lot of photos of the band. I was in the marching band in high school. We really STUNK, but it still is a good memory.
Trombonists waiting beside the field for their first half time show of the season…
Football players and a cheerleader. I really like the boy with the camera…
Day 249 (Wed Sept 6) Geometric Giraffe ATC
So I finished the giraffe ATC. I don’t know about adding any other elements. Maybe a 3d leaf or something, otherwise it’s done. I also played around with some new waterproof ink that arrived today and a couple of fountain pens. I’ll discuss them more later. I have spent a long time looking for good waterproof fountain pen inks and pens, and am hoping I’ve found them. (I don’t know if anything can beat my Uniball Micro Deluxe, though, for either reliability or convenience. Or for the look of the ink itself)
Day 248 (Tues Sept 5) Giraffe ATC
The beginning of one anyway. Haven’t decided where to go with it yet. Front and back pictured.
I used this Uniball Deluxe Micro pen .5, be sure to get black as there are other colors of ink. The ink is waterproof and goes on smoothly. I paint right over it. Right now it is a little over $5, sometimes it is less (sometimes more!) on Amazon… I’ve purchased a set of three previously but couldn’t find it tonight. Only a set of 12, but that was close to $24. In the past I’ve used different width Micron pens instead, and I was really surprised and pleased with how well this worked. I’m thinking maybe I can consider eliminating a few of my extraneous supplies (ARE any art supplies ever really extraneous???? My addiction says no. But yes, yes they are and I need to admit it.)
Day 246 (Sun Sept 3) more backyard sketching
So many hummingbirds in our yard!!
These will be really cute painted, I think.
Day 245 (Sat Sept 2) more sketching my backyard
My back steps seem to like the natural look. And… Virginia Creeper is hardy.) I like sketching without a pencil because you just have to live with proportional imbalances, and see them as part of the beauty of your work. Or something.
Day 244 (Fri Sept 1)
Sitting outside with my dog on the first real fall-feeling afternoon, so I sketched what I could see. Yes, that is a HUGE hummingbird at the top… hes just closer to me. We have so many … we have a charm, a troubling, a hover of hummingbirds (I googled words used for a group of hummingbirds… I don’t know if they are real but I like them all) I also sketched the pot that holds my fairy garden… which is mostly now some derelict green onions , a bit of clover, and some low thyme you cant see in the sketch. I hope to paint these in another day. One day soon I’m going to start spending whole days on art…
Day 235 (Wed Aug 23) tomorrow’s treehouse…
Begun while waiting at an airport, inked at home, and will be finished tomorrow!
Day 233 (Mon Aug 21) nothing
Ok not NOTHING, but I only sketched a treehouse out, and I want to paint it before I post it. Sooo…. I will post something I did last year, way before I started my project to do something artistic each day. If I recall, I was copying wood cuts for these. So not an original idea and not technically part of my 365 project, but I’ll post today’s project tomorrow.
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