the brilliant magpie:
Doing some scribbling for inktober. Ink in my little sketchbook.
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She's got angry little eyebrows and an sweetly crooked mouth. Another yearbook portrait, from 1938. Graphite on paper, 11x14.
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This portrait is of a friend's grandmother at the age of 17. I love her smile.
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Another yearbook girl from the 30s. Quite the glamour puss. Graphite on paper, 11x14 inches.
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Another yearbook sketch, this one from the 1950s.
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I love drawing slightly awkward-looking girls. Another girl from that 1931 yearbook. Graphite on paper, 11x14.
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20 minute sketch, graphite on paper. Inspiration from a 1931 yearbook.
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Sketching at the park, getting rained on. Graphite on paper.
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passed over by the ice cream man
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opulence
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Tired of summer, and I'm longing for fall weather, tights, boots and sweaters.
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Thinking about composition and new paintings. Makes sense to me.
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Doing some rough sketches, trying to figure out the large painting I started last month. The damn thing is proving to be more complex than I had intended, thus the extra sketches. Painting is work. Fun work, but still work.
the brilliant magpie:
Scribbling in the carpool lane. Graphite on paper.
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Drawing time is fun time.
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Drawing monsters on the plane. Ink on paper.
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Doing some doodling at work, graphite on index cards.
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Doing some scribbling during class today. I seem to retain more when I doodle while I'm listening. Ink on paper.
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It's hot out. I'm sitting on the porch, doing some drawing. Ink on paper.
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Mucking about between shifts at work. Pencil and paper, sometimes that's all you need.
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Unpacking and setting up my studio. I can never resist flipping through old sketchbooks, so here's a page from 2006. Ink on paper.
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Doing some sketching before me and the kids leave for work. So many ideas, so little time...
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Doodling at work, graphite on scratch paper. I gotta get my Etsy shop opened back up now that we've moved!
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Listening to My Bloody Valentine and drawing on whatever paper is at hand. Some things never change. Ballpoint pen on paper.
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Doodling during a work meeting; red and blue ink on paper.
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La Sirena, graphite sketch on paper.
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Sketching on scratch paper.
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Work doodles. Ink on paper.
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Sketchbook action. Graphite on paper.
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Scribbling at work. Ink on paper scraps.
