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Quick drawing while on the plane for SBSsummerskool and this weeks windows theme
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I am trying to sketch more outside or "in public". I find it quite intimidating but I was able to try it out at today at Starbucks. What caught my eye was his cap and the sticker on his laptop! Pitt Pen in Moleskine.
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I want to improve my portrait drawing so I am going to go with magazine images to help me get into the groove! Pen and ink and a pack of 24 crayons. Hard to achieve a good skin tone but the pin stripe suit was even harder.
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Waiting for my grand-daughter to wake up and boiling the kettle for coffee. This is Uniball pen on Canson 98 lb paper mixed media sketchbook with watercolour Creatacolor Aqua-stic crayons.
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I love old vintage store front signage! This one is on music store in a small city in central Onratio. I had made an oops on the prior page causing some bleed-through that I hide with a vintage dictionary page. Watercolour in my Moley sketchbook.
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This is a watercolour I did at my daughters house. The painting above her side board belonged to my parents. I never liked it so when my dad passed my daughter asked for it. I'm glad she likes it. Stillman &Birn sketchbook.
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Mixed media piece in my Moleskine! I didn't have a plan. This just happened! Acrylic paint splotches and smooshed together started it all.
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I went to Cabela's outdoor store in town to sketch the stuffed wild animals. It is the closest thing to the real but alive thing. Lexington Gray ink in my Moleskine sketchbook.
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Next time I must remember not to take on too much! This was a second drawing and I chose a poor portrait position. Regardless I am happy with the end result. Lexington Gray ink in my Moleskine sketchbook
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Art collaboration with my 3 year old grand-daughter. She chose the colour palette and I did the drawing with watercolour and pen and a big fat white marker -on watercolour paper.
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Saw this bird at my house when I parked my car. I have never seen it before. I have learned that it is probably a Cooper hawk. Watercolour in my Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
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My second try at drawing my hand and a first for flame. Clear your mind while looking at the flame from the match. In my Moley sketchbook
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We visited our little local beach this weekend when the family came up for a visit. I love that the trees go up to the waters edge offering shade.
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Can you guess what this handy dandy tool is used for? Today is my first time seeing this gizmo in action. Pen and ink with watercolour in sketchbook.
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My tools that I have been using for weeks now. Pen and ink in a new Moley sketchbook.
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Gargoyle-pen and ink with watercolour in my Moleskine sketchbook.
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Thank goodness for stuffed animals to draw when you have to eat alone in a restaurant! Pen and watercolour in sketchbook.
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Playing around with Betsy the Birdie-mixed media: distressed magazine page, dress maker tissue, magazine text and cut out, watercolour, acrylic paint, Inktense blocks and pen.
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My home -1892 Storey and a Half Farmhouse
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"There once was a girl who had a little curl right in the middle of her forehead"! A Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem that my dear old Dad use to quote often. Marker, gesso, oil pastel
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What is in my bag - today!! Pen and watercolour in Moleskine sketchbook,
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No one was getting their shoes shined st the Pearson International Airport so I drew it anyway. Ink and watercolour in my Moleskine sketchbook