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The Great Wave
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My current favorite inking tools
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A couple pages in my sketchbook
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Echinacea
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Succulent
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Prickly pear fruit on Yupo
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Art Verve Academy setup
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A little 6x6"sunflower painting, ref photo by Ingrid Ormestad, Photos for Artists.
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A little 4x6" painting on Yupo, white lines created using a wax paper resist.
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What would try first to get the soft violets in a jacaranda tree. I like Holbein's Manganese Blue Nova as a transparent version of cerulean blue. It's pigment is PB15, but it doesn't get as intense and dark as phthalo blue.
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Painting on Yupo paper is easy, colorful and fun! The white lines are from a wax resist--I traced the lines of my drawing with wax paper between the drawing and Yupo paper. #yupo #yupopaper #watercolors
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Lotus blossom photo reference by Russ Cahn, Photos for Artists. #inkandwatercolor #fabrianohotpress #watercolors #watercolorsketch
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Sometimes I feel nostalgic about the city of my origins, Los Angeles. But when I lived there as a child in the 1960's and early 1970's the downtown skyline wasn't this cluttered I don't think! The distinctive City Hall building used to stand out more.
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I sat in on Christy Olsen's class at the Art Verve Academy last Saturday. She set up a still life and the class was to focus on pen and ink techniques, including mark-making with a pen to convey form and cast shadows. The idea is when you have limited t
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Thanksgiving offerings. My friend Nadia sent me some photos from our potluck gathering so I could sketch that beautiful fruit basket one lady brought. #inkandwatercolor #strathmore #aquariusii
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Yesterday I was Photos for Artists livestock album looking for a turkey to draw, and decided to draw this funny goat instead. Reference photo by Phey Lane. #goat #inkandwatercolor #stillmanandbirn #dailysketch
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A new sketch bag, and a balloon sighting this morning. The bag is a military map bag, inexpensive, rugged, and roomy, ordered for $15 at Amazon. And balloons...it seems in the cooler months we see them near our house every morning. #dailysketch #inkand
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In a bit of an Asian mood maybe... joyousness, serenity, delicate beauty. #watercolor #sketching #stillmanandbirn
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After a long bike ride with Nadia I did a little sketch in the park while she graded papers. She's a fast grader and I only had time to make the ink lines. At home I painted from a photo from my phone's camera. #inkandwatercolor #urbansketchers #usk
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Interesting to compare Aboriginal Alaskan-style art with Polynesian. Totem pole photo reference by Marty Loomis, Photos for Artists. Tiki Guy is something I acquired on a trip to Tahiti. #inkandwatercolor #watercolor #color #stillmanandbirn #pilotfalco
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I felt like drawing a chicken today. Photo by Kathy Holding of Artist Reference Photos. #inkandwatercolor #pilotfalcon #chicken
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Pondering on the importance of listening, and how I feel I need to get better at it. Ref photo of Kyra, a Border Collie, by Sanne Willemsens, Photos for Artists. #inkandwatercolor #interestingtimes #stillmanandbirn #dog
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Sketching stool
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I got another sketch in at Patagonia Lake in southern Arizona, this time including the pedestrian bridge. #inkandwatercolor #usk #urbansketch #urbansketchers #stillmanandbirn
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Sketching at beautiful Patagonia Lake in southern Arizona. #urbansketch #urbansketchers #inkandwatercolor
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Raven for yesterday, poppy for tomorrow. #inkandwatercolor #veteransday #stillmanandbirn #pilotfalcon
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My mind has been dwelling on the election results ever since last night, when things took an unexpected turn. A Trump presidency seems a sign of "interesting times", and I wonder what the future holds. In any case, it was an excuse to finally sketch the
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I had a great time with my sketch friends at Sweetwater Wetlands this morning! I decided to do a panorama of one of the ponds. Ink & watercolor in homemade coptic-bound sketchbook with Strathmore Aquarius II watercolor paper. #urbansketch #inkandwaterc
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Love the huge eyes of the ostrich. Photo by Julie Bird of Photos for Artists. Ink and watercolor in my homemade coptic-bound sketchbook with Strathmore Aquarius II paper. #inkandwatercolor #ostrich #pilotfalcon #watercolor #strathmore
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Another doggie to complete the page! Today's sketch on the right is from a photo by Savannah Duff. #dog #watercolor #stillmanandbirn #color
