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Saturday

Holidays in Mixed Media 2023!

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  For the past several years, I've posted a Holidays in Ink challenge for those who wanted to play along with an easy-to-travel-with med...
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Wednesday

Sketches from Maine -- Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, and Acadia National Park

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I was able to get a few days to sketch on Mt. Desert Island. I didn't have time to write on location, so I left room for it, and did the...
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Monday

Pilot Parallel Amazing Hack!

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  I love Pilot Parallel pens, but a couple of things about them really annoy me. One is that you cannot post the cap of the pen, so once you...
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Saturday

Prompt List for Holidays in Ink (plus other media) 2022-23

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Here's the post that many have been eagerly awaiting.... THE PROMPT LIST! If you haven't yet seen the post with the dates and other ...
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Sunday

Get Ready for Holidays in Ink (plus other media) 2022-23!

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  It's almost that time! You're invited to join me and a bunch of my friends for this fun, educational, and motivational, annual adv...
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Monday

De Atramentis Document Inks -- Lightfastness, Waterproofing, and Other Attributes

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Results are in on the lightfastness tests I did of the full line of De Atramentis Document Inks! You can see the results of the testing of t...
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Sunday

February Faces and Figures is Up Next!

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  Since the end of Holidays in Ink, everybody has been asking me, "What's Next?" My friend Melissa Fischer came up with an ide...
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Saturday

Sketchbook Tour - Holidays in Ink 2021-2022, including Diamine Inkvent ...

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Here's a flip-through for you of the art journal from the Holidays in Ink Challenge! I'll be back with another post to further discu...
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Sunday

Diamine Inkvent Favorites - 2021 Red Edition

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In spite of an overflowing cabinet of fountain pen inks, I purchased the 2021 Inkvent Calendar by Diamine to have 25 new inks to explore dur...
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Monday

Holidays in Ink and Ink Storage

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Holidays in Ink has just begun today! If you didn't have a chance to get started, don't worry; this Challenge is not a Sketch-a-Day ...
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Wednesday

Holidays in Ink 2021-22 -- PDF of Prompt List

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Last year, I wrote out the Holidays in Ink Prompt Lists across a two page spread in my sketchbook, and used those pages to organize my appro...
Thursday

Holidays in Ink 2021-22 Information and Prompt List

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Holidays in Ink 2021-22 is almost here! Everything you need to know is in this post. DATES : Monday, November 22 through Sunday, January 2 (...

I'm loving these glass dip pens!

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  My dad gave me this glass pen about 30 years ago, which was handmade in Venice, Italy. I use it all the time for testing new colors, and d...
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Monday

Holidays in Ink 2021-2022; Sketchbook and Materials Part 1

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Part of the fun of any art project or challenge is gathering the materials and test driving ideas. Since Holidays in Ink is 42 days long (No...
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Holidays in Ink 2021-2022. What's the plan?

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Everybody has been asking me if I am planning another Holidays in Ink challenge this year, and the answer is most definitely, "YES!...

Sketchbook Video Flip Through -- Holidays in Ink Challenge

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  Happy New Year, everybody! I can't believe Holidays in Ink is over. I'm still mentally processing everything from this challenge. ...
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Holidays in Ink Week 5

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  I've been excited to have a go at the Black and White on Toned Paper prompt (Process #6). When working on a toned surface, I nearly al...
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Holidays in Ink Week 4

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I can't believe we're more than half way through this challenge, and heading into Week 4. If you're doing the challenge also, le...
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Holidays in Ink Week 3

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  The Holidays in Ink Challenge certainly got me out of my comfort zone this week. I had some new art adventures, discovered more about what...
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Tuesday

Holidays in Ink Week 2

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  How are you all doing at the start of Week 2 of the Holidays in Ink Challenge ? Please let me know in the comments! I began Day 1 on Novem...
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Monday

Holidays in Ink Challenge Week 1

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  Yesterday, I panicked! In spite of my posts and preparation so far, it suddenly dawned on me that Holidays in Ink was starting in two days...
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Holidays in Ink Materials

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It's hard to believe that the Holidays in Ink Challenge will be starting in a week! I'm getting so excited about it that it's d...
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Saturday

Holidays in Ink Challenge 2020-21 -- Details and Prompt Lists

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During the busy holiday season, I'll be taking this Holidays in Ink Challenge, enabling me to just sketch with pen and paper when the go...
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Tuesday

Art Retail Therapy at the Dollar Store

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  Most of us are experiencing a greater-than-usual sense of cabin fever this year due to the pandemic. With stores having reopened, I donned...
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Saturday

Arteza Real Brush Pens -- Review and Comparisons

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  In preparation for my Holidays in Ink challenge, I've got my eyes open for supplies that might be interesting to work with. That'...
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Sunday

Holidays in Ink, Anyone?

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  Here in the northeastern United States, October is the month when we plein air painters flock outside to capture the very short burst of p...
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Saturday

Sketchbook in a Tin

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  A friend of mine gave me a really cute tin filled with 30 cold press Hannemule watercolor postcards. ( https://amzn.to/3cceRSN .) You can ...
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Friday

Update on the Makeup Kit to Painting Set Conversion

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I've been enjoying my gouache paintbox that I converted from a makeup kit in my previous post , and have some updates for my readers....
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Wednesday

Makeup Kit to Painting Set Conversion

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About five years ago, my daughter abandoned a makeup kit in the bathroom closet. It opened to reveal slide out trays with metal pan...
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Thursday

Stillman and Birn Nova Trio Sketchbook Review

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Immature Bald Eagle, gouache on gray paper of a Stillman & Birn Nova Trio Sketchbook (Click title if full review does not appear.) ...
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Monday

Megasketch Monday -- My Big Regret

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Part of my current "Inspiration Wall" in the studio Project Megasketch has influenced and improved my art and creativity in m...
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Wednesday

Transform an Old Book into an Art Journal

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Watercolor over thin white gesso layer, calligraphy marker For many years, at least a portion of my sketches have been done in old books...
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Friday

Lightfastness Tests -- Faber Castell Polychromos Pastels

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Faber Castell Polychromos Pastels have been a go-to pastel for artists because they are individually rated for lightfastness, and prov...
Monday

Megasketch Monday -- The Long, Meandering Mural Sketch (13x44")

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Pentel Pocket Brush Pen filled with Platinum Carbon Black ink, 13x44" mural drawing Here's a fun challenge for you Megasketc...
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Wednesday

Rewetting Gouache -- Tips and Tricks

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A couple of my gouache (left) and watercolor (right) palettes with some little sketches. The small, airtight plastic container has tit...
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Thursday

Thursday Thoughts -- A Goal Without a Plan is Just a Wish

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Although people generally start their New Years Resolutions on January 1, that's one of the worst days for me to begin new challenges an...
Monday

Megasketch Monday -- Practice Does Not Make Perfect

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As a musician, one of the things we learn early on is that practice does not make pefect; rather, perfect practice makes perfect . If yo...
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A Few Words for the New Year

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Every year, I choose a quote for the year, and write it into my planner. This year, my quote is: A year from now, you'll wish you h...
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Sunday

Megasketch Monday -- Silhouette Power

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Pentel Pocket Brush Pen  with Platinum Carbon Black ink If you open up the Roger Tory Peterson Field Guide to the Birds, the first th...
Saturday

Twenty White Gouache and White Watercolor Brand Comparisons

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When I want a bright white highlight on a sketch, I often count on white gouache to do the job. All whites are created equal, right? W...
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