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Showing posts with label Stillman and Birn Alpha. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stillman and Birn Alpha. Show all posts
Friday

Sketching from the Window

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Today I did a monochrome tree sketch in acrylic, using the 14x22" spread provided by my Stillman & Birn 11x14" Alpha sketch...
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Tuesday

Expansion of the Hudson River School Art Trail

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8.5x11" across a two page spread of a Stillman & Birn Alpha Hardbound sketchbook Platinum Black Carbon Ink and Watercolor I...
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Sunday

Just Doodling

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Just Doodling, 8.5x11" (across the spread) with a 2.4mm Pilot Parallel fountain pen in a Stillman & Birn Alpha Hardbound boo...
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Saturday

Waiting and Sketching at White Plains Airport

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8.5x11" across a two page spread in a Stillman & Birn Alpha 5.5x8.5" Hardbound book Noodler's Black Swan in Australia...
Wednesday

Noodler's Eternal Inks Lightfast Testing Preliminary Report

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Brian Goulet of the Goulet Pen Company contacted me regarding some lightfastness testing I've been doing on a number of inks. So far I...
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Monday

Part V of Stillman and Birn Alpha Review --- Working on the White Paper

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Early on in my Stillman & Birn Alpha review series, many viewers were asking, "What if I only work on white paper?" I am hopin...
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Thursday

Driving Through the Garden State

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I had some journaling templates tucked into my messenger bag on the way home from Maryland. By the time I finished my Maryland Montage, we...
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Wednesday

Maryland Montage --- Sketching in a Moving Vehicle

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Stillman & Birn Alpha 5.5x8.5" hardbound sketchbook Noodler's Kung Te-Cheng ink in a 0.3 (fine) Platinum Preppy fountain pen Pr...
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Tuesday

Wedding Flowers

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My first big event of 2012 was my niece's wedding! She got married on New Year's Day, so we spent a few days in Maryland to take in ...
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Monday

Breaking in Your Stillman and Birn Alpha, Gamma or Epsilon Hardbound Sketchbook So It Lies Flat

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For all of you kindred spirits who share my infatuation with Stillman & Birn Alpha, Gamma or Epsilon  hardbound sketchbooks , I have so...
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Sunday

Butterfly Fish, Flame Angel, and Painted Glass Fish --- and happy new year!

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Watercolor on acrylic-prepared surface in my 5.5x8.5"  Stillman & Birn Alpha hardbound book. Happy New Year to all my visitors. I ...
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Saturday

Discus Fish at Animal Kingdom

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Noodler's Apache Sunset ink, Private Reserve Naples Blue ink, watercolor in a Stillman & Birn Alpha hardbound sketchbook. Discus fi...
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Friday

Macaw and Sun Conures at Animal Kingdom --- and a claw!

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Inks, watercolor, gouache and Cretacolor leads over an acrylic-toned background and border in my 5.5x8.5" Stillman & Birn Alpha sk...
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Wednesday

Shading Inks Testing, Reviews, and Selections

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When I recently did this sketch and discovered the joys of Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses ink , I decided that I need to find...
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Tuesday

Studio Assistant

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As I've been working my way through this Stillman & Birn Alpha journal, and doing my multi-part review, many people have asked me...
Sunday

Merry Christmas from the Sweet Shop

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Ink and watercolor in my 5.5x8.5" Stillman & Birn Alpha sketchbook. Image can be clicked to enlarge. Merry Christmas to all my vi...
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Saturday

Lunch Break

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(Click image for a larger, clearer view.) When my sketching group goes to Adams, we all meet in the cafe area for lunch at noon. It's ...
Friday

Review of Schmincke Reichgold Dry Gouache --- Glittery Glimmery Glam!

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(Image is clickable if you'd like to see it larger and sharper.) When I got home from Adams the other day after doing this sketch, I d...
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Thursday

Returning to Adams Fairacre Farms

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I had so much fun the last time I sketched at the new Adams Fairacre Farms in Wappinger that I couldn't wait to get back there for Round...
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Tuesday

The Life of an Amaryllis Part I

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You can click the image for a larger, clearer view. A few weeks ago, I prepared two, two-page spreads with pastel ground. I just wanted to...
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