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My Thoughts on Noodler’s Inks

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

As promised in my last post, here are my thoughts on the Noodler’s Inks that I recently purchased. I bought the Lexington Gray and the Bulletproof Black, both of which claim to be waterproof. Here are my conclusions: I really love the Lexington Gray and think that this will be the main ink that I’m […]

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I Jumped on the Noodler’s Flex Nib Bandwagon

Sunday, June 26, 2011

A few weeks ago I ordered the Noodler’s Flex Nib pen after reading a number of reviews online (see reviews from Nina Johansson, Cathy Johnson, and Roz Stendahl). I actually ordered two pens, in Lapis Inferno and Vulcan’s Coral, mainly because I wanted to be able to use two different colored inks. Also, so many people […]

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Nature Sketching Update

Thursday, June 9, 2011

This past weekend I went outside and attempted nature sketching again. I am trying not to expose myself to a lot of chemicals, which makes repelling mosquitoes kind of difficult. I read somewhere that mosquitoes do not like the smell of vanilla, so I tried using some vanilla perfume that I have from the Body […]

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Onto Other Things

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

About halfway through May I quit my drawing project, because I got bored with it and wanted to do my own thing. I realize now that I don’t like being “told” what to draw. Instead, I started a new watercolor floral painting. I’m still working on it, but I might not post it because I’m […]

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Sketching Habits

Monday, February 28, 2011

Today is the first time in over a week that I have sat down to do any sketching. I am taking full responsibility for my lapse, as I’ve done a terrible job with self discipline these days. Starting today, I hope I’ll be able to make the sketching habit stick again.

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(Re)vision

Sunday, February 13, 2011

I made this sketch last night while thinking about how nice it would be for the snow to start melting soon! Over the past few days, I have been doing some watercolor and colored pencil paintings, but I want to look them over some more before posting. Yesterday, I did some cleaning up of my […]

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I’m not really a football person.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Last night I stopped paying attention after the first quarter and instead started sketching Zoe, a lovely black and white long haired cat.

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Mini Rose Sketches

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

In the past few days sketching has taken a backseat as I’ve been concentrating more on filing paperwork and organizing my house. It is preferable for me to stay on top of things, especially during tax season, or else I will be too distracted to be creative. Today I am excited to get started on […]

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Homebody

Thursday, January 6, 2011

I’ve been settling in at home after being away for a few days. We are supposed to get snow on Saturday but nobody knows how much to expect. I wouldn’t mind getting a lot.

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December Plans

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Today is the last day of my month long projects of Art Every Day Month and NaNoDrawMo. I am happy to report that I have completed fifty drawings/paintings and have made artwork on the vast majority of days this month. I almost didn’t finish because I have caught my mother’s cold and was sick in […]

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