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Continue reading →: A Sushi Sketch & My Creative RamblingsI started a sushi sketch at the end of October. That was October of last year. In 2025, to be exact. My pencil sketch sat in the journal waiting for some attention. Around that time, I was getting ready to make the switch from pen & ink wash to watercolor…
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Continue reading →: A Look at Filling My Half Pans & Watercolor SwatchingIt’s now a few months since I published a blog post about my watercolor haul that included three new watercolors. I wanted to show my blog readers how I label my empty half pans, fill them with paint, and create my swatch cards. I had labeled my empty half pans…
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Continue reading →: Photos from Our GardenA few of my blog readers know that I’ve been using pictures that I’ve taken to create my sketches. I’ve been wanting to share a few garden photos I’ve taken earlier this year…in and around of garden. Let’s start with this yellow finch taking a break and sitting on top…
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Continue reading →: My Graphite Peony SketchesI knew this would happen to me. I’ve hit a bit of a roadblock with my watercolor painting. It started around the time I was filling my fountain pens for the first time this year. I was prepping for the pen show and of course I needed to take a…
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Continue reading →: The Cancer Pen Model – Zodiac Pen CompanyI first encountered Zodiac Pen Company on the last day of the local pen show I attended back in 2024. One of Bart’s pens caught my eye. I made a note to myself to add him to my wishlist for next year’s show. For several months in 2025 I kept…
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Continue reading →: Sketchbook SketchingMy Funto journal was feeling a bit lonely sitting around my studio. I had a few blank pages left and I decided to fill it with some practice sketches. I decided to recreate another grape sketch to see what improvements I had made from all the other watercolor sketches I’ve…
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Continue reading →: On a Watercolor Painting Roll – a Sewing GnomeI need to put a brief pause on my fountain pens and inky adventures. I was going through my blog queue and realized I forgot to publish this blog post. It was sitting in my drafts folder for four months waiting to be published. It’s one of my gnome watercolor…






















