SusieG Studio

My sketch is done, but not quite done. I need to add the Singer name. My gold gel pen is MIA and somewhere in my studio. More than likely sitting in one of several jars/cups on my desk. Probably staring at me as I type this blog post.

I had fun mixing the colors for my sketch. To get the “grey” color, I mixed Prussian Blue, Perylene Green, and Rose of Ultramarine together. Here’s my swatch card of my test sample mixes. Some grays are leaning more towards purple, blue, or green. Depends how much color I keep adding to the mix. I’m just playing around with my colors and having some fun.

I was in a playful watercolor mood and I painted several layers of the various grey colors on my sewing machine sketch. I tend to use a lot of water when I paint and the paint colors tend to be light. That’s why I have so many layers. Building on each color I’ve already applied. I’ve been working on my painting style. Getting used to my brushes as well as the paper in my journal. Thank goodness my paper can handle lots of water.

I’m using a plastic palette I had stashed away with my art supplies and basically forgot I had it. Part of this palette is showing in the top picture on the left side. I’ve purchased several half pans from various manufacturers and some pans fit perfectly in this palette while I have others that are a tiny bit larger and so sit higher in the palette. As long as the cover closes and keeps the pans in place, I’m happy to use it. BTW, the mixing area inside the cover held my mixes nicely. Not a whole lot of beading and the best part, I did not have to prime the mixing area before using.

I have a future blog post that will show what this palette looks like. In the meantime, here’s a picture of my wonky half-pans sitting in the plastic palette.

I haven’t had any issues with the pans moving around while painting. This setup works quite well for me.

Back to the Singer name that is missing in my sketch. I do have my gold shimmering fountain pen ink available, but I don’t want fill a pen for this one task. So. I need to find my Kakimori nib and nib holder to dip into the ink. Now where did I put at nib and holder?

Paint: Daniel Smith Watercolors. Used my tubes of paint colors to fill the half pans.

Palette: Winsor & Newton. There is an empty palette with a small travel brush included and available on Amazon.

Brushes: Rosemary & Co. R26-Red Dot Pointed Round #4 and R13-Sable Blend Pointed #8. I’ve fallen in love with my R13-#8 sable blend brush. When the brush is wet, the brush tip is super pointed and great for detail work and fine lines. The brush also holds a decent amount of paint to paint larger areas. I have a good feeling that this might become my workhorse brush.

Journal: Funto Watercolor Journal. 100% cotton. 5″x7.5″ cold pressed. 22 sheets/44 pages. 300gsm/140lb paper. A combination of fine on one side and medium rough texture on the other side.