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Continue reading →: Creating Sketches While Traveling
A couple of weeks ago, Hubby and I went on a trip. I made sure to set aside some time to figure out what art supplies I would pack and take with me for our adventure. I thought about how I wanted to record this journey. Do I bring my…
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Continue reading →: My Permanent Grey Inks
When I create my sketches, I typically start out with a pencil sketch. This helps me outline my shapes and also helps me with placement and location of my objects on my paper. When I’m satisfied with the look of my sketches, I will typically go over my pencil lines…
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Continue reading →: Current Travel Fountain Pen Case
I brought a dozen of my artsy fountain pens with me in my Maxpedition case. I tried to cover the gamut of colors I would need to create my artwork. I used my Maxpedition case as my basic traveling “art case” to carry all of my art supplies including various…
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Continue reading →: New Shimmering Ink!
I ended 2022 with a last minute purchase of a new Van Dieman’s Ink that caught my eye. My new ink arrived in 2023, so it’s my first new inky color for this year. This is a new series of inks called Birds of a Feather. The series is broken…
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Continue reading →: Happy New Year! Updated: a Permanent Ink & a New Journal
A few years ago, I had purchased a few bottles of DeAtramentis Document ink colors and used them for writing in my journals. I never thought about using them for creating outlines for my sketches. Until today. I started with a pencil sketch and then sketched over my pencil lines…
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Continue reading →: Merry Christmas! Updates: Sketching in Two Different Mediums and a Prompt
Edited 12/26/22: I had to pull this post early this morning and work on adding additional pictures, better details of my sketching process and do some major edits to what I originally posted. I was one tired puppy when I pushed the original blog post last night. My apologies. Here’s…
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Continue reading →: Day 25: The Last Day with My Swatches of Green Inks
We are at the end of our Diamine Inkvent Calendar. I want to say a huge thank you to T for providing me with her lovely swatches. Today’s Diamine ink is Best Wishes a shimmering and sheening ink. It appears to be a dark green ink with a massive amount…

























