My bottle of Pelikan 4001 Brilliant Green has been in my art toolkit for a long time. It has finally succumbed to the ravages of time, and I have feelings about it! It all started when… Really, this story began in childhood. I stood in a stationery store, and saw on the shelf a bottle […]
Painting with 3 liquid inks, an adventure in an afternoon. This past December, I received as a gift three fountain pen inks from the New Orleans-based stationer Papier Plume: Garden District Azalea, Moss Green, and Cafe Diabolique. I have other inks from this maker in my collection, but these three colors were new to me. […]
Here it is another month already! That means it’s time for a Creative Project Progress Report. I’ll update progress on my July projects and talk about what I am working on for August. The Big Finish: Na Craga Cabled Sweater I had one great big finish in July: my “Na Craga” sweater, designed by Alice […]
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I’ve got three main creative projects this July: I am working on creating ink painting content during the buildup towards the ink painting class that I teach, and have a plein air art date with friends coming up. It is so enjoyable to get together with friends in a lovely space and make art and […]
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Tinted Sumi Ink Painting Meant to be a warm-up exercise, this small sketch of trees and shrubs viewed from across the gulch has become a favorite painting. It is an ink painting using tinted sumi ink from pans. When I paint with ink I usually work with liquid ink of various types, so it is […]
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