Thoughts and sketches on humans, nature, running, and the end of the world
Roz Stendahl offers a free pamphlet making class (look here for the list of classes that Roz offers in 2019), so yesterday I made my first stitched Japanese double-pamphlet, which has two signatures and 32 pages (normal pamphlets have a single signature). It’s so satisfying! You can make it in one sit, it’s light...
Real, in-person fall leaves in my backyard! I’m working through my very large pile of sketchbooks in search for incomplete or unused ones to use up. This is a tiny (3 1/2” by 5 1/2”) portrait hand•book sketchbook, several years old. It seems that they have changed paper on these sketchbooks a few times,...
A few years ago I took an illustration class and used acrylic paint. To mix colors, I used a butcher tray I loved the ease of cleaning the enamel surface. When I started using watercolors, I used a ceramic plate for mixing color at home. Ceramic and even more porcelain are the perfect surfaces...
I’m going through a “reuse” phase with my art supplies, going back to old sketchbooks, some half or almost finished and using them again. Same with inks and pens. Working through my less favorite or forgotten supplies teaches me something that I would not learn otherwise. In this sketch I used De Atramentis Fog...
