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I generally sketch and journal using watercolors extensively. So for this kit to work, it had to fit in my favorite colors. Even half pans were too big but when I saw this lip gloss case in the cosmetics section of the Dollar Tree for a dollar, I knew I'd found the perfect solution.
First, I removed all of the lip gloss product and labeling. Then I filled the 10 small wells with my favorite colors. Wasn't quite enough, so I divided the long well with stripes of glue to create more wells. After the glue stripes dried (well, almost--I got a little hasty with the rose madder and you can see how it blended a little with the glue), I added some more lemon (because I used it so much) and three other colors I like.
Then I made a small color reference chart for inside the lid and covered that with plastic so any contact with wet paints wouldn't mess it up. You can see the one screw-up by color 14 before I got smart enough to add the protective plastic. The reference chart is attached with double-sided tape.
Finally, I decorated the top of the tiny watercolor box with more alcohol inks and a gold leaf pen. You can get a glimpse of it in the "Neatly Packed" image.
just outside the wall of firenze lies the piazza michelangelo. it's quite a hike to get up here by foot..but once you do, its just this vast open space that has a spectacular view of this historical city. up top by the steps sat a student who was sketching the duomo..possibly for some architecture or perhaps for art. whatever his intentions are, there is no doubting that this city, rich in art, history, and culture, can truly inspire anybody.
St Denis square, Montpellier, a buzy, full of life spot, and a spot where the sun manages to get in. With fellow sketchers Antoine et Didier, a few hours in the sun.
On big sketch book 27 cm / 50 cm.
Place St Denis, Montpellier, un coin animé avec du traffic tram et voiture, mais surtout un des endroits que le soleil arrive à atteindre l'hiver. Avec le groupe de sketchers, quelques heures au soleil.
Double page grand carnet 27 / 50 cm.
...this card is based on Shari's Sketch #1..turned on its side
I was in the holiday spirit a bit after all the sneaks...though I am not sure what is up with that knot nest I tied up there?! :o)
Hero Arts:
B4847 Happy Bird Witch
C4302 Halloween Greeting
Early sketch to spec out the campaign site's page elements and creative direction: a retro grunge styled scrapbook, brought to life by Sean Martell.
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And I thought sketching large Portabella mushrooms was going to be easy... Not so. I found it quite hard.
Then, I made Mushroom Stroganoff for lunch. That was easy and tasted yummy! :)
Here is the receipe:
www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-recipe/vegan-mushroom-stroga...
It was quite warm today and, at first, the Noodlers Ink fountain pen was leaking. Later on, it ran dry. I remember that this used to happen on hot days with my Rotring pens at work. Blame the fountain pen for the smudges. I am getting new refills for the LAMY fountain pen and hope the ink is waterproof!
My next little project is to do this in an ink and watercolour wash. Today. Or, may be tomorrow :)
Recently, I found an artist on line, who I am finding inspiring, addressing some of the 'issues' that I have and have to keep reminding myself of www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiCkTRsvICI
a few sketches from my trip to Lautrec, Tarn, France
The selfbuilt wooden house of my son-in-law parents. Great.
Quelques croquis lors de ma semaine à Lautrec, dans le Tarn pour Noël.
La maison en bois auto-construite par les parents de mon gendre.
We took bus 124 back to our apartment at Telok Blangah Heights. The moving bus made it quite difficult to move my pencil across the screen properly. 2 ladies sat opposite us. One carrying a huge instrument case; both were very attentive to their smart devices.
A smaller card so used less of the items in the sketch...
HA Supplies: HA CL236 Joys of the Season - the tree was embossed with white ep on vellum; HA CL244 Sparkle Clear Holiday Messages (sentiment); and HA LL227 Quatro: Icicle Snowlfakes..
Other supplies: SU White craft ink; white inksentials pen; Autumn Leaves buttons, SU linen and Basic Grey Patterned Papers - Figgy Pudding!
This is my 2nd fave card from my batch.. Just love itty bitty cards!
a few sketches from my trip to Lautrec, Tarn, France
Quelques croquis lors de ma semaine à Lautrec, dans le Tarn pour Noël.
We sketch Twitter ideas out on yellow legal paper from time to time. Last week I photographed my sketch with the pen in the frame which made for some unintentional product placement. Yes, we use Paper Mate pens at Twitter HQ—busted!
Abends beim "Drink & Draw" gibt es überraschende Motive in der Seidl-Villa: Die entzückenden Burlesque Mädels von "Isar Gold" begeistern beim deutschlandweiten Urban Sketchers Treffen in München
Another iPhone sketch done in SketchClub using a ballpoint pen stylus. This one was done with the Sketchy tool.
So this is my trying to travel light(er) sketching kit, i.e. when I am on the road and not staying in the same place for weeks, or even months, where I would be able to paint in the safety of the home without anybody looking over my shoulders.
The journal fits into the small carry bag and the lot still weighs 1.1kg. Shall see how I am going with this and, if possible, trying to reduce further. 'Theoretically', all one really needs is a pen, an all-important eraser (at least to me...), a sketchbook and, maybe, a few colours.
I am new to 'travel sketching' and, tbh, I am finding sketching in public still intimidating, especially when well-meaning passers-by look over my shoulders, observe, and feel the need to comment :)
Edit 22 January, 2023:
I now tested this kit and all I used during my recent interstate vacation (visiting family and trying to sneak in very little sketching indoors) was the following:
- one mechanical pencil
- eraser
- one felt tip pen
- watercolour palette ***
- two waterbrushes (Pentel Aquabrush), one filled with water, one filled with ink which was, I discovered, not waterproof, nor was the felt tip pen.
- pocket knife to score the paper for veins in a leaf
- sketch book
and, as an after thought: a pipette for easy refilling the reservoir of the waterbrushes.
After returning from my vacation and turning on the desktop mac, it went dead and couldn't be revived :-(
I still have to figure out how to load Photoshop Elements, as well as scanner and printer, on the laptop and hope the old scanner and printer will still work with the new laptop. I am not very good at this and lose patience very quickly with this kind of stuff. Once done, I shall post my humble efforts with waterbrush. Some small sketches worked quite well, others have 'gone bad'.
So, one doesn't really need a lot. The hardest part is to learn to paint with an Aquabrush.
***The palette:
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I am finding this to be a very handy small metal palette. I managed to fit 21 half pans into it.
A suggestion on a website was to glue magnets to the pans to prevent them from falling out. I still have to do this. The lids provide some mixing space. If more mixing space is needed, the whole middle section with the half pans can be lifted out.
That's where the magnets holding the half pans safely in place, come in handy. The edges of the mixing 'flap' are rolled. I think this may be important as unrolled edges may be shar and could be an injury hazard. The rolled edges also provide more stability.
I don't like half pans that much but it allows me to take more colours along. Of course, experienced watercolourists would be able to work with fewer colours and fill the palette with a few full pans.