Testing my new Micron pen, by writing to my new Micron pen in a Moleskine Squared Notebook. A little smearing when I colored over the black ink with the pink Pitt pen. It may not have been fully dry, so I’ll be a little more careful next time. I’m liking the idea of handwritten blog […]

I started a new sketchbook using a Hand Book Artist Journal. The pages are thinner than the Moleskine Sketchbook, but a little toothier, so they are absorbing watercolor much easier. I’ve been using a little mint tin that I put half pans of watercolor into. The pages aren’t buckling too badly, but I painted really […]

Acrylic paint in Moleskine sketchbook. The pattern was inspired by the fabric on a couch at Panera. I feel like I’ve been working on this page for ages. I’ve been painting with tiny paint brushes late in bed with the kitty, which has unfortunately resulted in a little smudge of blue paint on the sheets […]

Oregon Zoo, 2009 (Portland, OR) The journal page I wanted to share today took a turn for the worse (too heavy acrylic paint = torn sketchbook page), so I decided to share a couple of my favorite older pages. Are the leaves falling where you live? Pretty leaves on the ground can be a great […]

Texture studies in blue-green. First column, three down is the original color. All of the other squares are blue-green mixed with white and black. I taped down a grid with painter’s tape to get the hard edges. I used the tiny paintbrushes I ordered from here for some of these. I think my favorites are the first […]

Faber-Castell Pitt pens in Moleskine sketchbook. Possibly the last argyle from this week. I might move on to texture so that I can use my adorable new tiny paintbrushes.

I’m loving this page. I hacked the Sunday comics into little bits to get these pieces for collage.

To celebrate cooler weather, and the liberation of Bill’s sweater vests from the far end of the closet, I’m going to be working on argyle patterns this week. For this sketchbook page, I tried to let go of my inner art school control freak. Normally I would have used a ruler to make the lines […]

I’ve been experimenting with gouache for the first time this week. I was a little turned off by the cost of the tiny tubes of gouache versus the larger tubes of acrylic paint for the same price, but have come to find that a little gouache goes a long way. I’m still trying to get […]