June 10, 2019

Pigma Micron pen, colored pencils blended with Gamsol

6x6"

Art Gallery Demo

I'll be presenting a demo on Zen Pattern Design at the Llano Fine Art Guild and Gallery on Monday, May 6.

The class document, sample pages and blank templates are in this online folder

April 18, 2019

Just a little wilder than usual, but digital coloring is so fun!

4x6 Post Card, Pigma Micron pen

Digitally colored with GIMP

February 7, 2019

Pigma Micron pen, graphite pencil

4x4"

February 5, 2019

Pigma Micron pen, Prismacolor pencils, graphite pencil

February 3, 2019

Pigma Micron pen, Prismacolor Pencils, graphite pencil

February 2, 2019

About halfway through this piece. I love spheres and am a new colored pencils junkie. The Staedtler Circle Template is so much fun to use!

Pigma Micron pen, colored pencils

January 30, 2019

Pigma Micron pen, Prismacolor pencils

January 29, 2019

Pigma Micron pen, Prismacolor pencils

6x6"

January 27, 2019

Not posting every day, but arting every day, that's for sure.

Pigma Micron pen, graphite pencil

January 23, 2019

Pigma Micron pens, colored pencil, graphite pencil

January 20, 2019

Pigma Micron pen, graphite pencil

6x6"

January 19, 2019

Pigma Micron pen, graphite pencil

6x6"

January 18, 2019

Pigma Micron pen, Prismacolor pencils

6x6"

January 17, 2019

In a Paradox mood

Pigma Micron pen, graphite pencil

6x6"

January 16, 2019

It appears I'm not afraid to use color anymore.

Prismacolor pencils, Pigma Micron pen.

6x6"

January 15, 2019

Prismacolor Premier colored pencil, Pigma Micron pen, Jellyroll white pen

6x4" postcard

I do believe I love my new Prismacolors

January 14, 2019

Pigma Micron pen, graphite pencil, 6x4" post card

January 13, 2019

Pigma Micron pen, colored pencils, 4x4"

January 12, 2019

Pigma Micron pen, colored pencils, 4x4"

Hamsix, a Zentangle pattern

January 11, 2019

Pigma Micron pen, graphite pencil, 4x6" post card
Variation of W2, a Zentangle pattern

Digitally colored in GIMP

January 10, 2019

I belong to a couple of Doodle and Zentangle Facebook pages and get inspired by the artists there. I thank Akila Kalaichelvan for the inspiration for this 6x4" postcard.

Pigma Micron pen, colored pencils

January 9, 2019

Pigma Micron pen over colored pencil

6x4" postcard

January 8, 2019

Trying something new, a dip pen with an EF (extra fine) nib and Higgins Black Magic ink. Such fine lines! Lots of fun. 4x4"

January 7, 2019

4x4" Pigma Micron pen and graphite pencil.

January 6, 2018

4x6" post card; hand-drawn, scanned and digitally colored.

Dip Pens

I have read about doing doodles with dip pens and particularly glass pens. They have a smooth and even line and don't wear down like many markers. I was pretty crazy to start so my friend Lynda let me borrow some of her dip pen supplies. 

Handwriting is pretty rare in this day and age so lately I've acquired a couple of pen pals. I found you can actually forget how to write! Daily practice is helping quite a bit, but the metal-nib dip pen is tough to learn. Doodling with the pen is fun, though, and it's cool that I'll eventually not be buying any more disposable plastic pens.

You would think that regular printer paper would be just fine for dip pen or fountain pen ink, wouldn't you? Well, then you would be wrong, my friend. Soooooo...I ordered some paper, too. Every hobby you take up needs stuff. I guess I'll be getting some ink, too...

I had a great time watching this video, it's exactly what I'd like to do.

  

Portable Studio

Keeping my art supplies to a bare minimum is challenging, but I love this solution. I have everything I need for doodle art but the paper in this pencil case I got on ebay. The real problem is trying not to want ALL the colored pencils.

January 5, 2019

Pigma Micron pen and graphite pencil. 4x4"

January 4, 2019

Looks almost like I'm getting ready for LEAF, doesn't it?
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Here's a rough draft of a possible postcard for LEAF.

January 3, 2019

Pigma Micron pen and colored pencil 4x4"

January 2, 2019

Sitting down to draw is pretty intimidating. What to do next? Thank goodness there are LOTS of talented artists on the web, so I tried this idea from Tanglepatterns.com. The end result is impressive even though the steps are fairly simple. 4x4".

File Folder

I bought a thing. I don't buy many things because I'm a minimalist at heart and live in a tiny efficiency apartment. This is a little promise to 'art' every day, scan and post her and then put the original in an expanding file folder. Kind of a New Year's Resolution, but not really-just a reminder that my life's not complete without art.

January 1, 2019

I've been practicing blending colored pencils and have been fairly pleased, but I love the smooth blending that can be achieved with solvents. I picked up some Gamsol this afternoon and had a very rewarding evening. For these objects I drew an outline, created a gradient and blended with solvent, then drew the design on top with Pigma Micron pens.

Putting this source of inspiration here so I can find it later; List of National Days.