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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Lost and Found (again)
Sometime last year I got a moleskine sketchbook. I was so nervous about doing anything in it that it stayed blank. Then I started a little drawing in it and a little magazine collaging. And then I took it with me when I visited my parents for the holidays and the poor hardly used journal ended up under some pillows and didn't get packed up when I left. I didn't notice for at least a week.
On an unexpected trip to my partents' place, I remembered to look for the moley and brought it back. It found a home under some dirty laundry. I came across it this week when I finally got around to washing some clothes. I recently got a shipment of twinkling h20 products (serendipity??) and decided to test out the radiant rain daubers on the sketchbook paper to see how much water the pages can take. (BTW, luminarte is having a HUGE sale through June 14) The page dried out nicely and is very nearly flat. I think keeping the book banded shut will straighten it out.
After I smeared on some of the radiant rain color -- of course, I had to try out four colors, why stick to just one?? --I doodled and wrote with india ink and gel pens. Then I decided to see how the gel pens and india ink would do on top of the magazine paper. The two pages don't really match, but they were fun to do. And I've done several more pages since these ones dried.
I'm also planning on making this sketchbook my handy dandy notebook to carry around in my purse and catch ideas.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Sharing Knife Books
Beguilement by Lois McMaster BujoldMy review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
I just finished the last book in Bujold's Sharing Knife series. I picked up the first book, Beguilement, after finishing her Vorkosigan series and wasn't sure if I'd get hooked on another one of her series or not. I could not put this book down once I got into it, and had to run off to the library to get the other three books.
If you like fantasy with a touch of romance, try this series!
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Self Portrait with Herman Wells
Took the camera with me to campus today to get a self portrait. Didn't fiddle with the timer this time.
I'm sitting on a bench with Herman Wells, who was Chancellor of Indiana University. I think most people who come to campus must get a shot of themselves with Herman sometime. He is sitting with his hand in the air, and lots of people must hold his hand because it is shinier than the rest of him. When I sat with him today, someone had managed to prop a pencil in his fingers!
I'm sitting on a bench with Herman Wells, who was Chancellor of Indiana University. I think most people who come to campus must get a shot of themselves with Herman sometime. He is sitting with his hand in the air, and lots of people must hold his hand because it is shinier than the rest of him. When I sat with him today, someone had managed to prop a pencil in his fingers!
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Love Thursday: Cute
I read about Love Thursday on Art Slam and decided to draw some love today.
This drawing is of a momiji doll -- a teeny doll that holds a message inside. What a cute, sweet way to share love! I drew this momiji, Donut, with a Copic pen and colored it with Copic markers.
Check out momiji at lovemomiji.com. More love!!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Self Portrait Wednesday -- oops!
Playing in Self Portrait Wednesday this week, but I need to learn how to use the self timer properly! All my shots came out with me looking transparent. Hoping to figure it out by next Wednesday.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
The Perfect White Pen?
Does it exist? That perfect white pen? I've tried several, and here are the three that I use now: Ranger's Inkssentials, Sakura's Gelly Roll, and Signo's Uniball UM-153. I tested them on papers that I use often. When I use gel pens, I scribble a little on scrap paper to get the ink going. If I write on a surface that could clog the tip (like #4 and #5) I scribble again when I'm done writing.
#1: Textured cardstock. This paper has a linen-like finish. The texture showed through at least a bit with all three pens.
#2: Patterned scrapbook paper. This paper is smooth and all three of the pens seemed to work fine on it.
#3: Magazine paper. The Gelly Roll didn't do as well on this one - the line was a lot thinner than usual on this paper.
#4. Text page with acrylic paint. OK for all three. Sometimes on this kind of paper I need to stop often to scribble and get the ink flowing.
#5: Cardstock with colored pencil. None of the pens like writing on this waxy surface. I had to scribble a lot to get these words down. For this sample, I tried writing directly onto paper that had been colored with pencils. I've had more success writing on top of pencil that has been sprayed with workable fixatif.
#1: Textured cardstock. This paper has a linen-like finish. The texture showed through at least a bit with all three pens.
#2: Patterned scrapbook paper. This paper is smooth and all three of the pens seemed to work fine on it.
#3: Magazine paper. The Gelly Roll didn't do as well on this one - the line was a lot thinner than usual on this paper.
#4. Text page with acrylic paint. OK for all three. Sometimes on this kind of paper I need to stop often to scribble and get the ink flowing.
#5: Cardstock with colored pencil. None of the pens like writing on this waxy surface. I had to scribble a lot to get these words down. For this sample, I tried writing directly onto paper that had been colored with pencils. I've had more success writing on top of pencil that has been sprayed with workable fixatif.
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