Posted in Moleskine, People, Sketchbook Pages, Subway drawings on November 30, 2006 | 12 Comments »
Just a couple of quick sketches today. I drew the top sketch at Peets Coffee tonight, a few minutes before they were closing. There were still three people sitting at tables and each had one foot up on extra chairs. If Peets wasn’t about to close and I wasn’t so sleepy, it would have been [...]
Posted in Moleskine, Sketchbook Pages, Still Life, Watercolor on November 28, 2006 | 8 Comments »
Kremer Pigments watercolors in large Moleskine watercolor notebook
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Quick value sketch before painting
I wanted to play with monotypes tonight but was too tired after working all day so decided to do a small watercolor sketch instead. I don’t know what this bottle held originally–nothing fancy, I’m sure. But [...]
Posted in Color studies, Oil Painting on November 27, 2006 | 9 Comments »
Secondary colors and their darkened, neutralized (grayed) cast shadows in oil
Primary colors and their darkened, neutralized (grayed) cast shadows in oil
I’d hoped to have more to post tonight than these 8×10 color studies, but nothing else is finished. Also, the colors don’t look quite right on screen–the paintings’ backgrounds are brighter and not so mustardy [...]
Posted in Animals, Dog, Ink, Plein Air, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor on November 26, 2006 | 9 Comments »
Watercolor and Micron Pigma Brush Pen in Raffine 6″x9″ Sketchbook
Yesterday I’d planned to spend the day in the studio but it was such a surprisingly nice day that I decided to go sketch at the dog park which is only about a mile from my house. Pt. Isabelle is a 23 acre park where [...]
Posted in Animals, Illustration Friday, Painter Digital Art on November 25, 2006 | 15 Comments »
Drawn and painted using Painter digital tools.
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This week’s Illustration Friday cue is “Invention.”
I visited the nearby Point Isabelle dog park to sketch today and noticed that everybody had these ball-flinging and picking-up devices. This wonderful invention allows people to exercise their dogs without having to get any exercise themselves. [...]
Posted in Color studies, Oil Painting on November 24, 2006 | 8 Comments »
I’ve been doing color and oil painting studies today from a new, terrific and appropriately named book: “The Oil Painting Course You’ve Always Wanted” by Kathleen Lochen Staiger. Unlike all the other oil painting books I’d found that had ugly paintings and sloppy instructions, this new book breaks it down from the most basic level [...]
Posted in Every Day Matters, Pen and Ink, Sketchbook Pages, Still Life, Watercolor on November 22, 2006 | 22 Comments »
Watercolor, Noodlers Ink, and a dab of ProWhite in 9×12″ Aquabee Sketchbook
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This week’s Everyday Matters challenge is “Spoon.” The large pink-handled cooking spoon and the tablespoon with the dull black plastic handle are the last remaining implements from my mother’s early 1960s kitchen complete with built in pink [...]
Posted in Pen and Ink, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor on November 21, 2006 | 13 Comments »
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Ink & Watercolor in Hand Book Co. 5.5 x 5.5″ Journal
I noticed this Mechanics Bank ATM glowing in the dark on a side street off San Pablo Avenue in Albany (CA). I turned down the street, hoping to find a spot to park and paint it. There was a woman sitting in [...]
Posted in Animals, Pen and Ink, Watercolor on November 20, 2006 | 5 Comments »
Pentel Pocket brush pen ink and watercolor on Arches watercolor paper 11×7 inches
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The armadillo photo I used as a reference was prominently featured in a PC Magazine ad for a laptop computer. The ad said the computer has “Shock Absorbing Design, Hard Disk Drive Protection and a Spill-Resistant [...]
Posted in Cartoon art, Drawing, Pen and Ink, People on November 19, 2006 | 7 Comments »
Ink on Biscotti package 4.5″ x 5
(Click image to enlarge, select “All Sizes” So there I was standing in a checkout line at Trader Joes that wasn’t moving, with the store crammed full of pre-Thanksgiving shoppers who like me, put off doing their week’s grocery shopping until Sunday evening. I was already feeling kind of [...]
Posted in Oil Painting, Still Life on November 18, 2006 | 12 Comments »
Work in progress: Oil on board, 15 x 12 “
(To enlarge, click image, select “All Sizes” This is the first layer: I expect there will be two or three more. Before I started this, I set up my palette, grabbed a library book with some oil painting technique exercises and tried doing the first exercise, [...]
Posted in Drawing, Life in general, Moleskine, Pen and Ink, Sketchbook Pages on November 16, 2006 | 9 Comments »
Ink in small Moleskine sketchbook
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I was debating whether to draw something, go to bed, or watch TV. I drew something AND watched TV: last night’s America’s Next Top Model that I’d TiVo’d (a bit of mental junk food is an important part of a healthy diet).
This messy coat [...]
Posted in Pen and Ink, Still Life, Watercolor on November 15, 2006 | 14 Comments »
Drawn first with Lamy Safari pen and Noodlers Ink then
Watercolor in 5.5″ square Hand Book Co. journal
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I was too sleepy tonight to get back to my oil painting, so I decided to do a little watercolor of these kiwis who have been waiting patiently for me to [...]
Posted in Drawing, Ink, Pen and Ink, People, Sketchbook Pages on November 14, 2006 | 12 Comments »
Pentel GFKP Pocket Brush Pen and Pentel #101 Brush Pen in Raffine 6×9″ Sketchbook
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More about the drawing in a minute, but first…
Tonight my painting group met to celebrate Susie’s birthday at Saul’s Jewish Deli in Berkeley. It was pretty funny that all five of us ordered exactly the same [...]
Posted in Oil Painting, People on November 13, 2006 | 5 Comments »
First layer of oil sketch with 2 colors (burnt sienna & ultramarine blue), 12 x 16 inches
I’m feeling a little sheepish about posting this wonky off kilter portrait but it’s today’s sketch….so here it is. I had the canvas on an easel at too much of an angle I think — her face seems [...]
Posted in Block Printing, Oil Painting, Still Life on November 12, 2006 | 13 Comments »
Linoleum block print 4″x5″ DS water-based ink on Arches cover paper
(To enlarge any of the images, click image, then select “All Sizes” Yes, I’m back to the lantern image again. This time I drew it on paper, traced it on a linoleum block and then carved all the areas that appear white in the image. Then [...]
Posted in Cartoon art, Illustration Friday, Painter Digital Art on November 10, 2006 | 18 Comments »
Drawn in pencil, scanned, inked & colored in Painter digitally
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After a few weeks of being too busy to participate in Illustration Friday, I’m excited that I was able to play again. The topic is “Clear” and I had several ideas: the plastic replicas of a man and [...]
Posted in Moleskine, Outdoors/Landscape, Pen and Ink, Plein Air, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor on November 9, 2006 | 9 Comments »
Ink and watercolor in large Moleskine watercolor notebook
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The other night Michael and I were driving down Santa Fe Ave near Gilman in Berkeley and he pointed out these two palm trees that were lit up and glowing in the dark. Tonight I returned to paint them in [...]
Posted in Moleskine, Pen and Ink, Still Life, Watercolor on November 8, 2006 | 12 Comments »
Ink & Watercolor in Large Moleskine Watercolor Notebook
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It felt like time to get back to some color tonight and this persimmon was a willing victim for a quick little study.
I stopped at the art store on the way home from work tonight and ended up spending too [...]
Posted in Drawing, Ink, Pen and Ink, Sketchbook Pages on November 7, 2006 | 9 Comments »
Sepia Ink (Memory Brush Pen) in Raffine Sketchbook
I was listening to the early election returns while I was drawing this little statue of Kwan Yin or Kanzeon, the Buddhist bodhisattva (saint/goddess) of compassion for self and others. It seemed an appropriate image for election eve.
I received my order today from Jerry’s Artarama and I’m not [...]
Posted in Animals, Cats, Drawing, Pen and Ink, Sketchbook Pages on November 6, 2006 | 7 Comments »
Ink in Raffine sketchbook
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About a year and a half ago I bought a used kitty play structure for my new rescue kittens. Then they both came down with ringworm (probably from the shelter), which is very contagious and very hard to cure. I had to throw away everything they’d [...]
Posted in Colored pencil art, Drawing, Monoprint, Still Life on November 5, 2006 | 17 Comments »
Black water-based printing ink & colored pencils on Stonehenge paper, 7×9 inches
(To enlarge, click image, select “all sizes” Today I experimented with making monoprints, having been inspired by Belinda del Pesco’s amazing monoprints, and Kris Shank’s woodcuts. This is the same candle lantern I drew and posted a couple days ago. I’ve drawn it so [...]
Posted in Animals, Photos, Sketchbook Pages on November 4, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Hi, welcome to my tall world. This is a picture of me taking a picture of my shadow. I am so easily amused…I guess that’s why I enjoy my own company so much.
Today was a long and busy day and now I’m too tired to draw so I thought I’d post some photos I’ve shot [...]
Posted in Other artists, Plants, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor on November 3, 2006 | 13 Comments »
Above: Watercolor in Raffine sketchbook
Below: Original photo and grayscale version
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I was inspired to focus on value studies by Katherine Tyrrell’s post about “the best ever workshop” she attended and her instructor’s “constant and particular emphasis on the huge importance of values when painting light.” For [...]
Posted in Drawing, Pen and Ink, Sketchbook Pages, Still Life on November 2, 2006 | 9 Comments »
UniBall Signo white pen on 9×12″ top sheet from an Arches watercolor block
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On the fifth anniversary of my father’s death, I drew this candle lantern that was given to me by my son. I’m going to light the candle now and spend some time reflecting on my [...]
A peek inside the sketchbook, studio, and world of San Francisco Bay Area artist and watercolor teacher Jana Bouc.
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