Tag: sketching
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Prompt
This weeks blog prompt is “What have you been working on?” and it’s really the only one I’ve found relevant to my life. So it’s the first one i’m going to use for an entry. For the past few weeks or so I’ve been working on more bonsai watercolors. There you have it, the shortest…
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Boy howdy
It has been a long time since I’ve been here doing the thing. It’s been over two months and I’ve barely had time to put pen to paper or fingers to keys. I have been making. Not much. But some. Really, I’ve been reading a massive book and loving it. I have been saying to…
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A Little Landscape
Just a little gray-day plein air watercolor. Far from a perfect piece. It’s 8″x5″ of a sketchbook page. I don’t think it’s outstanding in any way but it has a certain kind of poorly-drawn charm to it.
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Limited Pallets VS…
I’m writing this the Sunday after my Birthday and I’m writing this in front of the TV with music on. Forgive me if this is disjointed, I’m doing my best. Thank you in advance whoever is reading this, you are appreciated. I have been working on a few more bonsai in my little watercolor book.…
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Graphite and Paper
(A note: I wrote the following out on paper in pencil and this is my best attempt at transcribing it. There is commentary after the transcription.) I really like the feeling of physical mark making. I also love the feeling and sound of a pencil on paperThe words I write end up being mostly completely…
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Pentaptych
(5 small bonsai) These need some color. However, I don’t really see myself doing all of that. This piece is probably abandoned. Probably. I could get some opaques like some acrylic or gauche and fill in the greenery, maybe a little more in some other areas. I could but also I’m fairly sure I’m out…
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The Mediated Experience
In short, looking at a picture of the thing instead of the thing itself. There’s a huge difference between the images on our screens and the real thing. In schools images appear on computer screens and projected on walls. Outside of there we look at images on our phones most of the time, or on…
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NEW Physical Sketchbook!
And other GBS OK, so. I know it really looks like not the newest of books and frankly it isn’t. It’s been kicking around the pile for a minute, but I did just recently start in on it this month on or about the first. I threw it into a bag with a dewy bottle…
Pirolli Digital Sketchbook 