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| 3/22/13 Platinum Sepia ink, watercolor, Hand Book journal |
I was planning to meet a few friends to sketch at Sky Nursery this morning, but the snow flurries kept me out of the hockey puck
I drive. Instead, I got a cup of tea and stayed warm at home. By afternoon, the
sun came out and said that this morning’s snowstorm was just a joke.
I can take a joke! I jumped into my car and drove in the
direction of the Wedgwood neighborhood, where I spotted this house surrounded
by a rockery and lots of cheerful daffodils leaning toward the street.
(Technical note: I’m getting more and more disgruntled with
the paper in Hand Book journals, which I have been using happily as writing and
collage journals for years. Even fountain pen ink with a wash isn’t bad, but it
can’t take watercolor the way I want it to. I have only a couple of pages left
in this volume. When it’s full, I’m going to stick with Stillman & Birn
sketchbooks exclusively, regardless of media.)
I commented on the sketch in flickr (I like the way you've done the masses of flowers). re: Journal.... yeah. I thought I would like the pocket Hand Book better than the Moleskine sketchbook. Not so much. The paper, though having more tooth, is too thin for watercolor.
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