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Life Drawing
Went to a life drawing class for the first time in over a decade. I forgot how challenging it is to capture anything from a 2- or 3- minute pose, but it is so nice to spend 2 hours drawing and come away with pages and pages of work.
September 10, 2024
Plant sketches
Some quick poolside sketches of the plant life around. It’s my first time really making use of the red pen and I’m so pleased!
September 07, 2023
Practice with Faces
I normally only pull out the col-erase colored pencils for a quick sketch or something that is going to end up covered in paint; it was a nice change/challenge to work on rendering more fully just with the pencils. I had originally intended for there to be 4 heads but exhaustion struck shortly after starting #3 — which you can tell as it's a bit off compared to the others. I foresee more faces in my sketchbook, though I'll have to up my endurance so I can at least execute a full spread properly.
April 11, 2023
Fountain Pens and Cyclical Obsessions
Fountain pens: I’ve become obsessed (again). After falling down a YouTube rabbit hole, I pulled out an old pen I bought a million years ago (a Wordsworth & Smith or something, the obvious inspiration for the Amazon Basics version), from the last time I was struck with a fancy for fancy pens. And let me just say: Oh. My.
Okay so the pen is fine. It’s really nothing overly special, but the ink. The ink is where there is actually so much fun to be …
February 08, 2022
I should not be allowed near an art supply store without supervision ffs. Bye money! Hello random art supplies I’ll use once 😍
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