I continued my ink and watercolor nature journal in volume 2!
Nature Journal v2
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Block Printing
I tried my hand at linocutting and made R stamps.
Nature Journaling
I picked up nature journaling through ink and watercolor and identifying things in my yard. John Muir Laws gets some hearty gratitude, among others. There’s a new gallery for anyone who’d like to see more.
Scratchboard R
Inspired by Michael Halbert, I tried my own hand at scratchboard art and created a small “R” design with an Ampersand kit.
a Michigan Fairy Tale
I retold a trip to Michigan as a fairy tale – but aborted the imagery after a huge mistake.
Cruise 2025
I went on my first (and last) cruise from Boston to Quebec City and recorded the “adventures” in a watercolor travel journal.
Brooklyn 2025
I continued my watercolor travel journal with a trip to Brooklyn.
Shawnee Life
I made a mixed media art piece that captured my thoughts about a trip to Shawnee National Forest – as well as an ink and watercolor travel journal that documented my time there.
To gramma’s house
I began an ink and watercolor travel journal to see if I would like it.
#InkyArtSchool
I doodled alongside Johanna Basford in her recent Inky Art School and made postcards. I also experimented with different coloring methods.
Stitch Club: Kaner
As part of TextileArtist.org Stitch Club, Sabine Kaner inspired me to create an abstract design based on crumpled paper.
Inkwash: Chickadee
I've tried watercolor before with frustration (I'm still too impatient) but I hadn't tried using an ink wash so that's what I set out to do this week! This bird wasn't featured in the ABC newsletter (mentioned last time) but I had already sketched it out from before;...
Sketch: Barn Owl
I haven't been very diligent about exercising my pen and ink skills, but that doesn't mean that I've given up. I recently signed up for the newsletter from the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and got my second issue today. I began what will hopefully be a regular*...
prints and drawings
I found some other goodies while cleaning up. I went through a phase of teaching myself how to draw (it was short lived, if you were wondering). I bought Jack Hamm's Drawing the Head and Figure. I think that if i tried longer than like 2 weeks, I would have really...
hellraiser box
Ive been organizing my craft room so that it is almost usable, and i have come across a few different projects. This one, i started years ago (2001 maybe?). Boy had a plastic replica of the Hellraiser box (broken apart), and i thought it would be cool to turn it into...