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Recent Posts
- My roots are made of celluloid November 28, 2019
- I just finished a sketchbook November 14, 2019
- Globetrotting as a Local Sport November 7, 2019
- It’s all about the P.A.U.S.E. October 21, 2019
- Finding new ways to manage my satisfaction, rather than my life October 7, 2019
- “Why not do it now?” September 30, 2019
- I’m just sittin’ here, taking notes… September 23, 2019
- That Dang Adolescent Period August 21, 2019
- Think about your outfits July 28, 2019
- Deep, not wide June 17, 2019
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Category Archives: Pen and Ink
I just finished a sketchbook
When you are using a 160-page sketchbook, as well as two other ‘specialty’ sketchbooks, all at the same time, it is a big deal when you Finish A Sketchbook. Why three at once you ask? Simple. 1) I want one … Continue reading
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Globetrotting as a Local Sport
Living about an hour away from a large, relatively old city means I can go there, I don’t have to go there, so I rarely go there. You can know intellectually that you are near a goldmine, but gee, it takes effort to grab … Continue reading
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It’s all about the P.A.U.S.E.
Two days ago I taught my last marathon art class for the foreseeable future. It was not my last art class, not by a long shot. But I won’t attempt to do another five-hour-straight “everything you need to know to … Continue reading
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“Why not do it now?”
The other day I found myself at one of those betwixt times, several to-do tasks completed and a little gap of time before an afternoon appointment. No time to start a new project, but too much time to waste on … Continue reading
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I’m just sittin’ here, taking notes…
That’s all my artwork is. My hieroglyphic representation of “Whoa, look at that! No, zoom in. I mean it, REALLY look at that!” First, a place to sit. Then slowly scan the area until the skip happens, when my glance … Continue reading
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Learning Another Sort of Shorthand
Google the word ‘shorthand’ and go to the Wikipedia page. There you will see a series of symbols that made perfect sense to my mother as well as thousands of secretarial workers in the mid-20th century. As a child I … Continue reading
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[Hand] Dancing in the Dark
We’ve all done it. Woken up in the middle of the night with a brilliant idea, grabbed the pencil on the bedside table and that scrap of paper, and scribbled down a word or two before they slip away. The … Continue reading
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