Category Archives: Watercolor

Another sketchbook completed, and what I learned

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Bobbie Herron

I just finished another sketchbook, six months of Sundays, literally. And because I can’t simply leave it at that, I had to go one step further and try to figure out: 1- how to shoot a one-handed video in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Pen & Ink, Seeing and looking, Sketchbooks, Urban Sketching (On-Site Creativity), Watercolor, Writing | Tagged Creative Habit, Perseverance, Sketchbook, urban sketching, Watercolor | 4 Comments

What I’ve been learning

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Bobbie Herron

It’s been a busy month since I last wrote: finishing up one course (writing), still in the middle of another (art), loving what I’m learning in both. Writing The course I just finished was offered by Memoir Writing Ink, an … Continue reading →

Posted in Pen & Ink, Sketchbooks, Sketching tools, Tip Jar, Urban Sketching (On-Site Creativity), Watercolor | Tagged Constant Learning, Creative Habit, Graphic design, Perseverance, Writing Habit | 2 Comments

How clean are your glasses?

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Bobbie Herron

I was prescribed eyeglasses when I was about 10 years old, and for me, wearing glasses is as normal as breathing. My poor mother had three kids who all wore glasses from a young age, and I recall her chiding … Continue reading →

Posted in 3- Magic: Art Epiphanies, Musings on Life, Pencil sketching, Sketchbooks, Urban Sketching (On-Site Creativity), Watercolor | Tagged Freedom, Innate Health, Inside-Out Understanding, Three Principles | 7 Comments

Goldilock’s Sketching Travel Kit

Posted on May 23, 2021 by Bobbie Herron

It has suddenly jumped from almost-too-cold to almost-too-hot to be sketching outdoors, which means there’s no time to waste in fine-tuning my art-supply travel kit. I say “travel,” but in truth for me, “travel” usually means leaving my third-floor loft … Continue reading →

Posted in Look at That! book, Look-at-That! Pouches, Pen & Ink, Sketchbooks, Sketching tools, Urban Sketching (On-Site Creativity), Watercolor | Tagged art tool kit, kieep it simple, urban sketching | 2 Comments

A time of gentle peace, with W. B. Yeats

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Bobbie Herron

“We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us . . . that they may see, it may be, their own images . . . and so live for a moment with a clearer, perhaps … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings on Life, Watercolor | Tagged reflection, sketching, Watercolor | 1 Comment

An inspired podcast about “Why bother?”

Posted on April 10, 2021 by Bobbie Herron

You think you know someone, and then you listen to a podcast that launches your understanding to a brand-new level. I just finished listening to Episode 14 , “Making It Look Easy” with Liz Steel and host Nishant Jain on … Continue reading →

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A modern-day sacred scroll: Your CVS receipt!

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Bobbie Herron

The café tables are back on the patio at my favorite downtown haunt, and I’m once again luxuriating in a cup of coffee-someone-else-made as well as a uniquely New England hermit bar. My shoulder bag is loaded with all the … Continue reading →

Posted in 3- Magic: Art Epiphanies, Sketching tools, Urban Sketching (On-Site Creativity), Watercolor | Tagged Creative Habit, perseverence, plein air, urban sketching | 2 Comments

“The chatter is what’s the matter . . .”

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Bobbie Herron

Don’t you agree? The chatter in our head is often the only thing holding us back from happily giving sketching a try, or anything else for that matter. That sweet little brain of ours is trying so hard to keep … Continue reading →

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Never plagiarize: copy instead!

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Bobbie Herron

According to the dictionary, plagiarism is “the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.” We can all agree that plagiarism is a very bad idea; even if you don’t get caught, you’re … Continue reading →

Posted in 3- Magic: Art Epiphanies, Look at That! book, Musings on Life, Pen & Ink, Pencil sketching, Sketchbooks, Sketching tools, Watercolor | Tagged Creative Habit, habit, Inspiration, Mentors, Perseverance, Watercolor | 7 Comments

T, O, ST, G? What does it all mean?

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Bobbie Herron

A careful reader of my new book wrote to me this week with the following question: “I just bought Look At That! and the Winsor & Newton Cotman Sketcher Pocket Box you recommended. On the page where you talk about … Continue reading →

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