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Getting Back into the Habit

I need to work on improving some of my habits.  It’s a never-ending struggle, but we have to keep trying!  In addition to the less-fun things currently on the list, some of the habits I want to build involve fun things like keeping active with sketchbooking.  I haven’t been as diligent since the end of […]

A Little of Everything

This post has a little of this and a little of that.  (I’m trying to get back into the habit of posting more often!) Kuretake Granulating Watercolor A while back, I wrote about the Kuretake so-called granulating watercolors, which seem to be more about color separation than granulation (though they do granulate, too).   I think […]

Anilinky, Anyone?

This blog post contains a lot of rambling about a new (to me) product.  It’s probably not of interest to most people, but it’s what I felt like blogging about, so I’m going to go ahead and geek out, as they say… I’ll understand if you want to just check out the photos and skip the […]

Sketchbook Challenge Wrap-Up

The “30 Days of Sketchbook Joy” challenge has been over for a few days, now, but I’m just getting around to blogging about it.  I’ll save my comments on the challenge as a whole until the end of this post.  Day 28: Pink Base Layer I’m not sure I did this “right”, but I took […]

Nearing the End of the Challenge

We’re nearing the end of the “30 Days of Sketchbook Joy” challenge!  I have been spending time every day working on something in my sketchbook, but sometimes I only do part of a page on one day and finish it the next.  One of the days, I just finished the previous day’s page and never […]