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Alsterhaus in Hamburg

A recent family trip to Hamburg ((which was my first ever trip to Hamburg)) included a trip to Alsterhaus, a posh department store that very much reminded us of Harvey Nichols in Manchester. Excuse the wide angle distortions of the photo but because of construction work I couldn’t move further away The Alsterhaus sells many posh brands (think Armani, Chanel, Hermes, …), but unexpectedly we also…

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MAD magazine’s Thomas Fluharty interview leads latest illustrators magazine

MAD magazine’s Thomas Fluharty interview leads latest illustrators magazine

The latest issue of illustrators magazine, from Book Palace Books, embraces Thomas Fluharty, one of the usual gang of idiots from MAD magazine during the 1990s, who talks about his artwork and shows off some of his fantastic caricatures. More like a book than a magazine, illustrators is an art quarterly devoted to the finest illustration art ever published. With its unique blend of art and…

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A Very Special Inkpiphany: Caran d’Ache Chromatics Delicate Green

A Very Special Inkpiphany: Caran d’Ache Chromatics Delicate Green

While I realize it’s neither Epiphany nor officially the 12 days of Christmas, our darling Tina created a special ink review for Inkmas that, because Tina was so efficient, I forgot about it. So, without further adieu…. Review by Tina Koyama Although the Caran d’Ache Chromatics ink series has been around for a while, I’m still tickled by its unique and funky bottle. It raises eyebrows and…

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Caran d'Ache Lança Caneta Tinteiro com Relógio Mecânico

Caran d’Ache Lança Caneta Tinteiro com Relógio Mecânico

A geração X e até alguns millennials vão se lembrar das canetas-relógio que faziam sucesso em nosso mundo low-tech entre o meio dos anos 80 e início dos anos 90, onde um display digital barato em uma caneta de quinta categoria poderiam parecer um presente requintadíssimo.

Hoje não dá para se contentar com pouco, se você vai fazer algo bacana que reúna dois dos maiores e mais sofisticados objetos…

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Tête à Tête .... a no-no at the moment ...........

Tête à Tête …. a no-no at the moment ………..

Tête à Têtemixed media on watercolour paper 17 x 24 cm yes……….. we – my muse et moi – went very much outsider art / art brut yesterday….. she took me to my office … and i picked out a background which i had started creating weeks ago.. i LOVE creating backgrounds……… and just having them around me.. adding layers and textures… putting them aside….. and suddenly……… the creative spark hits me and i…

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Ooit was Rembrandt jong

Zou Rembrandt als kind stilletjes ergens stiekem in een hoekje hebben zitten tekenen? Zomaar een vraag die opkwam bij Toos van Holstein n.a.v. de expositie 'Jonge Rembrandt' in de lakenhal in Leiden. Lees maar in TOOS&ART #kunst #Rembrandt

Zou Rembrandt ooit kindertekeningen hebben gemaakt? Je weet wel, van die A4’tjes die trotse ouders en grootouders met een punaise ergens op prikken. Met van die abstracte strepen erop of van die zogenaamde kop-potelingen waarin het middenlichaam ontbreekt. En die dan jarenlang blijven hangen als de eerste uitingen van een artistiek talent in ontwikkeling.

Om op die beginvraag terug te komen,dat…

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Caran d’Ache Pens and colored pencils

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Polished Pebbles

Polished Pebbles is another piece of work that I have completed using my Icarus heated painting board.  Using wax based media on this board is wonderful.  Blending with a pure wax stick once you have built up the level of pigment you want, makes the colours really vibrant, and the stick glides over the pigment with ease.  I have found very quickly that only certain brands of coloured pencils work…

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Penning a Poem

Back at staring at a blank sheet of paper after long I thought a nice writing instrument would help move things along Something expensive might serve as a treat To enable the mind to writers block defeat

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TMTA – Portrait Woche 3

TMTA – Portrait Woche 3 - Challenge Time, jeden Montag bei Daniela Rogall - In dieser Woche Portrait und Luftschiff

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Der Wassertankpinsel und Aquarellstifte sind das Material in dieser Woche für das gestalten der Portrait-ATCs. Der Kaffee steht auch auf dem Tisch, aber diesmal nicht zum Malen 😉

2020 ist ja mein Challenge-Jahr und so habe ich mir vorgenommen in diesem Jahr regelmäßig an ATC-Tauschrunden teilzunehmen.…

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Using these Caran d’Ache watercolor crayons

for the second time… they are so fun!! Obviously I haven’t quite figured them out yet, but I will keep playing with them.

First I drew an image… they spritzed water over the surface. See how the colors just flowed immediately??

    Then I used a brush to move it around a bit, and after it dried I used more crayon (oh my goodness you can crayon white right on top of the colors!!!!) and a little more wet paintbrush and a little more crayon scribbling… well I couldn’t really tell when I was finished and felt like that might go on for a while, so I just stopped. I can imagine some gorgeous simple backgrounds with these things. And I’ve read that both these and their watercolor pencils have great lightfast ratings.

Day 195 (Fri july 14) more watercolor crayons Using these Caran d'Ache watercolor crayons for the second time... they are so fun!! Obviously I haven't quite figured them out yet, but I will keep playing with them.

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Happy Chinese New Year of the Dragon

Happy Chinese (or Lunar) New Year! Goodbye Rabbit. Welcome Dragon. To celebrate the occasion Caran d’Ache released a special version of the 849 ballpoint pen: the DRAGON Burgundy Special Edition. It was/is sold out in most shops until new stock arrives, but luckily I was able to buy the last 849 Dragon pen from Papeterie Berlin. If you look at the surface against the light you can see the…

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Day 1054 St Comey WIP

Should have stuck to the hot press fabriano I started to draw this on. HOWEVER a I have more Bristol Board than Hotpress so opted for Bristol. NOT next time. And I may redraw.  I could not loose an edge to save my life on this paper. And it took forever dry. Maybe I should have put it on Stonehenge. I do have some of that. Next time.  Or maybe hat Fabriano. Fabriano hot press is the loveliest…

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Pencil Review: Caran d’Ache Klein Blue Maxi

Pencil Review: Caran d’Ache Klein Blue Maxi

Review by Tina Koyama When Caran d’Ache recently brought out a limited-edition line of products honoring the French artist Yves Klein, the Fixpencil and standard-size graphite pencils were expected, but this item was a delightful surprise: the Klein Blue Maxi graphite pencil. (Unfortunately, it’s now out of stock at the Gentleman Stationer, but Joe’s blog post about his love for jumbo pencils…

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Caran D'Ache Neocolors Flowers

Caran D’Ache Neocolors Flowers

Caran D’Ache Neocolors Flowers Caran D’Ache Neocolors flowers are center stage for today’s coloring.  I cleaned up my craft room to the point where I could finally create something.  Penny Black’s newly released have been calling my name for a couple of weeks.  Peony stamp was on the agenda for today’s card. I used my Caran D’Ache Necolor II crayons instead of my Zig markers or distress inks. …

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I received this month’s ArtSnacks box last week. The pretzel pencil logo continues to be a nice surprise in the mail each month. This month contained a fun item I could not wait to play with and two items I felt kind of meh about.

The Contents of this Month’s Box

  This ArtSnacks box contained five art supplies plus a pack of Sweat-Tarts! I am a huge Sweat-Tarts fan they are a childhood favorite and far superior to Smarties in my opinion. But, I digress.  Let us move on to the items.

Swatches of the markers and pencil in this month’s ArtSnacks box.

Molotow Liquid Chrome Marker 1mm this is a sweat metallic marker! The paint in this is very shiny. It will be used in my constellation themed artwork very soon. Unfortunately, I am having a hard time getting this to show up on the scans of the artwork I have done as samples. My color swatches were taken with my mobile phone camera. Not the best images but a better representation of what the marker can do. The only drawback is the smell one would expect from a metallic alcohol base marker.

Molotow Liquid Chrome Marker 1mm Sample Writing

Watercolor Galaxy Cupcake withMolotow Liquid Chrome acsents

Amsterdam Titanium White Marker this marker is described as a blending tool on the insert. The insert mentions using these with the accompanying Tombow waterbased markers which will work. But, in my opinion, this is better put to use on dark surfaces for highlights and line work. To each their own.

Caran d’ Ache Grafwood Pencil I received a 4B lead for this. I don’t know if different hardness and darkness were sent out or not. This is very dark and very soft lead. Pencils leads are described on an HB scale. H stands for hardness and B for darkness. With HB being in the middle a 4H is very hard, light, and does not smug while a 4B is soft, dark, and smudges easily. You can leverage the smudgy aspects of the lead for shading and other effects.  The lead is very smooth and buttery across drawing paper.

Tombo Twintone Dual-Tip Markers these are bullet and fine-tipped waterbased markers. I received orange and purple. I was pleased with the orange but not so much with the purple when wet it looked more intense than the dry appearance on the Yupo paper that came with it.  Purple and orange are used quite effectively in a lot of art. Often this is how the rock highlights and shadows are done in southwestern paintings. In painting the two mix to become something a lot like Burnt Sienna. But, when these two came together on the Yupo paper they tended to get muddy almost green. I did get more of a brown of the Burt Sienna bend on watercolor paper, however.

Here you can see TwinTone on Yupo and hot press watercolor paper. Blended with water and the Amsterdam marker. The writing is with the Chrome marker.

Yupo Medium Mini Pad this stuff really is not paper as it contains no fibers. It is better described as a sheet of plastic.  Yupo can be fun stuff and you can get some interesting effects due to the non-absorbent properties of the paper especially with alcohol inks and watercolors. Also as an added bonus it never warps. The drawback is that the liquid sits on top of the paper so drying time is very looooooooonnnnnnnnnnngggggg. I once ruined a lovely abstract watercolor lotus painting of mine on Yupo picking it up the next morning. Big fat thumbprint right in my blue water. 😦  See the following blogs for examples of the lovely things you can do with Yupo  Art and Potatoes,  Janice Tingum, and Inky Dinky Doodle. Here are some quick doodles I did using just the ArtSnacks box. I put water on the Tombow markers let it dry then outline with or added detail with chrome marker, pencil, and white marker.

Grumpy girl on Yupo 4B Pencil, Orange Tombow, and Chrome Molotow markers

Monarch Butterfly on Yupo

Butterfly on Yupo Purple Tombow and Crome Molotow markers

Grumpy girl on Yupo 4B Pencil, Purple and Orange Tombow, and Chrome Molotow markers

That is all I have for now.

Happy Art Journey,

Justine

Review ArtSnacks’ Novebmer Box I received this month's ArtSnacks box last week. The pretzel pencil logo continues to be a nice surprise in the mail each month.