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I'm giving myself permission to take it easy, visit friends, and only do as much sketching or work as I feel like it. So my sketchbook is a little thin because one thing I've really been feeling like is playing around with writing a memoir about my bonkers first marriage and subsequent summer in Greece. But I have done a bit of sketching. Monday was sunny and warm (we're back to chilly spring here now), so I took myself out to my favorite small stone beach at the confluence of two rivers (near Darrington, WA). I packed the memoir, my journal, a picnic, and my sketchbook. After writing myself out, I sketched the trees (above) that lean over and shade the beach. It's my very favorite place out here, and I loved getting an unhurried day.
The second page is two restaurant patio sketches. The top is in one of my new favorite inks. It's a waterproof fog grey from DeAtramentis. I've had the best time using it for simple sketches with a watercolor marker for some fast tone. I've found that it's dark line that doesn't move at all, though, makes me feel like I'm using a coloring book when I put full paint on top of it. A ton of sketchers do waterproof ink and paint, but I find that I still like an ink that will melt a little and swirl with the paint. The second sketch (as well as the top one) is Diamine's warm, springlike green (either Leaf green or Spring green, I can't remember which), and I'm much happier with that effect.
Vacation is definitely for trying new things, though, so mission accomplished on all fronts!
Heres a small video of that beach and river confluence, just to share the beauty.
Vacation is definitely for trying new things, though, so mission accomplished on all fronts!
Heres a small video of that beach and river confluence, just to share the beauty.
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