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autumn

Seasonally Inspired Sketching!

Left: This was as far as I got on location. Right: The finished spread.Watercolor and Ink Kathy, from Catching Happiness, and I went sketching the other morning to take advantage of the um, cooler* weather, here in Florida and the fact that it's pumpkin time! It was 79º instead of 89º at 10:30 in the morning. Woohoo. Sometimes, you gotta go when you...

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Easy-Peasy White Lettering On Dark Backgrounds!

Three examples of white lettering with a fourth using metallic ink instead In the video below, I demonstrate using Faber-Castell's Big White Pen to create letters on dark backgrounds and then using PITT Artist pens to do a bit of embellishing—so much fun! This technique will work on envelopes, scrapbook pages and paper, kraft paper tags and just about any other dark paper....

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When The Paper In Your Sketchbook...Sucks

The small sketchbook I am currently working in is about 3.5 x 5.5 inches and was suppose to be a watercolor sketchbook. There are no identifying marks as to who the maker might be or what type of paper is in the sketchbook, but make no mistake...it's a PITA (Pain-In-The-Art!). To say this sketchbook has been a challenge would be to a vast...

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