Although I have been sick, I have not given up on the 12 Days of Christmas. Today is the 10th Day of Christmas and I have for you more envelope art that I am working on at work. I brought in some better ink and I am using a metal nib pen.
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Again, I am manufacturing space to use as the From: and To: address fields. I am going to continue to use black ink to fill this in. I don't think the paper is thick enough to use watercolor on it, and I must decide whether I want to use some form of marker or colored pen to fill in some color.
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I think I need to start re-reading* Shakespeare's
Twelfth Night for these last two days. I would like to do some quick interpretative sketches of scenes from the play. Anyone want to join me? Sketch something from Twelfth Night and e-mail it to me, and we will celebrate Twelfth Night for two days (and nights?).
Jim, I am talking to you! Feel free to draw yours truly as Sir Tobey Belch. inkpuddle@hotmail.com
*I definitely re-read things: perhaps more so things like Shakespeare plays, or poems, or philosophy (things which are meant to be re-read), but I also like to re-read favorite novels like Philip K. Dick's
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and Chaim Potok's
My Name is Asher Lev. Visit
my site on Goodreads.com to see what I am reading, and share your thoughts. I went so far as to ask Goodreads.com to make
re-reading as a standard "book shelf" listing.
Hi, I love the way you decided to do your sky. I too use black ink and a metal nib for my envelope drawings, and use a bit of watercolour - which I know you have concernsa about... and I do too! but, its what I have for the moment and so far, works fine but I worry about the rain and snow when its being delivered! Love your drawings by the way!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments, PaddyAnne. I am contemplating buying Dr. Ph. Martin's Bombay Inks, which according to them, dry completely waterproof once dried. They say the inks can be lightened with water, which is a bit confusing since they claim to be waterproof. Are they acrylic? or What? Not sure. So, I would use an ink wash rather than watercolors, but we will see!
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