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Tag Archives: Travel Journal
Magnolia Watercolor In My Journal
(Click any image to see it bigger in a new tab) This was a challenge with some Arty Friends……
Posted in ArtEveryDay, Birds, Drawings, Illustration, Journal, Moleskine, Travel Journal, Watercolor
Tagged Art Every Day, drawing, Illustration, journal, moleskine, Travel Journal, watercolor
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An Illustrated Map of Hawaii
(Click any image to see it bigger in a new tab) We’ve been going to Hawaii, on and off, for about 10 years now, and I finally did a Map showing all the fun adventures that we’ve had there, over … Continue reading
Posted in ArtEveryDay, Birds, Drawings, Illustration, Journal, Moleskine, Travel Journal, Watercolor
Tagged Art Every Day, drawing, Illustrated Map, Illustration, journal, moleskine, Travel Journal, watercolor
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Faces – Found….
Here’s a technique that I am curious about. Paint random bits of color and shape, with nothing in mind regarding the outcome, and then “find” the image. I cheated a bit, by indicating darkness where I thought eyes might be. … Continue reading
Posted in ArtEveryDay, Challenge, Drawings, Faces, Figurative, InkAndWash, Moleskine, Theme, Watercolor
Tagged Challenge, drawing, faces, figurative, Illustration, journal, moleskine, Series, Travel Journal, watercolor
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Faces – …and another guy…..
Again, just a pencil, and a smudger, and very minimal detail.
Posted in ArtEveryDay, Challenge, Drawings, Faces, Figurative, InkAndWash, Moleskine, Theme, Watercolor
Tagged Challenge, drawing, faces, figurative, Illustration, journal, moleskine, Series, Travel Journal, watercolor
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Faces – YIKES!
OK, this was was an epic fail. Drawn from the Reference Photo at the end of the post.
Posted in ArtEveryDay, Challenge, Drawings, Faces, Figurative, InkAndWash, Moleskine, Theme, Watercolor
Tagged Challenge, drawing, faces, figurative, Illustration, journal, moleskine, Series, Travel Journal, watercolor
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Faces – Young Girl
As usual, click any image to see it bigger in a new tab. NOTE: I’ll be posting 10-or-so more blog posts on this site, then I’ll be posting exclusively on InstaGram – @chermckittrick The reason for this is that … Continue reading
Posted in ArtEveryDay, Challenge, Drawings, Faces, Figurative, InkAndWash, Moleskine, Theme, Watercolor
Tagged Challenge, drawing, faces, figurative, Illustration, journal, moleskine, Series, Travel Journal, watercolor
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Faces – Single Continuous Line
A couple faces, drawn out of my head, no reference photo, and drawn using a single continuous line.
Posted in ArtEveryDay, Challenge, Drawings, Faces, Figurative, InkAndWash, Moleskine, Theme, Watercolor
Tagged Challenge, drawing, faces, figurative, Illustration, journal, moleskine, Series, Travel Journal, watercolor
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Loose washes with sketchy ink……..
I quite often have a watercolor piece that just doesn’t work, but more often than not, I can improve it by adding some skritchy ink lines………. Hey, in my head, Skritchy is a legitimate word………. Anyway, I took this 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Classes, Drawings, InkAndWash, Journal, Moleskine, outline scribble style, Travel Journal, Watercolor
Tagged drawing, Illustration, InkAndWash, journal, moleskine, Travel Journal, watercolor
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Faces – Man
I feel like ALL my faces are starting to look the same, but maybe that’s because I’ve been mostly drawing young women. Here’s an attempt at a man’s face, using pencil and a smudger. Reference Photo at the end.
Posted in ArtEveryDay, Challenge, Drawings, Faces, Figurative, InkAndWash, Moleskine, Theme, Watercolor
Tagged Challenge, drawing, faces, figurative, Illustration, journal, moleskine, Series, Travel Journal, watercolor
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Faces – Line Drawing of a Young Woman’s Face
Title kinda says it all…….. I’m actually surprised that I did Faces for about 8 times, before something else caught my eye…………. The first one is Before I erased the pencil lines.
Posted in ArtEveryDay, Challenge, Drawings, Faces, Figurative, InkAndWash, Moleskine, Theme, Watercolor
Tagged Challenge, drawing, faces, figurative, Illustration, journal, moleskine, Series, Travel Journal, watercolor
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Mostly white…..
I am very much drawn to, and impressed by, watercolors that use hardly any color, and yet still convey the image or feeling of the artist’s intention. I keep challenging myself with this, and here is the latest attempt. It … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Journal, Moleskine, Travel Journal, Watercolor
Tagged drawing, journal, moleskine, Travel Journal, watercolor
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Tiger….
So, this one was a disappointment. The initial pencil drawing was good. Then I added Indelible Ink Pen, but apparently I bought FAKE Sakura Micron Pens and they ran like mad, and made the whole painting really muddy. (So, if … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Illustration, InkAndWash, Journal, Moleskine, Tiger, Travel Journal, Watercolor
Tagged drawing, moleskine, Travel Journal, watercolor
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Ink and Wash Face
I was trying to follow a YouTube Tutorial for drawing faces with watercolor, but the instructor went really fast. Instead of pausing it, I just kept throwing paint onto the page and hoped for the best. Surprise! That plan didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Drawings, Faces, Figurative, Illustration, InkAndWash, Journal, Moleskine, outline scribble style, Watercolor
Tagged drawing, faces, figurative, Illustration, journal, moleskine, Travel Journal, watercolor
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Such Varied Skill………….
Do you find that your skill level at drawing and/or painting varies day by day? Man, mine sure does, and I don’t know what makes this so… Here are three cats that I drew and/or painted within about a week. … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Drawings, Journal, Moleskine, Travel Journal, Watercolor
Tagged drawing, Illustration, journal, moleskine, Travel Journal, watercolor
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Watercolor Christmas Cards….
No description needed………… Boy I love my studio…………
Posted in ArtEveryDay, Birds, Christmas, Drawings, Illustration, Journal, Moleskine, Travel Journal, Watercolor
Tagged Art Every Day, christmas, drawing, Illustration, journal, moleskine, Travel Journal, watercolor
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Watercolor Heron
(Click any image to see it bigger in a new tab) I love how much white is in this piece
Posted in ArtEveryDay, Birds, Drawings, Illustration, Journal, Moleskine, Travel Journal, Watercolor
Tagged Art Every Day, drawing, Illustration, journal, moleskine, Travel Journal, watercolor
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Watercolor Polar Bears
(Click any image to see it bigger in a new tab) More practice………. I love this first one, particularly the combination of hard edges and lost edges. Something’s not quite right with this one; I lost some of the … Continue reading
Posted in ArtEveryDay, Birds, Drawings, Illustration, Journal, Moleskine, Travel Journal, Watercolor
Tagged Art Every Day, drawing, Illustration, journal, moleskine, Travel Journal, watercolor
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Watercolor Lovebirds
(Click any image to see it bigger in a new tab) Again, I’m doing practice pieces for when I have students in who want to try watercolor. This is a potential for a class, done as a 10″ x 8″. … Continue reading
Posted in ArtEveryDay, Birds, Drawings, Illustration, Journal, Moleskine, Travel Journal, Watercolor
Tagged Art Every Day, drawing, Illustration, journal, moleskine, Travel Journal, watercolor
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Watercolor Landscape
(Click any image to see it bigger in a new tab) After doing the Hummingbird, which turned out sort of OK, but didn’t feel at all like me, I needed to do something different. Here’s an impressionistic landscape, completely out … Continue reading
Posted in ArtEveryDay, Birds, Drawings, Illustration, Journal, Moleskine, Travel Journal, Watercolor
Tagged Art Every Day, drawing, Illustration, journal, moleskine, Travel Journal, watercolor
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Watercolor Hummingbird
(Click any image to see it bigger in a new tab) I’ve got a couple women coming over to try watercolor, and I was having trouble coming up with something to paint. I finally found a hummingbird, which is NOT … Continue reading
Posted in ArtEveryDay, Birds, Drawings, Illustration, Journal, Moleskine, Travel Journal, Watercolor
Tagged Art Every Day, drawing, Illustration, journal, moleskine, Travel Journal, watercolor
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