October Artist Trading Cards

Fall is firmly ensconced in the rain forest, and it is Thanksgiving in Canada next weekend.  There isn't much art going on in my world as my spare time has been spent doing a major clean out of art supplies.

I did manage some ATC's, some of which included some collage bits I stumbled upon in the clean out process!  I used watercolor crayons on a gelli plate to create the backgrounds and Inkadinkado and Cornish Heritage Farms stamps.  I have an old John Bull printing set that I used to make the word "October" and stamped that on washi tape.

Bouquet Sketching

8 3/4" x 9 3/4"

Ink and Watercolour on Arches Text Wove 

Dot Flowers Everywhere!

For a few days I was filling every blank space with these dot flowers.  I was reminded how easy they were to do after watching this video.

From Faces To Flowers

 I was working again in my 11" x 14" sketchbook last week.  One day I was sketching bouquets in the same fast, scribbly way that I had been doing beards.  These were done with my Sailor Fude pen, allowing for lots of line variation.  The ink is water-soluble and I like that too.

My Kit

This is what is currently in my Urban Sketching Kit.  It also includes my sketchbook and a fountain pen that I drew this with.

Great Customer Service

A few weeks ago I was looking for a hard-to-find pencil sharpener and left an inquiry on the KUM website.  Kum is a German company, but some of their sharpeners are available for sale here in North America.  I just couldn't find the particular one that I wanted here in Vancouver, Canada.

A few days later my phone rang; it was Kum's North American office, in New York.  They apologized that there was no retailer here (including on-line) who could sell me what I wanted, but they offered to send me two samples.  Now THAT'S customer service!

Remembering Summer