Doo-ing some Doo-dles.
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Ah, the July marathon endeth today. I shall retreat to the studio in August to hopefully finalize the new website and begin earnest work on the 2023 (can it be?) calendar. I’ll check in a few times, including a new screensaver for you. I hope you’ve enjoyed the barrage of blogs. It’s certainly forced me to delve into some new things while revisiting some old favorites.
Yesterday and today I recorded my studio time (as best as I could; I leave a lot to be desired in the film-making industry.) Today, I was guided by one of my favorite artists, Alisa Burke, to make doodles in a tiny sketchbook. She is a Doodle Expert, let me tell you. I finished 5 pages today - gee, only 25 to go in the series she currently has in her online class repertoire.
Alisa was also the inspiration for my painted table, which I bragged about a few years ago here in a video here. Check it out if you have the time and want to see flowers in their doodling splendor.
Alisa has many free tutorials at YouTube.
The book is 3 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches only and with thin lined paper. Painting the pages ahead of time (in both watercolor and acrylic paint) strengthens the pages and readies it for the many layers of paint. With markers and a little paint, I made dots, dashes, lines, and circles on pages. To get the book to close and behave, I lightly ironed them (the first use my iron has had in some time, I must say.) Really, it’s quite fun to just make marks on paper and totally satisfying. I don’t even mind the splotches and spills of a too-wet marker. Just another place to make a mark.
Yesterday’s Blob Monsters post here..