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30 Days of Drawing – 12.22.11

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Happy Winter Solstice everyone. This evening I went to a lovely Winter Solstice gathering. There was great food, and then a guided meditation. After I got home, I fell asleep on the couch while giving Ruby some loving. Then I worked more on my drawing that I started the other night. I’m posting this all on my iPod Touch! You can see the rest of my posts for 30 Days of Drawing here.

30 Days of Carving -the end!

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So here’s a funny little pencil tin I got in Los Angeles quite a few years ago. I’m a sucker for containers and tins, especially ones that have odd english on them, like this one. It says “Happy a good time.” I really love “This is a wonderful power.” Then you open it up and […]





30 Days of Carving – day 30

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The final carving for 30 Days of Carving! I chose a big eraser that I love. I’m going to be sad when I run out of these because they are great to carve. I’ve got them in different sizes and this one is 3″ x 1.5″. I only did two sketches because when I finished […]





30 Days of Carving – day 29

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I really like the bold, graphic look of the three sketches I did, but I chose the middle one. The size of the eraser is 1″ x 2.5″. When I designed the one I chose to use, I did make sure that all of the edges would match for doing a repeating design both horizontally […]





30 Days of Carving – day 28

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For this stamp, I didn’t use an eraser. (I can hear the gasps.) I used some carving material that I had used for a demo in a carving class I taught some years ago. I think the carving material is Speedy-Cut by Speedball. While erasers are great for carving and easily accessible, material that is […]