In Pursuit of a Hidden Artist

This blog is really a journal of my journey into the world of art. I have no formal art training and have not done much more than doodle since I was a kid. But I am learning that art is an important aspect that has been missing from my life. Thanks to some wonderful extremely artistic friends in the fountain pen world and on Twitter I have begun this journey - thanks, Mia, for insisting that everyone is an artist!

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Saturday, June 7, 2014

A Few EDM Challenges and a New Online Watercolor Class

Did a few more EDM challenges and started a new online watercolor class: Watercolor for the Journal and Sketchbook from Jessica Wesolek

As usual my sketchbook is a Stillman and Birn Gamma series

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Labels: danny gregory, everyday matters, graphite, jessica wesolek, sketch, sketchbook, sketchbooks, sketching, stillman and birn, stillman and birn gamma series

Monday, June 2, 2014

EDM Challenge #90 Draw Something with Wings

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Labels: danny gregory, dragonflies, dragonfly, everyday matters, graphite, sketchbook, sketchbooks, sketching, stillman and birn, stillman and birn gamma series

Saturday, May 31, 2014

EDM Challenge #1 - Draw a Shoe

Stillman and Birn Gamma Series Derwent Sketching Dark Wash

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Saturday, May 10, 2014

Kota ...

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Labels: akita, creatacolor, gamma series, graphite, stillman and birn, stillman and birn gamma series, stillman and Birns

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Tiger Tiger burning bright...

Graphite in Stlllman and Birn Gamma series hardbound journal

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Labels: drawing, graphite, pencil, pencil drawing, sketchbook, sketching, stillman and birn, stillman and birn gamma series

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Strathmore Online Workshops 2014 - Back to Basics with Ernest Ward

Graphite in Stilmmans and Birn Gamma series Hardbound journal

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Labels: Ernest Ward, graphite, online workshop, pencil, pencil drawing, stillman and birn, stillman and birn gamma series, Strathmore

Friday, April 25, 2014

Dahlia

Graphite in Stillman and Birn Gamma Series hardbound journal

Photo source - Google+ Chandro Ji

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Orange Blossom

Graphite in Stillman and Birn Gamma Series hardbound journal

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Labels: drawing, graphite, orange blossom, pencil, stillman and birn, stillman and birn gamma series

Monday, April 21, 2014

Eyes are hard ...

I always find that the eyes are the most difficult feature - size and placement. Graphite in Stillman and Birn Gamma series hardbound journal.

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Labels: graphite, stillman and birn, stillman and birn gamma series, wolf

Sunday, April 20, 2014

A Rose is a Rose is a ...

Graphite in Stillman and Birn Gamma series Hardbound book

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Labels: drawing, graphite, how to draw a rose in pencil, pencil, pencil drawing, rose, stillman and birn, stillman and birn gamma series

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Bee on a Flower

Stillman and Birns Gamma Series Hardbound Sketchbook

See http://www.pailsofpaint.com/2014/03/art-lesson-how-to-draw-bee-on-flower.html

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Labels: Bee, drawing, flower, graphite, stillman and Birns

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