Joyful Purpose

Watercolor Paints continued

more watercolor peeks

 

 

my art stuff continued ...

Exploring Materials

I love art materials - who doesn't?  Here is a peek into mine ...

 

So much to show and tell

I have been at Art and Soul in Portland for the past week or so and have been so busy!  But I have so much to show and tell ...

It will come in snippets as I have time as I am off again in two weeks to teach at Journalfest in Port Townsend.

 

Snippit 1:

 

Sketch last night at the dining table ;)

I have been enchanted by the beauty and allure of watercolors.  There will be much more to come in this department ;)

If you are anything like me you often forget what paint colors you own - go out to the store buy them and then realize you already have the same color at home ;)

 

So I made this little chart and am sending this to my iphone so that I have the photo as a reference when I undoubtedly go to purchase more.

Now, if I can only remember to look at it ;)

 

 

Uppercase #6

I love Uppercase Magazine - Favorite!  But it can be hard to find as it is a Canadian publication and a bit costly - well I just got mine in the mail in less than 2 days! called Rubber Soul

I placed the order on Wed and it came Friday with goodies ;) and shipping was only 4.90.  Gotta love it and gotta love supporting an independent store who has lovely owners btw and a smooshy sweet pup that I fell in love with when I was there at Artfest en route last year.  Want Uppercase? Got Rubbersoul!

Stencil Love

I purchased these great stencils from MaryBeth Shaw and they came in the mail the other day.  So looking at them laying on my desk for several days I finally picked them up and did some work today.

I have a feeling that these pages are going to turn into a large portal journal ...

Kinda Nifty

I put my art supplies in old tins.  And although I love the way they look and feel I often forget whats in them.  So I used my handy dandy label maker and added some much needed identification!  Now I have cool and functional ;)

Richard B. paid me a visit ....

Yes, Mr. Blick came to my door yesterday to my delight! 

Here is a peek ...

New Golden OPEN acrylic paints ~ supposed to have a longer drying time so you can go back and rework them.  Can't wait to try them out.  Anyone used them - comments? And two new BIG wash brushes.

 

Circle templates and a new exacto and small cutting mat.

New 'DARK' pan pastels and the new handy dandy tray.

Oh and canvases for new upcoming classes, and paper, etc.

Gotta love that Richard!

I am making my mark

on my brushes that is ...

I am picky about my brushes and so I marked them all with a little round of plaid washi tape. 

And speaking of brushes my favorites are filberts and egberts.

which describes the shape of the bristles.

My very favorite are short filberts (bristles that is ) not to be confused with SHORT HANDLED filberts - yes, yes, all so very technical - not really ;)

Stuff

Stuff I use in my journaling ~FYI ;)

Pitt India Ink Pens

Micron Pens

caran d'ache neo color II

Lyra Color Giant Colored Pencils

Panpastels

metal ruler

Matte photo paper