02-07-2022, 03:56 PM
Hi Lorell. Sorry your Florida trip won't escape cool temps. But at least it'll be warmer than at home. Beautiful shot of the hibiscus.
Hey damar. Good to see you. I sorta figured that you had a lot of things going on. And no need to apologize for your B&W photo; one of the things I enjoy about the Daily is the variety of images. Yours is another fine capture of Americana - some days are gray but your photo looks pretty good to me..
Speaking of having a lot going on, I decided to give watercolors another try. I dug up my supplies and was surprised that after lying untouched for at least 10 years, most of the tubes of paint appear to be OK to use - not dried rock-hard as I expected. My brushes are another matter so I'll order a few new ones today, and I'll add a few tubes of paint to round out the palette I plan to use. I also got a couple of sketchpads and various drawing pencils: 4B and 6B chisel edge (also called carpenter's pencils), several "regular" drawing ones, and a couple of conte drawing pencils. I found my bottles of ink and several pens with switchable nibs, and one bottle of masking fluid that is (remarkably) still liquid after all these years. Now I want to find the carton where I stored my pastels - most are hard pastels, but I have small set of oil pastels somewhere too.
I'm hoping that the lessons I've learned about photography will translate into drawing and painting improvement.
Hey damar. Good to see you. I sorta figured that you had a lot of things going on. And no need to apologize for your B&W photo; one of the things I enjoy about the Daily is the variety of images. Yours is another fine capture of Americana - some days are gray but your photo looks pretty good to me..
Speaking of having a lot going on, I decided to give watercolors another try. I dug up my supplies and was surprised that after lying untouched for at least 10 years, most of the tubes of paint appear to be OK to use - not dried rock-hard as I expected. My brushes are another matter so I'll order a few new ones today, and I'll add a few tubes of paint to round out the palette I plan to use. I also got a couple of sketchpads and various drawing pencils: 4B and 6B chisel edge (also called carpenter's pencils), several "regular" drawing ones, and a couple of conte drawing pencils. I found my bottles of ink and several pens with switchable nibs, and one bottle of masking fluid that is (remarkably) still liquid after all these years. Now I want to find the carton where I stored my pastels - most are hard pastels, but I have small set of oil pastels somewhere too.
I'm hoping that the lessons I've learned about photography will translate into drawing and painting improvement.
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