Daily art

When I say I create every day….I mean it! Whether it’s a quick 10 minute sketch or a full on creative work, I need to create in order to feel sane. You can follow my Fine Art instagram feed over on that site (and/or my craft/personal page), or just scroll through the art below!

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The epic doodle I shared a peek at is on YT today…at least part of it—along with my thoughts on what on earth I get out of doing drawings of utter nonsense. I’d been asking myself “why?” and now have an answer. ❤️

Link is over on my @sandyallnock since this account still hasn’t got enough followers for that. 🥰

Just a little eye candy as we inch toward #worldwa

Just a little eye candy as we inch toward #worldwatercolormonth 💦 I’ll be posting tons of watercolor (daily reels I hope!) on this account throughout July, so follow along — but wear an apron/-it might get splashy and wet!

Colors by @danielsmithartistsmaterials created on a full sheet of watercolor paper. (Btw DS has a newly designed website—worth a look-see at danielsmith.com ! #Watercolor #Swatches #watercolorswatches #swatching #testingcolor #color #colorstudies #studio #artstudio

Does anybody know what these silicon brushes are f

Does anybody know what these silicon brushes are for? I dragged them through some wet acrylic on yupo… is that the kind of thing they’re for? Making marks? 🤷🏼‍♀️ (yes I bought things that I didn’t know what to do with again)

“Which watercolor paper should I start with?”

“Which watercolor paper should I start with?”

I’ve often started out with the cheapest supplies I can find. But I have learned that techniques I wanted to practice from classes just never seemed to work. I thought I was a failure. I thought I would never learn.

On a lark I would upgrade my supplies — or even borrow a sheet of paper from someone to try. And I am almost always amazed at the difference that good paper can make! My washes and my edges in watercolor suddenly looked a lot more elegant. I didn’t fight the blooms like I did on the student grade paper. It was amazing!

Student-grade papers like the Canson XL that I use have their place. For a lot of watercolor pens, watercolor pencils, or when I want to combine pen and ink drawings with a little watercolor, that stuff is just perfect. But I highly recommend that you try out some cold press paper, 100% cotton. I can fully recommend Arches and Saunders Waterford— there are lots of brands that aren’t 100% cotton, so don’t judge your watercolor skills by your paper if you haven’t tried either of these two. Saunders has a softer surface and dries at a different rate, but both are most excellent!

Y’all owe your thanks to @mona.toth who asked this just the other day… her Q prompted me to put this mini tutorial together! I’ll be doing more of these in the future if you like it?

The next post in my feed will be the demo of each of these papers, so be sure to check that out!
#Watercolor #Paper #WatercolorPaper #Tutorial #CarouselTutorial #ArtTutorial #Artist #Art #WatercolorPainting #Painting #watercolour #watercolors #WatercolorSketch #WatercolorArt

Daily sketching is not just some thing I say to do

Daily sketching is not just some thing I say to do… It’s something I try to do! I brought in a few of my roses and found that the paper in this sketchbook is terrible for a color pencil… I kept trying different things with the sketch and just never felt like I nailed it. I’m also realizing that I really don’t like polychromos for flowers—the range of reds is pretty abysmal. But… how to go onto the work that I was supposed to be doing today instead of gardening and sketching! 🤣 #procrastination

Playing with the new Chiku-rin ink I filled up wit

Playing with the new Chiku-rin ink I filled up with last week. (Scroll back a few posts to see how the pen is filled.)

#Art #Artist #FountainPen #FountainPens #twsbieco #Drawing #Doodling #Pink #PenAndInkDrawing #PenAndInkArt #Sketchbook #DailySketchbook #sketchbookdailypractice

It’s quite the dreary rainy day here…how’s i

It’s quite the dreary rainy day here…how’s it where you are? Does the weather affect what you paint or draw, either subject or colors?

Paper: @archespapers cold press
Paints: @danielsmithartistsmaterials

#watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolors #watercolorartist #artist #art #paintallthethings #danielsmithwatercolors #danielsmithwatercolor

Flashback to a colored pencil drawing from, well,

Flashback to a colored pencil drawing from, well, a lot of years ago. 🥰 Like, decades.

I still remember seemingly endless nights layering colors, and going back to rework areas that had appeared done earlier. It was a real learning process about patience!

This is @prismacolor on Bristol….a particular kind that isn’t made any longer. But just finding this photo in my phone reminds me that I still have some of the stash I bought before stores had run out—yes I hoarded even back then! I might go find it and try it again, see if it’s as great as I remember it was.

#coloredpencil #prismacolor #bristol #bigcats #cougars #cubs

Do you ever wonder if the early steps should have

Do you ever wonder if the early steps should have been the finished piece?

#sketch #pencildrawing #pencil #pencilsketch #pencilart #sketchbook #sketchbookdrawing #sunflowers #stilllife #stilllifedrawing

All done with this scratchboard test… The surfac

All done with this scratchboard test… The surface isn’t as nice as the artist grade ones but they shimmer and shine!

✨Golden scratchboard✨

#royalandlangnickel #engravingart #scratchboard #bird #flying #gold #shiny #drawing

A little practice with scratchboard…I learned no

A little practice with scratchboard…I learned not to try light backgrounds. 🤣 #Scratchboard #Puffins #Wildlife #Drawing #Artist #Art#ScratchboardArt

Baptizing my new custom palette from @houseofhoffm

Baptizing my new custom palette from @houseofhoffman has been such fun… 🥰🥰🥰 I think Steve tucked in some mojo when he made it for me. I’ve scheduled an unboxing video on YT to release during @worldwatercolormonth (July!) But you’ll be seeing it here on this account before then.

One thing I’m thinking of doing for #worldwatercolormonth is some color mixing reels. Are there specific colors you’d want to know my mixes for? Grass green is top on my list but I’d love some suggestions. 💚

#houseofhoffman #watercolor #palette #painting #art #artist #painter #pleinair

I have really bad news. Today was #nodirtydishesda

I have really bad news. Today was #nodirtydishesday2021 😳😂

#drawing #spoon #silverware #pencil #charcoal #art #artist

Pink ostrich with lion ears and mane. Crazy horns.

Pink ostrich with lion ears and mane. Crazy horns. It’s #InternationalDrawingDay —nobody said I had to draw anything real. 🤣

#Polychromos #ColoredPencil #Art #Drawing #ImaginaryCreatures #Ostrich #lion #Imagination #imaginationiseverything

Even scraps are useful. 😍

Even scraps are useful. 😍

My new palette arrived, and I had stared at it for

My new palette arrived, and I had stared at it for weeks…I wasn’t fully ready to commit to colors yet! I’ll have a video coming later about that angst, but…I finally did decide, and I can now paint again. I haven’t in weeks since it arrived, since I wanted to use it—and it felt soooooo good to even make a little landscape sketch. 😜

I challenged myself to a different view—straight

I challenged myself to a different view—straight up! 👆🏻

#danielsmithwatercolors #watercolor #tryingnewthings #paintings #backyard #tree #pleinairpainting #pleinair

Mmmmmm I can almost smell the pines. This is a les

Mmmmmm I can almost smell the pines. This is a lesson in my Watercolor Trees II class and might be one of my favorite paintings ever. 🌲

#watercolor #watercolorpainting #danielsmithartistsmaterials #danielsmithwatercolours #forest #landscape

Happy #earthday !

Happy #earthday !

Rainy Drive, watercolor and ink on paper. While

Rainy Drive, watercolor and ink on paper.

While the initial Brusho painting was a lot looser than I wanted, I didn’t let the paper get away without teaching me something. I broke out my da Vinci needle brush for calligraphy practice using black ink. 😍

Paint: @colourcraftltd Brusho
Ink: @montblanc mystery black
Paper: @arches cold press
Brush: @davincipaints needle 9

#brusho #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #loosepainting #alwayslearning #painting #watercolor #watercolorpainting

Note to self: Using a white pen to fix an oops did

Note to self: Using a white pen to fix an oops didn’t really do me any favors. 😂

I made a quick tiny sketch of some big puddles, to

I made a quick tiny sketch of some big puddles, to see what it takes in pencil only.

#sketchbook #puddle #drawing #pencil #carandache #dailyart #createsomethingeveryday

Water, water, water.

Water, water, water.

I had to mail off a check to my accountant and I t

I had to mail off a check to my accountant and I tucked this little mandala in for her… I prefer meeting with her in person so I can’t wait for Covid to be done! LOL

Btw I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with a giant pack of these little wood rounds for about a year now. LOL. Fountain pen actually worked… But I think my hands would prefer to try some watercolor. (I can’t imagine having the strength to do this much tiny doodling right now.) Anyone seen other crafts that I could do that would use these suckers up? I think I have like ... 50 of them! 😂

#fountainpen #doodlesofinstagram #mandala

A Pre-Incident* doodle with the #iroshizukuink use

A Pre-Incident* doodle with the #iroshizukuink used in my video today. In a @stillmanandbirn sketchbook with light cream paper.

*repetitive stress injury to my drawing hand 😬

I’ll be sharing a couple of throwbacks for at le

I’ll be sharing a couple of throwbacks for at least a few days… I’ve got a little injury to my hand that’s keeping me out of the studio. Send good wishes my way, not sure how good a patient I’m going to be! 😂 this is a watercolor painted from a hotel room I stayed in above the city. Just pulling up the photo again makes me want to find more night scenes to paint.

Dreaming of my Old San Juan.... I need a getaway!

Dreaming of my Old San Juan.... I need a getaway! #puertorico #sketch #urbansketch #sketchingathome😞 #copicmarkers

Waterfall..... 💦 watercolor.

Waterfall..... 💦 watercolor.

Happy #internationalwomensday !

Happy #internationalwomensday !

Made my own rainbow. 🌈

Made my own rainbow. 🌈

Sky erupts.... see the Reel I made over at @sandya

Sky erupts.... see the Reel I made over at @sandyallnock 💜

A bit of #pleinairpainting from the weekend. Aweso

A bit of #pleinairpainting from the weekend. Awesome barn!

Doing a little sketchbook work today… And filmed

Doing a little sketchbook work today… And filmed part of this for my first reel over on my other account! Eeek learning new things. (See the reels tab over there. I may do some here too, they’re quick for #wip stuff.) 😂 Sketched in @danielsmithartistsmaterials walnut ink using a glass dip pen. #dailyart #sketching #penandink #walnutink

Scottish Highland cow...this guy has been on my mu

Scottish Highland cow...this guy has been on my must-draw list for a while. ✅ Several pens used for a wide variety of line. #fountainpenart #hahnemühle #hahnemulegreybook #viscontimirage #twsbieco

Back to my sketchbook today. With a wee sunset. #l

Back to my sketchbook today. With a wee sunset. #lakemichiganbookpress #sketchbook #dailyart

A bouquet of some kind...😍 #fountainpen #viscon

A bouquet of some kind...😍 #fountainpen #viscontimirage

Watercolor on canvas. 16” x 20”.❤️

Watercolor on canvas. 16” x 20”.❤️

A little watercolor playtime enjoyed with my patro

A little watercolor playtime enjoyed with my patrons today... just playing with a random handfuls of @danielsmithartistsmaterials watercolors to see how they react to each other. 😍

Instagram seems to require hitting that “ok” b

Instagram seems to require hitting that “ok” button...lol. Apparently I forgot it yesterday! 😂 I blew off so much work to do science... I ❤️ following space exploration!

Thinking of all the freezing cold folks right now,

Thinking of all the freezing cold folks right now, especially in Texas. 😞

Negative painting around white trees must be one o

Negative painting around white trees must be one of the hardest things to paint… Which makes practice all the more valuable. #lakemichiganbookpress #sketchaday #watercolor

I finally finished this sketch! Started it in the

I finally finished this sketch! Started it in the car in a parking lot, and finished the trees, car, and parking lot. The dog watched me from the next car over...so I had to add him. 😂😂😂 #fountainpen #inkwash #urbansketching

🎶 Have another little piece of my heart now, ba

🎶 Have another little piece of my heart now, baby... 🎶

A little #pleinairpainting on the porch. ❄️❤

A little #pleinairpainting on the porch. ❄️❤️

Friday night after a super long week.... ❤️

Friday night after a super long week.... ❤️

🎶Tomorrow, tomorrow, there’s ink in tomorrow.

🎶Tomorrow, tomorrow, there’s ink in tomorrow... 🎶 #peek

Working at editing, editing, editing... simplify.

Working at editing, editing, editing... simplify.

Color. I kinda like that green sky.

Color. I kinda like that green sky.

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