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while i did this. the garden did this. and this. so i responded with this. back and forth. inside outside. the world is beautiful. even if there are giant deadly twisters shaking us all up from time to time. and... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Dispatch From LA
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hi leslie, those matte paints are the $1.50 cheapest paints from Michaels. craft paint. LOVE IT!!!!!! a friend of mine turned me on to it a couple of years ago and i really really love it for visual journal work. dries fast and isnt sticky.
Toggle Commented 2 days ago on sketchwars is reborn! at Dispatch From LA
sketchwars is reborn!
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sketchwars has been revived! sister and i are going to choose a room each week in our houses and sketch something from that room. we're still going to include portraits every now and then. and whatever else blows our skirts... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at Dispatch From LA
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hello monday!
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went for an booty bustin' walk this morning. i usually stop at the bus stop and sit for a few minutes. this may seem counterintuitive but let me assure you that it is NOT. i like to watch the people... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at Dispatch From LA
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today was a good mail day. jane sent me these mini-pillow postcards she stitched together. those of you from TTV will recognize these as the digital cards i sent you from venice. so clever! i'm thinking they are the perfect... Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at Dispatch From LA
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debra i mustve been staring into the cat box when i wrote that.
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sunny sunday
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lets have a good laugh shall we? at my expense. i don't mind. this was a blind contour drawing of pam. we howled over this. later i watercolored over it and tried to spell contour. ha! ha! ha! i JUST... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at Dispatch From LA
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susan i just measured and the journal is exactly: 15 x 11.5 inches
Toggle Commented 5 days ago on james earl jones spoke to me at Dispatch From LA
james earl jones spoke to me
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combinations of red & white are like heroin to me. immediate high. narcotic bliss. all that. i found myself charged with excitement yesterday and today while i built my new visual journal. i was so feverish and swoony that i... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at Dispatch From LA
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so nice of you to say colleen, and a good idea theoretically, but as of this year or next definitely not happening.
Toggle Commented 6 days ago on one flew over the cookoo's nest at Dispatch From LA
you liar pants you know my blog post is the whole truth and nothin' but the truth!
Toggle Commented 6 days ago on a visit to the beautiful moss cottage at pamgarrison
one flew over the cookoo's nest
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pam my crafty gangster friend came over yesterday to play our favorite game: one flew over the cuckoo's nest visual journal edition. she brought her watercolors to tempt me with. i don't think i've been surrounded by so many pretty... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at Dispatch From LA
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sharon, MAMSOS = mary ann moss school of sketching :-))
Toggle Commented 7 days ago on spoleto travel journal sketchbook at Dispatch From LA
spoleto travel journal sketchbook
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this is it! the very end of the end of my spoleto travel journal. i loved documenting my trip this way. Nothing but fun once I got a little momentum behind me. this sketching business is pure bliss. lucky for... Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at Dispatch From LA
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a long drive through umbria
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i'll let the words in my travel journal do the talking today... Continue reading
Posted May 16, 2013 at Dispatch From LA
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the orchardist
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finally finally after 5 or 6 jerky starts i found a good book to read. i went through half a dozen samples on my kindle before deciding i just wasn't that into them. oy. dontcha hate it when that happens?... Continue reading
Posted May 16, 2013 at Dispatch From LA
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spoleto travel journal sketchbook
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sometime in the coming weeks i'll make a short page-flipping journal video so you can see the journal the way i see it. how the pages interact. that sort of thing. i have 9 pages remaining to show you. i'm... Continue reading
Posted May 15, 2013 at Dispatch From LA
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umbria sketchbook
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happy tuesday everyone! Continue reading
Posted May 14, 2013 at Dispatch From LA
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umbria sketchbook
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a few pages in my travel journal have photos & postcards like some of these. the euphemia church watercolor up above was drawn from a brown & white plaque on the outside of the entrance to the church. i added... Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2013 at Dispatch From LA
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hi shannon, i took 3 signatures with me. as i finished one i started the next. the pages are mostly in chronological order in my journal. when i came home i just sewed them to the spine in that order. make sense? im mixing them up a bit when i post that might be what is confusing...? -mary ann
Toggle Commented May 14, 2013 on my umbria sketchbook travel journal at Dispatch From LA
holly - i dont have an iphone and dont carry a phone with me when i travel. so what i did was carry my ipad somedays and my regular camera other days. never both...too cumbersome. but if you have an iphone you could email yourself a bigger pic to your ipad...and if you dont have your ipad with you on your travels then you could wait till you get home to do those sketches OR draw from life sans the ipad. my intent behind using the ipad was solely to have BIGGER pics to draw from. the iphone screen would be too small for me, but then im not used to it. maybe it will be big enough for you...? hope that makes sense :-)
Toggle Commented May 13, 2013 on umbria travel journal at Dispatch From LA
umbria travel journal
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i love sketching with colored pens. i also notice that i seem to prefer a thicker tip. the blue ink above is from the pigma micron 08. i brought a pencil, but it annoyed me to do a full sketch... Continue reading
Posted May 12, 2013 at Dispatch From LA
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the good the bad and the ugly
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i did my best. i tried my hardest. here they are! the good the bad and the ugly. since we're all in this together i'll assume you know what i mean when i say "ugly" and you won't rush to... Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2013 at Dispatch From LA
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my umbria sketchbook travel journal
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hi everyone! i'm all excited to begin to show you my umbria sketchbook (travel journal). as i show the pages i want to "talk" about how this process was different than my usual way of travel journaling. if you're a... Continue reading
Posted May 10, 2013 at Dispatch From LA
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dumb luck
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the farmhouse we stayed at in spoleto was the former home of american artist sol lewitt, one of the founders of minimalist & conceptual art. of course i didn't know this when i booked it. you can read more about... Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2013 at Dispatch From LA
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