Tag: Mabie Todd Swan
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Beginner’s Guide To Flex Pens
In 2020 a month before the world went mad and into lockdown, I got my first fountain pen. It was a JinHao, the top didn’t fit properly, it was heavy and the nib was good but as hard as nails. I really wanted a fountain pen version of my Zebra G dip pen. What would…
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Portraits At The Pub 20: Jules
For my 20th Portraits at the Pub we had another PATP model that like Rick we had just before the first Lockdown – Jules! As before I started with ink drawings in the A4 sketchbook, including a post that was the mirror of last time but drawn far better! I was using the Evergood french…
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Abstract Advent Week 3 + 2
Final week (plus 2 days) of Abstract Advent challenge, which I completed on Christmas Eve – it’s been a blast, writing this on Christmas Day – hope you all are having a good one however your celebrate it (or not). First up was Day 15, with a shape like a hole (rather than a head)…
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Jurassic Jaunt Part 1- White Horses, Parachutes, Amazing Pebbles & Kites
Aka what I did on my holidays, albeit a working one. I wanted to work on my seascapes, and also do the first ever Green & Smart sketchbook tour, assessing the Jurassic Coast area for sustainable transport as an artist. Can you really get around the area and work as an artist without cars?I’m calling…
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The Ethical Artist: being green & creative
Fairly recently I decided to stop using single-use plastic to create my artworks to be more green. This sounds quite easy, but in reality it’s quite hard since so much stuff arrives in plastic, and some things don’t exist in refillable form, so I have to hack things or work around them. Case in point…
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