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Inktober Week 5 Recap
Day 29: A World Unknown Original Instagram Text “Stay alert. The Tempests can come from anywhere.” Final day of Lightbox Expo was a ton of fun, but I clocked out and went home in the early afternoon. I was so mentally and physically drained from the whole experience. What a great weekend. Additional Information This…
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Inktober Week 4 Recap
Day 22: Flames Over Us Original Instagram Text “You’ll look upon the city of people and remember: these are who you fight for. The affected, the disaffected, young, old, from across the lands and across the seas, all converging on this city we call home. We are a fire that burns deep, the warriors against…
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Inktober Week 3 Recap
Day 15: Love and Everyone Original Instagram Text “Perfect! NO ONE MOVE.” I rarely use a tripod to take meaningful photos with my friends and family. Maybe twice? I use them more for plein air painting to hold my surface + palette or as a second person for reference shots. I kept it simple today…
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Inktober Week 2 Recap
Day 8: We Won’t Be Here When You Come Back Original Instagram Text “We didn’t know how important this fight would be. We just thought, hey, just another day on the job. And it started just like any other job. But by the end of it we will have changed our world, but leave over…
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Kaldi Coffee (Los Angeles, CA)
Casein on Ampersand Gessobord I visited Kaldi Coffee this weekend, after dropping by CALA (Comic Art LA). My plein air cafe casein paintings have followed the same workflow as documented in these screenshots. I start with a rainbow colored pencil in order to establish my objects and that I get everything I need to in…
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Bus Stop, A Life Update, and Inktober
Hey everyone, it’s been a while! I have big news, I moved to LA two months ago for a job! It’s been a wild two months, just having to take on so much adulting at once and settling in to my new place. I’m getting into a routine, so I’m thankful to have more regular…
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Hahnemühle Grey Book Review
Introduction to the A5 Hahnemühle Grey Book DISCLAIMER: I was given this book for free by Hahnemühle in exchange for a review. Hey everyone, some exciting things have been happening in my life lately (to be covered in another blog post), but I’ve been sketching a lot in the Hahnemühle Grey Book and have a…
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Bread (Comic)
I didn’t appreciate bread and other baked goods as much as I did until I watched The Great British Bake-Off. Watching people make these treats from scratch and learning how they’re made gave me a deeper respect for the science and ingenuity that goes into the craft. I was captivated by the folding of puff…
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Cherry Bean (Salinas, CA) Watercolor and Gouache
The Cherry Bean Gourmet Coffeehouse & Roastery is located in Salinas, CA in the heart of Oldtown Salinas. This is done with quite a limited palette of titanium white (gouache), zinc white (gouache), perylene maroon, quinacridone gold, burnt sienna (goauche), ultramarine blue (gouache), permanent yellow deep. My full palette can be found here. This has been…