Thursday, September 18, 2014

Striper tease

quick ink sketches of a Great Blue Heron
Sept. 17, 2014
I like using my lanky Winsor & Newton #1 striper brush to do these types of drawings. So there you go: art tip of the day. It would be good for painting decorative lettering, scrollwork and ship's rigging. Or serious noodling on your fancy fingernails. But I'm no purist: I'll paint moonbeams with a brick if I think it'll make for a lively drawing.

My striper looks like this:
It has these very long bristles that hold lots of paint and keep a fine point. Good for paining lanky and pointy Great Blue Herons!

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2 comments:

  1. KlausSeptember 20, 2014 at 1:13 AM

    moonbeans with a brick..well..I am wondering if we could see that once. Great new drawings, ink drawings, seed garden drawings, wonderful.

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  2. jeanne September 29, 2014 at 3:04 PM

    wonderful...
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