Bahamian White-Cheeked Pintail Duck 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" Pigma Micron pen and watercolor over Starbucks coffee stain Lanaquarelle hot press 140lb/300gsm watercolor paper. Third in my Starbucks Coffee Stain ATC series. Some coffee splashed on my art bag on the trip down from Kansas to Arkansas and soaked into one end of my 4" x 6" Lanaquarelle hot press block, which was marked off for two ACEO/ATC...

Bahamian White-Cheeked Pintail Duck 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" Pigma Micron pen and watercolor over Starbucks coffee stain Lanaquarelle hot press 140lb/300gsm watercolor paper. Third in my Starbucks Coffee Stain ATC series. Some coffee splashed on my art bag on the trip down from Kansas to Arkansas and soaked into one end of my 4" x 6" Lanaquarelle hot press block, which was marked off for two ACEO/ATC...

ATC Queen Triggerfish 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" Derwent Artists' Coloured Pencils Prismacolor Portfolio Sketch Pad (heavy white card) Photo reference by lisilk on WetCanvas.com for Weekend Drawing Event, Sept. 25-27 2009. Once in a while I do something that I really like, get lost in the details and then sit back to see how it came out in thumbnail only to have it take my breath away. That was this...

ATC Queen Triggerfish 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" Derwent Artists' Coloured Pencils Prismacolor Portfolio Sketch Pad (heavy white card) Photo reference by lisilk on WetCanvas.com for Weekend Drawing Event, Sept. 25-27 2009. Once in a while I do something that I really like, get lost in the details and then sit back to see how it came out in thumbnail only to have it take my breath away. That was this...

I did two watercolor ACEOs today while I was offline, plus have a seascape in Graphitints half done that I'll finish later or tomorrow, it'll be tomorrow in half an hour anyway. Photo references for both are by Lake of Trees on WetCanvas.com for the Weekend Drawing Event Sept. 18-20, 2009. Mirrored Roses 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" Daniel Smith watercolor sticks and tube watercolor Undersea Green along...

Colored Pencils Challenge Water Lily 5" x 7" Derwent Coloursoft colored pencils Black Strathmore Artagain paper. Photo reference from the Reference Image Library at WetCanvas.com by Immilam for the September 2009 Colored Pencils Challenge in the Colored Pencils forum. Humbug, An English Cat 4" x 6" Derwent Graphitint tinted graphite pencils, wet and dry. Canson Montval cold press Not...

The 100 Things Meme... snatched from ormolu LAST... 1. Last beverage: Arizona Green Tea with Ginseng 2. Last phone call: jabbajaws (Robyn) 3. Last text message: I don't text message. 4. Last song you listened to: "Creature of the Night" by Zombie Girl. 5. Last time you cried: Last night. Hormones suck. HAVE YOU EVER... 6. Dated someone twice?: Kinda. 7. Been cheated on: No. 8...

Blue Vase with Zinnias 7" x 9" Koh-I-Noor Progresso Woodless colored pencils White wirebound ProArt sketchbook paper. Fooling around with Progress colored pencils while Twila worked on her big pink dahlia, I started out by sketching ovals and circles to place the flowers and demonstrate how daisylike flowers look better if they aren't all at the same angle. So I started sketching one in, decided...

Stormy River 5" x 7" Pan Pastels including five Extra Dark Shades on white wirebound ProArt sketchbook paper. That's right, this is not on Wallis or any special paper at all. Yesterday, during the month when I gritted my teeth and bought software instead of art supplies, I got a wonderful package of review goodies from Berni at Colorfun LLC -- makers of Pan Pastels, Sofft tools and marketing...

Green Mineral 4" x 6" Derwent Aquatone watercolor pencils on watercolor paper. Sorry about the scan lightening it so much, it's actually one step darker and some of the lightest values went to white. Beach Stones 4" x 6" Derwent Aquatone watercolor pencils on watercolor paper. Twila brought this lovely piece of green mineral about the color of bottle glass and big handful of beach stones...