Watercolor
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Art Update – June ‘25
I’ve settled into a few focused areas of art practice and I’m getting more comfortable with them. But I’m still leaving plenty of room for experimenting with new materials and approaches such as Colored Pencils. The four main art areas are as follows: Travel Sketchbook, Game Journals, Botanical Journal and Block Experiments 1. Travel Sketchbook
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Ironsworn: Sundered Isles
The creator of Ironsworn has published an addition to Starforged, their space-faring game, which sets the action in an age of sail. The new expansion is called Sundered Isles and I’m getting ready to start a campaign that’s based in a world of floating islands. I thoroughly enjoyed my prior game of Ironsworn, set in
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Perpetual Journal Botanical Watercolor
I have been (slowly, occasionally) using a perpetual journal to connect with the changing natural landscape that surrounds me. I have a lot to learn about botanical art, but even though all my images don’t come out the way I’d want, I try to imagine the mistakes and my artistic growth as part of the
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Art Classes and Community while Traveling
I’ve been amazed at the breadth and quality of virtual art instruction that is available online. However, I’m also looking for feedback and help along my art journey and had imagined it would be difficult to really connect with an art cohort while we’re moving all around. But I feel like I’ve found a real
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A small artistic breakthrough
I hope to have at least two main types of art practices while we’re on the road. 1) detailed botanical paintings in my perpetual journal 2) more loose landscape depicting places we’ve been. While I have a LOT to learn, I feel I’m on the right path with my botanical artwork. Not so much with
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Watercolor Supplies
My watercolor setup was created to be portable and modular. Over the past two years I’ve been testing supplies and approaches with the end goal of bringing the studio with me when we travel full time. Paints Initially I was somewhat paralyzed, believing there might be a “right” and “wrong” answer about which brand of