G is for…
Handbook Journal, Ink
G is for green. G is for green earth, gamboge, and giallorino, a light yellow similar to aureolin. G is for green lake, geranium lake, and gofun shirayuki, a traditional Japanese white made from oyster shells.
G is for gilding, gold leaf, and grisaille, an underpainting in gray scale. G is for […]
tags: Sketchbook, Alphabet Art author: Lisa B. comments: 2 Comments
April 29th, 2008
F is for…
Ink, Graphite
F is for frame. F is for fixative, frisket, and and foamcore. F is for figures, foreground, and finger painting. F is for ferrules that hold bristles on filberts and fan brushes.
F is for Fine Art, Folk Art, and the Fourteenth Street School. F is for Faberge’s fanciful eggs, and for the […]
tags: Sketchbook, Alphabet Art author: Lisa B. comments: 6 Comments
April 24th, 2008
E is for…
Handbook Journal, Ink
E is for easel. E is for engraving, enamel, and etching, a printmaking method employing acid and wax resist. E is for egg tempera, and for encaustic, a method of painting with heated beeswax.
E is for eraser, and for the earth colors of ochre and umber that come from the ground. […]
tags: Sketchbook, Alphabet Art author: Lisa B. comments: 2 Comments
April 20th, 2008
D is for…
Handbook Journal, Ink
D is for Decorative Arts. D is for drawing, draftsmanship, and design, the ingredients of a pleasing composition. D is for decoupage, dry-brush, and Damar, a final varnish for oil paintings. D is for diptych, a two-panel painting, and diorama, a three-dimensional display depicting a moment in time.
D is for dye, […]
tags: Sketchbook, Alphabet Art author: Lisa B. comments: 6 Comments
April 15th, 2008
C is for…
Ink, Pastel Pencils
C is for creativity. C is for caesin, canvas, and copal, an oil painting medium made with resin. C is for collage, cartoon, caricature, and calligraphy, the art of beautiful handwriting.
C is for chalk, charcoal, Conte, and Crayola. C is for color wheel, where we find celadon, cerulean, cyan, cobalt, and […]
tags: Sketchbook, Alphabet Art author: Lisa B. comments: No Comments
April 10th, 2008
Mr. Pelican
Sketchbook, Ink
Here sits ole Mr. Pelican
His beak holds more than his belly can.
He can fill up his beak,
With enough food for a week,
But I’m darned if I know how the hellican!
I finally have a studio update! The shelves are in (no doors yet) and the bookshelf supports have been marked. Yipee! There’s still a […]
tags: Sketchbook author: Lisa B. comments: 4 Comments
April 7th, 2008
B is for…
Ink, Colored Pencil
B is for brush. B is for blue, brown, black, and bistre, a fugitive color made from beechwood around the 18th century. B is for brayer, a printmaker’s tool consisting of a handle attached to a hard rubber roller. Used for block printing, not all brayers are democrats.
B is for Bazille, […]
tags: Sketchbook, Alphabet Art author: Lisa B. comments: 4 Comments
April 5th, 2008
A Is For…
Handbook Journal, Pencil, Ink
A is for art. A is for artist, aquarelle, aquatint, and acrylics. A is for azure, azo, aureolin, and alizarin. A is for the Ashcan School, a small group of realist painters who documented New York city life in the early 20th century.
Handbook Journal
Ink, Watercolor
A is for atelier, abstract, and […]
tags: Sketchbook, Alphabet Art author: Lisa B. comments: 3 Comments
April 3rd, 2008
Lake Trout
Sketchbook, Ink
April Fool!!!!
(sorry, i couldn’t help myself.)
Technorati Tags: art, drawing, ink, lion
tags: Sketchbook author: Lisa B. comments: 3 Comments
April 1st, 2008