Watercolor and related media, color theory, etc. Asexual and otherwise queer. I post art here and other things at @quartzen. She/her.

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Joined May 2021
A little Procreate mood sketch for a writing WIP in the planning stages
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Ordered a couple of things from JetPens: two new fude/brush tip pens from Faber Castell's Pitt line, a purple gel pen sampler (one of the Pilot Juices in the bundle was out of stock so I ordered the others and a pastel purple Juice), and a blue highlighter sampler, nice variety!
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Sample page is on Fabriano 1264 mix media paper, which I sadly haven't found very good for actual artwork or practice- watercolors come out very streaky on it and the surface texture feels just a little rough for pens
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It was nice out today! Colored pencil sketch of one of the stone lanterns in the Japanese garden at @mobotgarden
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Hello everyone... here's a page of watercolor swatches for your doomscroll, these are the colors of the Schmincke Ultimate Mixing Set on the new A6 size Hahnemüle 100% cotton watercolor sketchbook I bought, it shows the granulation really nicely and I'm very pleased with it!
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In the event that Twitter is down more often than not, I can also be found posting swatches and sketches at @quartzenart on Instagram and for non-art social media on Mastodon at @[email protected], I hope to keep in touch!
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Late night novel character doodles while waiting for the NASA Artemis launch earlier, I realized recently that one of the characters in my WIP, an ages old immortal, would be Extremely Online in the most annoying possible way in the modern day
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Sketching at Mallard Lake
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Got some new Derwent Lightfast pencils for my sketching kit! These darker greens will be really helpful :D
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Completed watercolor mixing chart: Schmincke "Ultimate Mixing Set"! Colors included are: Turner's Yellow, Transparent Orange, Quinacridone Magenta, Potter's Pink, Cobalt Violet Hue, Phthalo Sapphire Hue, Cobalt Azure, Viridian, Perylene Green
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The special metal folding palette included in the set comes with eight mixing wells, but because especially the granulating colors tend to be weaker, you'll go through the included half-pans fast- there are significant wells in most colors after I completed this mixing chart!
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I don't regret the purchase because several colors were ones I wanted to try already (Turner's Yellow, Cobalt Violet Hue, Phthalo Sapphire Hue, Cobalt Azure) and I had a slight coupon discount (now expired), but it's a little hard to recommend at the price shop.stlartsupply.com/produc…
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Color chart in progress for the Schmincke "Ultimate Mixing Set"....
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Recent autumn sketches, Greentree Park
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I see Daniel Smith is coming out with a line of gouache, will be curious to find out more- there are color swatches at the bottom of the page, only ultramarine and cobalt blue in the line seems an odd decision to me danielsmith.com/product/dani…
Recent ink acquisitions: Pelikan Edelstein Apatite, a bright greenish turquoise Rohrer and Klingner Deep Pine Forest, a beautiful deep green, more toward yellow than blue Laban Greek Mythology Athena, between a gray and a muted deep purple? Swatched on MD watercolor paper
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I am really intrigued by the Laban Athena, I don't think I have another color quite like this one but it is muted enough to be suited to everyday use
Windsurfers we're out at Creve Coeur Lake today, caught a sketch of this guy who was filming them with his phone :)
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