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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Daily Life, "Cafe Drawing", by Lynn Cohen

Today we went shopping for books (husband got a book and while he did I went into the cafe at Powell Books and drew the folks gathered there. From the book store we went to Dick Blicks where I went just a little bit crazy shopping for art supplies. 

I wanted a travel pen/pencil holder and found this nice cloth one by Niji for under $5.00 I kid you not. It holds an entire set of my Prismacolored pencils with room to spare for a few pens! It rolls up and snaps closed. Will not take up much room in backpack or suitcase.


I also purchased a 14 bottle set (15oz each) of Dr PH Martin concentrated liquid watercolors. The kind Danny Gregory used in his "Breakfast" drawing video. The colors are especially vibrant and perfect for art journals where they won't fade over time, as they might exposed to light.

I also got a set of 12 Faber-Castell brush pens. I used them and my colored pencils in these two sketches. 

Oh, and I bought my first ever Moleskin drawing books, one for watercolor and one for sketching. I'm excited to start filling them up.

Needless to say this part of my daily life that adds to my drawing part was a lot of fun! Now off to draw and use some of my new tools.
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17 comments:

  1. froebelsternchenMay 29, 2014 at 10:15 PM

    great drawing!
    Happy PPF!

    FROEBELSTERNCHEN FROM AUSTRIA

    ART-JOURNAL-JOURNEY-CHALLENGE

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  2. UnknownMay 30, 2014 at 12:31 AM

    Love your watercolored pieces! ♥

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  3. HeARTworksMay 30, 2014 at 2:30 AM

    What an exciting day for you! :^) patsy

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  4. Studio KaufmannMay 30, 2014 at 6:00 AM

    Lynn I love your sketch of the people in the bookshop. I have never even heard of liquid watercolor but I will give them a whirl. Happy PPF

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    1. Lynn CohenJune 1, 2014 at 12:05 PM

      They are vibrant and I can't wait to try them myself! Thanks for liking my sketch.

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  5. SirkkaMay 30, 2014 at 6:37 AM

    You had an exciting day, Lynn. Love your painting of the people in the bookshop. and I am glad about your new art supplies. You have now something to do with filling the sketchbooks. Have a nice weekend and Happy PPF!

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  6. Joan TavolottMay 30, 2014 at 7:06 AM

    Mmm...a shopping trip to Dick Blick's sounds good. Sounds like you bought a lot of great materials. Love the cafe sketch...people are usually so nice about sitting pretty still there...or at least until their coffee is gone.

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    1. Lynn CohenJune 1, 2014 at 12:06 PM

      Most of these stayed as long as I needed them too.

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  7. Cris, Oregon ArtistMay 30, 2014 at 8:16 AM

    Fun trip to the art store. Fun sketches too. Love the pencil holder. Good deal too. :)

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  8. ann @ studiohydeMay 30, 2014 at 9:57 AM

    This sounded such a great outing especially to the Art Supply shop. Love the photo with all your purchases - Faber-Castell are really good quality pencils - lucky you. Love your drawings too :-)

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    1. Lynn CohenJune 1, 2014 at 12:07 PM

      The F-C are the paint pen brushes; I have Prismacolor pencils and now Intense Dewent Pencils due to Jez's talking them up! I am a sucker for trying new things.

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  9. JacquiPMay 30, 2014 at 10:49 PM

    Great sketch. Wow, nothing better than new art supplies. I heard wonderful things about the Dr PH Martin watercolours, can't wait to see what you create with them.

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