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Feb 06
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PY to play Haiti benefit

peteyorn:

The Fold presents… a Benefit for Haiti

PETE YORN 11p
TIM KASHER (Cursive) 9p 
CRAIG WEDREN (Shudder to Think) 10p 
+ Special Guests

The event will be hosted by NICK KROLLDAVID WAIN and NICHOLAS SHUMAKER and more. Proceeds go to benefit Happy Hearts, an organization that specializes in secondary response efforts.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10
BOOTLEG THEATER
2220 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles CA
$15, 18+

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drawgabbydraw:

Gabby has been very busy lately!  No time for drawing!  Although after today my busyness will lessen a bit, I think.
Here’s an oldie.  This… I like this a lot.  I hope you do, too.  I think this is a repost, but it’s probably still new to many of you.
Leaving.  Watercolor, ink, colored pencil.

drawgabbydraw:

Gabby has been very busy lately!  No time for drawing!  Although after today my busyness will lessen a bit, I think.

Here’s an oldie.  This… I like this a lot.  I hope you do, too.  I think this is a repost, but it’s probably still new to many of you.

Leaving.  Watercolor, ink, colored pencil.

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Materials

drawgabbydraw:

As promised here is the first of a few posts about how I make what I make.  Before talking about technique (post forthcoming), let me tell you about the materials I use.  If you’ve been following this blog for a bit, then you know about my love for Prang watercolors.  Buying a tray of Prang watercolors is cheaper than buying a bunch of tube watercolors.  However, tube colors are still great!  I only have a couple of tubes, and I do like them; they’re just not what I principally use.

Regardless of which watercolors you use, avoid those powdery tray paints.  Ew, ew!  (Prang paints are semi-moist—nice!)

The next items I frequently use are my Speedball pens and india ink.  Here they are:

India ink is a true black that doesn’t fade, and it’s waterproof, so I can ink a drawing and then paint over it without the lines smearing or bleeding.

Finally, paper.  For watercolors, use watercolor paper.  It’s sad when thin drawing paper disintegrates after you’ve worked so hard on something!  I use cheaper watercolor paper for practice:

And I use watercolor blocks when I plan on making something of higher quality.  Blocks are nice because the paper hardly warps as all sides of the paper are adhered to the pad instead of just one side:

We made it through the first installment! Questions about this stuff?  Direct them to the comments so everyone can read them and respond!

Jan 31
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designdust:

Very Old School!! Love it. These bookbook hardcover macbook covers are amazing. via ohjoy

designdust:

Very Old School!! Love it. These bookbook hardcover macbook covers are amazing. via ohjoy

Jan 27
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rebeckawhitney:

Favorite song :D

rebeckawhitney:

Favorite song :D

Jan 22
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drawgabbydraw:

It has been raining since last Friday.
Watercolor, ink.

drawgabbydraw:

It has been raining since last Friday.

Watercolor, ink.

Jan 19
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