So, since I was SO incredibly happy with my waterbrush filled with ink, I decided to try it with a whole series of pigmented inks. I bought the primaries and secondaries of Dr. Ph Martin's Bomby pigmented India inks (http://www.cheapjoes.com/cat/5670/)

Of course, before I can do anything else with them, I have to experiment to find out how they can be used. :) I'll post the results when I'm done, and I'll most DEFINITELY talk about the process on The Artistic Biker Live! Thursday night at 6p Central: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-artistic-biker

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In album Shots from the studio (3 photos)

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Girl2 and I have simplified breakfast into sharing whatever whoever decides first wants. For instance, if I wake up knowing I want eggs, we share eggs. If she wants pancakes first, that's what we get. Then we sketch while we wait on the food. This week, she wanted me to sketch her. So I did.

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In album Daddy/Daughter Breakfast (2 photos)

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Perspective is one of those subjects that you could talk about and study for years, but I only had an hour so I just hit the highlights. However, I covered a LOT of information fast and furious in out little one hour session. I discussed when and how to use simple up close perspective VS. two point. I discussed using the basic knowledge of perspective to block in your subject so you can spend more time on the details. Finally I illustrate how perspective plays a part in figure drawing and still lifes as well as landscapes.

For other classes please visit The Classroom here: https://www.artisticbiker.com/category/ppp/

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My beautiful young bride has been doing P90X. I know that I have talked about it on the show before, but she is really kicking butt at it. My experience was that it instead kicked MY butt. Anyway, I tell her that she is beautiful and that she is my wild thing. This journal entry is devoted to that, complete with D. H. Lawrence's quote, "I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A bird will fall dead, frozen from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.

Watch it on the ustream raw: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/19016563 and http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/19018097 because I blew a breaker and had to start again.
Watch the 5 minute version on the You Tube: Art Journal Wild Thing

Featured artists this week were:
+Darcy Wilkinson http://art-and-sole.blogspot.com/2011/11/tangled-chameleon.html
+Kerri Love http://yfrog.com/nwn23yej
+jay the viking http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v694/Juriaan13/BlackWidowsmall.jpg
+Leslie Herger http://campl.us/g2lA
and +Bill Flowers http://www.redbubble.com/people/SnakeArtist

This week's in channel guest links:

http://comfortableshoesstudio.com
http://artjournaling.ning.com
http://art-and-sole.blogspot.com/
http://moon-light-creations.blogspot.com/
http://www.ProfessionalEncourager.com
https://www.artisticbiker.com
http://must-love-paper.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/threedot
http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/Timeless
http://moon-light-creations.webs.com/
http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/comfortableshoes/3/1/0/

Also, there were some artist resource links provided:
http://www.posemaniacs.com
http://www.posespace.com
http://lovecastle.org/draw/
http://www.artist-reference.com/
and http://fineart.sk/

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I've been painting a popcorn in Painting Class. I've been using this to illustrate basic shading and highlight techniques, as well as a bit of my own flair and why I do it. Anyway, I'm calling this one done and I'll start a new project next week.

You can join me weekly for Painting Class at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/oasisgalleryok. Live drawing and painting classes are absolutely free, but it's a password protected channel to make sure that everyone who wanders in there is there on purpose. You get the password from the weekly newsletter here: https://www.artisticbiker.com/newsletter.

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