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chasing shadows with our local general store in the background. they’re primarily a gas station, unfortunately uninterested in keeping with the times of offering good coffee and local food.

#urbansketching #ink #art #vermont
ink and inkwash illustrative drawing of four plant pots by a driveway in winter, each showing a late day shadow, in the back is the entrance of a gas station covered in snow
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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from a photo from last years visit. it’s uplifting to come across a surviving general store in a land where the hungry private equity dragon named dollar general dwells.

this one might stay b&w.

#vermont #urbansketching #art
Pen, drawing on white paper of a country store in winter with a tree behind, the sign on the front of the store reads Craftsbury general store Same drawing with an ink wash on it, bringing out the shadows and depth of the country store in Vermont
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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added #watercolor
pen ink and watercolor painting drawing of a side of the entry of a house in Vermont next to a road with snow covered firewood in the foreground and mountains in the background
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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art process before adding #watercolor
A pencil sketch of a scene of a craftsman house in winter Starting with Pen over the pencil sketch A completed pen sketch of the craftsman house in winter with wood pile A mostly completed ink wash of a pen drawing of the house
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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this time of year we witness winter’s grip take hold, loosen, and repeat. now (a few days after this photo) only the tippity top of mansfield has frosting.

#vermont
Photograph of Mount Mansfield in #vermont in dusk, in an open field of green, where 3/4 of the mountain is white with snow, a dog stands in the field, and the moon Shines full
November 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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shots after separate sit sessions. i’ve dropped off of the artober train, but im still moving along in the art dining car. pre #watercolor #pen lines from a cafe in hinesberg, vt
Phase one of a line drawing where pen is taking up 1/3 of the pencil work. Subject is a fall scene of an empty bistro table from looking out of a coffee shop. Phase two of a line drawing where 2/3 thirds of the image is inked in pen. Subject is a fall scene of an empty bistro table from looking out of a coffee shop. Phase three of a line drawing where pen is taking up 3/4 of the pencil work. Subject is a fall scene of an empty bistro table from looking out of a coffee shop.
October 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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day 21, flake

i used crayon masking, to get those white lines in the bowl

#artober #inktober #watercolor #art
Watercolor, drawing sketch of a small bowl of flaky cereal with blueberries
October 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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then top it off with a memoir-driven one from the same artist as before.

thenib.com/haitis-long-...
Comic depicting 2 Haitians in suits now carrying a lazy american couple in bed. Reads: In 1910, the USA gave Haiti a loan to “help” cover the expenses of the French debt... ...which placed Haiti under US financial control. Comic depicting black folks in suits carrying a frenchmen in his bed. Reads: In 1825, France charged Haiti "reparations" for war (with interest), equivalent to $27 billion in today's currency. It took 122 years for Haiti to pay this debt back to one of the richest countries in the world. Payment necessary to enable Haiti to participate in international trade.
October 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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reading more of the events highlight the drawback of focusing on the individual. this rich 30-panel #comic widens the scope to include nuance that was missed focusing on our hero as well as expanding the timeframe to beyond his life.

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historical comic panel 1: But revolutionary leaders, including Toussaint Louverture, believed Saint-Domingue still needed plantations, and that former slaves should become wage-laborers. historical comic panel 2: They argued the colony needed sugar and coffee to trade for other goods, including the weapons they needed to defend freedom
October 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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found myself engaged and moved by this one, searching afterward to continue delving into Haiti’s history. it being an adaptation of a 1936 play helped make the dialog sharp and drama high. oh success can be so fragile.
cover of the graphic comic novel: Toussaint Louverture The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History by C.L.R. James, adapted by Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee two page spread graphic novel illustration of the sprawling city of Paris, text reads: THE TUILERIES, PARIS. NEARLY TWO YEARS LATER... Graphic novel Illustration of a Parisian National Assembly, reading “SINCE 1789 THE ARISTOCRACY OF BIRTH AND THE ARISTOCRACY OF RELIGION HAVE BEEN DESTROYED; BUT THE ARISTOCRACY OF THE SKIN STILL REMAINS...” CAMBOULAS says “....THAT TOO IS NOW ABOUT TO COLLAPSE. A BLACK MAN, A YELLOW MAN, ARE ABOUT TO JOIN THIS CONVENTION IN THE NAME OF THE FREE CITIZENS OF SAN DOMINGO.”
October 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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#artober #inktober #art

day 13: drinking
day 14: suitcase

only #pen for these. i just read the R Crumb Handbook as an intro to the dude. after being overwhelmed from his mind, it was nice to focus on the actual art as i recreated his persona: “weary wanderer, rugged, individualist free spirit.”
Pen recreation of an R crumb panel, Where a man is whistling down a country road with a bindle and stick Pen drawing of the five of cups from a Rider-Waite edition tarot card, Portraying a man in a cloak with a bow head with 2 cups behind him, three spilled ones in front of him, and a castle and river and bridge in the background
October 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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#artober #inktober day 12 - rebellion. went topical ✊

#pen #inkwash #art
Pen and inkwash recreation of an anti-ice protest scene with signs in the air in front of a state or federal building
October 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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#artober #inktober day 11 - orange. had fun trying gouache for the first time.

#art #watercolor
A gouache watercolor painting drawing of orange colored candy and an eraser
October 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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been a fan for some time, but only after singing / playing along with pinegrove did i realize the weird, not quite syncopated, timing the vocals have over the music. respect. it’s tough to replicate.
The album cover of Pinegrove’s Cardinal
October 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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#artober #inktober days 8 and 9 - boat and flower

#art #watercolor
Watercolor of a five year-old in a yellow kayak blending into a still life of felt flowers in a cup
October 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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#artober #inktober day 7 - Mushroom

#art #watercolor
Watercolor of a witch's hat mushroom, Hygrocybe conica, a species of gilled mushroom
October 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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#artober #inktober day 5 - Squirrel

#art #watercolor
ink and watercolor drawing of a flying squirrel with dark mountains in the background
October 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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added sky to the orchard and it really brought out the mysterious dark window in the barn

#watercolor #art #urbansketching #vermont
pen and watercolor of a vermont apple orchard with a barn in the foreground and blue sky behind
October 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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the artist slack i’m in at work is following a Czech #inktober list. here’s the first few:
1. autumn
2. forest
3. wings
October 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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first one in a new pad. random barn from a cidery in east-central #vermont. pleased with how that subaru came out. gonna tackle the sky next.

#rural #urbansketching #watercolor #art
Source photo showing on my laptop next to an ink only version of a barn next to a road Ink wash and watercolor drawing painting of a barn next to a road up to a orchard. the sky hasn’t been done yet
September 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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painting parts of the yard

#urbansketching #watercolor #art
Pen and ink wash watercolor sketch of a wooden utility trailer in tall grass
September 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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a bigger one of the heron garden piece. still need to add some details to the far background of the river

#watercolor #sketchbook #art
A watercolor painting of a tree in house in the background than a white fence, then a garden with a heron sculpture as a focus point
August 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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doing straight #watercolor is way more of a different beast than i expected compared to starting with the pen outlines i’m used to. aiming to tackle the exersises in this book to decide if i want to stick with it or dabble in something more opaque next, like #gouache #art
Watercolor still life of a blue candlestick, a bowl of cherries, and a tin tea kettle Unfinished watercolor of a heron garden piece in front of the white Fence with arborvitaes behind it Thinking in watercolor book
August 27, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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spent the better part of a week in upstate ny. i somehow was able to keep the schedule light and crank out more scenes.

#urbansketching #inkwash #sketchpad
pen drawing of a dock reaching out into water with the other shore a mile away in the distance pen and inkwash of people fishing by the st lawrence river
August 27, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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Adding color to the inkwash really makes that frame of summer stand out. Something about those old-fashioned double curtains drew me to this one.

#urbansketching #Watercolor #art #Sketchbook
Watercolor and pen painting of lake Champlain from a 1950s camp in Vermont, the scene is viewed through a curtain window
August 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM