{"id":10973,"date":"2024-05-08T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/?p=10973"},"modified":"2024-05-16T02:48:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T06:48:16","slug":"shaken-not-stirred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/shaken-not-stirred\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaken, Not Stirred"},"content":{"rendered":"

I mentioned in a previous post<\/a>, that I’ve been following children’s book illustrator Emma Carlisle<\/a> on Patreon since the first of the year. Doing so has opened a whole new world for me in my sketchbook by shaking up my approach rather than just stirring around what already works.<\/p>\n

I am being introduced to all sorts of different portable drawing\/painting media, such as acrylic markers<\/a> and Neocolor II water-soluble crayons<\/a>. What I enjoy most, and am trying to learn to push further, are the diverse range of textures and marks that can be achieved.<\/p>\n

\"From

\u00a92024 Elizabeth Fram, Brush pen, Colored pencil, Acrylic marker, Gouache<\/strong>.   I’ve written before<\/a> about how much light and color represent any locale. When pulling together an art kit before traveling, practice drawings from photos of a specific destination help with deciding on a color palette.<\/p><\/div>\n

In general, I love the effect of seeing the hand of an artist in their work. And now I feel armed to push against my natural inclination for polish in favor of letting those marks shine. I also can’t help but enjoy the similarities with hand stitching.<\/p>\n

\"Fresh

\u00a92024 Elizabeth Fram, Brush pen, Colored pencil<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

What feels most enlightening is that Carlisle drills home by example the notion that there’s practically no limit on the ways that media can be layered and combined. Because I never learned much about the specifics of art materials beyond the basics in school, I am loving this opportunity to explore how they perform and interact, backed up by outside direction.<\/p>\n

\"Maine

\u00a92024 Elizabeth Fram    Brush pen, Watercolor, Colored pencil, Acrylic marker<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

I have a trip coming up, so have been sorting through what I want to bring with me. Some of you will understand how much fun that can be. Ultimately, it’s involved a lot of paring down and then paring down again, but at this point I think I’m pretty well set.<\/p>\n

\"Travel

I made a sketchbook from a piece of 19.5 x 18 inch Fabriano Artistico paper using this method: accordion-sketchbook-folding-pattern<\/a>. My little book is about 5″ x 6″ & has 22-pages. It fits easily into my purse. I swatched all the colors\/materials I’m bringing on the front cover, making for easy reference both while I’m away and after I get back.<\/p><\/div>\n

I have a selection of watercolors, colored pencils, gouache and, in an act of supreme self-restraint, only one brush marker. That may sound like a lot, but my kit is pretty compact. As an FYI, I’m leaving acrylic markers at home for fear that TSA might confiscate them.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I’m looking forward to seeing how it works out. I’ll get back to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I mentioned in a previous post, that I’ve been following children’s book illustrator Emma Carlisle on Patreon since the first of the year. Doing so has opened a whole new world for me in my sketchbook by shaking up my approach rather than just stirring around what already works. I am being introduced to all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,591,863,862],"tags":[1401,1234],"class_list":["post-10973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-supplies","category-resources","category-sketchbooks","category-textiles-and-drawings","tag-art-supplies","tag-emma-carlisle"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10973"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11031,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10973\/revisions\/11031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}