{"id":2398,"date":"2016-10-27T15:27:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T15:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/?p=2398"},"modified":"2016-10-27T15:27:58","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T15:27:58","slug":"outside-the-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/outside-the-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Outside the Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My friend Quinn was spayed this week. She&#8217;s bouncing back quickly, so\u00a0the real challenge will be to make sure she avoids any other type of bouncing while she heals over the next two weeks. A rather tough ask for an energy-packed dog who loves\u00a0to spring through our woods on patrol twice a day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2405\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2405\" class=\"wp-image-2405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Snooze-Study-1024x734.jpg\" alt=\"snooze-study\" width=\"500\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Snooze-Study-1024x734.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Snooze-Study-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Snooze-Study-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Snooze-Study-624x447.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Snooze Study<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a9 Elizabeth Fram<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;m trying to keep her from climbing the stairs to the studio during these first post-surgery days, so thank goodness for the portability of drawing materials and a laptop, both of which allow me to be productive despite being displaced.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2406\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2406\" class=\"wp-image-2406\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Quinn-in-Ink-1024x1016.jpg\" alt=\"quinn-in-ink\" width=\"500\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Quinn-in-Ink-1024x1016.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Quinn-in-Ink-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Quinn-in-Ink-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Quinn-in-Ink-768x762.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Quinn-in-Ink-624x619.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Quinn-in-Ink.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Elizabeth Fram \u00a0 \u00a0 Drawn with Noodler&#8217;s Ink in Tiananmen &amp; Tom Norton&#8217;s Walnut Drawing Ink<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While we&#8217;re on the subject of\u00a0portability&#8230; I love\u00a0reading other artists&#8217; supply lists and suggestions, especially their\u00a0travel solutions for paring materials down as much as possible while on-the-go. Sketchers tend to\u00a0haul their gear everywhere, meaning they usually want to get by with as little and as lightly as possible. I&#8217;ve picked up some great tips that are both inexpensive and incredibly space efficient from the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/citizensketcher.com\/2014\/08\/21\/go-bags-go-field-sketching-kits-for-the-brazil-symposium\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Taro Holmes<\/a>; \u00a0 \u00a0best hint: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ems.com\/nalgene-hdpe-storage-bottle-4-oz.\/26950800015.html\" target=\"_blank\">4 oz\u00a0Nalgene bottles for carrying ink or water<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shariblaukopf.com\/sketching-materials\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shari Blaukopf<\/a>; \u00a0 \u00a0 best hint: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dickblick.com\/products\/fluid-easy-block-watercolor-paper-blocks\/\" target=\"_blank\">8&#8243;x8&#8243; Fluid Watercolor blocks<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.parkablogs.com\/content\/art-tools-of-suhita-shirodkar\" target=\"_blank\">Suhita Shirodkar<\/a>; \u00a0 \u00a0 best hint: <a href=\"http:\/\/noodlersink.com\/noodlers-ink-color\/\" target=\"_blank\">Noodler&#8217;s Ink<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2407\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/InkBlocksNalgene-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"inkblocksnalgene\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/InkBlocksNalgene-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/InkBlocksNalgene-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/InkBlocksNalgene-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/InkBlocksNalgene-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And a couple of my own:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetpens.com\/nomadic\" target=\"_blank\">Nomadic<\/a>\u00a0pencil cases hold an amazing amount of gear considering their modest size. The model I have is no longer available, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetpens.com\/Nomadic-PE-18-Pen-Case-Yellow-Green\/pd\/14690\" target=\"_blank\">this option is very close<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00EJRJEYI\/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1\" target=\"_blank\">Masters Whiskey Painters Standard Palette<\/a>\u00a0is tiny at only 2.5&#8243; x 3&#8243;. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Whiskey-Painters-Empty-Half-Refills\/dp\/B00EJRJH5O\/ref=pd_bxgy_201_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=B00EJRJH5O&amp;pd_rd_r=9P92KR8Q28FWZGPB6XBF&amp;pd_rd_w=nxLoz&amp;pd_rd_wg=tnFgd&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=9P92KR8Q28FWZGPB6XBF\" target=\"_blank\">Extra half pans<\/a>\u00a0allow you to expand to a dozen colors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2408\" src=\"http:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pencil-Case-Travel-Paints-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"pencil-case-travel-paints\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pencil-Case-Travel-Paints-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pencil-Case-Travel-Paints-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pencil-Case-Travel-Paints-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Pencil-Case-Travel-Paints.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of course one could get by with just a pencil and a small sketchbook, but where is the fun in that?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Quinn was spayed this week. She&#8217;s bouncing back quickly, so\u00a0the real challenge will be to make sure she avoids any other type of bouncing while she heals over the next two weeks. A rather tough ask for an energy-packed dog who loves\u00a0to spring through our woods on patrol twice a day. I&#8217;m trying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[370,197,367,368,366,369,364,334,320,325,365],"class_list":["post-2398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-supplies","tag-fluid-watercolor-blocks","tag-marc-taro-holmes","tag-masters-whiskey-painters-standard-palette","tag-nalgene","tag-nomadic","tag-noodlers-ink","tag-portability","tag-quinn","tag-shari-blaukopf","tag-suhita-shirodkar","tag-travel-supplies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398","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=2398"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2415,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398\/revisions\/2415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}