Did you know the Satin Bowerbird builds a nest-like ‘bower’ to attract mates, decorating it with all sorts of shiny objects, preferably blue to accentuate its own metallic blue color? Like the lyrebird, they are remarkable in their ability to reproduce the sound of machines, voices and other bird calls.
Hahnemühle Hot Press The Collection Watercolor Paper
Aquafine Watercolor
Reference Photo by Holgi at Pixabay
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One Little Ghost is the third in the ‘Once Upon a Time’ series, following ‘One Little Mouse’ and ‘One Little Dog’. It has the same layout as the first two, a unique blend of activity book and story book.
Once again, the story follows a character – a friendly ghost, this time — who is looking for a friend and some help.
The entire story is written in rhyme, and is lavishly illustrated.
What is most unique about this series is that it encourages the reader to take up pen, pencil, marker or watercolor brush and draw IN the book. Every other page has a prompt to draw something from the story, and a white space to draw it in.
There is a place at the front of the book to test whatever tool you want to use and see if it goes through to the back of the paper.
I used gel pen in the first book, and a watercolor marker in the second. This time I went with colored pencil, technical pen, and light watercolor. I drew the images with pencil first. The paper took the pencil well, and allowed me to erase with no problem.
Before. and. . After
The paper is a bit smooth for colored pencil, but you can get layers, textures and good color, as you can see in these before and after scans.
The paper held up well for all three, though it did get a bit wavy from the watercolor. It barely shows though unless you are looking for it.
A delightful book for children and adults alike!
Drawn with technical pen, and colored with watercolors.
There is a place at the front of the book to test out your drawing tool to make sure it won’t bleed through
This series is fun, inspiring for the beginning artist and just awesome all around. You can find One Little Ghost on Amazon.
Did you know that corals communicate through chemicals, sound, and movement of their tentacles?
This is sort of a work in progress. The thing is I started it, and then lost interest. I’ll keep it around and one of these days, I might decide to work it some more, but who knows.
Hahnemühle rough watercolor postcard
Supervision Watercolors
Image inspiration – photo by Wikilmages on Unsplash
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Did you know there are rare flamingoes that stay white even when eating the correct diet? They aren’t albinos, but suffer from leucism, a lack of pigmentation. There has also been at least one known case of a black flamingo, which has melanism.
Hahnemühle Hot Press The Collection Watercolor paper
Supervision Watercolor
Image inspiration – photo by Schwoaze on Pixabay
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Are you into Harry Potter or the Fantastic Beasts Wizarding World? Would you like to learn a little bit about watercolor?
Whether you fit into one or both of these categories, The Harry Potter Watercolor Magic: Flora and Fauna may be just the book for you. The book has thirty-two watercolor projects featuring characters from these films and books. Step-by-step instructions and pre-drawn sketches for you to paint on actual watercolor!
Interested? Learn more in my review at Doodlewash!
Did you know the cheetah, fastest animal in the world, is only active about 12% of their day? And those speedy sprints usually only last about 30 seconds! They much prefer to sneak up and surprise their prey.
Hahnemühle Cold Press Watercolor Postcard
Zebra Zensation Technical Pen
Aquafine Watercolor
Reference Photo by AnnyksPhotography at Pixabay
September Doodlewash prompts
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Life Imitates Doodles 