Posts Tagged ‘brush and ink’
Coming Soon
Tuesday, July 12th, 2016
brush calligraphy practice
The Printer is dead — long live the Printer!
I didn’t get word art done last week thanks to the printer doom, other than this notebook I’m filling with brush lettering and brush pen art for a secret project for my Etsy shop. I’ve got about half of the pieces done, and then there will be scanning, Photoshoppery, and — gasp! — printing!
That’s right, the third one was the charm, and I have a shiny new Canon taking up way too much space on my tiny desk now. So, more word art coming soon (tomorrow, for you Instagram followers!), but until then, enjoy these little sneak peeks.
Mmm, tea. Or coffee. Whichever.
Categories: Pretty Words, Works In Progress
Tags: brush and ink, brush pen, etsy, wip
F*ck Tech Support
Tuesday, July 5th, 2016
F*ck Tech Support, 7″x5″ brush and ink on paper
My printer is dead! And the replacement printer had software issues that were unresolvable, so now we’re waiting for printer number three. After I wasted an entire afternoon of Epson & Adobe playing the “no it’s their fault” blame game.
I really, really hate tech support. But, hey, I got this done while I was on hold.
And as a bonus, here’s a pretty version with color!
F*ck Tech Support, colorized word art by Amy Crook
Categories: Pretty Words
Tags: brush and ink, word art, word art weds
Slyboots
Tuesday, June 28th, 2016
Slyboots: an engagingly sly or mischievous person,
7″x5″ brush pen & ink on paper
Slyboots is one of those words that just needed a cat. I also have several fandom ideas for it, so we might see it again at another point in the year — maybe November can be a Greatest Hits month where I do different versions of words I’ve already done while the rest of my brain is busy with NaNoWriMo.
Do you have a slyboots in your life?
Categories: Pretty Words, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books
Tags: brush and ink, brush pen, cat, pen and ink, word art, word art weds
Ambivalence
Tuesday, June 21st, 2016
Ambivalence: mixed feelings,
7″x5″ brush pen, pen & ink, and Copic marker on paper
Another Patreon sketch, today we have some mixed feelings about bow ties. Are they really cool? Eleven isn’t so certain, but his confidence will perk up again soon, I have no doubt. Perhaps the TARDIS will reassure him once it arrives on the scene.
If you’d like a chance to request your own fancy word art, come support me on Patreon!
Categories: Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Pretty Words, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: brush and ink, brush pen, copic marker, doctor who, eleventh doctor, nfs, sold, tardis, word art, word art weds
Motitation
Tuesday, May 17th, 2016
Motitation: a quivering movement,
7″x5″ brush & ink on paper – $25
A busy week means an easy word! This one was fun to do, ink in a waterbrush and deliberate squiggles to give the feeling of quivering. You can even see the soft texture of the paper in the scan, and the soft lines where the brush shivered along with every tiny bump and dip.
If you’d like to request your own word art, become my patron on Patreon! For as little as $5 a month, you can get sketches of your own oddling ideas. Or at least my interpretation of those ideas.
Categories: Pretty Words, Series and Books
Tags: brush and ink, pen and ink, word art, word art weds
There’s a Little Black Spot on the Sun Today
Monday, April 4th, 2016
There’s a Little Black Spot on the Sun Today,
6″x6″ ink and Primatek watercolor on Fluid watercolor paper
As you can see, mineral paints were a theme for this month! Fall in love with granulation all over again, the magical texture you get with certain pigments, watery paint, and rough paper.
A ruined city lurks below the apocalyptic sky, tendrils of smoke rising from the burnt-out buildings. There’s a little black spot on the sun, which glows a sullen red and drips something like light.
(It’s my soul up there.)
I’d apologize for the earworm, but I’m not sorry.
It’s the same old thing as yesterday, really.
There’s a Little Black Spot on the Sun Today, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the dripping circle of the red sun and its odd black spot against the beautiful texture of grey-blue sky. Below, this little post-apocalyptic wasteland is tucked into a frame, a gorgeous reminder of a future that never was.
There’s a Little Black Spot on the Sun Today, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Floating Gallery, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes, Series and Books, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: brush and ink, city, horizons, it's my soul up there, nfs, primatek, ruins, sold, the police, watercolor
Ullage
Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
Ullage: the amount that a vessel lacks being full
5″x7″ brush & ink and Primatek watercolor on paper – $45
This past Wednesday’s word is actually a term from beer and winemaking, yum! A cask or bottle of wine or beer requires a certain amount of ullage in order for the little yeasties to do the fermenting, but too much and you’ve shorted your measure.
I still wanted to bring that whole “glass half empty” metaphor into it, at least visually, so I went for a glass rather than a bottle or cask. I painted this whole thing live on Persicope; come join me some Wednesday around 2-3pm Pacific.
In the meantime, I hope your glass is just as full as you want it to be, of whatever suits!
Categories: Pretty Words, Series and Books
Tags: brush and ink, primatek, watercolor, word art, word art weds
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