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Review Day Seven - Clearprint Vellum Field Book #Clearprint #Vellum #AlcoholMarkers

Review Day Seven – Clearprint Vellum Field Book #Clearprint #Vellum #AlcoholMarkers

Welcome to Day Seven of my review of the Clearprint Vellum field book.  The bulk of the review can be found on Day One.  Each day the rest of this week, I’m reviewing a page done in the same book using a different medium.

Alcohol Marker on Clearprint Vellum

Alcohol markers bleed color through the page.  They are notorious for this, and one must use either specially coated or very thick paper to…

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Review Day Six- Clearprint Vellum Field Book #Clearprint #Vellum #ColoredPencil

Review Day Six- Clearprint Vellum Field Book #Clearprint #Vellum #ColoredPencil

Welcome to Day Six of my review of the Clearprint Vellum field book.  The bulk of the review can be found on Day One.  Each day the rest of this week, I’m reviewing a page done in the same book using a different medium.

Colored Pencil and Brush Pen on Clearprint Vellum

Colored Pencil is not my favorite medium.  Although I do like the misty effects you can get with it, I find it hard on my wrists,…

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Review Day Five- Clearprint Vellum Field Book #Clearprint #Vellum #Watercolor

Review Day Five- Clearprint Vellum Field Book #Clearprint #Vellum #Watercolor

Welcome to Day Five of my review of the Clearprint Vellum field book.  The bulk of the review can be found on Day One.  Each day the rest of this week, I’m reviewing a page done in the same book using a different medium.

Watercolor on Clearprint Vellum

For today’s review I played with watercolor.  Though I’d done a watercolor background for yesterday’s piece, I’d seen some of the paintings in the…

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Review Day Three- Clearprint Vellum Field Book #Clearprint #Vellum #FountainPen

Review Day Three- Clearprint Vellum Field Book #Clearprint #Vellum #FountainPen

Welcome to Day Three of my review of the Clearprint Vellum field book.  The bulk of the review can be found on Day One.  Each day the rest of this week, I’m reviewing a page done in the same book using a different medium.

Fountain pens on Clearprint Vellum

Today I’m sharing a piece that I drew using fountain pens, a medium notorious for bleeding through the page, smearing and feathering.

Clearp…

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Review Day Two- Clearprint Vellum Field Book #Clearprint #Vellum #Zentangle

Review Day Two- Clearprint Vellum Field Book #Clearprint #Vellum #Zentangle

Happy New Year!

Welcome to Day Two of my review of the Clearprint Vellum field book.  The bulk of the review can be found on Day One.  Each day the rest of this week, I’m reviewing a page done in the same book using a different medium.

Sketchplan pen on Clearprint Vellum

Today I’m sharing a piece that I did using a Sketchplan pen point-size .01.

For this drawing, I used a Sketchplan…

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Review Day One - Clearprint Vellum Field Book #Clearprint #Vellum #Zentangle

Review Day One – Clearprint Vellum Field Book #Clearprint #Vellum #Zentangle

Earlier this year, I participated in Clearprint’s Cross-Country project.  It is a fantastic deal.  You let them know you want to join up, and they send you TWO of their Vellum field books. One already has artwork in it, from other participants.  You do a work of art using whatever medium you desire, and within a week you send that book back to them.  The second, brand new book is yours to keep!…

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Review Day Four- Clearprint Vellum Field Book #Clearprint #Vellum #Decoupage

Review Day Four- Clearprint Vellum Field Book #Clearprint #Vellum #Decoupage

Welcome to Day Four of my review of the Clearprint Vellum field book.  The bulk of the review can be found on Day One.  Each day the rest of this week, I’m reviewing a page done in the same book using a different medium.

Watercolor and Decoupage on Clearprint Vellum

Today’s piece has a watercolor background, and drawing cut out and decoupaged onto the page with gel medium.  After I had scanned…

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