{"id":2187,"date":"2017-04-05T08:58:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T15:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2022-04-02T10:12:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T17:12:56","slug":"a-sharp-pencil-and-a-keen-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/05\/a-sharp-pencil-and-a-keen-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sharp Pencil and a Keen Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"

That was the name of the two-day workshop that Amity Parks taught to Big Sky Scribes weekend before last in Great Falls. Focused on pen techniques, it was a jam-packed but easily digestible workshop.<\/p>\n

I came home inspired to start a pencil journal similar to the ones that Amity showed us. Here are the first few pages of mine:<\/p>\n

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The title page of my new Moleskine journal for pen exploration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A page of pressurized capitals, done partly during lulls in opera chorus rehearsal, and partly in my studio the next day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A tipped-in page of a many-layered experiment in various pencils, graphite powder, water brush, erasers … and a couple of markers. Fun stuff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That was the name of the two-day workshop that Amity Parks taught to Big Sky Scribes weekend before last in Great Falls. Focused on pen techniques, it was a jam-packed but easily digestible workshop. I came home inspired to start a pencil journal similar to the ones that Amity showed us. Here are the first … <\/p>\n

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