2025 Book Reading Goals
I’m really pleased with my book reading this past year. I had a goal of 10 12 books in 2025, no pressure… I have too many hobbies to commit deeply to anything. I managed to read 19!! 🤓📚
Lamy Safari with Pelikan Blue-Black
Inked my Lamy Safari with Pelikan 4001 Blue Black and it is so much better than the Lamy's Amazonite I was using before. I thought I was too messy, smudging everything, fountain pens were not for me....
The more time I spend with my sketchbook
The more time I spend with my sketchbook, the less I want to be online. It's all so boring, blogging, reddit, youtube, all of it. I want to be all the time in the real analog world, with paper and pen...
A week ago I could only draw stick figures
And to think a week ago I could only draw stick figures! Of course, I'm using reference photos and following step by step instructions, but still! 🎨🖌️🤩
Lesson 6 of SketchLoose free beginner course
Worked on lesson 6 of SketchLoose free beginner's course last night. And used a blow dryer for the 1st time to accelerate the process! 🎨🖌️
Loving this artistic side of me
I am super loving this artistic side of me! 🎨🖌️ This is day five in Toby's free beginner course, "A House in Japan". I guess I am an artist now.
Escoda Versátil watercolor brushes
My Escoda Versátil watercolor brushes have arrived!! I got the round brushes in sizes 10, 6 and 2 to get started :) Looking forward to painting EVERYTHING I see!!! 🎨🖌️
Today on Draw With Me
Today on Draw With Me, Charles Dickens' Ghosts of Christmas Past! Happy Holidays! 🎄🎉🎨🖌️
My first watercolor!
My first watercolor! I love how my sketch turned out, but the paint part was hard. That sky looks terrible, LOL! I kept practicing with other reference photos and eventually figured out what I was doi...
Draw with Me, Gifts
Today I joined a live Draw with Me with Danny Gregory on youtube, for the first time. The hour went by really fast, I had so much fun! Did my artwork with ink and crayola markers 😀🎨🖌️ SBSDrawWithMe
TLDR; It it possible to use DxO Photolab to edi...
TLDR; It it possible to use DxO Photolab to edit raw files produced by ANY camera that is not on their supported list, even from mobile phones such as Samsung and Xiaomi. It involves using two free to...
Moving on from this. Colored pencils are beauti...
Moving on from this. Colored pencils are beautiful, but slow! I think my next one will be a base of water markers with the pencils on top. 🎨🖌️
First day doing the free course over at [Sketch...
First day doing the free course over at Sketch Loose and my first urban sketch ever! Learned to simplify shapes and draw from a reference image 🎨🖌️😍 Can't wait to learn about watercolors!
I have just discovered the concept of loose lin...
I have just discovered the concept of loose lines sketch and look at this! I have filled a page with vegetables, pens, a water bottle and two plant pots! I CAN DRAW! Stick figures, no more! 🖌️
Finished reading [We](https://micro.blog/boo...
Finished reading: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin 📚 One of the first dystopias, came out in 1924 and inspired many down the line. A totalitarian regime, literal glass walls, state assigned lovers, where mathem...
Finished this page with water markers! Next up:...
Finished this page with water markers! Next up: colored pencils! 🎨
I've been living for the past 15 years with a m...
I've been living for the past 15 years with a massive question mark: to blog in English or Portuguese? EN is my main language for everything, web, books, movies, work and even marriage! PT BR is the l...
🤧💉 Did a prick allergy test! Allergic to al...
🤧💉 Did a prick allergy test! Allergic to all kinds of pollen and stratospheric levels of dust mites allergy! Doctor thinks the immunization shots would be nice in my case. 🌶️ Bought a Peugeot Paris pe...
Did an allergy prick test yesterday. Tested pos...
Did an allergy prick test yesterday. Tested positive to a ton of stuff some known: birch pollen, dust mites; some suspected: almonds, cypress pollen; and some surprises: all other kinds of pollen, nut...