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Mid-January and Inktense Explorations

January is moving by so fast! I did work on Alex Boon’s Inktense course in his Nature Journaling Circle. He offers a recommended set of 12, and an optional 12 he recommends to make it 24 set.

These swatching exercises were extremely helpful in learning how to work with these, and how they color mix.

For the watercolor course, I did one of my favorite exercises, the wardrobe. My wardrobe is mostly black, but for this winter I did add this festive plaid shirt that was so fun to paint!

Here are the spreads:

Early January 2026

The first days of January. Still working with inks, especially those that explode so beautifully when dropped into water, like Noodler’s Rome Burning. This is an exercise from Nick Stewart’s Udemy course on Fountain Pen Ink.

Lupine and Laughter continues each Friday and I had more inks to test.

The new live round of the watercolor course started, and I did some of exercises in my S&B Alpha sketchbook. I also did the exercises on a handmade watercolor paper that is turning out very interesting to work with.

I am always fascinated by mixing greys and how varied they can be with different colors.

A collage page, with printed stickers, for the end of the Lupine and Laughter series.