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Pen Plotter & Watercolor Dailies - Week Two

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It is Sunday again, and this week I want to restart my practice of pen plotter and watercolor dailies. I took a week off from doing these in any formalized way, and felt worse for it. There is something quite nice and grounding about having a daily creative practice, and the commitment that is involved in this. Focusing and iterating on one theme is also a nice way to refine my sense of my own creative “taste”: do I like this more or less than my last attempt? How might I build on the directions of exploration that I do find appealing? So this week, I will return to my daily pen plotter and watercolor practice. I am still allowing myself to experiment with different variations of this process. Some directions I am interested in: A few longer term directions I am interested in as well: Anyway, now on to the dailies. Today I wound up doing a whole mix of experiments. Some new elements: Lots of interesting developments here. Generally I like how the process goes with little ink in the pen

Introduction It is Sunday again, and this week I want to restart my practice of pen plotter and watercolor dailies. I took a week off from doing these in any formalized way, and felt worse for it. There is something quite nice and grounding about having a daily creative practice, and the commitment that is involved in this. Focusing and iterating on one theme is also a nice way to refine my sense of my own creative “taste”: do I like this more or less than my last attempt? How might I build on the directions of exploration that I do find appealing? So this week, I will return to my daily pen p

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