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Classroom requests!
I have been drawing for my classes lately. We are doing classroom requests with my Freshmen ("Je peux recharger ma tablette, SVP?"), and in my mind, a little doodle is always better than a...
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Growing mess and a new stylus
The growing mess on my desk: lesson plans, hard drives, lip balm, a candle that smells like cookies and some store receipts. I just bought a new Wacom Bamboo stylus to sketch on the iPad and I am...
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A few stolen minutes
When you carry a sketchbook around, you welcome a text from the people you are supposed to meet that says "We're running a few minutes late". Wednesday night, Montclair, NJ. Pigma Micron 05 and...
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Le Petit Parisien
Apparently, one can find French people outside of New York City now. They (we?!) are slowly making our way into the American suburbs, one pastry shop at a time.Paper app for the iPad.
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Living in a box
I am captivated by the tiny house movement. I think these people have it all figured out. Tinier is better. Paper app for the iPad.
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Yawn
There, before going to sleep tonight -- a big yawn on the iPad. My next purchase is this, by the way.
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Ellipses
You'd think I've got this thing down: and ellipse at the top of the can and one at the bottom. And I still get it approximately at best. I have ordered my Pencil for the Paper app (I got the walnut)...
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Will this be a big deal?
I purchased a Pencil by Fifty Three and cannot wait for it to make its way to my mailbox so I can decide whether it's a big fricken deal or not. I adopted and loved the Paper app from the moment it...
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Sweet
I have finally received my Pencil through the mail and it's been a fun experience so far. I am preparing a full review of Pencil for which I will post a link. The mere shape of it makes so much sense:...
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Off to the new year
I have been posting more on Tumblr lately than here. And because I have been test-drawing my new Pencil, I have been using the iPad almost exclusively -- hence all the drawings done on Paper by 53....
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First post of 2014
2014 has a nice ring to it. I drew a piece of our living room, the warmest spot in the house on a cold New Year's Eve. Before and after coloring.Paper app for the iPad, using Pencil.As it turns out, my...
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Lady for sale
I found a super well-kept 1993 Volvo 240 wagon for sale but it lacks two important features: a manual transmission and a roof rack. But I keep looking. The one I used to own had over 200K miles on it,...
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The best dip, in good company
I made my best dip the other day and felt like sharing. We ate it at our friends' house, while the football game was on. That's when I doodled.
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Journal Bandolier
How neat it is to carry around iPad and styluses (stylii?) thanks to a cool little convenient journal bandolier, made by Emily at cleverhands.net.
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Year of the horse
It's the year of the horse. Happy new year! While I see some amazing art being produced with the Paper app, my own lack of knowledge of color and painting confines me to a very pen-on-paper kind of...
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House Of Cards
Watching Season 2 of House Of Cards makes it nearly impossible to finish a drawing. Or anything else, for that matter.Paper app for the iPad + Pencil by 53 (whose tip is still holding up, after 2...
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Loft beds, state-wide testings and French verbs
This is what has been going on. Some building, some testing and as always, some teaching (and hopefully some learning). The Pencil tool for the Paper app has been nothing short of a "homecoming". The...
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Hampton Diner
I can't think of a better exercise for sketching fast than a quick doodle before your food comes at the diner. To hell with proportions, colors and steady lines. The goal is to loosen up the hand,...
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At the doctor's office
A few stolen minutes in the doctor's waiting room with the Paper app.
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