WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT ?

First of all, let me explain my blog title:
Raleigh - INSIDE&OUT.

If you were born in the old Rex Hospital in the early 50's like I was, you weren't born INSIDE the Beltline. You were just born and lived IN Raleigh. Period.

It wasn't until the early 80's, when the Cliff Benson Beltline was finished that homes and their residents and pets were assigned the titles "Born Inside The Beltline" or "All Those Other People," otherwise known as "Outside The Beltline."

As a result, at the ripe old age of 30-something, I became an Inside The Beltliner through no fault of my own except being born to parents that owned a home on St. Mary's Street.

So, now let me explain what you'll be doing here. You will be following my journey, through sketching and lettering, while I meander Inside and Outside the Beltline.

I'm new at this, so I hope I either give you inspiration to try your hand at it as well, a boost to your ego because you've found someone who's not as good as you are (yet), or at least a good laugh!

In any case, come with me. Be my passenger. And let's enjoy this journey together!!

Monday, August 1, 2011

Girl Trip Gone Wrong - Rocky Mount




Excruciating Pain was outlined first. Then used 2 blue Staedtler Karat Aquarell Watercolor Crayons here and there around and between the lettering. Added water to this, and it did not do what I expected it to do, which is blend and smooth out. It basically just got wet! So I was now stuck with this rough looking color. Next added more blues and some greens from a different watercolor set. Darkened the outlines of the lettering with a Pitt Brush Marker.

Next came the yellowish-green color to the left of this. But not before drawing the eye and coloring it.

Picked out the stamp in the upper left-hand corner as well as the one with all of the circles to put under the teardrop. All of the vacant areas were written in.

"Dendritic Ulcer" is Uncial and was lettered with a Zig Marker and so was "July 29."

There was a tiny empty space at the bottom, so I filled it with the little bird stamp.

All of my entries are experiments with all of the different watercolors I have as well as stamps and lettering styles. I try to make them all fit together into a cohesive piece.

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