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Black History Month 2021

Happy Black History Month! 🙌🏾🙌🏿🙌🏽

Paint + Sketch, ThriveLydia MakepeaceFebruary 1, 2021Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, etsy shop, Phenomenal Black Women 2021 Calendar, Inspirational Quotes, Watercolor and ink portraits, 2021 Feminist Wall Calendar, Etsy shop, Black History Month, women’s history, Eartha Kitt QuoteComment

Rest in Power Cicely Tyson

“Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat.” - Cicely Tyson

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceJanuary 28, 2021Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Black Women Lead, Cicely Tyson, Phenomenal WomenComment

Art Journal: Good morning! The sun has returned.

Art journal: 1.13.21

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceJanuary 13, 2021art journal, sketchbook peek, Fountain pen sketching, Watercolor and ink, urban sketching, studio cat BenjiComment

Art Journal: Stroke Variations and New Ink Colors

Art journal: 1.7.21

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceJanuary 7, 2021art journal, sketchbook peek, pen and ink drawing, Fountain pen sketching, cross hatching, Noodlers apache sunset, DeAtramentis Document Urban Grey, DeAtramentis Document Black InkComment

Affirm Black Women Portrait Series: Thank You Stacey Abrams and All Black Women Voting Rights Activists

“We cannot afford to be tired or cynical. The cost is too great to let someone else write our story or erase our progress.” - Stacey Abrams

Paint + Sketch, ThriveLydia MakepeaceJanuary 6, 2021Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Black Lives Matter, Black Voters Matter, Stacey Abrams quote, Black Women Lead, Voting RightsComment

Art Journal: Basic Strokes and Abstract Experiments

Art journal: 1.6.21

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceJanuary 6, 2021art journal, sketchbook peek, pen and ink drawing, Alphonso Dunn, Fountain pen sketching, cross hatchingComment

Art Journal: Six Sides, Six Values

Art journal: 1.5.21

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceJanuary 5, 2021art journal, sketchbook peek, pen and ink drawing, Alphonso Dunn, Fountain pen sketchingComment

Art Journal: Begone 2020 - It’s 2021!

Art journal: 1.4.21

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceJanuary 4, 2021art journal, sketchbook peek, pen and ink drawing, DeAtramentis Document Urban Grey, Fountain pen sketching, Watercolor and ink, hand letteringComment

Art Journal: Value Control

Art journal: 12.31.20

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceDecember 31, 2020art journal, sketchbook peek, pen and ink drawing, DeAtramentis Document Urban Grey, Fountain pen sketchingComment

Art Journal: A Few of My Favorite Things

Art journal: 12.30.20

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceDecember 30, 2020urban sketching, illustration, art journal, sketchbook peek, Chad the asshole, Watercolor and ink, mental healthComment

Art Journal: Orange and Blue

Art journal: 12.22.20

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceDecember 22, 2020urban sketching, illustration, art journal, sketchbook peek, watercolor painting, watercolor tipsComment

Art VS Artist 2020

I’m more comfortable behind the brush or camera rather than the subject but my good friend, fellow artist, and remote coworker Alex Kujawa challenged me to post an #ArtVSartist.

Paint + SketchLydia MakepeaceDecember 21, 2020Affirm Black Women Portrait Series, Watercolor and ink, Art VS Artist 2020, Phenomenal Black WomenComment

Travel Watercolor Kit

My current travel watercolor kit. It’s best to travel light and you really only need a couple of basic supplies to get started. Warning: it’s addicting! Includes links to my favorite supplies.

The Beginner’s Guide to Watercolor Supplies

If you’ve ever yearned to give painting a try, watercolor is a great medium to start with. It’s relatively inexpensive and requires only a few supplies to begin.

Watercolor for Beginners - a down and dirty guide

I’ve been asked several times recently about how to get started with watercolor painting, and what supplies are needed, so I thought I’d put together the most basic watercolor kit probably ever assembled...

Watercolor for Beginners

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