{"id":13225,"date":"2024-01-14T07:13:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T14:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=13225"},"modified":"2024-01-15T08:27:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T15:27:51","slug":"sketch-journal-june-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2024\/01\/sketch-journal-june-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketch journal June 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/img_7752-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/img_7752-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/img_7752-1-300x268.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">06 June 23<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I took a calligraphy class as a young woman in Napa California. It must have been 1978 or 1979. I wasn&#8217;t great at it, but I was motivated to practice. And I still love making letterforms. My secret wish is to use them to make words &#8211; words that elude me right now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/img_7751-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/img_7751-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/img_7751-1-300x267.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">07 June 23<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving into the black pages for the rest of June. I can sense the challenge of trying to get the right medium for the black paper. This is diluted white watercolor. It was too pale, so I felt like I needed to enhance the letters with some more white. (Ran out of steam at &#8220;L&#8221;.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/img_7750-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/img_7750-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/img_7750-1-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">08 June 23<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A fantasy &#8211; what if buildings didn&#8217;t have to rest on a solid foundation? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/img_7749-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/img_7749-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/img_7749-1-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">10 June 23<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And more playing around with black and white. This is a scribbled form, with pieces then colored in with white pen. I&#8217;d like to use this technique in cloth someday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took a calligraphy class as a young woman in Napa California. It must have been 1978 or 1979. I wasn&#8217;t great at it, but I was motivated to practice. 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