BeckerArt FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter July 21st, Ruling Pen

Published: Tue, 07/21/20

Hello

Welcome to the FLOAT-YOUR-PIGMENT Newsletter #269, Ruling Pen

Hello gang, I had a great time yesterday at the Kenosha Public Museum and seeing the TWSA exhibition. A few of my students and friends had shown up and we had some really nice chats about the show. Of course, we are experts as we go around critiquing each piece, at least we think we are. Good times! Go and see the show if you get the chance. The show runs until August 2nd.

Starting this coming weekend I will be traveling again for the next 3 weeks so please watch for when I have my weekly classes and also when my Live paint-a-longs will be happening. This coming Sunday I will be painting plein-air, if the weather is good, in Minnesota at Gooseberry Falls. If anybody is in the area and wants to join me at a social distance, in a mask, I would love to see what you paint at this beautiful location.

Yes Class at the Civic Center in Libertyville will be July 23rd from 1pm to 3:30pm

NO CLASS at the BeckerArt Studio in McHenry July 25th

Email me at Beckerart@gmail.com for any info you may need about my classes.

Ruling Pen

This week I want to show you how to use a ruling pen with either watercolor or with masking fluid. I have recently started using this pen again and I have found it to be very helpful in applying masking fluid and drawing straight lines in watercolor. See painting above where I used the ruling pen with white watercolor paint to put in the lines of the sailboat.

Watch video to see how I use this device with watercolor paint and with masking fluid.

BeckerArt Ruling Pen Tip & Paint-a-long preview

putting the paint or making fluid into the pen is really simple, you can dip it into a jar of masking fluid or you can take a brush of watercolor across the edge of the pen to fill it.

Hold the pen against a ruler with the adjustment wheel away from the ruler, then just draw like you would a regular pen or pencil. Practice on scrap paper before you attempt ruling on a painting.

BeckerArt WORKSHOPS and DEMOS of 2020

LIVE DEMOs Online this Thursday the 23rd at 6:30pm CST on my YouTube Channel HERE

WORKSHOP Vermont Art Event, W/C& Acrylic, Burlington, Vermont, July 27th to July 31st CANCELED

WORKSHOP Thousand Island Art Center, W/C, Thousand Island, NY, August 4th to August 6th INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Goshen Painters Guild, W/C, Indiana, August 13th to August 15th INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Dillman's, Lac Du Flambeau, W/C, Wisconsin, Aug. 31st to Sept. 3rd INFO HERE

WORKSHOP Artisan Expo, W/C & Acrylics, Santa Fe, MN. Sept. 24th to Sept. 26th CANCELED

WORKSHOP Sangamon Watercolor Society, W/C, Springfield, IL. Oct. 9th to Oct. 12th INFO HERE

Product of the Week
Ruling Pen

Every artist needs a set of pencils that covers all the shades from the H's to the B's
Buy it here

Artists of the Week

Graham McArthur

Here is an artist that uses fonts and lettering in his paintings.

You can also do lettering with a ruling pen

BeckerArt demonstration paint-a-long on Thursday's the 23rd at 6:30pm at my

YouTube Channel

BeckerArt Online Live demo paint-a-long YouTube at 6:30 CST July 23rd

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