graphite pencils Archives - Peony and Parakeet https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/tag/graphite-pencils/ Fly to Your Inner World and Color the Emotion Thu, 28 May 2026 16:48:48 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-site_icon3-32x32.jpg graphite pencils Archives - Peony and Parakeet https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/tag/graphite-pencils/ 32 32 What Tsubaki Stationery Store Taught Me About Making Art https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/tsubaki-stationery-store/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/tsubaki-stationery-store/#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 16:48:01 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=32467 I listened to a wonderful book. It was like a refreshing rain pouring straight into my heart. The book is new and by the Japanese author Ito Ogawa. Its Finnish title is Paperikauppa Tsubaki, and it is also being released in English as Tsubaki Stationery Store (Amazon – affiliate link, Goodreads) Tsubaki Stationery Store The […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/tsubaki-stationery-store/feed/ 10 Draw a Coloring Page and Color It Creatively! https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/draw-a-coloring-page/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/draw-a-coloring-page/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2022 11:40:34 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=24010 This week, we draw a coloring page and color it creatively. Inspiration from an Artist Friend Eeva Nikunen This blog post is inspired by my artist friend Eeva Nikunen. She is a master at drawing coloring pages. She has many self-published books, and just recently, she drew the Alice in Wonderland coloring book for a […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/draw-a-coloring-page/feed/ 8 Discovering a Character by Drawing https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/discovering-a-character-by-drawing/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/discovering-a-character-by-drawing/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2022 12:28:50 +0000 https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=23957 This week is about illustrating characters and discovering those that feel personal. Have you ever wanted to draw a face or a figure that would really touch your heart? I don’t only mean something that looks pretty on paper but someone that begins to speak to you when your eyes meet. Starting from an Animal […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/discovering-a-character-by-drawing/feed/ 10 Joyful Art Taught by Drawing Paper Dolls https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/joyful-art/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/joyful-art/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2019 15:51:35 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=15233 Here’s my latest illustration called “Living Paper Doll.” It expresses the world of fantasy that I have been able to find after changing some of my artistic dreams. Trade-Offs to Create Joyful Art For a long time, one part of me has admired old master paintings, yearned for more visits to famous art museums, and […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/joyful-art/feed/ 10 3 Weird but Working Tricks for Portraits https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/drawing-faces-portrait-tricks/ Fri, 14 Sep 2018 09:57:23 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=13934 Here’s the replay of yesterday’s free webinar “3 Weird but Working Tricks for Portraits”. There was a slight delay with some pictures, but I have edited the recording so that it won’t show there. I hope you will enjoy these ideas and mindsets! Drawing Faces – Refresh the Way You Make Portraits! In my new […]

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]]> Oil Pastels and Spicing Up Your Art https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/oil-pastels/ https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/oil-pastels/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2018 11:20:10 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=13766 This week, I show you how to use oil pastels with other art supplies. I also talk about spicing up your art, especially by choosing subjects that are so personal that they make you tremble a bit! Early Memories of Oil Pastels Making art can be compared to cooking. Sometimes the food tastes good because […]

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]]> https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/sketchbook-tour/feed/ 24 Resilience, Interview of Eeva Nikunen, and a New Class! https://www.peonyandparakeet.com/resilience/ Fri, 04 May 2018 08:33:01 +0000 http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/?p=13221 Lots have happened this week! I hope you enjoy these videos! Resilience to Create a Big Project – Interview of Eeva Nikunen This week, I interviewed fantasy artist Eeva Nikunen about her big project – creating a self-published book from her art. We are talking about resilience: what she has learned from creating a series from […]

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