A Maze - Page 35

Here is the next page of my first maze. First the scanned and edited version.

Page 35

This is the same page in the wild. This was taken back at the Ravenswood Estate in Livermore. The broken down wall is part of the ruins of an old winery.

That's all for today.

Jonathan

Goulet Pen's February 2011 Ink Drop - Part Three

Here is another in my series of Ink Drop mazes. This one page maze was drawn using J. Herbin Rose Cyclamin which is a February ink and Private Reserve DC Supershow Blue which is not. These colors paired up very nicely. The Rose Cyclamin is a good well behaved ink. I had zero problems with it. The Supershow Blue was a pain on this paper. It took quite awhile to dry and I smudged it all over the place. The Rose drew a consistent line with little color variation which is really a violet.

Here is the scanned and lightly edited version.

Here is the raw version where you can zoom in and see all of the blue smudges.

That's about it for today.

Jonathan

A Maze - Page 34

Here is the next page of my first maze. It is cold, stormy and rainy today with in Santa Clara. It might even snow tomorrow. This page is jut the thing you need to pass the time to spring.

First the scanned and edited version of page 34.

Page 34

Here is the same page in the wild. This is Penitencia Creek that runs through Alum Rock Park in San Jose. According to the notice board the most recent reported mountain lion sighting was on January 18, 2011. I have always said it is not the lion you see, but the one that eats you that have to worry about.

Tomorrow I will have another Ink Drop maze for you.

Jonathan

Goulet Pen's February 2011 Ink Drop – Part Two

Today I bring you a single page maze drawn with one of this month's Ink Drop colors. That color is Noodler's Ottoman Rose. Again I used Private Reserve Lake Placid Blue as a contrasting color even though it is not an Ink Drop color. As I mentioned earlier, this blue is my all time favorite color. At least for now.

The Ottoman Rose is a great ink. It seemed to take a little longer to dry than the Shah's Rose. Since I tend to be a slob, this meant that I had a few smudges where my hand rested on completed lines. To me the color reminded me of blood. It was deep red when wet and dried with a bit of a brownish cast. If you had to sign a contract in blood, say with the devil for you soul, this would make a good substitute. I don't know what legal difficulties might arise with the Prince of Darkness if you did use ink instead of blood, but if you are squeamish about pricking your finger to provide the blood, definitely use this ink instead. Check with a lawyer before signing any contract with the devil.

Anyway here is the simple maze that resulted from the pairing of these two inks. I edited out the worst of the smudging and it spot where a tiny speck of water fell on the page.

Here is the maze in the raw so that you can see the mistakes.

 

So, two down and three more inks to go for this month. As I said before, I probably will not have time to do a maze for Private Reserve Arabian Rose. This ink I already have and have used for my fourth maze.

Jonathan

A Maze - Page 33

It seems as if I'm running out of month. February is almost over and I've only posted one of the Ink Drop mazes for the month. It is time to get serious about it. So it will be a short post today.

Here is the next page of my first maze.

Page 33

Here is the same page in the wild. It is back at Ravenswood Estate.

Tomorrow I will post maze two of the February Ink Drop series.

Jonathan

A Maze - Page 32

It is raining today and quite cold for Santa Clara. I'm sure that when rain stops and the clouds clear, we will have a fine view of a Mount Hamilton topped with snow. The wind which has brought this cold and rain pounds against my window. These are not good conditions for working on my Line Around The World Project.

This weather does bode well for my other projects. I'm already on page five of my fifth maze and almost done with the second test maze for this month's Ink Drop. Even my great laziness can be overcome when I'm stuck inside for most of the day. If I'm at my desk, eventually I will, even if only out of sheer boredom, pick up a pen and do a little work.

Unfortunately with my laptop at the side, I can be easily distracted. Today while checking in on one of the blogs I follow, Whatever, it pointed me to a very cool project someone is doing. On the blog, Sandy and the 1000 Paper Cranes, the story of the release of 1000 origami cranes is being told. What is fun about it is the stories of how the cranes have been found and released. It is sort of like the Where's George? project with paper currency. I'm going to enjoy following the progress of this adventure.

Anyway, it is time to get to work. Here is the next page of my first maze. First the scanned and edited version.

Page 32

Here is the same page in the wild. Well, maybe not wild, but on my balcony.

Compare this background with that in a picture from the first days of this blog. Who says there are no seasons in California?

That's it for today.

Jonathan

A Maze - Page 31

It is raining this morning for the first time in almost a month. After checking the weather reports, it appears that the next week and more will have plenty of rain. This will no doubt focus my mind on the tasks at hand. No longer distracted by warm sunny days with birds singing away in the trees and flowers smiling at me as I amble along life's paths, I will sit at my desk and work. Naaah!

Anyway for today here is the 31^st page of my first maze. If the scanned and edited version.

Page 31

This is the same page down in Santa Cruz again. This picture was taken in the bus station. The little kid there in the background seemed be having the time of his life. He was in a dinosaur costume with a carton of ice cream all to himself. I don't know that life can get better than that.

When I moved to try and get a picture of him chomping down the rocky road, he went into flight mode running away, then back under the bench. Dinosaurs are seldom seen in pictures nowadays because they are quite camera shy.

That's it for today.

Jonathan