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What's the size of your sketch book?it looks so small

Some of my sketchbooks are very small- sometimes only 10cm by 7cm.

Sorry to take years to answer your question!

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Yes Allenpey ... And the Kerala! So nice travels there... Merci!

Kerala is indeed a beautiful State in India to travel and paint/draw.

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HI! You watercolors in art-journals are great! Do you pain them right on the place or you use a photo to finish at home? They seem so detailed! How much does it take you on average to finish one?

All my sketches, if they appear in sketch journal have been done on-the-spot. Studio work, of course relies more on photo reference.

Sorry to take years to answer your question!

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Hi ! How are you ? I have a question about your work : How do you do to make not your paper crinkle ? What type of notebook do you use ?

I often use notebooks which actually use watercolor paper- thich enough to avoid wrinkling or uneven expansion and shrinkage....I avoid sketchbooks with thin paper.

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You're blog is sooo pretty! You're extremely talented.

Thank you for your kind comment!

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Thank you for following. I like your drawings very much . I am reminded in some of Mervyn Peake (which I hope you will take as the compliment intended!).

I certainly do!

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Keith- Can you talk a bit about your use of the litho pencil - how you came to it and when/why you use it? Conte crayon is (I think) the closest thing I've used on a regular basis. Thanks, as always. -Andy

I'm sorry not to have answered your question re litho pencils. I use them because some varieties are soft, which leaves a very rich, dark mark on the paper. If I don't have an actual litho pencil, (the kind used to draw by print makers to draw on a litho stone) , I substitute the kind of marker used to write on glass, plastic or metal....

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Da Dong Hai Beach, Hainan Island, China,  watercolor,  14.25in. by 5in.

#China watercolor Keith Miller Hainan Island Travel sketchbooks

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‘San Sebastian’ in the Maria Am Getade, Vienna, by Keith Miller

Collage, sepia, watercolor, gouache, 8.5in. by 3in.

#Vienna #Keith Miller #travel drawings #travel sketchbooks

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Garden of the Hotel Parisutham, Thanjavur, (formerly Tanjore), Tamil Nadu, India

Prisma color, watercolor, collage on envelope by Keith Miller

#postal art #Keith Miller #thanjavur #Tamil Nadu #India

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Cafe, Playa de la Ropa, Zihuatanejo, Mexico, 6.5in. by 4.in., watercolor, gouache, collage on envelope., by Keith Miller

A postal art piece that because of the artist-created stamps, never actually passed through the postal service. The cafe scene was done on the spot in “Zihua”. The imagery in the stamps are from a couple of my oil paintings of coastal Mexico.

#zihuatanejo mexico #watercolor #postal art #mail art #Keith Miller

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Is there a web link where I can view your art that is for sale? 👽❤️👽bill

I have a web site here: keithmillerart.com

Although prices aren't mentioned on the site, I can tell you later

what they are.

Thanks for your interest in my work!

Keith

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Hello - I just wanted to say that I think your art (in all its forms) is beautiful. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.

Thanks so much for your comment...it was very kind of you to say that.

Keith

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Plaza de las Naranjas, Cordoba, Spain, 11in. by 7.5in., ink, prisma color, watercolor on paper by Keith Miller

#Spain #mixed media #prisma color #Cordoba #Keith Miller #travel drawings

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Two drawings of an old studio space in Toronto, (circa 1970′s), pen and brush and ink, watercolor, approx. 13in. by 10in. by Keith Miller

#studio beush and ink #pen and ink #Keith Miller

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Wrestlers,  recto and verso, on postcard, 6.75in. by 5.25in., watercolor and collage by Keith Miller.

This is a submission for an postal art exhibition in Italy on the theme of “Care and Self-care”. The stamps used as well as  the air mail sticker are self-designed. The background image on the stamped side of the card is a reproduction of a mixed media scene, (from Pt Vallarta, Mexico)) originally done in a spiral-bound watercolor pad. The paper stock used for the postcard is a coated paper which makes for a strange surface to use for a watercolor.

#postcards #artist's stamps #postal art #mail art #watercolor #Keith Miller #Puerto Vallarta #collage

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View from Hotel in Madurai, litho pencil, 4in. by 3.5in. by Keith Miller.

I often stuck other types of paper from a variety of sources into sketchbooks, for example  hotel stationary, as seen above. Scraps of advertising posters and other litter is abundant in India so it’s possible to have a good choice of color and texture for drawing material in a sketchbook.