{"id":2863,"date":"2025-07-20T17:49:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T22:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2025-07-20T17:49:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T22:49:21","slug":"graphite-sketchbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?p=2863","title":{"rendered":"Graphite Sketchbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"733\" data-attachment-id=\"2865\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?attachment_id=2865\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720_220205551_iOS-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1831\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone SE (2nd generation)&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1753030925&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.014285714285714&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20250720_220205551_iOS\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720_220205551_iOS-1024x733.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720_220205551_iOS-1024x733.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720_220205551_iOS-1024x733.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720_220205551_iOS-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720_220205551_iOS-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720_220205551_iOS-1536x1099.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720_220205551_iOS-2048x1465.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m drawing a few small botanical portraits in an A5 Hahnemuhle Nostalggie sketch book. It&#8217;s 90 lbs. and although I like a slightly toothier paper, it&#8217;s nice for small sketches. My goal is to use the block-in process I learned from the Sadie Valerie classical drawing course, and to also concentrate more on accuracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"749\" data-attachment-id=\"2864\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?attachment_id=2864\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720_220119066_iOS-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1873\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone SE (2nd generation)&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1753030879&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.013888888888889&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20250720_220119066_iOS\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720_220119066_iOS-1024x749.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720_220119066_iOS-1024x749.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720_220119066_iOS-1024x749.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720_220119066_iOS-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720_220119066_iOS-768x562.jpg 768w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720_220119066_iOS-1536x1124.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720_220119066_iOS-2048x1498.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m drawing a few small botanical portraits in an A5 Hahnemuhle Nostalggie sketch book. 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