Line and wash self-portrait of Nicolas Steenhout. He has a black mop style paintbrush in his mouth and is holding a fountain pen in his left hand, pointing up.

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Boxes coming out of my ears

We’re in the middle of a move. We have boxes everywhere. So many boxes. Boxes coming out of our ears.

Line and wash sketch. Two cardboard boxes stacked on top of one another. The box on the bottom has the orange markings of a Home Depot moving box. The box on top is from Sentinel Storage. The background is dark, deep shade.

Only fitting to memorialize the event by sketching a couple of them! The weather is so appalingly bad anyway that going out sketching on location is… ARGH!

Also - Where have I put my container full of watercolor tubes? I can’t find it right now. But I will need to soon, or learn to do without my go-to French Ultramarine!

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Published on December 15, 2025

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