Missing posts

Looks like a couple of my posts have gone missing.  Weird.   Let me save you a lot of time and hassle regarding the  use of a ruling pen:  Get one.  It is very easy to use for small straight lines using watercolor.  I found mine at our somewhat local university bookstore.  While I was there I picked up a rolling ruler which was competitively priced and a package of french curves (included three).  Also purchased a three sided eraser that is easy to hold. 
    To use the ruling pen, I mixed together a generous amount of burnt sienna and water together in a small gerber juice bottle and shook well.  Then I just dip the pen so that it retains an average amount then start drawing.  It helps to hold the pen somewhat on its side, not straight up and down.  I also recommend taping pennies (3) to the bottom of your french curves or triangles if they don't sit up from the paper as it could prove a problem with paint getting underneath.  I still have my original triangles with pennies taped to the bottom  from drafting and architectural design classes I took many years ago.  I haven't even had to change the tape. 
     I am doing a value study of a couple of tractors, but will be helping judge some yearbooks today and won't get back to my value study till this evening. 

"Spring has returned.  The earth is like a child that knows poems."  - Rainer Maria Rilke