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Lockdown sketches #1: landscapes
I hope you’re well. Strange days and worrying times, but much to be thankful for; health, a garden, fine weather, a dog to walk, and family to share it all with. Also thankful for the daily drawing habit, providing continuity, … Continue reading
Guns, drawn
Two original pistols from World War One. They could have faced each other in combat on a battlefield, now meeting in peacetime(ish) one hundred years later on a table in Shropshire, while I drew them with a bamboo dip-pen. A … Continue reading
Nineteen musicians and two train-spotters
A jazz band in Oswestry (my sister’s playing saxophone) sketched from the balcony of the old chapel they rehearse in… …Nik Jovcic-Sas busking in front of the queue for the Roman Baths… …an acapella group singing Bulgarian and Romanian folk songs … Continue reading
Old friends
I’m very fortunate to have three friends that I’ve known since early childhood; it’s wonderful to be able to share such a long perspective on our intertwined lives. We met this weekend to celebrate Si’s 50th birthday with a walk through the Cotswolds, and a … Continue reading
My eyes! My eyes!
A GIF-tastic round-up of some recent sketches, mostly of Bath, showing how water-colour works with drawings done in bamboo dip-pen and coloured ink. I love the way that the coloured ink lines can fade back into the sketch or be brought forward, … Continue reading
Multi-coloured dip-pen
For the last few months nearly all my sketching has been in bamboo dip-pen and multi-coloured inks. I love the juicy draggable lines I get with the dip-pen, the wide variation in width and saturation, and having a range of coloured inks … Continue reading
Going orange…
There’s a likeness in there somewhere! Short winter days so less outdoor sketching. I keep the daily drawing habit going through late evening mirror selfies, all in bamboo dip-pen with De Atramentis ink.
Posted in bamboo dip pen, coloured ink, daily drawing, faces, line drawing, monochrome, self-portrait
Tagged bamboo dip pen, daily drawing, De Atramentis inks, Love, sketching selfies
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Tim, Phil and Jim
Two brothers-in-law and a friend, variously watching TV, fiddling with phones or just snoozing! In bamboo dip-pen, coloured pencil, and one in coloured brush pens (remember them? My previous favourite…).
Posted in bamboo dip pen, body, brush pen, coloured ink, family, figures, pencil, people, watching
Tagged bamboo dip pen, figure sketches, sketch portraits, sketches of people watching TV, Them
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Overcooked?
Four sketches where I pushed the contrast by using stronger inks and white highlights, including some knobbly autumnal squash. With the last two I had that horrible moment when I realised I’d carried on working on them too long and that there wasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in botany, clouds, coloured ink, flowers, objects, white pen
Tagged coloured ink sketches, sketch of clouds, sketch of flowers, sketch of knobbly squash, Talking Heads
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Allotment views
The same view (backs of Bath buildings from some allotments) sketched three times on separate days. All late afternoon/early evening, all in bamboo dip-pen, all in coloured ink (including an oddly muddy grey De Atramentis blend) but all a bit different as … Continue reading
Posted in bamboo dip pen, Bath, buildings, coloured ink, drawing buildings, rooftops, urban, urban sketching, white pen
Tagged bamboo dip pen, bamboo dip pen sketches, De Atramentis inks, Happy Mondays, sketch of rooftops, sketching backs of buildings, sketching in Bath, urban sketching
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