I’m an Urban Sketcher…
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Marker pen experiment
Trying out a thick marker pen refilled with Carbon ink, at the end of lunch at Yen Sushi in Bartlett St. I love the consistently thick lines I can get with dip-pen nibs but they’re not portable, and marker pen … Continue reading
Stuffed
An afternoon at Bristol Museum sketching stuffed animals. The Aye Aye looked very care-worn (another visitor called him Dobby), and the Dodo mildly outraged at the indignity of it all. Pilot V7 Pen with Lexington grey ink, watercolour, water-brush with dilute Diamine … Continue reading
Daffodil
The daffodil was just ‘going over’, with petals starting to curl and wither at the edges. A sketch from last year, but bringing colour on another grey day. Fountain pen with Carbon ink, watercolour, A6
Waiting #1
The plane that took me to Istanbul, and below a couple of fellow passengers. Sketching helps to pass the time… Fountain pen with carbon ink, watercolour, A5
“Stop”
Quick sketch of a brass power indicator in the engine room of a retired ice-breaker in Stockholm, moored next to the Vassa museum. A wonderful chance to roam a ship and explore all the engineering that went into it. 1mm … Continue reading
Air pistol
An old Webley Senior air pistol from the early 1960s, a powerful object in my childhood amongst all the toy guns. Good for shooting at model Airfix planes suspended from tree branches in the garden with my brother. It’s heavy … Continue reading
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