Looking out from Camden Crescent, one of seven crescents in Bath. The pavement is broad and rises above the road, giving excellent views across the city.
Marker pen with carbon ink, water-brushes with Diamine grey ink, A5
The weir next to Pulteney Bridge in the centre of Bath. I used grey ink for the initial drawing, the same ink diluted in a water-brush for the tone, and then watercolour over that. There’s a great interview with Steven Reddy (link below) explaining how he uses this technique. He describes it as “black and white does the work, colour gets the credit”.
http://stevenreddy.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/interview-with-danny-gregory-for.html
Pilot V7 with Lexington grey ink, water-brush with dilute Lexington grey, watercolour, A6
Some sketches from the wonderful Bronze exhibition at the Royal Academy in London last Summer. An amazing range of works from many times and places. The horse is Greek, called the ‘Armento Rider’, 550BCE. The spider crawling up the wall is about 8 foot wide. And the white bull with the unusually feminine horns is licking his lips…
Fountain pen with carbon ink, Zig ‘real brush’ pens, Sakura pigma pen, A5
Looking down ‘Perfect View’, a lane just above Camden Road in North Bath. Parts of the eponymous view are now obscured by trees, but you still get some excellent prospects across the city. Here’s an article, and video, about the lane http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/may/19/bath-perfect-view-video
Marker pen with carbon ink, water-brush with Diamine grey ink, watercolour, A5
Looking down ‘The Shrubbery’, one of the many steep pedestrian alleys in Bath. These narrow lanes are called ‘ginnels’ or ‘snickets’ in the North of England; in this area they’re ‘drangs’. The back of the Royal Crescent is in the middle distance. My second experiment with a refilled marker pen, it worked well on a big sketch like this.
Marker pen filled with carbon ink, water-brush filled with Diamine grey ink, A3
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 ink usually bleeds through paper. (I needed the white marker pen to subdue some of the initial black lines…)
Pilot marker pen filled with carbon ink, Uni Posca white marker, watercolour, A5
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 grey A6
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
A bench near Bath Abbey, low winter sun casting a strong shadow. That’s enough monochrome. Next post in full colour.
Water-brush with Chinese sumi and Diamine grey ink, A6
Quick… faster… it’s very cold… Trying out new ink and a new pen. The roller ball worked well for this standing sketch in a hurry near St Stephen’s church, Lansdown Hill, Bath; great for big fast lines, and interesting to be able to load it with any ink. The Diamine grey is not waterproof, but lovely as a dilute wash.
Pilot V7 cartridge pen filled with Lexington grey ink, and water-brush filled with dilute Diamine grey ink, A4
Mostly drawing 