Spiders are naturals for driving, they have all those eyes and the arms can handle so many tasks at once. This is why many exotic car makers have named certain models spiders. Day 2 of Inktober, word is Spiders. #inktober #inkdrawing #inktober2023 #inktober2023spiders

This is the gardener’s 3-wheeler. They spoke in an excellent strong Karlsruhe dialect as I was drawing this.

1928 Blower Bentley Commission

12x7

Ink and watercolour on paper

ink drawing on photograph

My contribution to a moleskine exchange. The orange & blue washes left & right were done by another artist, but the rest is mine...

Ink drawing on vintage paper over a collaged ground of various vintage & found papers.

Drawn to the sound of waves on the shingle.

INKTOBER DAY 16: GRUNGY

I only had one option to draw.

I started drawing in thick fog which cleared to reveal each building one at a time.

This old shop is now home to a hairdresser and a restaurant.

Séance croquis du vendredi dans La chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Lorient. Bâtiment Art Déco achevé en 1931. Tableau d'Alphonse Barnoin 1936.

Aquarelle et encre

Some passing walkers also noticed the sign and laughed.

Day 2 Discover. Self discovery in pen and ink and ink washes.

Gifts for the grandparents.

1992 FD materials from a vault somewhere...

London Pride ale bottle cap, done with Faber polychromos pencils & promarkers.. Thanks for following & looking!! #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artwork #drawing #drawings #draw #sketch #ink #inkdrawing #pencil #pencildrawing #polychromos #promarkers #derwent #fabercastell #winsorandnewton #black #gold #red #fullers #beer

The midges forced me to retreat.

On another bicycle ride, I stopped near the Ottawa River in the Lac Leamy Park where a shipwreck is found. It always surprises people to see the skeletal remains of a sunken boat in the river. And it also makes a good subject for a sketch. The history of this boat is fairly interesting. It was named the Jean-Richard and was the last wooden ship to be built at Petite-Rivière (Québec) in 1959. The National Film Board even made a short film of its construction which can be viewed on its website. In 1976 the boat would make its way to Ottawa where it was used for a brief time as a cruise boat and was renamed the Ville de Vanier. It then seems to have been used as a private boat and caught fire in 1987 and was abandoned where it now lies. (An interesting article was written by Andrew King in 2014 and can be read on his blog - www.Ottawarewind.com.) The location of the shipwreck is in an isolated but very attractive area - I think I could have spent a couple of hours here just admiring the landscape and watching the waterfowl on the river.

Lors d'une autre balade à vélo, je me suis arrêté près de la rivière des Outaouais dans le parc du Lac Leamy où se trouve une épave. Ça surprend toujours les gens de voir les restes squelettiques d'un bateau coulé dans la rivière. Et c'est aussi un bon sujet pour un croquis. L'histoire de ce bateau est assez intéressante. Il s'appelait le Jean-Richard et fut le dernier bateau en bois construit à Petite-Rivière (Québec) en 1959. L'Office national du film a même réalisé un court métrage de sa construction qui peut être visionné sur son site. En 1976, le bateau se rendrait à Ottawa où il a été utilisé pendant une brève période comme bateau de croisière et a été rebaptisé Ville de Vanier. Il semble alors avoir été utilisé comme bateau privé et a pris feu en 1987 et a été abandonné là où il se trouve maintenant. L'emplacement du naufrage est isolé mais très attrayant - je pense que j'aurais pu passer quelques heures ici à admirer le paysage et à observer les oiseaux aquatiques sur le rivière.

A man in a group on the next table ordered a pudding and an extra sharp knife to defend it from the others.

Inktober 2023

Day 30

Rush

This year, I will try to make INKTOBER drawings based on popculture, drawn without sketching first.

This is the Flash, rushing out.

Inktober 2023

Day 8

TOAD

This year, I will try to make INKTOBER drawings based on popculture, drawn without sketching first.

I made this one with a small touch of HYPNOTOAD.

Brother's & Sister's... I am doing a pair of A4 watercolour paintings on this theme. These are preliminary bic biro sketches of the two pairs...

Madison & Mia, making the letter "M" in the Sea off North Norfolk, and

Bertie & Eddie at Duxford air museum Cambridgeshire. I couldn't resist painting either of those photos, and thanks to the parents for the permission... Hopefully I'll get two good A4 watercolours for the parents, and I already have the frames and boards for 12"x12" oil paintings!! Thanks for following & looking!! #artist #artwork #art #artistsoninstagram #drawing #drawings #draw #sketch #bic #bicpen #bicpenart #bicpens #brothers #sisters #brother #sister #oils #oilpainting #watercolorpainting #watercolorartist #watercolour #inkdrawing #ink

Gifts for the grandparents.

I’ll be at Lametta in Karlsruhe, pop round for a chat:

Geöffnet am Freitag, den 8. Dezember von 15 bis 22 Uhr und Samstag, den 9. Dezember von 12 bis 20 Uhr.

www.lametta-ka.de/index.html

Stonehenge sunset in watercolour and ink. 5"x7". Plus mount and frame. On this request, I have used the same techniques as the dragonfly & butterflies. Thanks for following and looking!! #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artwork #drawing #drawings #draw #sketch #inkdrawing #ink #derwent #winsorandnewton #watercolour #watercolor #fabercastell #pentel #stonehenge #salisburyplain #salisbury #red #yellow #black #england #solstice #junesolstice

Instagram@gp700518

Brother's & Sister's... I am doing a pair of A4 watercolour paintings on this theme. This is the second watercolour painting of the two pairs...

Madison & Mia making the letter "M", in the sea.. Thanks for following & looking!! #artist #artwork #art #artistsoninstagram #drawing #drawings #draw #sketch #brothers #sisters #brother #sister #oils #oilpainting #watercolorpainting #watercolorartist #watercolour #inkdrawing #ink #fabercastell #derwent #winsorandnewton

King's college Cambridge sunset in watercolour and ink. 5"x7". Plus mount and frame. On this request, I have used the same techniques as the dragonfly & butterflies. Thanks for following and looking!! #art #artist #artwork #drawing #drawings #draw #sketch #inkdrawing #ink #derwent #winsorandnewton #watercolour #watercolor #fabercastell #pentel #red #yellow #black #england #cambridge #kingscollege #silhouette

The owner started the Panamera so I rushed to finish sketching it, but I had enough time before they drove off. He asked me what I was doing. I think he was reassured with my answer as his wife said goodbye when they drove off.

Drawn with the Karlsruhe Urban Sketchers.

www.facebook.com/groups/709190442552845/about/

I’ll be at Lametta in Karlsruhe, pop round for a chat:

Geöffnet am Freitag, den 8. Dezember von 15 bis 22 Uhr und Samstag, den 9. Dezember von 12 bis 20 Uhr.

www.lametta-ka.de/index.html