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WV1810/2023
Gouache & ink on Steinbach paper.
"... And now I know
Spanish Harlem are not just pretty words to say
I thought I knew
But now I know that rose trees never grow in New York City
Subway's no way for a good man to go down
Rich man can ride and the hobo he can drown
And I thank the Lord for the people I have found
I thank the Lord for the people I have found..."
"Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters" Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1972.
design for two-color Krampus linocut (© James G. Mundie 2021)
Black and red ink with colored pencil in paper
Do you DARE to wear the purple? OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!!
Diamine Imperial Purple
Diamine Majestic Blue
Diamien Regency Blue
Diamine Tyrian Purple
Noodler's Kung Te-Cheng
Theme: Monarch Madness
Inspiration: Sherlock Holmes + cats
Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Platinum Carbon fountain pen in a Stillman & Birn, Epsilon sketchbook
Notes: parody of a scene from A Study in Pink
Jon: What are you doing?
Purrlock: Catnip Mousie. It helps me THINK. Impossible to sustain a nip habit in London theses days. Bad news for brainwork.
Jon: Is that...THREE mousies?
Purrlock: It's a three mousie problem.
WV2093/2025
Pen and ecoline ink on 27x 36 cm Steinbach paper.
A collection of colorful beetles from the seventies, usually found around football fields...
Training myself to draw has been an interesting exercise. I studied the workds of Nicolas de Crecy, the Rat Rod artists, Stephan Marjoram, R.Crumb, S.Clay Wilson and many others. While I certainly will never develop the kind of talent they had, this has been a good way to "kill time" during the various periods of lockdown here in France during the Covid Pandemic.
At first 4 year old Cara was cautious with the ink and worked over a small area of her large A1 white card. This ink exploration turned into a dark cave-like hole. I encouraged her to explore the movement of the Chinese calligraphy ink brush and take her lines "for a walk". I also encouraged her to stand up to take control and move with her brush. Here, she began to embrace the movement of the brush and made bold arched lines over the top of the dark hole.
In her next ink exploration (pictured), Cara decided to mix coffee into the jar of Chinese ink and experimented with vertical slanted lines. She observed the changes in tone as the ink flowed brown into black.
"A zebra!" she announced.
Better late than never: September Inkdrop drawing using only the ink sampler from The Goulet Pen Company!
Inks: Diamine Sepia / Diamine Teal / Pelikan Edelstein Mandarin / Iroshizuku Fuyu-Gaki & Private Reserve Daphne Blue
Training myself to draw has been an interesting exercise. I studied the workds of Nicolas de Crecy, the Rat Rod artists, Stephan Marjoram, R.Crumb, S.Clay Wilson and many others. While I certainly will never develop the kind of talent they had, this has been a good way to "kill time" during the various periods of lockdown here in France during the Covid Pandemic.