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Yes. You've seen this before. These are taken after Picasso.

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.

Watercolour and ink on paper

...let's just say it's been a busy month (puppy) and I squeaked this one in the back door at the last minute. ;) I think I got hung up on the idea of the theme of rainy days that inspired this selection of ink, and just couldn't mentally get past it until today... quite frankly it really hasn't done much in the way of rain here to inspire a desire for it to go away.

Anyway, the colours are as follows:

Caran d'Ache ~ Magnetic Blue

Diamine ~ Twilight (the only one that is truly dip pen friendly like most inks from this English company)

J. Herbin ~ Gris Nuage

Sheaffer ~ Blue-Black (a surprisingly beautiful ink)

Waterman ~ Intense Black ( A black with amazing, hidden depths)

Paper, like usual is Stillman & Birn, Zeta.

Watercolour and ink on paper

One of 12 ink drawings that are part of my show Sketchbook: Chapter Two at Blue Gallery in Kansas City.

acrylic ink on paper

8x10 inches, 2011

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I always try and get the best seat for sketching in restaurants.

Inspired by the fact that today there is a tiger loose in the City of Lights. Perhaps he was tired of the same old boring slab of horsemeat ?

Materials: Platinum Carbon Black, Pelikan Edelstein Mandarin, Diamine Sepia, J. Herbin Stormy Grey 1670, Iroshizuku Tsutsuji and R&K Alt-Goldgrun inks on Stillman & Birn Zeta paper

Watercolour and ink on paper

ink on paper, 2016

Apache Junction, AZ

Watercolour and ink on paper

Watercolour and ink on paper

I got this far before my train came.

#277 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: My sample of the new Stillman & Birn Zeta series paper arrived

Result: Testing ~ no warping, no bleeding, forgives erasing and scrubbing

Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Platinum Carbon Fountain Pen, Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer watercolour & Graphite Aquarelle 8B pencils in a Stillman & Birn Zeta series sketchbook

Location: Home

Note: Stillman & Birn creates my go-to sketch books of choice, in particular the Epsilon series is a dream to work on with pen and nib. They had recently launched a 180lb version of this smooth, ink loving paper called Zeta ~ which is incredibly forgiving to wet mediums. I had lamented that it was not yet available in Canada and today I was thrilled to receive a Zeta in the post to experiment on. Thank-you Stillman & Birn for not only the sample but for bringing yet another awesome paper choice to market for creative people!

...this is going to be so much fun!

Every month I challenge myself to create a drawing using only the shades in Goulet Pen Company's Inkdrop Sampler.

February 2016

Theme: Treat. Yo. Self.

Inks: Montegrappa ~ Bordeaux, Montevere ~ Burgundy, Pelikan Edelstein ~ Sapphire, Pilot Iroshizuku ~ Ajisai and Private Reserve ~ Chocolat

Art by Jim McDermott.

Ink self portrait on recycled paper

...having toxic breath is very embarassing!!!

Ink on A4 paper. Sketched with pencil on location, inked at home. It's nice to be able to sketch outdoors again after the long cold winter! At least on a sunny day.

Watercolour and ink on paper

When an ogre decides it's time to start eating healthier....

The barwoman came over for a look at the sketch. She is a tattoo artist.

Watercolour and ink on paper

Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013

George Harrison Songs Illustrated

GEORGE HARRISON

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Soft-hearted Hana

Music & lyrics by George Harrison 1979

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ate it and at once my eyes could see you

No sooner had I ooped it down

I felt so far off from the ground I stood on.

My legs they seemed to me like high-rise buildings

My head was high up in the sky

My skin the sun began to fry like bacon.

And then somebody old appeared and asked had I come far . . .

And hadn't they just seen me up on Haleakala . . .

I kept on body surfing to pretend I hadn't heard

There was someone there beside me, swimming like Richard III

And I'm still smiling

Seven naked native girls swam seven sacred pools . . .

Lone-ranger smoking doobies said you're breaking all the rules . . .

You'd better get your clothes on or else there'll be a row . . .

If it wasn't for my sunstroke I would take you on right now . . .

And I'm still smiling.

I fell in love with my Soft-Hearted Hana

She entered right in through my heart

And now although we're miles apart

I still feel her.

She lives beneath the crater in the meadow

She moves among the fruit and grain

You can meet her after heavy rain has fallen.

Diamine 150th Anniversary ~ Regency Blue ink on Stillman and Birn, Zeta paper

A quick ink study of Bamboo chosen to represent the element "Wood" for the Rawlings Conservatory 2012 Fall Mum Show.

Ink drawing with digital texturing, copyright 2012 Stephanie Smith.

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I missjudged the height of the station to fit onto my sketchbook.

Watercolour and ink on paper

Ranjyatai ink on paper.

100x70cm

Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013

Pink Floyd Songs Illustrated

WISH YOU WERE HERE

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Wish You Were Here

Music & lyrics by Pink Floyd, Roger Waters & David Gilmour 1975

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So, so you think you can tell

Heaven from Hell,

Blue skies from pain.

Can you tell a green field

From a cold steel rail?

A smile from a veil?

Do you think you can tell?

Did they get you to trade

Your heroes for ghosts?

Hot ashes for trees?

Hot air for a cool breeze?

And cold comfort for change?

Did you exchange

A walk on part in the war,

For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.

We're just two lost souls

Swimming in a fish bowl,

Year after year,

Running over the same old ground.

What have we found

The same old fears.

Wish you were here.

OK. Two more ink drawings before I return to photography.

My father asked me to draw his cars. He has a very pretty '31 Ford Model A roadster deluxe as well as a very workman-like '65 Chevy Corvair convertible.