Watercolour and ink on A4 paper

Old76 Music-inspired Art 2012

The Girl With The Butterfly Tattoo somewhere on the road to Mandalay.

"There's nothing left for you to give

The truth is all that you're left with

Twenty paces then at dawn

We will die and be reborn"

(A Robbie Williams song)

WV1021

2007

"J’aime pas les filles faciles

J’aime pas les difficiles

J’aime les battements des cils des filles du Brésil

Qui mettent en péril

Du bout de leur nombril

Les saints évangiles

Des filles de mon quartier"

(Lyrics by Arno)

Ink on Steinbach paper

Japanese landscapes in the summer mist always remind me to ink drawings (sumi-e)... finally I painted one - with my camera and my computer...

;-)

#268 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: 25th Wedding Anniversary

Result: The two of us

Materials: Sakura Micron 005 & Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer watercolour pencils in a Stillman & Birn Epsilon series sketchbook

Location: Home

Note: Wow... quarter century gone in a blink of the eye! Best 25 years of my life :3

Typical evening sees Captain Remote Control, bouncing between sporting events and myself with a book or newspaper on my tablet......unless his team is losing and it's time for a dvd or one of 'our' series. One thing I've taken away from getting married during the NBA playoffs....ones' wedding anniversary will ALWAYS be ...during the NBA playoffs :D

Watercolour and ink on paper

Watercolour and Ink on paper

40x30 cm

www.luigiloquarto.com

Watercolour and ink on paper

WV1759

2012

B

"Going down in Durban deep

Going down down down down down

There's no mercy in my sleep

I just hear that drill and hammer

I feel the killing heat

Going two miles down to the heart

Of Durban deep..."

(Elton John/Bernie Taupin 1989)

Ink and gouache on $teinbach paper

...a bunch of lily of the valley.

WV1729/2011

Gouache and ink on Steinbach paper

'COME UNDONE' is a Robbie Williams song from 2003.

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.

inkdrawing of an indication of place and signature coin captured in resin.

ca 12 x 16 cm

Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013

Yesterday once more...

#287 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: 4 nights of poor sleep while on the road

Result: Even the counting sheep fell asleep on the job.

Materials:Kuretake No. 13, Fountain Brush Pen in a Stillman & Birn Epsilon series sketchbook

Location: Home

Note: This is possibly the loosest drawing you have ever seen from me as I was too exhausted to fuss. I am the first to admit that this is probably a good thing....(being loose with my pen not exhausted)

WV1019/2007

Ink en pastel op Steinbach paper

FLANDERS UP!

"Where there is mussel and fries

Where there is chicken on a spit

Where the church is in the middle

Where the purple heather blooms

And money flows in black

Where people hardly speak Dutch

Where a diploma is of no use

And the king has no child

Where the sparkling wine queen parades

Where the people are cheerful

And a fist is without strength

Where people fail and explain at the bar

Flanders above

Where one can still praise the Lord

Where people are important

And bellies are large

Flanders outside

Where the birds sing

Flanders my country

At the North Sea beach... etc..."

VLAANDEREN BOVEN (FLANDERS UP) A song of Raymond van het Groenewoud, 1978 (translated)

Analog digital transitions

Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013

Roxy Music Songs Illustrated

FLESH + BLOOD

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Same Old Scene

Music & lyrics by Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry 1980

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Nothing lasts forever

Of that I'm sure

Now you've made an offer

I'll take some more

Young loving may be

Oh so mean

Will I still survive

The same old scene?

In our lighter moments

precious few

It's all that heavy weather

We're going through

When I turn the corner

I can't believe

It's still the same old movie

That's haunting me

Young loving may be

Oh so mean

Trying to revive

The same old scene

Young loving may be

So extreme

Maybe we should try

The same old scene

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.

#323 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: Scotland

Result: Day 18

Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Sakura Micron 005 & Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer watercolour pencils in a Stillman & Birn Zeta series sketchbook

Location: B&B in Inveraray, Scotland

Note: We had left Islay and on our drive to a B&B in Inveraray, we were going to stop in Oban. The crowds just broke my mind....especially after the slow pace and quiet of Islay where there isn't even a stop sign on the entire island. We kept going....and suddenly were compelled to pull over to the side of the road when we spotted an interesting looking church. Excellent decision as we enjoyed exploring this wonderfully enchanting church :)

Banana Outline

I made this inkdrawing of a DS for a car rental company.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Netherlands License.

An older ink drawing. I sure do like spiders.

I thought I'd upload some stuff that actually indicates that I can draw, instead of just crummy sketches.

Penn Libraries call number: IC5 R4744 551c

All images from this book

Watercolour and ink on paper

Art by Jim McDermott. Brush and Ink

#289 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: First bikini purchase in 25 years

Result: Um...where's the rest of it?

Materials: Sakura Micron 005 in a Stillman & Birn Epsilon series sketchbook

Location: Home

Note: Last bikini I purchased was for my honeymoon and I haven't worn one since. As I get ready for our 25 anniversary trip, my husband & kids urged me to purchase a new one ....and they love it. I have ...doubts. In fact...I was born with doubts on this particular subject <.<

"Insomnia Attacks!"

Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013

Elton John Songs Illustrated

TOO LOW FOR ZERO

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Too Low For Zero

Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1983

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Six o'clock alarm

I get the wake up call

Let that sucker jingle-jangle

Ring right off the wall

I'm too low for zero

I'm too tired to work

Tied one on with a friend last night

And wound up losing my shirt

I'm too low for zero

I'm on a losing streak

I got myself in a bad patch lately

I can't seem to get much sleep

I'm too low for zero

I wind up counting sheep

Nothing seems to make much sense

It's all just Greek to me

You know I'm too low, too low, too low for zero

You know I'm too low, too low, too low for zero

Cutting out cups of coffee

Switching off the late night news

Putting the cat out two hours early

It isn't any use

I'm too low for zero

Insomnia attacks

Watching flies with my eyes till sunrise

It's daylight when I hit the sack

Watercolour and ink on paper