Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013

Elton John Songs Illustrated

VICTIM OF LOVE

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Born Bad

Music & lyrics by Elton John & Pete Bellotte 1979

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You've been crying

And there ain't no use denying

It was me

Who put you through this misery

And I'd like to say I'm sorry

But I can't, no I can't

Nothing's gonna change me

Baby, that's the way I am

I was born bad

Always been the same, yes I was born bad

Never gonna change 'cause I was born bad

Only me to blame 'cause I was born bad

Yes I was born bad

Always been my habit, I was born bad

Just can't seem to help it, I was born bad

Always gonna happen, I was born bad

'Cause I was born bad

I mistreat you

And you know I always cheat you

But that's me

And that's the it's always been

And I'd like to say I'm sorry

But I can't, no I can't

Nothing's gonna change me

Baby, that's the way I am

Watercolour and ink on paper

Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013

The Beatles Songs Illustrated

... It was 50 years ago that the Beatles released their first album.

PLEASE PLEASE ME

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Do You Want To Know A Secret?

Music & lyrics by The Beatles, Lennon-McCartney

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You'll never know how much I really love you.

You'll never know how much I really care.

Listen,

Do you want to know a secret,

Do you promise not to tell, whoa oh, oh.

Closer,

Let me whisper in your ear,

Say the words you long to hear,

I'm in love with you.

Listen,

Do you want to know a secret,

Do you promise not to tell, whoa oh, oh.

Closer,

Let me whisper in your ear,

Say the words you long to hear,

I'm in love with you.

I've known the secret for a week or two,

Nobody knows, just we two.

Listen,

Do you want to know a secret,

Do you promise not to tell, whoa oh, oh.

Closer,

Let me whisper in your ear,

Say the words you long to hear,

I'm in love with you.

#195 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: Lots of squirrels in the yard today

Result: Bubblesqueak

Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Platinum Carbon Fountain Pen in a Stillman & Birn Epsilon series sketchbook ( 21.6 cm 27.9 cm / 8 1/2” x 11”)

Location: Home

Note:...the rodent militia has been busy dashing about garden & deck, stuffing their faces with seeds & entertaining my cats....so I was inspired to draw a squirrel. I hesitated when committing to filling in the figure with shapes instead of fur...those first few circles being the hardest...but once you start you just gotta go for broke now that you've laid some ink. Good self challenge.

#76 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: Joulupukki / Yule Goat

Result: naughty goat

Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Micron 005 & 02 pens, in a Moleskine plain journal

Location: At home

Note: The word for Santa Claus in Finnish is Joulupukki/Yule Goat and a straw goat is a traditional symbol of this festive season. This is a nod and a wink to family in Finland :)

....and I wanted to draw a cute goat. Maaaaaa.

WV1148

2008

AZ

Imaginary EJ Jacket

Coloured pencil and ink on $teinbach paper

Hitching Post, Apache Junction, AZ

Daily Drawing #365 of 365

Inspiration: last day of my drawing project

Result: Okay...what should I do next?

Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Platinum Carbon fountain pen in a Stillman & Birn, Epsilon sketchbook

Location: home

Notes: A little over a year ago I took all my creative insecurities, locked them in a closet and sat down at my desk to draw. Instead of making excuses of why I could not, I was going to develop a new habit. One that saw me put pen and/or brush and pencil to paper every day, and I would do this for an entire year to produce 365 daily drawings.

I am untrained in both technique and use of the materials.

The end products would vary in quality when I made mistakes, was rushed, bored or tired, I'd learned to live with and learn from it, after all, there is no editing with ink, watercolour and pencil crayon.

It has been a tremendously positive experience as friends, family and strangers have encouraged me to reach my goal and I thank you all for that.

I have grown more confident in many areas and hopefully my skills with these tools will continue to improve as I start new projects as this one ends.

...and this one must. Forcing myself to conceive and create a single drawing every day is holding me back from more involved work which I am eager to explore. Project 365 has achieved its most important goal; for the first time in 48 years ,when someone asks me if I am an artist... I respond, yes.

This is one of pieces that I exhibited in the 2013 RCA Secret Postcard Exhibition.

Old76 Music-inspired 2013

Neil Diamond Songs Illustrated

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SWEET CAROLINE

Music & lyrics by Neil Diamond 1969

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Where it began

I can't begin to knowin'

But then I know it's growin' strong

Was in the spring

And spring became a summer

Who'd have believed you'd come along

Hands, touchin' hands

Reachin' out

Touchin' me

Touchin' you

Sweet Caroline

Good times never seemed so good

I've been inclined

To believe they never would

But now I

Look at the night

And it don't seem so lonely

We fill it up with only two

And when I hurt

Hurtin' runs off my shoulders

How can I hurt when holdin' you

Warm, touchin' warm

Reachin' out

Touchin' me

Touchin' you

Sweet Caroline

Good times never seemed so good

I've been inclined

To believe they never would

Oh,Lord, no

Sweet Caroline

Good times never seemed so good

Sweet Caroline

I believed they never could

Sweet Caroline

Another colour in the November 2015 Inkdrop from Goulet Pens. This one breaks in a really interesting fashion. Reminds me those space energy entities of the old Star Trek episodes. :)

#337 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: 28 days to go

Result: one piece at a time

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

Location: home

Note: Last page of the book so scanning across the spine was problematic and not one I was willing to fuss over today as the scanner and I were not seeing eye to eye and I have other things to do dash off to. <.<

WV1302

2008

1302 - Somewhere in Flanders fields...

Ink on $teinbach paper

WV1659

2010

"Are we really happy with

This lonely game we play

Looking for the right words to say

Searching but not finding

Understanding anyway

We're lost in this masquerade..."

(Leon Russell lyrics)

Coloured pencil and ink on $teinbach paper

More drawings for 20202020. #20202020 #itwillallhurt #thewrenchies #freehanddrawing #linedrawings #inkdrawings #booksketches #booksketch #pendrawings #theoftenwrong #robottod #lineartwork #inkart #inkartwork

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, O.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

Gel pen on newsprint

WV801

2005

Inktober 2018

… or: mantis religiosa, still inspired by pan's labyrinth … . .

Alternative Facts no.2 ~ the NRA pushing The Hearing Protection Act: in which they want to make silencers easily and widely available to protect the ears of shooters. Apparently regular ear protection gets in the way of the fun. Police organizations are not a fan of silencers....nor would anyone caught in a random mass shooting...hard to duck or run when you think it's just a car backfiring in the distance. On the other hand, the use of headphones on a regular basis, at a level higher than 60db does the same damage as repeated shooting of a gun without protective gear. Statistically in the US, 1 in 5 teens can’t hear rustles or whispers. Personally it just strikes me as a money grab...and a dangerous one at that.

WV1643

2010

A portrait of Ozark Henry

Coloured pencil and ink on $teinbach paper

Watercolour and ink on paper

Adding to my Long Beach homes collection I have searched high and low for the perfect bungalow and I think I've made the right choice just about done with the foreground still plenty of hours to go till completion

Pastel & ink

swimming with a suitcase #inkedwithabrush #septober #inkdrawings #robottod #comicbookpanels

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