Basic Drawing Study

Cow skull

black ball point pen on drawing paper

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. :)

Watercolour and ink on paper

#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

WV801

2005

Penn Libraries call number: IC5 R4744 551c

All images from this book

Inktober day 21

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

A man sat on one of the chairs so I removed him in my sketch.

Watercolour and ink on paper

Gel pen on newsprint

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

WV1643

2010

A portrait of Ozark Henry

Coloured pencil and ink on $teinbach paper

Over a year ago when we were confined to avoid spreading a potentially deadly virus, I knew much of my photographic adventures would need to be curtailed. In similar time, something by Stephan Marjoram inspired me to fill a bit of time doing something creative. So I took up ink drawing. Just to see what I could do. And with zero photography projects in the queue, I wanted to fill this space with something. So here goes. I start out by aping M.Marjoram and, as you will later see, I take inspiration from many other sources.

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

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

WV1620

2010

Hope for the future, Paul?

Ink on $teinbach paper

In 2014 I am going to continue to work on procrastinating less....in particular with my art.

I had thought that after leaving the painting exchange project to the last minute during the summer, I'd have learned my lesson. Clearly I need to work harder since this must be in the post next week.

I wrote the story (poem?) months ago. I'd sized Stillman and Birn paper to replace the relatively thin pages in the provided journal in October and....I still didn't get to it until this week.

Which meant I didn't use the new paper...because now I was going to be pressed for time just to get any of the drawings done.

*head desk* .....

I'm not going to make a single excuse. I know where my headspace was during all this and the lack of any other artwork was a direct result me not having completed this project. Obligations are my bane.

Now I have (just a bit of tweaking yet) got it done and I can get on with the backlog of those creative things I actually want to do, that are scratching at my imagination.

I jumped when the bell rang.

Watercolour and ink on paper

Watercolour and ink on paper

Over a year ago when we were confined to avoid spreading a potentially deadly virus, I knew much of my photographic adventures would need to be curtailed. In similar time, something by Stephan Marjoram inspired me to fill a bit of time doing something creative. So I took up ink drawing. Just to see what I could do. And with zero photography projects in the queue, I wanted to fill this space with something. So here goes. I start out by aping M.Marjoram and, as you will later see, I take inspiration from many other sources.

Old76 Music-inspired DArt 2014

"Little darling, I feel that the ice is slowly melting

Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,

And I say it's all right

It's all right..."

("Here Comes the Sun", The Beatles/George Harrison 1969)

This guy, nuts and bolts man, sits on our son's mantel

#282 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: continue testing the Zeta paper

Result: cat collage

Materials: Pelikan watercolours & Sakura Micron 005 pen on Canson Montval watercolor paper, with Canson Mi-Teintes pastel paper bits of an old encyclopedia in a Stillman & Birn Zeta series sketchbook

Location: Home

Note:...really just an excuse to make a mess of a page with layers glued to the 180lb stock. Result is no warping of the paper.... :)

Ink drawing on watercolor paper

Over a year ago when we were confined to avoid spreading a potentially deadly virus, I knew much of my photographic adventures would need to be curtailed. In similar time, something by Stephan Marjoram inspired me to fill a bit of time doing something creative. So I took up ink drawing. Just to see what I could do. And with zero photography projects in the queue, I wanted to fill this space with something. So here goes. I start out by aping M.Marjoram and, as you will later see, I take inspiration from many other sources.

Old76 Music-inspired Art 2012

Gerry Rafferty Songs Illustrated

NIGHT OWL

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Get It Right Next Time

Music & lyrics by Gerry Rafferty 1979

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Out on the street I was talkin’ to a man

He said "there’s so much of this life of mine that I don’t understand"

You shouldn’t worry yes that ain’t no crime

Cause if you get it wrong you’ll get it right next time (next time).

You need direction, yeah you need a name

When you’re standing in the crossroads every highway looks the same

After a while you can recognize the signs

So if you get it wrong you’ll get it right next time (next time).

Life is a liar yeah life is a cheat

It’ll lead you on and pull the ground from underneath your feet

No use complainin’, don’t you worry, don’t you whine

Cause if you get it wrong you’ll get it right next time (next time).

You gotta grow, you gotta learn by your mistakes

You gotta die a little everyday just to try to stay awake

When you believe there’s no mountain you can climb

And if you get it wrong you’ll get it right next time (next time).

Next time, hmmmmm