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.

inkdrawing by Jim Cliff

WV1947/2024

Self-portrait with grandson.

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. I "borrowed" from many different styles as I attempt to explore the medium. And with zero photography projects in the queue I might as well fill this space with something. So here goes.

#56 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: Evelyn Nesbit ~ the Original Gibson Girl

Result: Evelyn Nesbite

Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Micron 005 pen, in a Moleskine plain journal

Location: At home

Note: ...I just felt like drawing hair today. I've always find it to be a relaxing exercise and a Gibson girl is all about hair...so there you have it.

Penn Libraries call number: IC D2352 Ei529t Folio

All images from this book

#100 of 365 Daily Drawings (GO ME!)

Inspiration: 12 days of Christmas ~ 8 hares a running

Result: One hare with a 10 000 hairs

Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Platinum Carbon Desk fountain pen / carbon ink in a Moleskine plain journal Size: 7.5 x 9.75 inches (19 x 25 cm)

Location: Home

Note: Had a great time with friends & family last night. Slept in. Danced just outside the reach of a whiskey soaked hangover and rewarded myself by struggling mightily with technology to set up the new wifi and husbands iPad,...and won. I also did my domestic diva thing around the house as I talked to my parents for a few hours on the phone before I finally sat down to do my drawing and really...just didn't have it in me to draw 8 hares. So there.

Ink drawing, 5" x 4", comes framed, available.

WV1025

2007

And I think the senorita has forgotten you...

Ink on paper

a quick sketch with some new pens, the dog in the foreground is a bit pants but the others came out well

Pen sketch on cartridge paper.

5*8"

Ink with watercolour on paper

...because I loathe them and refuse to draw one, instead I drew a Baka Kujira; a yōkai that takes the form of an animated whale skeleton.

WV1742

2011

Meet Gertrude Higgins, another victim of love...

Ink on $teinbach paper

Daily Drawing #360 of 365

Inspiration: 26 Demice (continued)

Result: L is for Lydia served at the Deli

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

Location: home

Notes: And yet another drawing in my Edward Gorey inspired project, 26 Demice.

I don't think you should let cats fix lunch for you either....

Watercolour and ink on paper

No encuentro las avenidas, pero sé que la ciudad sigue donde estaba.

Rose Hips

#217 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: Gangs of squirrels in my yard

Result: Squirrelz in tha Hood

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: I thought first to draw a squirrel like my Hipster birds, but in reality they just are too tough to be ironic

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.

inkdrawing with colorssss

#275 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: A photograph of a human iris in the July National Geographic

Result: Irises

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: Long day with my 4 year old niece. When she went home I sat down to listen to the CBC and just zone out drawing lines....