Lunchtime at downtown greenway Boston. The sun was so bright! Yes.. Bright Sunlight is a rarity here and warm weather too. We have a long winter!
#StillmanAndBirn
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Quick inks on figure drawing
Stillman and Birn paper Beta Series /Lamy pen SF nib
quick 10 min studies
They always tell me about my squiggly lines, I use them in all quick sketches regardless the subject. Ink has always been my favorite medium and when I discovered the combination of Stillman and Birn Paper, Lamy pens and Noodler’s ink I felt that from then on I could just draw anything and forget about struggling with materials to get the best flow, permanence and all the nuisance of adapting this to that and try that again. I can just concentrate on enjoying myself now 🙂
Stillman and Birn paper Beta Series /Lamy pen SF nib
quick 10 min study
This one below was completed with W&N cotman mini traveler watercolor kit
Quickies from Masterpieces
Rocket Rosie and the Monsters from Outerspace
Trial and Error
It all started when I messed up this watercolor
I made a sketch of the drawing, which became more simplified
I used my carved willow sticks to apply ink in simplified strokes to get the essence of the sketch
At the end the character was different so I don’t know which I like best but I think the black and white 🙂
City Hall Plaza
USK Boston meetups
Detailed urban sketches
No Right Turn – A Collaborate Graphic Novel
Our Sketching Workshop group is developing a graphic novel that started by accident. Rene Fijten posted an image in the group and another member of the group followed creating a sequence. This continued developing making a story. This is how we are so far and the story goes as this:























Only in Blue
We are a group of 150 artists and illustrators that share work and techniques
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we often “play” challenges like this in which we limit the materials and try to come up with something creative, then play a guessing game to see who drew what.
We call it Sherlock. In this case, we limited the challenge to just a few list of materials and one color