Posts Tagged ‘pen & ink’
Sunday, September 13th, 2009
This is my female Shih Tzu, Bishi. Earlier in this blog, I have a line drawing of Bishi and Pango (male). They are such gentle, loving dogs, I don’t know why I haven’t painted them more. They are gold and white, so the next painting will have to be in color. This is 4-1/2 X 6 in my sketchbook, using my usual flair with water wash.
This is the photo I used for the sketch. I see in the photo that her head was tilted more and I like that. I learn a lot from my rushing the drawings and making mistakes….or rather not making the best choices! Now, I’ll definitely mark the tilt before drawing next time.
Tags: Animals, black & white, dogs, pen & ink, pets, Sketches
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Monday, September 7th, 2009
There’s a saying…..”when life gives you lemons, make lemonade”. I’m posting my lemonade today.
As you saw in my coastal village sketch a couple of days ago (and I have lots of other
examples in my blog), I love sketching with a flair pen and then moving the ink around with water. Obviously non-permanent ink! In fact, you can’t always know in advance what color the wash will be….I suppose depending on how they mixed their black. I’ve had everything from pink to blue show up.
The other day I found a package of 12 flairs in 12 colors…….I imagined the fun I was going to have washing all those colors around. BUT, what I found was that only the black worked. The rest just sat there….and I expected to have a really bright sunflower scene again.
So, using the black flair here and there and mushing as much as I could, I came up with the drawing above. I’ll have to find another use for the other 11 flairs, but for today, they made lemonade!
Tags: Color, Flowers, pen & ink, Sketches
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Saturday, September 5th, 2009
Well, I decided yesterday that I was letting too many things keep me from getting the important stuff done…..art. So, I’m going to try again to join the daily painters on Wet Canvas. Today, I posted this sketch done in my favorite sketching style using a flair pen (non-permanent ink) and then brushing water to push the ink around. This was done on my 5-1/2 X 8-/1/2 sketch pad. Just a lot of fun….which is my preferred way to start the day as well as end it.
Tags: black & white, buildings, pen & ink
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Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
My Dogs
5 X 7 pen & ink in my trusty sketchbook
I have two little “perfect posers” at home (Pango & Bishi), so I know I always have sketching subjects just waiting for the attention!
Tags: Animals, Bishi, dog, dogs, Pango, pen & ink, pets, Sketches
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
I found this photo of a miniature bulldog just lying there looking up with a longing expression and decided to see what I could do with it. I didn’t get the expression as well as I’d like. I may redo it tomorrow in color. They have such dopey-sweet faces! This was done with a flair pen then brushed with water. Size 4 X 5.
Tags: Animals, black & white, dogs, pen & ink, Sketches
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
Just a quick flair drawing with water brushed on. Size 7 X 5
I decided to paint the poppies, later the same week… Size 6 X 9.
Tags: black & white, Color, Flowers, garden, pen & ink, poppies, process study, Sketches
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Sunday, March 8th, 2009
The drawing above is of Primroses (Primula polyantha) called Golden Lace. The center of each flower is bright yellow, the petals a deep reddish purple trimmed with white. The colors are so great, I may have to do this one in watercolor.
Tags: black & white, Flowers, garden, pen & ink, Sketches
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