Drawings from 2022 notebooks
I have posted some of these previously from cell phone photos, but as I mentioned I recently scanned a bunch of notebooks drawings from the past two years. Here are the ones I shared on ...
pen-and-ink
Inking: Black on Black
Working with pen and ink, you often run into the issue of what to do when you have a black element on top of another black element, such as when there is a black figure ...
Recent notebook drawings – early 2022
I haven’t posted many drawings here recently. I seem to use Instagram for that. In any case, here’s a collection of recent things that I’ve done in my notebook.
meditation: Chauncey’s Kong
Our third guide dog, Chauncey, went back for his formal training to be a guide. Due to Covid, we had him much longer than we’ve had our other two dogs. So while the separation is ...
inking issues: at the border
When using a nib, it is very common to release pressure as you near a border, whether that be a panel border (as shown below) or the contour of a shape. You do this because ...
Inking Advice
Recently, I’ve been going through the old Famous Artists Course handbooks. If you don’t know, this was an art course first devised in 1948 and it involved teachings by artists like Norman Rockwell, Austin Briggs, ...
Inktober 2019 – First Third
My initial feeling about Inktober was that I already drew in ink so I didn’t need a month devoted to it. Even so, I would post a few things every year half-heartedly. This year though, ...