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Illustrated with Ink and Ink-Pens on Paper. Urh.-Nr:1811955 Copyright  by Carolina Matthes

Pencil drawing from reference finished off with dip pen nib and ink and markers for the big areas done 9/5/22.

Stephen Gammell Inspired/ Charcoal and Graphite.

A penguin. Digital watercolor base with oils overtop. I wanted to try to paint it like those traditional animal paintings from ages ago. I gave them an ear piercing for the challenge and kept it at that. They're stuck up; they don't need much. ;P

Pen and ink drawing of a nest

Doodling of the Day

Converting myself from Digital Art to Coloured Pencil and Pen & Ink. I hope you like this House Sparrow I've just managed to finish Please zoom in.

Medium is Graphite and Charcoal. Inspired by Stephen Gammell

This is the first oil painting I did. This was done back in 2018 when I was severely depressed and have recently picked it up again.

My first drawing in black ink only

This is one of my first, and best pieces of digital art to-date. I created it using Procreate, inspired by my love of wolves, and Northern landscapes more generally.

Done in Graphite and Charcoal, Inspired by Stephen Gammell

For my daughter Carla Here is the finished project.... hope you like it. It's the very first horse I've drawn.

Yes there's an island on the coast of Australia that's called Cabbage Tree Island.

I started off with just the hand and then decided to put something in it, which lead to the pear and then everything else just followed.

This is another illustration with someone just sitting outside enjoying the day or night. This is not someone existing it’s just some female character. Great to make this more elaborate in terms of styles while adding beautiful effects.

This is a scanned pencil sketch of a picture that I still want to work out. The whole thing is supposed to be a kind of fantasy landscape. The castle depicted does not have to be historically correct either. I will try to work it out in Procreate. It's a great programme, but unfortunately I'm not yet as proficient as I'd like to be ... As soon as there's any progress, I'll post it here! Regards Christian

a sketch with an expensive fountain pen and green sailor ink…

Pen and ink drawing on a coffee stained background and watercolour highlights

Silly old mother Gertrude and her dead mans brains.

Taking inspiration from Damien Jurado’s latest album. Suffice to say, it’s a good one!

In this drawing, I was striving to capture the spirit of contemplation and reflection, a sort of spiritual sojourn, an ancient practice of pilgrimage, focusing on subjects of transcendent nature, and exploring destinations of spiritual significance. (words taken from scholarlysojourns.com). It is a self-portrait (me as a 14-year-old boy). We had just moved from Mequon to Rhinelander. It was then that I began to romanticize the natural beauty of Mequon. But at the same time, I was falling in love with the beauty of Rhinelander. In this picture, I am walking through the countryside of Mequon. The stringed musical instruments symbolize my love for the progressive classical and folk-tinged acoustic and orchestral music that was coming out of England in the late 60s and early 70s, specifically the quieter pieces of music performed by the Moody Blues, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Yes, and Jethro Tull. A song called Reasons for Waiting by Jethro Tull is a good accompanying piece for this drawing.

Born and lived in Canada my whole life, the only thing I look forward to in summer would be beach bum times!

Taciturn. I don't know any other creature most temperamentally disinclined to talk than fish. I have a few at home and they are a very quiet company.