black

Drawn on location with a rotring Art pen

Illustration for the Folio Society Competition Brief based on the novel War Horse by Michael Morpurgo.

Done with ink and gel pen.

Charcoal and trois crayons on black card.

Fairly recently I was "commissioned" to paint a picture of my cousin and grandmother. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, but painting this was a bit of a challenge. There were definitely moments where I stopped painting and completely hated how it looked/became frustrated with myself, and I wouldn't work on it for days. I felt an odd pressure attached to making this... or maybe I'm crazy. 16x20, acrylic.

Illustration for the Folio Society Competition Brief based on the novel War Horse by Michael Morpurgo.

Fine point black pen

the black and yellow garden spider (also called the writing spider; Argiope aurantia) and the banded garden spider (A. trifasciata), which have vivid yellow and black markings on the abdomen, are commonly referred to as garden spiders. https://www.britannica.com/animal/garden-spider Although it is often refered to as a banana spider...which is were I am connecting the irony and source of my inspiration...from the piece #Comedian created by artist #Maurizio_Cattelan...known at the moment as the

It’s housefly season. Thank goodness for screen doors.

Pen & ink on Bristol

White pencil and gel pen on black paper

This was done with oil pastels in a technique known as Sgrafitto, as part of a 100 day challenge on Instagram. I scratched the black paint off with a chop stick. Worked like a treat, so I'm planning a bigger piece with that technique.

Inspired from a vintage photography of singer Cher in oil pastels

Inktober day 16

Quick pattern made with white ink on black paper. It reminds me of the texture of a feather

Pen & ink on Bristol

Red & Black ink worked on with handmade nibs and pens, marker sketch

Based on https://pin.it/4ob2pjZ

from "Lost at Home" series, ink on paper, 8x11inches.

Here is a pencil drawing of actress Charlize Theron. I used Cold Greys and black from the Faber Castell Polychroms range of color pencils on Strathmore Bristol Smooth (series 300) paper. Many thanks for looking

Pen & ink on Bristol

from the "Présence - Seeds" series.

A test piece to see how Conte pencils took to newly acquired black paper.

Finally finished! This project took many long hours (about 8-9) and reduced my brand new 6B pencil to nothing but a tiny stub... “Black Gold” is done in graphite on 80 lb drawing paper. If you are interested in prints please contact me via my website.