sketchbook

Graphite and carbon pencils, 2018

The idea for this portrait came to me when I was looking at a packaging of soap - it was very glossy and it looked like it could look like pearls. As well as the soap packaging, I used white ink mixed with acrylic paint (for opacity) on black paper.

Just an OC of mine taking a drag, I guess.

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

Just a random dude from my sketch pad.

I'm finding the best practice for drawing dynamic poses comes from ballet dancers

For day 27 I made a very diluted India ink wash and painted a cityscape at night with white ink over it. I like how it turned out! Naïve and quirky.

Small drawing on A5 with pencils

Sketch of my fabric scissors.

Gel pens and calligraphy pens on 9 x 12 in. sketchbook paper.

Watercolor and ink

Illustration for Howling Wolf song ”I Aint Superstitious”

getting ideas out to make sure I start understanding concepts

For Inktober 25, I played around with a rainbow rubber stamp and markers. Simple but it was a lot of fun! And isn't Inktober all about experimentation and practise?

A fun little exercise drawn with black fineliner and colored with colored pencils.

ITS SOMETHING ~

India ink on cardboard.

Sketch of a jasmine tea tin in which I store nibs and ink cartridges for fountain pens. India ink on paper.

Personal reminder

This illustration has been inspired on a placebo song. Meds.

Drawing faces with black pen over watercolor dots. I loved how these tiny faces turned out.

"they has made a mistake in the shop, Harry Potter, they is giving you two the same!" - Dobby