Day 7 of inktober2020 and the prompt is Fancy (referring to his hat). I like this pen and ink approach better than most of my earlier inktober drawings. I prefer the teeny tiny scratchings to marker.
Nick insists on taking his special hat with him.
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Pen and ink in my moleskine. I posted the entire drawing a few weeks ago. I really enjoyed drawing this. I felt like I was drawing someone's lost thoughts.
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For the past years I have been mainly painting in acrylic. But since my last show I have taken this time to return to my love of drawing and am mostly experimenting. I am using fountain pen for the first time and really enjoying it.
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An experiment to see if I could represent decay using line. I learned a lot.
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This was inspired by one of @JunkyardSam's drawings. I loved his linked islands and wanted to do my version. Thankyou Junkyard Sam for your inspiration. It is good fun to try on someone else’s outlook.
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It is day 14 of inktober2020 and I couldn't resist the prompt Armor.
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This is the full spread in my moleskine of Return of the Polar Bear. It is after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, an artist from the 16th century, with my own changes.
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Trying out different approaches with my fountain pen.
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I am loving sketching when I am out and about. It is very different than working in my studio - and gives me ideas for my imaginary drawings.
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I enjoy bringing a bit of story-telling and hopefully ambiguity into my drawings. Done with my TWSBI fountain pen and watercolour in my moleskine
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Fountain pen and watercolour in my moleskine. This was a lot of fun, but challenging to balance what to colour and what to leave.
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A detail from Polar Bear Ship, a recently finished drawing after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, an artist of the 15th century. I changed it a fair bit, his didn't have polar bears - or any animals. I wanted to try out his style. I like this way of drawing.
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Pen and watercolour in my moleskine. As some of you are on your phone, I thought a detail shot might be helpful.
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Done with fountain pen in my moleskine. My first drawing for this year's inktober. I decided to use inktober as a way to experiment with different approaches. (There is also a hidden story if you follow me along.)
Mig always feeds Anie at the same time because she read that fish can get anxious if they don't know when their food is coming.
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This is the other half of Return of the Polar Bear, a drawing in my moleskine. It is after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, an artist from the 16th century. I began it as a way to try out his intricate use of line and hatching. The subject matter altered some along the way - his etching didn't have any animals, and of course mine had to be all about the animals. I also simplified. It turned out to be a wonderful lesson.
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This is a closeup of the Fox and Raven Frame I posted the other day. It is done with fountain pen in my moleskine.
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Pen and watercolour in an old sketchbook. From a few years ago, but still has meaning for me. A consistent theme, animals and women.
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While visiting a friend, I took some time to draw his cabin.
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Fountain pen with de Atramentis urban grey ink in my moleskine. Tombow markers for the diluted greys.
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Rat armoured up and ready to defend. Fountain pen in my moleskine.
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Pen and ink in my moleskine. Using the wonderful Albrecht Durer for a drawing lesson.
Hello, my name is Zom Osborne, 
