Zom Osborne's Uploads

The endangered Black-footed Tree Rat or Djintamoonga is a native found in the northern regions of Australia. One of the country’s largest rodents, they are threatened by local extinction due to the presence of invasive feral cats and habitat change.

Here I was trying an experiment using pencil and Tombow watercolour markers for lighter tones with the ink. Not sure how well it works. I am open to feedback.

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.

Poor little sapling that was in our drive. I pulled it and the roots were so beautiful that I had to draw them.

I wanted to draw a house that had been destroyed.

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.

Rat armoured up and ready to defend. Fountain pen in my moleskine.

This is my second version of this drawing. If anyone has an opinion on which version they like better, I would love to hear it. (Sorry, you have to go back several pages of my uploads to see it.)

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.

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.

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.

This started out with an interest in drawing ferns and foliage, then surprised me by becoming a self portrait.

This guy is feeling a bit fragile today, so he got his armour out.

My family used to go to the same cabins at Netart’s Bay every year for a week at the beach. A happy memory.

The Primal inktober prompt today is Hunter. Not sure this is finished, fountain pen in my moleskine sketchbook.

Our community has been suffering from terrible floods, it seems like it is time to get used to a new reality.

That soft squishy frog body feels the need for some protection in times like these.

An experiment to see if I could represent decay using line. I learned a lot.

Did you have one of these as a child? I had multiples, every size from one that doubled as an eraser that you could fit on your pencil, to the extra large size, she must have been 10 inches high. Trolls were great with all their hair colours. My sister and I made them clothes and sent them on adventures.

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.

I recently finished this sketch of an interesting house in a town about an hour away. I was fascinated by all that was going on.