drawing

Pen and ink on toned gray paper

Spring flowers

"Kids, gather around. It's time to show you who your real father is." Ink & watercolor on 5x5 Arches cold press.

A spot of Monday motivation!

When your local art store drops by your house to drop off new supplies, that's the perfect excuse to crack on with new projects!

Jen’s cat, Callie.

Graphite and iron oxide recovered from acid mine drainage on watercolor paper

Colored pencil (Prismacolor) drawing of a hand of small "Lady Finger" bananas. Sweeter than the usual Cavandish bananas.

These cats live in Bali and surf nearly every day. When they're not surfing they're eating. When they're not eating or surfing they're napping.

Drawn with a Pilot Falcon SEF fountain pen using Platinum Carbon Black ink and colored with Holbein watercolor.

A sketch I did with the intention of adding watercolor to hopefully in the near future.

finding inspiration in my yard.

Have no fear! I haven't lost my head- I have it right here. And my neck has a hole where you can pour the beer. So do me a favor, dear. Pour it in with a cheer.

My drawings today from my sketchbook class, we were drawing cadavers. These are from the head and neck dissections of the donors. This is one of my favorite locations I take my students. It is humbling.

One of twelve illustrations for a children's book.

A Holiday card I made this past Christmas. Check out the GIF animation of it on my website :)

Last part of my animals at hide serie. Willow grouses use to go under snow at night times. In to ”kieppi” at Finnish

Happy Flower for Your Happy Friday - Drawn with a @platinum.pen 3776 Century Kumpoo using Platinum Carbon Black ink.

Inked with a PCH91 F, Noodlers Black Ink.

It's Triangle Man with a Triangle Plan, dropping big bombs on everyone that he can.

Drawn with a Sailor/Wancher Turquoise 1911L. The M nib on this pen comes to a sharp point which allows for some line variation not from flex but based on how deep the firm nib digs into the watercolor paper. The Noodlers Black ink is a little dry and that contributes to this effect.

For these Grahams Up the Tree drawings I used a Pilot Custom 823 with FA nib. This pen is legendary. It has a very soft nib and a giant vacuum filled tank of ink so you can write and draw for days.

"At 6 o'clock the window squeaks and mum calls time" from Graham's Up the Tree. It must have been strange for mbpardy to see his his story interpreted through my illustrations... but page by page these characters came to life, with both of our contributions somehow adding up to something bigger.

Charcoal and iron oxide recovered from acid mine runoff

Charcoal and iron oxide recovered from acid mine runoff recovery on watercolor paper

Brush pen on paper.

Graphite and iron oxide recovered from acid mine runoff on watercolor paper

Graphite and iron oxide recovered from acid mine run-off on watercolor paper