Snow Road

 

Snow Road

 Doodling as the flakes float all around. 

Some almost reach the ground. 

6”x 4” ink and watercolor on matt board scrap.

Fountain Pen: Platinum Carbon fine point

Sunday Morning Blues

 

Sunday Morning Blues

Daily sketching. In these days of isolation, still sketching photos of strangers posing on my laptop screen. 

9”x 12” ink, oil sanguine, chalk and a bit of black graphite on tinted paper.

Fountain Pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Opposites

Opposites

They were opposites 

though maybe only 

for a moment, 

waiting for 

another chance. 

 

Sketching strangers from a laptop screen. 

12”x 9” ink and wash

Fountain Pen: Platinum Carbon fine point

Beginning or Ending

Beginning or Ending

Arriving just in time 

at the edge 

or 

waking to the glow.

 

Prelim sketch or thumbnail of sorts on scrap matt board. 

4”x 6” ink and watercolor

Fountain Pen: Platinum Carbon fine point

Sure

 

Sure

Daily sketching. In these days of isolation, still sketching photos of strangers posing on my laptop screen. 

9”x 12” ink, oil sanguine, chalk and a bit of black graphite on tinted paper.

Fountain Pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Escape

Escape

A few minutes 

on the road 

pretending 

hours to

somewhere 

else.

 

Prelim sketch or thumbnail of sorts on scrap matt board. 

4”x 6” ink and watercolor

Fountain Pen: Platinum Carbon fine point

Short Line

Short Line

Daily drawing. Almost from life in these days of isolation. Sketched from photo on laptop screen.

11”x 17” ink and wash

Fountain Pen: Platinum Carbon fine point

Young Pigs

 

Young Pigs

 Daily sketching. Sketching posing characters found on a laptop screen. A substitute for life in these isolated times. 

8”x 6” ink and watercolor

Fountain Pen: Platinum Carbon fine point

Almost Paisley

 

Almost Paisley

Sketching from childhood memories. A place my grandparents lived for a while. 

4”x 6” ink and watercolor

Fountain Pen: Platinum Carbon fine point

Floor Dance

 Floor Dance

A dance from the floor.

A classical pose so

naturally preformed. 

  

Daily sketching. In these days of isolation, still sketching photos of strangers posing on my laptop screen. 

12”x 9” ink, oil sanguine, chalk and a bit of black graphite on tinted paper.

Fountain Pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Ignore

 Ignore

Disturbing a request 

for solitude.

 

Preliminary sketches. They have both been sketched into other illustrations a number of times, but never together again. A promise made to the gull obviously in need of Solitude.

10”x 7” ink and watercolor

Almost Night

 

Almost Night

 

An evening sail.

A story almost

that disappears 

with the light. 

 

Doodling an evening sail to put off for a bit what I should be doing. 

4”x 6” ink and watercolor

Fountain Pen: Platinum Carbon fine point

Nothing to Win

 

Nothing to Win

Another misunderstanding. 

Allusive goals created 

to make okay

harder to ignore. 

 

Daily drawing. Almost from life in these days of isolation. Sketched from photo on laptop screen.

10”x 11” ink and wash

Fountain Pen: Platinum Carbon fine point