Front of the Drama

Front of the Drama

Daily sketching.

11”x 14” ink and watercolor wash on cold press.

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Reminded Again

Reminded Again

Daily sketching.

14”x 12” ink and watercolor wash

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Coffee on Couch

Coffee on Couch

Daily sketching.

7”x 11” ink and watercolor wash on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Hello

Hello

Daily sketching.

8”x 11” ink and watercolor wash on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Recede

Recede 

Daily sketching.

14”x 11” ink and watercolor wash on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Serious

Serious

Daily Sketching.

9”x 12” ink and watercolor wash on cold press.

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

A New Year Too

 

A New Year Too

Daily sketching. Sketching family.

14”x 11” ink and watercolor wash on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

New Year

New Year

Daily sketching. Sketching family. 

11”x 11” ink and watercolor wash on cold press. 

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

 

Hush

Hush

Daily sketching. 

7”x 12” Ink and watercolor wash

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Back to Back

Back to Back

Daily sketching.

14”x 11” ink and watercolor on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Talkers

Talkers

Daily sketching.

14”x 11” ink and watercolor wash on cold press.

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Artist

Artist

A sketch of mine in the Think Small Exhibit until December 27th at the Lawrence Street Gallery in Ferndale, Michigan.

9”x 9” ink and watercolor wash on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Friday Afternoon

 

Friday Afternoon

A couple of my sketches of the pose “E” provided for a session on Friday afternoon.

Both: 11”x 14” ink and watercolor wash on cold press.

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Portrait and Figure

Portrait and Figure

A couple of sketches of a pose “P provided for a second week at the open session yesterday morning. Sketched from a different vantage point in the studio. Posted first session sketch a couple of weeks ago titled “Pumpkin and Staff”

Portrait: 9”x 12” 

Figure: 12”x 18” 

Ink and watercolor wash on cold press

Fountain pen: Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Winter Blues

Winter Blues

Daily sketching. 

14”x 11” ink and watercolor on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

1956 or 57

1956 or 57

Daily sketching. Sketching family faces from old photo album. 

Both 8”x 11” ink and watercolor wash on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

 

Sisters

Sisters

Sketching family. 

12”x 8” ink and watercolor wash

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Sitting Almost

 

Sitting Almost

Daily sketching. Almost doodling.

11”x 14” Ink and watercolor wash

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Face From Past

Face From Past

Daily sketching. More playing.

6”x 6” ink and watercolor wash

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Tens

Tens

Sketches of a couple of ten-minute poses “A” provided in a session earlier in the year. 

Both: 9”x 12” ink and chalk

Fountain pen: Pilot Varsity

Another

 

Another

Another sketch of “B” in another pose from a session earlier in the week.

11”x 14” ink and watercolor wash on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Patience

 Patience 

A sketch of one of the poses “B” provided at a session yesterday afternoon. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Fear

Fear

Daily sketching. Playing.

9”x 12” ink, watercolor wash and chalk on colored pastel paper

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Pillows

Pillows 

A sketch from earlier in the year of one of the poses “D” provided in a session with lots of pillows.

11”x 14” ink and watercolor wash on Mixed media paper

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Sitting Up

Sitting Up

Sketch of a twenty-five-minute pose “A” provided in a life drawing session last Wednesday afternoon. 

11”x 14” ink and watercolor wash on mix media paper

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Friday Afternoon

Friday Afternoon

My sketch of “B” in the pose she was in last Friday afternoon. 

14”x 17” ink and watercolor wash on Bristol paper

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Pumpkin and Staff

Pumpkin and Staff

My sketch of the pose “P” provided in the open draw session yesterday morning. 

12”x 18” ink and watercolor wash on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Politely Enduring the Glare

Politely Enduring the Glare 

A sketch of the longest pose “A” provided at the session yesterday afternoon.

11”x 14” Ink and watercolor wash on cold press. 

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Face

Face

Daily sketching. A bit of color.

8”x 12” ink and watercolor wash

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Together

Together

Sketching Family. One of my daughters and her family.

14”x 11” ink and watercolor wash on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Beside Her Hat

Beside Her Hat

A quick sketch of a pose “S” provided at a session not so long ago.

11”x 14” ink and watercolor wash. 

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Face Somewhere Else

Face Somewhere Else

Daily sketching. 

7”x 11” ink and watercolor wash

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Morning Nap

Morning Nap

A couple of my sketches of the pose “S” slept through yesterday in a morning open draw session. 

First: 18”x 12” ink and watercolor wash 

Second: 14”x 11” ink and Payne’s grey watercolor wash

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Ending Portraits

 Ending Portraits

After sketching “D” in her session long costumed pose at the end of a session last Friday and another today, I spent the last half hour of each sketching short portraits from different vantage points in the studio. 

First: 11”x 14” ink and watercolor wash with a TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink fountain pen

Second: 9”x 12” water-soluble ink and wash with a Pilot Varsity fountain pen.

Sit

 

Sit

My sketch of a pose ‘J” provided at the session yesterday afternoon. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Wary

Wary

Daily sketching.

8”x 11” ink and watercolor wash on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Sitting Somewhere Else

Sitting Somewhere Else

Daily sketching. Practice. Two places on a page.

14”x 11” ink and watercolor wash.

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Unfinished Chair

 

Unfinished Chair

A sketch of another pose “J” provided in a session last week.

11”x 14” Ink and watercolor wash on mix media paper

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Evening Glow

Evening Glow

Daily Sketching. Sketched loosely from a photo reference on the site Landscape Reference Photos for Artists. A wonderful photo by Tanya Bell. 

9”x 9” ink and watercolor wash on matboard. 

Fountain Pen: Carbon Platinum fine point desk pen

Green

Green

My sketch of the pose “D” provided in the session yesterday afternoon.

14”x 17” ink and watercolor wash on Bristol paper

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Less Time

Less Time

Some sketches of shorter poses “J” provided in a session a couple of days ago. Fifteen minutes and less. 

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

Fountain Pen: Pilot Varsity and TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Lounge

Lounge

My sketch of the longest pose “J” provided in a session yesterday afternoon. 

11”x 14” ink and watercolor wash on cold press.

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Quick Portrait

 

Quick Portrait

Sketching family. A daughter.

8”x 12” water-soluble ink wash with a bit of chalk on tinted pastel paper

Fountain pen: Pilot Varsity