Light and Dark

Light and Dark

Daily sketching. Quick studies. 

6” & 8”x 11” ink and watercolor wash on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Standing Out

Standing Out

Daily sketching. Quick escaped with pen and water brush. Sketched from a wonderful reference photo taken by Ruth Skinner from the site Landscape Reference Photos for Artists. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Slight Hesitation

 

Slight Hesitation

 

Daily sketching.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Response

Response 

Daily sketching.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Next Ridge

Next Ridge

Daily sketching. Another day pretending to be somewhere else with ink and water brushes. Referencing a photo taken by a daughter somewhere in Washington, I think.

12”x 16” ink and watercolor wash on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Two in London

Two in London 

Sketching family. Yesterday’s sketch. Referenced a photo I took in London in 2014, I think. 

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Watching Others

Watching Others

Daily sketching.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Another Face

Another Face

Daily sketching.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

 

Flowing

Flowing 

Daily sketching. Sketched from a reference photo I took a couple of summers ago in Yellowstone. 

12”x 16” ink and watercolor wash on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

 

Horizon Glow

Horizon Glow

Daily sketching. Escaped to a beach shore the other day with pen and water brush, for a bit. Sketched from a wonderful reference photo taken by Kathy Jo Schnur from the site Landscape Reference Photos for Artists. 

12”x 16” ink and watercolor wash on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Pose

Pose

Daily sketching. Referencing photo older than probably even me. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Distant Island

Distant Island

Daily sketching. Escaped to a rocky shore with pen and water brush for a while to sketch from a wonderful reference photo taken by Cathy McGuire from the site Landscape Reference Photos for Artists. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Almost Dancing

Almost Dancing

Daily sketching. Isolated from the crowd. A quick study.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Serene

Serene

Daily sketching.

8”x 10” ink and watercolor wash on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Hands

Hands

Daily sketching. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Playing Alone

 Playing Alone

 

One of the shorter sketches of “G” posing playing chess in a session not so long ago. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Another Face

Another Face

Daily sketching. Quick study

8”x 11” ink and watercolor wash on clod press. 

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Advance

Advance

Daily sketching. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Still Sitting

Still Sitting

The second attempt in a session not so long ago sketching a pose “S” had held for a couple of sessions. Didn’t have time as the session ended to applying the watercolor wash. 

11”x 14” ink on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Interview

Interview

Daily sketching. Quick.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Back in a Canyon

Back in a Canyon

Daily sketching. Spent a bit of the day with pen and water brush referencing from photos taken some years ago in Colorado. I think this was in Eleven Mile Canyon. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Almost All the Same

 

Almost All the Same 

 Daily sketching. Quick practice sketches referencing screen shots from a video.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Previous Invasion

Previous Invasion 

Daily sketching. A quick sketch of a bit of someone’s history along a rocky shore. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Days End

Days End

Daily sketching. Escaped again with pen and water brush for a while to sketch from a wonderful reference photo taken by Lana Huntley from the site Landscape Reference Photos for Artists. 

12”x 16” ink and watercolor wash on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Feeling The Look

Feeling The Look

Daily sketching.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

L

 L

 

Sketching family. Anniversary, a couple of weeks ago. 

9”x 12” ink and watercolor on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Between Islands

Between Islands

Daily sketching. 

12”x 16” ink and watercolor wash on cold press.

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Halfway

Halfway

A sketch of one of the ten-minute poses “S” provided in a session not so long ago. 

9”x 12” ink and chalk on toned paper

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

R, T and B

R, T and B

Sketching family. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Floating

Floating 

Daily sketching. Escaped again with pen and water brush for a while to sketch from a wonderful reference photo taken by Angela Joy Stephens from the site Landscape Reference Photos for Artists. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Enough

Enough

Daily sketching.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Three Pauses

Three Pauses 

Daily sketching.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

On the Floor

On the Floor

One of my shorter sketches of a long pose “S” provided at a session not so long ago. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

More Lingering Along a Shore

More Lingering Along A Shore

Daily sketching. Escaped again with pen and water brush for a while to sketch from another wonderful reference photo taken by Rayevan Feder from the site Landscape Reference Photos for Artists. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

B, T, and R

 

B, T, and R

 

Sketching family. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Along the River trail

 

Along the River Trail

 Daily sketching. Sketched from a reference photo I took earlier this spring.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Lingering Along a Rocky Coast

 

Lingering Along a Rocky Shore

Escaped with pen and water brush for a while to sketch from a wonderful reference photo taken by Rayevan Fedor from the site Landscape Reference Photos for Artists. 

12”x 16” ink and watercolor wash on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Swallowing

Swallowing

Daily Sketching. Quick sketched loosely from a photo reference on the site Landscape Reference Photos for Artists. A wonderful photo by Elysa Pizzuti Ray. 

11”x 8” ink and watercolor wash on matboard

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Disturbed

Disturbed 

 

Daily sketching. Interrupted may work too. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink 

Bit of Sun

Bit of Sun

Daily sketching. Quick study.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Bit Dark

 

Bit Dark

Daily Sketching.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Up

Up

 

Daily sketching.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink 

Proof

 

Proof

 

Daily sketching. playing with water-soluble ink.

7”x 9” water-soluble ink and watercolor wash on cold press. 

Fountain pen: Pilot Varsity 

Performance

Performance

A sheet of sketches from gesture poses “G” provided at a session not so long ago. 

12”x 9” ink on toned paper

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

On the Floor

 

On the Floor

A sketch from a second week of the longest pose “S” provided for a session not so long ago.

18”x 12” ink, oil sanguine, chalk and a bit black graphite on craft paper

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

"R"

“R”

Sketching family. A grandson

9”x 12” ink and watercolor on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Return to a View

Return to a View

The last sketch from the second session with “E” at an open draw session a couple of Friday mornings ago. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

"D"

“D”

Sketching family. Youngest Grandchild. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Noticed on a Couch

Noticed on a Couch

Daily sketching. Somewhere in a crowded room.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink