InkTracks

A wash of colors and a bit of ink, just makes me happy. W/c and Faber Castel brush pen on Moleskine w/c paper--cropped.

I found an old Mead sketchpad, marked $1.75, that has paper as heavy as today's Aquabee Superdeluxe paper. Not as heavily sized, but it ...

Chaucer is sailing away on his magic carpet here. The process was to practice w/c glazing, and to create bloom. Glazing takes waiting and go...

An excellent brass music stand for $20. I'll be using it as a simple easel for sketching while standing. Charcoal drawing, then w/c, on ...

. . . of a drive-by drawing. I didn't do her face right, but it's a first attempt. She held really still though, much better than c...

This cat has become one now. After I've drawn something several times and can do it from memory, I use it for those times I want to play...

When the real thing just gets too frustrating, I can turn to a nice wooden cat for practice. Copic brush multiliner and w/c on Aquabee Super...

This stuffed dinosaur is nose-heavy. But I didn't reveal that in his portrait. 4B pencil on Superaquabee.

Another attempt at this model. With background and penciled shadow. An ink shadow just seemed impossibly harsh. Fiber tip on Superaquabee

So many great sketchers/bloggers do cityscapes. I'm always fascinated and impressed. I want to get better at capturing those building/ca...

Glazing in watercolors takes a lot of waiting and careful color mixing. I'm giving it a try. Going back to layer on reds and then lift h...

On the cover of the Aquabee sketchbook--gesso with blue acrylic added, then sketching and painting on top. I have to make the covers of my s...

Three sketches in 30 minutes fills 3 days of posting. Efficient practice, I'd say. Especially when I can set them up for pre-posting whi...

So much easier without people in them! But I did the floorboards from memory, and they're all wrong. Tech pen on Superaquabee.