...a few of my ink drawings in the past few days....

A drawing a day... on Day 31 of 75.... :-)
A pear and cherries, and a drawing of some still life objects I left on my table..
 with faber castle pitt pen on Stillman & Birn sketchbook

Hydrangeas again... rapidograph pens on bristol smooth

My little manniken in various poses.....faber castle pitt in Stillman & Birn sketchbook (gamma series)

ink pens and drawing

It was my birthday yesterday, and this is what I wanted,.. a new set of rapidograph pens!! I used to have a set many many years ago.. and always wanted to have them back.  Little fine line markers are just not the same :-)     It was so hot today, I couldn't believe it! Over 90! That is very unusual for here in Rochester.
I stopped to draw my little supper,  didn't feel like eating much on such a hot day... didn't feel like doing much of anything!

Toast, and hard boiled egg...( I already ate the other half of the egg)

Day 21 of 75....

 Here are just a couple of drawings I've done in the past few days.  The rose was drawn from a picture I took earlier in June, and the hydrangeas I drew while sitting in my backyard at the table. I haven't drawn anything for today... so as soon as I finish this post, that's what I'll be doing!  Thanks for stopping by for a look :)

75 Day...(ink) sketch a day continued....

utensils from my kitchen drawer

drove down to the Port of Rochester to draw.  I ran out of room on my page, but drew enough to realize I need practice drawing buildings!  .. and cars.

Can't remember ever drawing a motorcycle... need practice doing this too!

I'm at day 13 now, not all my sketches have been posted, but doing a drawing or 2 every day.  Only 62 days to go!!  :-)

More Ink drawings....

Rain, rain, rain... what a gloomy day, but one way to brighten my mood is to buy something new to draw or paint.   Here are days 9 and 10 of my ink sketches, a couple of little "succulent" plants, and a couple of figs.  Both are firsts for me to draw, and doing it in ink was good change for my brain.

Drawings with black fine line pen

stillman & birn sketchbook 6x8 in.

moleskin sketchbook

day 5 and 6....How about some raspberries, blueberries and a few cherries in ink?  They came out ok but was dying to use some color!

more ink sketches, 6x8 inch paper

day 3, roses and leaves

day 4, cheese and grapes...  I set up this plate of cheese and grapes to draw, but after drawing it decided to also do a similar painting.

Pen and Paper, A drawing a day....

day 1, Newspapers on the table

I have been following artist Brenda Swenson's watercolor blog for a while now,  I love her watercolors, and drawings, and travel journal sketches...  and recently she posted a drawing challenge, to make a pen drawing every day for 75 days.  I decided I'd like to join in, because I've always loved drawing with pens, but just don't do it enough anymore.  It'll be fun to see what kinds of things I will find to draw in the next 75 days...  I may not post every drawing, but, for sure, I will be drawing.  In 75 days it will be September! How fast the summer goes by... and I will be happy to have a sketch book full of memories at the end.  :)

day 2, Back yard chair and rosebush

So Many Flowers...

 It seems as if all the flowers bloom at once, and no time to spend on them.  I did a quick sketch of a couple roses before I went to work today.  It would be so pretty as a painting, I hope I get some time this weekend... but then, the flowers will have faded. 

Red, black and white pencil on toned paper.

Prismacolor pencils on Stonehenge paper

I like doodling on different papers with all the different pencils I have to see how they feel.  I started making swirls and things on this stonehenge paper I have that is a 5x7 size.  The swirl designs were fun to do, and the pencils marked smoothly, and could be soft or very dark.  Then I started making a little face, and that was alot of fun to do... using all different colors to lightly shade it in.  The only thing I couldn't do was add a white highlight in the eye.  I'll have to plan out a nice drawing to do sometime on this paper... it comes in soft shades of gray, warm white, cream.. etc.  100% cotton...  my pastel pencils work nicely on it too.
I love it!

Spring Flowers

It was a beautiful day today! So sunny and warm with a lovely breeze... the first day that it's been so nice this Spring.   I picked these flowers, and sat outside and drew them.    A pinkish red tulip, and some lily of the valley.   I did the colored one with prismacolor colored pencils.  I forgot how much I like those pencils!

Felt like doodling with colored pencils today....

I love the feel of colored pencils on the moleskine paper, they glide smoothly and color lightly or dark.  I didn't have a plan before I started drawing, and looking back at it now, I think I like it better at the middle picture stage,  but it was fun to do. 

pastel pomegranate

close up

I bought a small set of Sennelier pastels and some new CarbOthello pastel pencils to try, and I love them both!  The pencils color nicely on this Canson pastel paper.  Nice and smooth...no gritty, scratchy feel like I sometimes get with the Conte pastel pencils.  And the Sennelier are super colorful, a little goes a long way. I love how you can lightly layer the color, and 'see through' it.
I just played around making little sketches on the paper of this pomegranate.   The pastel erases well too, I never knew that.   I cut a small peice of a hard eraser with a kraft knife and used it's nice edge to erase with. 

Stack of Books, Pastel Drawing

Here is another little pastel drawing.  I used pastel pencils, Nupastel sticks, and some Rembrandt soft pastels.  Just trying different things to see what happens.  I probably should have arranged that fabric into a better looking drape, but... I wasn't thinking it would matter until I was in the middle of it.

Pastels

Every so often I become re-enamored with pastels.  It's usually when I happen to see some very nice pastel drawings (or is it paintings?) and want to try them again.  I usually become disappointed when I can't get the detail I want, and I never liked the pastel paper texture, or the dust, and smudgyness of my work.  So, I wind up going back to painting.  So, recently I wanted to try again.. and I remembered a peice of Sennelier La Carte pastel card I had bought... its surface has a nice tooth to it, it grabs... it's different than like a Canson pastel paper.  I once bought some "sanded" pastel paper, and that was so different... like sandpaper, it really eats up a pastel though.  Anyway... this pastel card is heavy paper, and I cut a small peice and used it to try a little sample still life.  I really liked it alot!  I only have a set of Nupastel sticks and a set of Conte pastel pencils.  ( I do have some old Rembrandt soft pastels, but I didn't use those). This paper holds onto the pastel, there seems to be less dust, and less smudgyness (if thats a word? :-)    I think I might want to get some more soft pastels.. maybe get some new colors...??? I'd really like to get some more practice with this medium, and see what I can do.   (That goes for Watercolor too, but that's for another day).