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

Seeing

 

Seeing 

 

Daily sketching. A quick study.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Closer Look

Closer Look

Daily sketching.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Beside the Flowers on Friday Afternoon

Beside the Flowers on Friday Afternoon

Sketch of the Pose “A” held this past Friday afternoon, as she repeated the pose beside the flowers she was in last Friday afternoon.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Sun Hat

Sun Hat

 

Two sketches of the pose “E” provided in yesterday morning’s open draw session at the local art center.

1^st: 12”x 18” ink and watercolor wash on cold press

2^nd: 11”x 14” ink and watercolor wash on cold press

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink 

Two From the Crowd

Two From the Crowd

Daily sketching. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Cushion on Ledge

Cushion on Ledge

Daily sketching. Another quick study.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Countertop

Countertop

Daily sketching. A quick study.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Portrait and Figure

Portrait and Figure

Sketches from the pose “A” provided in a session last Friday afternoon 

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

Figure: 14”x 17” ink and watercolor wash on Bristol 

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Five and Ten

Five and Ten

Sketches of a couple of short warm up poses from a session with “S” last Wednesday afternoon. 

9”x 12” ink and a bit of chalk on toned paper.

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

The Other Side of Almost Outside

The Other Side of Almost Outside

“E” was back for a second week and in the same pose at the open draw session yesterday morning. One of my sketches from the side of her under the spotlight. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Pausing for a Bit

Pausing for a Bit

My sketch of “S” in her longest pose of the session yesterday afternoon. 

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Moment in a Day

Moment in a Day

Daily sketching. A quick study.

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

Fountain pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink