Drawvember 2019 Days 11-15

This series focuses on Japanese men warriors.

Sugegasa

Warm grey ink drawing of a man seen from the side. He wears a Sugegasa (conical straw hat) and holds a sword at his side with both hands.

Sugegasa (conical straw hat).

I used a few warm grey PITT artist brush pens from Faber-Castell, and my black ink Pentel Brushpen.

Zen

Thick black strokes to draw a young man in cross-legged position, arms folded, head bent and his sword propped between his shoulder and arms. There is a large black rectangle as background.

Young man in cross-legged position, arms folded, head bent and his sword propped between his shoulder and arms.

I used a black ink Pentel Brushpen without drawing a sketch first.

Sword

Thick broad black strokes create movement around a young man with long black hair wielding a sword.

I didn’t like how this one turned out 🙁

I painted directly black ink strokes with a coarse brush to create movement, and then added detail with a black ink Pentel Brushpen.

Duel

Think black lines depicting two dueling samurais seen from above. One wears a Sugegasa (conical straw hat) and has his sword in front of him, while the other is about to unsheath his.

Dueling samurais seen from above.

I used a black ink 0.05 mm Graphik line maker from Derwent.

I’m not very good at hatching and cross-hatching, but if I ignore that aspect, I like how this one came out.

Musashi vs. Denshichirō at the Rengeōin

Black and grey ink drawing of a two samurai fighting with swords on the railing of a wooden deck by a temple near vegetation. One just missed the other who jumped high above the railing and whose sword is ready to strike.

This is how I imagine the duel between Musashi and Denshichirō at the Rengeōin (from the Eiji Yoshikawa novels). I really enjoyed doing this piece and love love love how it turned out.

I used black ink 0.05 mm Graphik line maker from Derwent, a grey ink brush pen from Kuretake, and black ink Pentel Brushpen.