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Art: Drawvember2020

Last year I did six series of 5 drawings on a given theme or technique and I really liked it, but this year I compiled a list of prompts, and chose any medium or technique I liked:

  • Dragon
  • Robot
  • Fur
  • Cherub
  • Carnival
  • Prey
  • Pyramid
  • Crane
  • Diving
  • Pounce
  • Buccaneer
  • Altitude
  • Shipwreck
  • Zebra
  • Drums
  • Cougar
  • Boat
  • Planet
  • Sullen
  • Jellyfish
  • Monkey
  • Angel
  • Vanquish
  • Depth
  • Villain
  • Lipstick
  • Cliff
  • Pure
  • Elf
  • Tower

All my drawings in one place

Indigo ink drawing with grey ink shadow of a dragon with big eyes
Day 1 – Dragon
Grey and black ink drawing of a robot in the position of the Rodin sculpture The Thinker
Day 2 – Robot
Pencil drawing of a fluffy cat
Day 3 – Fur
Grey ink drawing of a child angel
Day 4 – Cherub
Black, grey and red ink drawing of two costumed characters wearing white face masks and red headdresses in the foreground and a gondola and church from Venice in the background.
Day 5 – Carnival
Black ink drawing of a lioness feasting on the neck of a zebra
Day 6 – Prey
Coloured pencil drawing of three pyramids at sunset
Day 7 – Pyramic
Black, grey and red ink drawing of a Japanese crane
Day 8 – Crane
Grey ink drawing of a bird diving down a cliff toward water that seems to be quite far below
Day 9 – Diving
Grey and black ink drawing of a cat with very dilated pupils, ready to pounce.
Day 10 – Pounce
Pencil drawing of a fierce-looking woman pirate aiming a pistol and carrying a sword in the other hand.
Day 11 – Bucaneer
Black and grey ink drawing of the Brooklyn Bridge under construction with silhouettes of men walking on top of a high cable. The city is suggested in the background as grey shapes of buildings.
Day 12 – Altitude
Black ink drawing of a tentacle emerging from water, at the end of which is the remnant of a pirate ship flag and broken pole.
Day 13 – Shipwreck
Dark black shiny rectangle with fuzzy border on which I drew a zebra in white ink
Day 14 – Zebra
Black and grey ink drawing of a Japanese man playing kodo, a really big drum, with two thick round sticks. He looks very happy.
Day 15 – Drums
Gouache painting of a cougar walking on snow
Day 16 – Cougar
Gouache painting of a cruise ship at night
Day 17 – Boat
Ink drawing of a man mounting an oversized pelican flying over a forest in a canyon, under a giant Jupiter.
Day 18 – Planet
Grey ink drawing of a woman in kimono sitting and holding a fan.
Day 19 – Sullen
Metallic paint depicting a large jelly fish against a black square
Day 20 – Jellyfish
Gouache painting of a monkey dangling from a branch, against a floral background
Day 21 – Monkey
Black ink drawing of a life-size angel with black tears that pour out of his eyes and drain down his neck, which appeared over time as an effect of aging bronze. His hands are resting on a post or sword in front of him between his thighs.
Day 22 – Angel
Gouache painting of an Aston Martin Vanquish speeding in a curve
Day 23 – Vanquish
Black ink drawing of a roof-topping view with perspective on the roofs of other buildings, the streets below, and the body, legs and feet of the person viewing this
Day 24 – Depth
Black grey and blue ink and gouache painting of the joker holding the Batman playing card in front of his face.
Day 25 – Villain
Black and red ink drawing of a woman in a cocktail dress
Day 26 – Lipstick
Gouache painting of white cliffs by the sea
Day 27 – Cliff
Gouache painting of a geisha dancing with a fan in her hand.
Day 28 – Pure
Pencil drawing of the face of Cate Blanchett as Galadriel
Day 29 – Elf
Alcohol markers drawing on tracing paper of Carl’s house from the movie “Up”, surrounded by towering buildings.
Day 30 – Tower

Conclusion

I loved it! I discovered in the process that I don’t really like coloured pencils, but that I absolutely love gouache painting!

I think I have improved over the years. Notably, for “sullen” I redid a drawing of “Woman Sitting on Edge of Veranda” by Utamaro Kitagawa. Four years apart, and this time the lines were crisper and there was simply more details.

Carl’s house (from the movie Up)

Remember the movie “Up”? Carl is compelled to leave (in) his house when it is squeezed too tight between skyscrapers.
Pencil sketch on Canson 10,2×15,2 cm One Art book:
Pencil sketch in an open artbook on a table. My fingers holding the page open are visible.

I used alcohol-ink brushmarkers and promarkers for colouring and a light grey Stabilo Point 88 for the thin lines:
Colours applied: black for the asphalt at the bottom, shades of warm grey for the two tall skyscrapers, green for the tiny lawn, grey-blue for the roof and window of the little house, reddish-brown for the chimney.

The watercolor effect in the sky was achieved by using a light blue promarker in one hand and the blender in the other. Then I did the same for the grey buildings in the distance. I used a black 0.1 mm Uni-Ball pin pen for the black lines, and a white Posca pen for the white ones:
Sky and background buildings added and coloured, shadows added, details added in white. I handwrote a title at the top, signed and dated at the bottom.

Moebius monolith & blond Narcissus

Both of these Moebius illustrations, that I had seen at the exhibition in Toulon, were done on bristol paper, 82×128 mm, using alcohol ink Brushmarkers and Promarkers.

Sepia ink with nib for the outline of the Moebius bust monolith, and warm grey markers:
Grey ink drawing of a man carrying a bag and wearing a pointed helmet, who stands at the foot of a gigantic monolith in the shape of the bust and face of the artist Moebius.

Uni-ball pin pens (thin and really thin), and coloured alcohol ink markers for the blond Narcissus:
Coloured drawing of a young boy kneeling over water. His reflection is broken by a large ripple.

Other work from late December 2017

I doodled a few Moebius’ figures to test how badly black ink bleeds against alcoholic ink. Maybe I didn’t let it dry enough, but the Uni-ball pin pens supposedly don’t bleed but they did:
Two sketches of caped characters, one standing from behind, another in the water pushing a skiff
Sketch of a levitating character with spread out arms, dressed in a long billowy dark blue robe, a headdress that looks like antlers, and two large orbs at the ears.
A bit frustrated, I continued with a Moebius’ figure of a queen in heaven, part of an illustration of Dante’s Divine Comedy, but this time I used a Pentel Brushpen and watercolor:
Black ink and coloured alcohol markers drawing of a madonna on clouds with joined hands, wearing a crown and a halo full of stars
This one I liked doing very much! I used a Black ink Pentel Brushpen for the black background and a white Posca pen for the zebra:
Zebra painted in white over a black rectangle