Tag: ink

#inktober 2016 days 1-5

[cf. Inktober: 31 Days 31 Drawings, with a theme list, in case one needs inspiration.] My production thus far:

Day1: fast. Black ink and colour pencil drawing of a young samurai holding two swords, feet wide apart in a samurai stance of sort. Black ink and colour pencil drawing of a young samurai holding two swords, feet wide apart in a samurai stance of sort. I drew this at the bar Saturday, on the tiny note book that I got at the ParisWeb conference, using the wonderful Muji ink brush pen that Delphine gave me. A challenge for me was to draw it across and spanning two pages.

Day2: noisy. Black ink reproduction of Hiroshige Utagawa ‘full moon at Mimeguri’, showing in the forefront a wooden boat on water surrounded by reed, more reed in the middle ground as well as wooden stumps of sort, the silhouette of a forest in the background, and the full moon at the top.Black ink reproduction of Hiroshige Utagawa 'full moon at Mimeguri', showing in the forefront a wooden boat on water surrounded by reed, more reed in the middle ground as well as wooden stumps of sort, the silhouette of a forest in the background, and the full moon at the top. I drew this on the plane back from Paris, using Delphine’s Muji ink brush pen. Stéphane had given me a cardboard bookmark with this illustration, which he had gotten from the Guimet Museum of Asian Art that we visited per Virginie’s recommendation. I love Asian art, as the majority of this set suggests. As far as the theme is concerned, there’s nothing particularly noisy about this drawing, except for the fine lines that disrupt the stillness of the white paper.

Day3: collect. Black ink reproduction of a Japanese print from 1801 picturing a couple embracing, their mouths almost touching. Black ink reproduction of a Japanese print from 1801 picturing a couple embracing, their mouths almost touching. Detail of a print from the ‘Japanese Erotic Treasures from the Guimet Museum” book I got on Sunday. I meant to add colour and patterns to the yukata, but ran out of time. As far as the theme is concerned, well, I’ll just say that these two collect orgasms.

Day4: hungry. Black ink reproduction of Simon’s cat, mouth wide open and finger waving in front of an empty food bowl. A red disk in watercolour surrounds the drawing. Black ink reproduction of Simon's cat, mouth wide open and finger waving in front of an empty food bowl. A red disk in watercolour surrounds the drawing. A quick and dirty job at the end of a long day. I used an old writing roller pen and smeared the ink as soon as I applied watercolour, but liked that it ended up picturing shadows.

Day5: sad. Black ink drawing of a clown, three tear drops running down her cheek. Black ink drawing of a clown, three tear drops running down her cheek. I did that tonight, using the Muji ink brush pen. This is the young adult version of a child clown I drew in high school.

Inktober’s prompt list: Inktober's prompt list with suggested themes for everyday.

#sketch: ink and dip pen

A couple experiments with dip pen and ink. Black and colour ink.

Woman close-up, black ink and a few colours, spread with a water brush pen. Not happy yet, but it was fun!

Woman close-up, black ink and a few colours

A small bouquet of roses, black ink, colour pens, spread with a water brush pen. I love the flowers, but hate the watercolour smears! Oh well, next time I’ll use less colour ink.

A small bouquet of roses, black ink, colour pens, spread with a water brush pen

#sketch: Jardin des plantes, Paris

Santa (Daniel DardaNoël) brought me a book on urban sketching, with a note that he wished I’d do more drawing on location. I love the idea.

I’ve always been in awe of those who master live sketching, quick sketching, those who keep a travel notepad or sketchbook to fill with notes and drawings or paintings. My friend Ann Bassetti travels with watercolour and a light equipment just to do that. She took me to a Dr Sketchy Anti Art School event in San Francisco last March. It was fun and inspiring, although I performed very poorly. But it wasn’t the point. The point is that I’ve wanted to do this for years, and I have a few notepads and sketchbooks already, and I’m glad I went with Ann last March, and that Daniel just gave me this book. This is all connected 🙂

So, I read all the book and although it says ‘go outside and sketch,’ I stayed inside and sketched. From a picture I took in Paris last October at Jardin des plantes, next to the gigantic greenhouse.

Made on paper (12×17 cm), in my Paperblanks notebook, with Pentel ink brush and watercolour.

scanned sketchbook: Jardin des plantes, watercolour and ink, made 26 December 2014

#sketch: Pomponette

Pomponette is a sweet female cat that lives in the neighbourhood. I don’t know if she has a home or just owns the neighbours instead. Pomponette is how we call her; the neighbor calls her Mimine.

She showed up in our garden, I remember, Adrien had been born only a few weeks or so. She’s friendly albeit a little wary. And she shows up most days. She likes very much to be petted but will not settle on anyone’s knees or be held. There is a lot in her face, size and built that reminds me of Emu, my own cat, who’s been gone more than a year now, so Pomponette does linger now. This is nice.

Yesterday we found her curled in an empty flower pot, sleeping in the morning sun. As she heard my approaching foot steps, she raised a cocked head, before yawning and stretching.

Made on paper (12×12 cm) with Pentel Brush Pen, charcoal and white, brown and terra cotta pastels..

Drawing of the cat Pomponette, ink and pastel