Pen and Ink challenge

My brother's horse, Chiquita

After 'Fancy' by Will Wilson

This one was from my imagination so of course, not so good.

Pen and Ink Challenge #36

Pen and Ink 70 Day Challenge

This night I quickly grabbed the camera which Dad came back with today and took photos of my sketches. I think in future I will be able to take photos of them most every day. Up to day 35, half way through my 70 sketches in 70 days challenge. 

 My last drawing with my fine pen which I used up very fast writing long letters with, now I only have the thicker pen to draw with hence the heavier looking sketches.

 This was obviously not a good day!

 I have begun to copy some of the master's works

 But still don't forget dear Heidi!

 There is so much to learn from Leonardo!

I wish you had stopped reading this post before you got to this last one! It is appalling!

Pen and Ink Challenge belated photos

Here they are finally.......

 These two I did with ink and brush as my pen was running out of ink

 Before my pen finally died I managed to do this. The crooked little deer is actually done in pencil

But I went and bought two good calligraphy pens, and so my sketches improved a little

There have been a few days in which I haven't done a sketch but I always catch up by doing two pages on the next day. So it's more like a seventy-sketches-in-seventy-days challenge.

About Ink Drawings and a Cute Little Shop

  I'm sorry I haven't been able to post my ink sketches for over a week, but I have been doing them! I bought two new pens so my inspiration has been refreshed. It is SO uninspiring trying to draw with a lumpy ball point pen which is running out of ink! I will take photos of them all when Dad comes home with the camera.  :)

  I have put some of my work in a little craft shop, co-op, in our little local town. Yesterday I went in for a training day as I am going to work in there two days a month.

Isn't it such a cute li'l shop!

   And guess what. I sold a painting!! And it had been hanging for only a couple of hours. And to a man who doesn't like horses, so he said! This is the one he bought, it was my first oil painting of a horse. I painted it last year, about this time.

Pen and Ink Challenge: #3

I used Ruth Ives' illustration from Luisa May Alcott's Jack and Jill as reference.

Pen and Ink Challenge: #2

I won't be doing Heidi sketches for ever, but while the mood is upon me to do them I shall!

This sketch was really just a quick one to fill in a gap! I used a brush for the large dark areas. I might do some more sketches with the brush; I like the affect.

Where I sketched, what I sketched, what I sketched from, and with what I used to sketch. =)

Pen and Ink Challenge: #1

My first page of sketches! 

I am using real pen and ink and it's quite hard to control as I haven't got used to in yet; unwanted blotches have a habit of dropping in from nowhere!

I have decided to fill one sheet of paper per day as I don't currently have a good sketch book to do them in. A clip board is easy to carry around. 

  I copied these girls from Heidi Grows Up by Charles Tritten. The illustrations are done by Pelagie Doane.

70 Day Pen and Ink Challenge

   I have been inspired by this blog post of Brenda Swenston's to begin a Seventy Day Challenge. Every day for seventy days I will draw a sketch in ink. I thought about allowing myself to sketch in pencil too but then I would always be rubbing out and what I need to practice is making accurate lines the first time. I haven't done allot of pen and ink drawings but I love them.

From the sketchbook of Conrad Martins (1801-1878)

Here are some of Beatrix Potters works.

  I will try to post my sketches every day; it will help to keep my standard up if I do, I don't want to get lazy and just do a quick scribble!

  While I was looking for images I came across this very fun pen and ink related page! Have a look.