New WIP, 27 dec.

New work in progress. Pen crosshatch drawing, Copic Multiliner 0.03. Not sure how it will end up yet..

The coolest xmas gift!

My awesome parents got me this A3 led lightpad for christmas! I'm so excited about it! I've been wanting one for years and years and years. Now I can sketch as much as needed, and then easily transfer the sketch to a clean sheet of paper – without worrying about erased lines showing up through the charcoal or chalk. It's just perfect: completely thin, lightweigth and flat, without any edges that could crease the paper. And it's mine! My precious!

Sleeping Beauty - The Dream

"Sleeping Beauty - The Dream" - Painting with watersoluble inks and waterproof pen.

Sleeping Beauty - WIP

A new ink painting in progress. This time I'm doing the outlining first, using a waterproof UniPin fine line pen, size 0.05 on Fabrinano watercolour studio paper.

Lonely Road

Bwaahaa! I already finished this one! Well, ain't that a quickie on a monday evening? I'm never this fast... Maybe this is a technique I should use more often.

Dye inks and water... then some charcoal mixed with water... But then I had to add more defined outlines with a pen. Lots of fun making this one.

Having fun with inks

Preparations for Christmas will have to wait. I'd rather spend time with my pens and pencils these days. I have several works half done, but that's fine. Some of them will never be completed – they'll end up in the trash after laying around for some time.

Today I'm playing with some ink and water. My plan is to add some charcoal too... Very exciting :-D

My hands will never be pretty...

New work in progress. It was supposed to be a soft and bright pencil drawing, but something happened... I'll never have pretty hands. Always messy with charcoal, chalks, cuts, paint or ink. It gets into my skin and under my nails.

Undressed Woman - Graphite

My first graphite pencil drawing for ages. Really. It's been years and years... I usually work with charcoal, and I think I will continue with that. But I like the control the graphite gives me with details. Guess I messed up when I chose this really textured paper. It didn't work well with the soft pencils 5B, 6B and 7B.

I will try graphite for a couple more drawings, but then with a more smooth paper. But I do love this toned paper!

New WIP - 3 december.

New work in progress. Right now I can't decide on what medium to use. I might use pencil only on this one - something I haven't done in years. But then – I do love my charcoal.