It seems as if my life has been in a frenzy with multiple little tasks to be done before the day’s fun can begin! Today is no exception – banking, bills, dishes, housework – and then little petty things that pop up, like buying a bit of something for dinner as we have no leftovers today. Yes, we have no leftovers! And no bananas.
Nonetheless . . . I did complete the second exercise series in Shari Blaukopf’s most recent online class of pen and ink. This time we have a square somewhere in France. I know because she said so! This time it was to be done with a water soluble ink, of which I have none, so I again played with diluted permanent ink. In a few areas I wet the paper and then drew with a permanent pen, but I don’t like that as it seems to mess up a pen’s nib.
This is done on Bristol paper, very smooth but fairly heavy. The lack of tooth can be very nice when drawing with pen and ink as well as washes. My lines are a bit wonky here and there – earthquake? – and people are not well done, but I struggled most with the park bench on the right!! I will say I don’t like my results as much as I did the first exercise, but this is also a far larger drawing, taking up the entire sheet of 11×14 paper. Still, it was fun and satisfying to do.
Bristol paper, 11×14, ink, pen, ink washes.
Ink, Yarn & Beer 
Fabulous!
I like the wonkiness (Is that a word?)! Sometimes it’s nice to see a scene that’s just a bit “free!” from constraints.
Thanks, Anne! That is the beauty of sketches – the roughness and lack of perfection. Glad you like it – and its “wonkiness” – which is a perfectly good word, I think!
Thanks, Fraggy! Glad you like it!