Inktober 13

More Clouds

Inktober 12

Skull

Ink wash with diluted Art Spectrum Black acrylic ink and contour line in Copic pen.

Inktober 10 & 11

A couple of 'tangle' drawings

Opening at Tacit tonight - The Mechanical Pencil

'Hatchlings'

One of my new series of works from the exhibition 'The Mechanical Pencil'. Opening tonight, October 10 at  6.30pm. Tacit Gallery, 123a Gipps Street, Collingwood, Victoria. All welcome!

Inktober 8 & 9

Channeling Franklin Booth

Inktober 8 - cloud study. I really love Franklin Booth's pen work. This drawing is heavily influnced/copied from some of his works, especially his 'Hills of Holland' piece. I wanted to experiment with his use of line and hatching so created this drawing while looking at 'Hills' and several other of his works. If you do not know his work have a search, it is truely stunning.

Inktober 9 - cloud study. Using what I had learned from the study of Booth's works for Inktober 8, I did my own version using a sepia toned pen. I took this photo of thunderclouds building up over Oakleigh while we were waiting for the lights to change (I was the passenger, so no laws broken!) I am enjoying these cloud studies and I think I will do some more.

The Mechanical Pencil

Exhibition opening this Wednesday, October 10 at Tacit Gallery

Please join me this Wednesday night at Tacit to view my latest body of works. All welcome and would love to see you there!

'Humming Steam'

Inktober 7

Practice page

Experimenting with different ways of making a mark using felt tip art pens.

Inktober 6

A quick sketch of my garden magpie

Copic pen and ink wash

Inktober 5

California Poppies 

It's spring in my garden! California Poppy sketch - 10/15 minutes using Inktense pencil and Copic pen.

Inktober 3 and 4

Inktober 3

Black Bean Tree - seed pod case found on nature strip of neighbours house.

Inktober 4

Pandas sketched from life over the weekend at Adelaid zoo.