After A Long Hiatus

I could finally sit today after 2 months.  What a glorious day, to be able to sit, not have a swelling leg that hurts at the groin level and sit, just sit, and sit purposefully at the table to draw.  Able bodied people will never understand how just to simply be able to sit and walk means so much to one who is incapacitated in those bodily movements.  I thank the Lord for answering the prayers from all of you who prayed for me.  Thank you, thank you, all of you who prayed for me.  I feel like I’m myself again!  And so here are all a bunch of small fast sketches that I did tonight since 11 pm and it’s now 2 am.  These are a mixture of Hero fountain pen, Pentel Pocket Calligraphy brushpen, watercolor, Mungyo oil pastel, Pacific Arc watersoluable graphite crayon and pencil.

Animal Paintings Part 3

It’s been a long time since I’ve painted and doodled but now with renewed strength, here they are!

These are in Strathmore Toned 5.5 x 8.5 inch sketchbook.

Caran D’Ache Neocolor 2 crayons and Hero Fountain Pen

Hero Fountain Pen

Mungyo Oil Pastel

Mungyo Oil Pastel in Bogus Kraft Paper 9×12 inch

Daniel Smith watercolor in Stillman & Birn Alpha 5.5×8.5 inch hardbound sketchbook

Canson Biggie Sketchpad 9×12 inch

Some cartoon animals

Finally, I allowed myself some free time from bible study to draw some.  I meant to practice some serious pen work but ended up doing cartoon animals.  Oh well.

 

 

Some Zentangles and some animals

I bought the book Zen Doodle and did some pen doodles.  Some I added Daniel Smith watercolor and some I didn’t.  Most of the time, I wished I hadn’t added watercolor because it looks so messy.  Done with my range of Hero and Lamy and Pilot fountain pens.

These few are following the book.

These are my own.  This one has FW sepia acrylic ink dipped with pencil because I was too lazy to go get my dip pen.  The rest is pen work and Prismacolor sepia pencil.

Sharpie Ultrafine markers.

Testing Chinese Hero Fountain Pens

I bought a bunch of Chinese made fountain pens because I need the variety and I plan to do a LOT of pen sketches.  My old Parker has a damaged nib and my Lamy is too fine.  My Platinum Carbon Fountain pen is ultra fine and my Montblanc is too broad and I don’t dare put India ink in the Montblanc.  I need to have waterproof lines in case I want to put watercolor over the sketch.  So, here is the  haul.

 

 

Below are writing and drawing samples.