Moonlit Winter Farm

Continuing to follow lessons by Peter Sheeler, this one is a Moonlit Winter Farm scene.

It is an important one because I am continuing to work with the Platinum Carbon Ink I received a couple of days ago.
My first test was an absolute disaster, a quick sketch of Winter sleeping on the couch and a quick wash.
The wash reactivated the ink that was supposed to be waterproof!
I wasn't happy

Yesterday I tried it on a different paper and it worked!
Today I tried it on two more papers and it worked!

It looks like it didn't like the original paper for some reason.

Anyway I am happy with this one except for the crop ..
Pen and ink and watercolour wash on Saunders 200# HP

Ignatius Centre walk ...

... or have pencil will travel.

Plus 10c with clear skies and a warm sun. It sure feels like Spring is coming!

After a walk I sat myself down to sketch, opened my bag and realised I had fogotten my pens !
I did have a Pilot V Plus fountain pen but it's not waterproof
so I decided on pencil sketches ...

1 .. Finding a sheltered spot out of the wind I also found this old wheelbarrow.
Pencil, a touch of Vpen and watersoluble graphite.

2 .. Braving the wind on the other side of the building to sketch a small shed in the tree's. Quickly drawn in pencil and then back into the lee to finish it off
Pencil

3 .. Looking for another spot this time in the farmyard I came across this 50 gallon drum up against the cedar fence.
Pencil

 

Staedtler Mars Lumigraph pencils,
Stillman and Birn Beta Sketchbook,
Art Graf Water soluble Graphite,
Pilot Fountain Pen,

Urban Sketching in St Jacobs

Today the Urban Sketchers of KW and I descended on St. Jacobs, more specifically the Railway Museum in St Jacobs for a day of sketching.

In addition we were able to leave a piece of work for a show and sale that runs through November (weekends only).

If I learned anything today it is that trains are tricky to draw!

The 124

Especially when you leave all your pens at home!

This was in a Strathmore Mixed Media 400 Series pad (6x8)
Pilot Vpen Disposible fountain pen
Sennelier watercolours
Staedtler Mars Lumigraph pencils
Art Graf water soluble graphite
Holbein waterbrush

InkTober .. My Birthday celebration continues ..

A busy day wandering around, drinking tea, eating cake and sketching...

Not necessarily in that order :-)

The Pavilion in Valens

Moleskine Sketchbook
Noodlers Lexington Gray Ink
Pilot G73 Fountain Pen
Derwent Watersoluble Graphite pencils

Pen and Ink landscape

This started out as an ink over to an existing watercolour that I did some time ago but I couldn't find my sepia ink and my pens have gray or black in them.
So I decided to make a new sketch just for the hell of it..

4 x 6 using Noodlers Gray, Micron brush pen with black ink and some water soluble graphite applied with a water brush.

Oh and a teeny bit of white from a gel pen for a few highlights :-)

The scene ?
I made it up ...