Showing posts with label ink drawing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ink drawing. Show all posts
Friday, January 15, 2016
A Bit of Eve - original figurative ink drawing
Very quick drawing - a favorite method of mine. This was done in my sketchbook with a fountain pen. Thanks for looking!
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Blue Jivers Again - original ink and watercolor figurative drawing
Monday, August 31, 2015
Ink Nude - original ink drawing of a nude
The model was actually texting as I drew. After doing an outline on Yupo using an Itoya pen, I put lots of blues and reds on the drawing, using watercolor sticks, then rubbing it off. The green is plain watercolor. It's about 8 1/2 x 6 1/2". Thanks for looking!
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
The Pitcher - original ink and charcoal figurative drawing
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Ink Jivers - original mixed media ink figurative drawing
They're back and seem to be enjoying themselves, as they always do. Drawn quickly - I know you can tell - using an Itoya pen and Crayola, this little piece is on cold press watercolor paper, 5 1/2 x 7 1/2". Thanks so much for stopping by!
Monday, November 10, 2014
Scibbled Nude - original ink drawing of a nude
I'm planning to use this drawing for something else - a painting, or maybe a drypoint etching (my latest obsession) - but the best laid plans and all that. It was fun working on patterned paper. This drawing is about 7 1/2 x 7 1/2", using an ultra fine point Sharpie. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Friday, September 05, 2014
Ink Dance - original ink figurative drawing
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Seated Dancer - original ink figurative drawing
Line is my favorite drawing method and I had a really good time with this little drawing - squiggle, squiggle. It's done with an Itoya Doubleheader and touches from my Niji Waterbrush on Borden & Riley Paris paper, 12 x 9". Thanks so much for visiting my blog!
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Woman at a Restaurant - original ink figurative drawing
Another line drawing - just fooling around with ink, 12 x 9" on Borden and Riley Paris paper for pens. Today I participated in a photogravure printmaking class sponsored by the McNay Art Museum in conjunction with their photogravure exhibit. We went to Hare and Hound Press for instruction - I will never master the intricacies of printmaking, but today was interesting and fun.
Here's my print - maybe a little over wiped, but not too bad, I think.
Here's my print - maybe a little over wiped, but not too bad, I think.
Friday, August 22, 2014
Matisse Attempt - original ink drawing after Matisse
Today I went to the Matisse exhibit at the San Antonio Museum of Art and it was just so interesting. Here is a (pathetic, I know) attempt at that kind of art. Now that I look at it, I realize how far from Matisse it is. His work is more difficult than one would think - MUCH more - but it's kind of fun to try. I bought an exhibition catalogue (of course) and a print of Embroidered Dark Blouse, plus a few tiny prints, two French song CDs, and I was waiting to look at some other prints being unpacked, but I thought 'I have to get out of here before I spend any more money!' - I love shopping at museums - so many delicious things. My husband would probably say that I love shopping anywhere. I drew this on 140lb cold press watercolor paper - thanks for stopping by!
Friday, July 11, 2014
Flamenco in Ink - original ink and pastel figurative drawing
I have some paper that I love - the color, anyway, it's a gorgeous aqua from Fabriano Tiziano - and I just could not make it work the way I wanted with charcoal. So, I did one of my drawings that I've actually done before, but this time in ink with touches of pastel. At last, a semblance of what I'm looking for. This is not the best photo, as usual, photography is not my strongest point - the color of the paper is actually more aquaey. It's about 20 x 26". Thanks for stopping by!
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Daily News Jive - original mixed media figurative drawing
Just fooling around here, using the stock pages from the newspaper as a drawing support. I've tried many different ways of using newspapers as a drawing background - maybe it's the straight lines of the printed paper and the sober stock market news reporting vs. the squiggly ink lines of figurative drawings that attracts me. Often, I will spray with 'make it acid free' or use various acrylic mediums over it to make it longer lasting. For this one, it will be bonded to mat board with Studio Tac after spraying with the acid free stuff. I used ink with some Crayola and oil pastel - it's about 4 x 9 1/2". Thanks so much for visiting my blog! Sold
Monday, May 05, 2014
Ink Jivers - original ink figurative drawing
I LOVE fooling around with these little jivers. Here's one I did on 9 x 12" Bristol paper. It started with a really thin ink line, then I put in some touches of a bigger ink marker and added water, which caused a softening of some of the lines, then I blotted in places and ended up with areas of pink here and there. You might say this drawing is just one big accident. But fun to do. Thanks so much for stopping by! Sold
Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Joyful Jive - original ink and watercolor figurative painting
My little jivers showed up today in ink (applied with a very thin dowel) and watercolor. Done quickly in order not to overwork, it's on 9 x 12" cold press watercolor paper. I know, I know, I could go back and make lots of corrections, but I'm not going to because I love crazy lines and there are definitely lots of them here! Currently, I'm listening to Barbara Tuchman's The Proud Tower on audible.com. I can't decide whether it's better to listen to something or to draw in complete silence. Do most artists like it to be quiet when they draw? That would make an interesting survey. Any thoughts on this?
Monday, February 24, 2014
Jive Kids - orginal ink and oil pastel drawing
Monday, February 04, 2013
Black and White Flamenco - original ink and stick drawing of a dancer
I did this drawing on Borden & Riley Paris paper for pens, 9 x 12", using a balsa wood very, very thin dowel - so thin that it could almost not be called a dowel, with both permanent and non-permanent inks. It's so important to work quickly doing this even though it's far from perfect, because I seem to lose the momentum if I slow down. I did a lot of scribbling plus some brushwork, too. Thanks so much for looking!
Friday, December 14, 2012
Inkster Passion - original ink figurative drawing
I don't think I've posted this before - it's something I did on-site from life - but I came across it today and remembered that it was to be the basis for a painting. What pleases me about this little drawing is that although it's not 'perfect', I did it from life with a ballpoint pen and it has all the emotion I observed in that tango couple. It may never become a painting because when I've done a drawing I really like, the painting that follows is always a disappointment to me. It's on 11 x 14" paper, but it probably looks best at about 10 x 10".
I added Junction Rivers Winery on the sidebar, where a few of my dancer paintings are on the walls at the moment. It's one of Junction's most interesting places to be and if you're anywhere near our little town on the Llano River, you should drop by and sample their award-winning wines and delicious food. It's great to have such a charming bistro here - you will just love this place!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
To inquire about a painting, ask a question or make a comment, please email me at chadwell.arts@yahoo.com.
I added Junction Rivers Winery on the sidebar, where a few of my dancer paintings are on the walls at the moment. It's one of Junction's most interesting places to be and if you're anywhere near our little town on the Llano River, you should drop by and sample their award-winning wines and delicious food. It's great to have such a charming bistro here - you will just love this place!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
To inquire about a painting, ask a question or make a comment, please email me at chadwell.arts@yahoo.com.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Crazy Little Jivers - original mixed media figurative drawing
Here they are again, no sign of wearing down, much less stopping their antics! Where there's music with that boogie beat, you'll find them dancing the night away! I used ink - probably the Prismacolor pen - I just reach for them and don't really notice which one I have while in the heat of battle - and Caran d'Ache wax crayons. These crayons, Neocolor I, are a delight to work with, as are all the Caran d'Ache products that I've tried. Plus, there's a tiny bit of charcoal here and there. The paper is Strathmore sequential Bristol board paper 5 x 15".
It seems like weeks since I posted anything, but have been busy trying watercolors - I do this every now and again just to prove to myself that I'm way too obsessively meddlesome to do watercolor. Thanks so much for visiting my blog! Sold
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Jivedoodles All Over Again - original figurative mixed media drawing
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Little Jivers - original figurative ink drawing
Here's an example of what I did while waiting (for what seemed like an hour) for an appointment. I could see it would be a lengthy wait and, fortunately, I had a couple of pens - one regular ballpoint and the other, a marker with a thin tip. Also lucky for me, I had a 6 x 6 pad of Bristol board paper, so I did lots of pages of these little people. I worked on designing the page, as well as scribbling my little creations - always good practice, I think. Thanks so much for dropping by! Sold
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