Ink Studies #7

December 09, 2011

brush and ink in sketchbook

Brush and ink in sketchbook, from a Weegee photo. Yep, they’re lining up for the Black Maria.

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Ink Studies #6

December 07, 2011

brush and ink in sketchbook

Another test drawing with my new sable, after a Weegee photo. This brush is starting to grow on me. (Maybe when it gets big enough, it’ll fission and I’ll have two of them. What a bargain!)

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Verso Villain #4

December 05, 2011

brush and watercolor in sketchbook

Drawn with new Escoda sable brush—first sable ever. I usually work with relatively cheap-o synthetic brushes. Jury’s still out on this one. It’s definitely a different beast than the super-springy synthetics.

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Mysterioso #9

November 28, 2011

brush and ink in sketchbook

A good henchman is hard to find, but it looks like he’s found one.

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Ink Studies #5

November 23, 2011

brushpen and colored pencil in sketchbook

Scene from Tati’s PLAY TIME (saleswoman demonstrates eyeglasses whose lenses tilt away to allow mascara application). Brushpen and colored pencil in sketchbook.

(Originally I drew just the ladies, but figured it wouldn’t be PLAY TIME without overkill, so added in the view through the window. The time spent drawing this thing really hammered home for me how carefully Tati made his compositions – the arrangement of the ladies, the guy just visible past the fabric wall, etc. And of course I’ve screwed it up a little in my rendering.)

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Ink Studies #4

November 22, 2011

brushpen and brush and ink in sketchbook

Studies from M. HULOT’S HOLIDAY by Tati. Brushpen and brush and ink in sketchbook.

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Ink Studies #3

November 21, 2011

brush and ink in sketchbook

More studies from Weegee’s NAKED CITY, and one invention. Brushpen and brush and ink in sketchbook.

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Ink Study #2

November 18, 2011

brush and ink in sketchbook

Second of a couple attempts to draw a man in a tux tying his shoe. From a photo in Weegee’s NAKED CITY.

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