In this sketch I was struggling through a sketch using a dip pen and sludgy Kung Te-Cheng Noodlers ink. This is supposed to be my wife’s Kipling bag (really expensive but very well worth it) but it’s hard to make out! I sketched this while taking to my mum on the phone – a very distressing call as she seemed to have forgotten my father has passed away and talked about how she missed him and wanted to be with him.

Wed-28-Jan-2026