For this sketch I was following the #DrawTipTuesday advice of @KoosjeKoene to try out some materials that you haven’t been using for a while. So I used my #MonteMarte watercolour markers to start this off and then added some ink and watercolour.
Wed-26-Feb-2025
95-2879 – Week 6
Here is my sixth and final version of the “same subject different ways” challenge with @koosjekoene – this time using water soluble ink to draw the #StillLife. I use my ancient #Rotring sketching pen which I keep filled with Parker black ink and couldn’t resist adding a little colour using my #Derwent watercolour pencils. Somehow it ended up looking a little feeble compared to my earlier and bolder efforts.
Tue-22-Oct-2024
Here is my fifth version of the “same subject different ways” challenge with @koosjekoene – this time using a continuous line (not taking the pen off the paper) to draw the #StillLife. After the line-work I used my #MontMarte watercolour marker pens to add the colour (plus a little bit of conventional watercolour). I struggle with the marker pens a bit because they tend to eat the surface of the paper if I apply more than one stroke…also my line work seems to have disappeared under the paint!
Thu-10-Oct-2024
Here is version three of the “same subject different ways” challenge with @koosjekoene – this time doing splashes of watercolour first then doing line-work with watercolour pencils (I dip them in water to soften the tip). I am still stuck in following the colours I see in the subject…but I will eventually get out of this rigid approach I hope.
Wed-25-Sep-2024
After the last sketch I posted when I used my dip pen, I thought I’d have another go using it, but avoid the ink running by only using watercolour pencils and not wetting them afterwards. My subject is just some random cleaning stuff I found in our house. Somehow I wasn’t satisfied with this effort as it just feels too “scratchy”!
Sat-21-Sep-2024
This is my second sketch following the challenge of @koosjekoene and her draw tip Tuesday suggestion to draw the same subject each week – but with different tools and techniques. This time (following her approach, although that’s not really essential), I used a dip pen and some Sailor brand black ink. I haven’t used my dip pen for years and it was great fun to use it again – it’s very versatile and can make quite fine lines. I added watercolour afterwards…and the sketch ended up almost like the one I did the previous week! – although the ink also ran a bit as it is slightly water-soluble. Next time I will be more adventurous with my choice of colouring materials.
Wed-19-Sep-2024
With this sketch I followed the challenge of @koosjekoene and her draw tip Tuesday suggest to draw the same subject each week – but with different tools and techniques…embracing the wonkiness. She drew coffee stuff – but as I am a Brit, I thought tea suffered would be a good subject!
Sat-14-Sep-2024
When I sketched this I had just watched a “draw tip Tuesday” video which focussed on contrast – I always find these videos inspiring. Meanwhile my wife has been making cushion covers for her office kneeling stool from some old fabric we bought in Syria. In this sketch I tried to get the cosy atmosphere and light from the small strip-light above her desk, but struggled with keeping the brush (an unbranded water-brush given to me by a friend) clean – my Faber Castell one is definitely the best…if only the nylon tip wasn’t so ragged.
Sat-7-Sep-2024