Illustrations, Sketches, and Art Supply Reviews
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Head Study July 2021
This tiny lil baby (4.5”x7”) wasn’t effortless, but it came easier than most of my recent pencil rendering. Used a bunch of different pencils (mostly Mitsubishi Uni and Tombow Mono & Mono R’s) on Legion Stonehenge paper.
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Floating Head 2021
I spent an hour coloring this and that was a mistake. I really have to give coloring a chance again soon, but god the decisions are near debilitating.
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Nude Floating
I’m definitely going to have to get more creative with these names. I sat on this sketch for three weeks (moving sucks), but I finally got some time to transfer and ink this up. No reference on this one besides the hands, though I probably should have.
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Nude Contropasto
Another day off, another sketch turned into an illustration. I scanned this out of my sketchbook, blew it up, and printed it out and transferred it to a 9”x12” Strathmore Smooth Bristol 300 page. Used Deleter Screentone (SE-12) and inked with a Pentel Pigment Brush Pen.
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Nude Rubble
Gritty grimy rubble stuff. Ive been pulling more from sketches lately to make finished pieces. I still hate transferring drawings with a lightbox, but I’m getting better at it. Dimensions are 9”x12”, used a Pentel Pigment Ink brushpen, Strathmore 300 Smooth/Plate Bristol, Deleter Screentone.
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Floating Nude 2
Continuing with this series, because it feels good. Dimensions are 9”x12”, used a Pentel Pigment Ink brushpen, Strathmore 300 Smooth/Plate Bristol, Deleter Screentone.
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Floating Nude
First thing I used screentones on this year. I ended up transfering this from a sketch to bristol board with a lightbox. I used to hate doing that, still do a bit but I’m getting better. The original sketch always has way more life in it still, but this has some of it. Dimensions are 9”x6”, used a Pentel Pigment Ink brushpen, Strathmore 300 Smooth/Plate Bristol, Deleter Screentone Sheet SE-12 (30L, 20%)and did the pencils with a Natraj 621 Ruby pencil. I got 50 of them bad boys on the way.
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Leuchtturm1917 A5 Sketchbook New 2020 Version Review
I really love drawing in the Leuchtturm1917 Plain Journal lately. I’ve been using it for the last month, and I’ve just grown to love the paper. The way it handles ink and pencil is really amazing, I just wish the paper was thicker because it folds and creases easily, especially when erasing. I even prefer it to those Moleskine Cahier’s I reviewed a while back. So when I saw that Leuchtturm1917 put out a new 2020 revision to their A5 Sketchbook, I wanted to try it out.
I tried their first sketchbook back in 2016, and I just wasn’t a fan. It had a lot of issues with feathering ink in my experience. Would I like this one any more than the old version?
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