I just made this sketch today in my sketchbook after receiving a Sailor Fude de Mannen fountain pen in the post. Tried using the pen, which requires a fair bit of practice, and reverted to my usual tools of pens[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Bought some Kuratake Real Color brushes to experiment with, to try and phase out use of my old brush and ink, have not really got the hang of it yet, resulting in somewhat mottled results while shading. Made a sketch[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Returning to some inking and drawing again after a long break. Recently read that the 1939 Art Deco cinema in my hometown of Penang has been slated for demolition by the city council for the construction of another superfluous 27-storey[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I decided on a whim to completely redraw Nighthawks, which is one of the stronger stories in my Painting Stories collection, but now the drawing seems substandard to me, although some of it still retains some expressive charm, I think[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just thought I’d practise more on drawing women’s faces, not something I am particularly good at as I haven’t done a lot of it in the past. I found a photo which inspired me and just took it from there.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was bored when I made this ink and brush drawing. Could be anywhere but looks more like a Starbucks cafe. I wonder what he’s staring at. Feel like that quite often these days. Didn’t really keep my verticals vertical.
Back in London. I bought a new Winsor and Newton Series 7 sable brush. It also splays when it gets wet in ink or water. Frustrating. I give up, this brush is not fit for purpose. Something must have changed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While sleeplessly browsing the internet at 4am, I found a photo of a man holding a glass in a cafe and decided to adopt the same pose for my study, but draw a somewhat different face, rather younger and better[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I went to the Royal Academy sometime in the summer of 2019 to see an exhibition of Felix Vallotton’s paintings – ‘Felix Vallotton – Painter of Disquiet’. I was most intrigued by his humorous woodcuts and decided to make an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It is infuriatingly warm and it is also my birthday. In my bedroom in my parents’ home in Kuala Lumpur, sweating buckets and trying in vain to focus. I brought a new Daler Rowney sketchbook out here with me to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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