Redrawing Nighthawks

by on 4 August 2022 at 9:48 pm
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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 it would sell better if I repackaged it as a Cabaret Voltaire booklet and redid all the drawings, taking more time and care over my work. I drew the original Nighthawks in record time, in a feverishly productive couple of weeks and have since regretted publishing some occasionally crummy art work. This new project will take some time and there’s no guarantee I can find a publisher after all that – the current publishing fashion is autobiography, unfortunately something I have scant interest in.

A panel from the new Nighthawks comic

Sketchbook: Woman smoking

by on 9 May 2022 at 9:45 pm
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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. No resemblance to anyone I know! Found out the hard way that Chinese sumi ink mixed with a quantity of water does not fare so well on my sketchbook paper…

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Sketchbook: Man in cafe

by on 5 May 2022 at 9:52 pm
Posted In: drawing

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.

Sketchbook: Couple in cafe

by on 28 April 2022 at 9:10 am
Posted In: drawing

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 in manufacturing. I’ll try and see if there’s an older brush I can still use, some of the bristles have fallen off my older brushes but they are still a sight better than the new ones. I got this one from Ken Rowley via mail order and it’s as bad as the one from Cass Arts. This rather quick ink drawing is of a couple at a Parisian cafe. Have reverted to using Winsor and Newton india ink here instead of Chinese Sumi calligraphy ink.

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Sketchbook: Man in cafe

by on 24 March 2022 at 11:06 pm
Posted In: drawing, tools

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 looking, but in the same clothing. Still sketching and drawing from photographs gleaned from the internet, just trying to practise my brushwork. Tried out the Kuratake Cambio brush pen for the first time, for the fine detail on the man’s scarf, and feel very satisfied with the fine brush strokes that the Cambio is capable of. However, my Winsor and Newton Series 7 sable brush continues to disappoint, it flares and splays the moment it touches ink. I may end up discarding this brush and getting a new one when I return to London, perhaps from a different retailer, in the hope that I merely got unlucky with a damaged brush from Cass Arts. Apologies for the uneven colouring, I did not scan these ink drawings, I only photographed them with a smartphone in poor lighting conditions.

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