Elvis (IF Secret)

                                                                  Size: 24 x 34 cms
                                                                  Media: Acrylic and Gouache
                                                                  on cardboard box side
                                                                  Brushes :Various

"When I get married, it will be no secret." Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977)
Elvis also recorded a song called 'It is no Secret (What God can do)'...It must have been hard to be Elvis and have secrets.

I expect this will be up for sale when The Pen Mover Etsy shop opens.
                                                               

Frankenstein on Cardboard (IF Creature)

                                                               Size: 24 x 37 cms
                                                               Media: Gouache on
                                                               Cardboard
                                                               Tools: Various brushes


Thought I'd make some art work to sell on my Etsy shop...(soon to open). This is a freehand painting that I did by eye (no tracing) on a bit of an old cardboard box. It took me quite a bit longer than I thought (7 or 8 hours probably). Painting in gouache, for the unaccustomed, is quite a task. You put some paint on and seem to lift an equal amount off. Its a balancing act...but one which you either love or hate, The good thing is that it dries quickly allowing fast(ish) production. The fact that its on cardboard means that I will let it go at a reasonable rate...It will also be cheaper to post. I'll also be printing out some of my pen work (cartoons) onto greetings cards made out of recycled brown kraft paper. I'm looking after the planet!!!..recycled everything!! If anyone is interested in buying this before the shop opens...send me an email for more details!

It is unframed and comes in the typical gouache matt finish...Varnishing ruins gouache. (its not a brilliant painting and lacks skills of good painters, but it is a Pen Mover original and will sell for a very fair price )... If it sells I'll post an edit here marking it as Sold!!!!

I am guessing that this weeks Illustration Friday theme will be Halloween based...so on Friday I'll probably link this there..(unless the word is pretty).

IF Liquid (Fluid)

                                                                Size: 36 x 23 cms
                                                                Media: Gouache , ink,
                                                                charcoal on cardboard
                                                                Pens: Markers, crayons

                                             "I see music as fluid architecture" Joni Mitchell

Edit: I thought I remembered the Illustration Friday word correctly, I even wrote it down correctly I thought...'Fluid', I wrote on my notepad. So of course I made my drawing sort of fit. The problem was that after posting this as 'IF Fluid'...I had noticed on the IF site that the word was actually Liquid....Maybe it fits better now....no...no it doesn't. OK so who cares? I don't. Its a bald guitarist with a long cable where the electric signals flow down towards the amplifier like liquid......OK?? OK NOW????

Dream XIII (Tall)

                                                                 Size: 21 x 14 cms
                                                                 Media: Graphite on paper
                                                                 Pens: various pencils

                                                                  Size: 21 x 14cms
                                                                  Media: Ink & gouache
                                                                  on paper
                                                                  Pens: Gillott 404 & 290
                                                                  & waterbrush

I thought I'd better do a Gerard dream for this one as I seemed to draw a blank on anything else. I was also confused as to which medium to use...so I did two drawings this week in different mediums...I could call one of them a rough and one of them finished, but I won't as neither are finished and both are fairly rough!
                                                     

Dream XI (Suspend)

                                                               Size: 15 x 16 cms
                                                               Media: Indian ink &
                                                               gouache on  paper
                                                               Pens: Dip pens
                                                               Gillott 404 & 170 & 
                                                               Pentel waterbrushes

Dream X (faded)

                                                             
                                                     
                                                             Title: Dream X (faded) (A)
                                                             Size: 22 x 15 cms
                                                             Media: Ink, graphite
                                                             & gouache on Canson paper
                                                             Pens: Gillott 290 dip pen

                                 

                                                             Title: Dream X (faded) (B)
                                                             Size: 22 x 15 cms
                                                             Media: Ink, graphite, gouache
                                                             coloured crayon on Canson paper
                                                             Pens: Gillott 404 / 170 dip pen




                   Credit to Richard Ewing for the venn diagram idea in Dream X (faded) (A), thanks.

Dream VII

                                   
                                                     Size: 23 x 15 cms
                                                     Media: Ink and Gouache on paper
                                                     Pens: Dip pens/nibs Gillott 404 /290

Paper Cellulite

                                                               

                                                                Size: 21 x 28 cms
                                                                Media: Ink and Gouache
                                                                on Paper
                                                                Pens: Lamy & Pentel Brush


                                           "Rebecca, Rebecca, get your big legs off of me,
                                            Rebecca, Rebecca, get your big legs off of me,
                                            It may be sending you baby, but it's worrying the hell out of me!"


                                            Using cheap paper with gouache gave me some wrinkles,
                                            Using cheap paper with gouache gave me some wrinkles,
                                            But I aint worry babe, it look like cellulite.


                               The first verse by Big Joe Turner....the second verse....by The Pen Mover!

IF Return

                                                     

                                                                Size: 13 x 17cms
                                                                Media: Ink & gouache
                                                                on  Canson paper
                                                                Pens: Dip pens with nibs
                                                                Gillott 404 and 290

Dream V

                                                         
                                                               Size: 20 x 12 cms
                                                               Media: Ink & Gouache
                                                               on Canson paper
                                                               Pens: Dip pens with nibs
                                                               Gillott 404 & 170