Any one for tennis?

                                     Size: singles

                                     Media: ink and pen

                                     Pen: sailor

As its Wimbledon in England this week, thought I'd draw this little thing...tennis reminds me of school when a boy in my year got angry with his opponent's antics and threw his tennis racket hard across the net towards him....unfortunately it smacked him straight in the mouth....lots of claret...game set and detention.

This drawing is probably more sinister I was hoping!!

IF Small

                                    size: small

                                    Media: pen an ink

                                    Pen: sailor

TBOY

                                         Size: T

                                         Media: ink and watercolour

                                         Pen: Sailor

If there is a monster in the house, you can rely on TBOY!.....to make him a cuppa.

Dino doodle

                              Size: big

                              media : pen and ink

                              Pen: sailor

I post more regularly on Instagram nowadays rather than here..it seems to be more active, but I'll still keep this blog going anyway...if you want to follow me on Instagram, there is a link up to the top right on the blog somewhere. This little guy was an Instagram quickie.

Thank for visiting my dusty little blog......Rod

Cute

                                             Size: cute

                                             Media: animal and metal

                                             Pen: sailor

I don't usually do cute but I thought I'd give it a bash.

Animen..The trapped beasts

                                     Size: 18 x 13 cms
                                     Media: Indian ink & watercolour on paper
                                     Pens: Lamy fountain pen and Pentel waterbrush

                                       Size: 12 x 14cms
                                       Media: Indian ink & watercolour on paper
                                       Pens: Lamy/Sailor Fountain pens & Pentel waterbrush

                                             Size: 12 x 21 cms
                                             Media: Indian ink & watercolour on paper
                                             Pens: Lamy/Sailor Fountain pens & Pentel waterbrush.


A continuation of last week's post of studies for mid-life crisis. A follow up from the guy who said  "I want to run wild this weekend!" Trapped in the 'cage' of work all week, the escaped animal is free at the weekend.

Studies for Mid Life Crisis

                                          Size: 13 x 16 cms
                                          Media: Indian Ink & Water Colour on paper
                                          Pens: Lamy Fountain pen and Pentel water brush
                                          Copyright 2011 Rod MacGregor

                                          Size : 16 x 24 cms
                                          Media: Indian Ink and watercolour on paper
                                          Pens: Lamy Fountain pen & Pentel water brush
                                          Copyright 2011 Rod MacGregor

                                          Size: 16 x 24 cms
                                          Media: Indian Ink and watercolour
                                          Pens: Lamy Fountain pen and Pentel water brush
                                          Copyright 2011 Rod MacGregor

                           

                                          Copyright 2011 Rod MacGregor

Some of the various character studies I made this week about mid life crisis and life away from work. I have tried to steer clear of the constraints of copying from life and therefore giving myself the freedom to draw directly from my mind..I enjoyed this and will probably do more.

Experiments with line

                         Size: 12 x 32 cms
                         Media: Indian Ink & Paper
                         Pen : Dip Pen (Vintage Nib)

                          Size: 12 x 32 cms
                          Media : Noodler's Ink and Paper
                          Pen: Sailor Calligraphy Fountain Pen


My new fountain pens arrived yesterday and I was eager to try them out. I sat on the roadside to sketch in the next valley by a small village called Benisiva. I took my Sailor calligraphy pen with me and used it nib upside down to give me a fine line as I wasn't practised with its variation (this pen is designed to give different line widths whilst writing in Chinese). The result was a lot different from the flexible nib used in the dip pen drawing (top). I will post some work done using the Sailor's full potential soon. The following drawing of an old man (below) was done using home-made bamboo and reed pens for the lines and Copic sketch markers for the shades of grey. I cut the bamboo and reeds locally and carved the nibs into different shapes to give me varied tonal effects.

                                       
                                            Size: 145 x 210 mm
                                            Media: Indian Ink, Marker Ink and Paper
                                            Pens: Reed and Bamboo (Homemade)
                                            and Copic Sketch Markers.

                     Home-made reed and bamboo pens used for the lines in the old man sketch.

                            Dip pens with vintage nibs: John Cameron shoulder pen #13 and
                            D. Leonardt & Co # 526

                         A close-up of the upturned nib (above) on my new Sailor
                         Calligraphy pen  (shown below)