Hippopotamus 40

                               Size: 19 x 14 cms.
                               Media: Ink and watercolour on paper
                               Pens: Noodlers Flex Nib and Pentel waterbrush

My friend Judith asked me if I would draw her a Hippo as they are one of her favourite animals. I finally got around to drawing this one for her 40th Birthday which is in two weeks time. The Noodler's Golden Brown ink that I used was not as waterproof as I had expected and I tried to incorporate the brown stains into the watercolour. She likes the result and will get it framed when she returns to Ireland from her holiday in Spain.

IF Obsession

                                  Size: 17 x 22 cms.
                                  Media: Ink and watercolour on paper
                                  Pens: Noodler's Flex pen & Pentel waterbrush

IF theme this week is 'obsession'.. An obsessive sports fan starts to explode!

IF Perennial

                   

                         Size: 21 x 13 cms
                         Media: Ink and Watercolour on paper
                         Pens: Lamy Fountain pen and Pentel waterbrush


The word 'perennial' is this weeks IF theme. One of this words meanings is yearly or once a year. A perennial or per annual bath!

Midweek Reality

                       
                             Size: 19 x 16 cms
                             Media: Ink and wash
                             Pens: Sailor fountain and dip pen and Pentel waterbrush

                            Size:  32 x 24 cms
                            Media: Ink watercolour on paper.
                            Pens: Noodlers Flex Nib and Pentel waterbrush


I wanted to post some non cartoon sketches for a change and I whilst I thought I would have to create another blog for this, I have decided to keep everything in one place although its only cohesive in the sense that it is all artwork that I have drawn.
The top sketch is of La Iglesia de L'Orxa (L'Orxa Church). My Dad sent me some Sepia Ink from the UK and I tested it with some other browns that I had, Golden Brown By Noodler's and Sailor jentle Brown (for wash). The lower sketch is actually made up of different people I saw around L'Orxa swimming pool on one particular day of sketching...I didn't however, draw the pool!

IF Gesture

                                  Size: 29 x 22 cms
                                  Media: Noodler's Ink on Paper
                                  Pen: Dip pen Gillott no.5


Is it a bird?...Is it a plane?....NO...its GMan!  Not had a lot of time this week..so..another quicky, more 'Steadmanesque/ Groszesquisms as it seems the order of the day for me! Cheers.... as GMan said!

IF Stay

                                 Size: 24 x 24 cms
                                 Media: Indian Ink and paper
                                 Pens: Dip pen Gillott no.5 and Lamy fountain

The IF theme this week is the word 'Stay'. The first thing that came to my mind was telling a dog to stay. Then I remembered something I had read on the internet a few weeks ago which said "STAYING calm is paramount if you or your pet is attacked by a dangerous dog."... Yeah Right!!!

IF Remedy

                             

                          Size: 23 x 19 cms
                          Media: Indian ink, watercolour and paper
                          Pens: Lamy and Noodlers Fountain pen and Pentel Brushpen

                                 

No prizes for guessing that the IF theme this week is ' remedy '...