EDM #309 – Draw something with more than two legs. The only thing around here that fits that description is these 2 old clowns, Bogie and Sophie. Since they are not especially colorful, I thought I’d skip the watercolor and try my Mars Staedtler Graphic 3000 Duo pen. I rarely use it because it is water soluble but I thought that might work to my advantage here. The pen has a brush tip on one end and a finer felt tip on the other. I sketched them with the finer end and then used my water brush to pull the ink into the areas that I wanted dark. This would work pretty well with practice and it does work much better on watercolor paper than on this sketch paper where it soaks in so much faster. I let some areas get too dry before I wet them and they wouldn’t blend like I wanted. I need practice, but the technique works and is a simple way to get shading if you only have one pen with you.
Toad in a Boat
Just Because
Wonderful capture of those eight legs! Nicely done.
This is a great sketch of your two dogs. I love the pen work and you dealt with the problems very well.
Delightful! Love your sketch, appreciate your process description.
Lovely legs. Sweet puppies!!
Looks great to me! The pen and how you used it sounds interesting.
I love this and that pen sounds intriguing. Thanks for explinaing how it works and the technique you used.
They are such cuties! I love it!
What a beautifully designed page!
What a pair! Your method is interesting, too. Very nice! nancy