Talbot #inktober 19

Talbot T26c, a racer from 1948. Made after a picture. Blue (and a little black) ink only.
As you may notce, I skipped a few days, too much other things to do.

Glass flowers and vase

 I finally had time to finish my glass vase and glass flowers. I made the vase in spring, and the flowers just before the holidays. But I still had to make the stems (copper wire, soldered together and painted). Well, here it is. It looks better than expected.

I took the opportunity to make an ink drawing of the vase, for #inktober, day 15.
But after 15 drawings, I know now that I don't want to keep up the pace.
The quality is getting less, and I want time for other hobbies.
So I will do the #inktober posts less regularly.

Fiber face #Ink day 14

Another experiment: I pasted a part of a thin sheet of fiber-tissue (I guess fiberglass) on a page in my large moleskine, and let it dry. Then I wetted parts, and painted with Indian Ink. The ink would flow quite uncontrollably, but hey, that would be the fun part wouldn't it?
It was difficult steering the linework where I wanted it to be.
Inktober day 14. 17 to go, I am not sure I can keep up that pace.

Elsloo, Pumpkins. #ink 12 and 13

Railroadcrossing in Elsloo. Made during lunchbreak, yesterday. The crossing was close to the office, and I needed something to take my mind of stressful work.
And another made at the dinnertable, a set of small pumpkins, made with ink and inktense pencils.

Yurt, day 10 and 11 Inktober

I finished the portrait on Monday, but decided to add another theme (the Yurt in the background) on Tuesday.

The inkdrawing was made with my falcon fountain pen and bullet black ink.
The colurful parts with coloured acrylic ink (Lukas).

I am not sure which one I like best. I probably prefer the B&W one.

Sumi-e, day 9 #Inktober

My feeble try at Sumi-e inkig technique. I lack the determinedness of making those confident brushstrokes, especially at the leaves. I know it comes from unending training to make these strokes (I once secretly observed a Chinese man in our Hotel in Hangzhou, making 5 training strokes on cheap paper next to him before turning to the proper sheet. It was genuine, he was alone, no audience). But hey, I'm western, I don't have that patience.

Fès Morocco, day 8 #inktober

Not made on location, but a reworked picture that I took in Fès Morocco.
A garlic salesman. Made all in ink.

Bernini in Rome, inktober day 7.

Another drawing, I am posting at high speed now, almost every day. This is my favourite statue of all time; the elephant of Bernini, in Rome next to the Pantheon. I even have a miniature replica of the version by Salvador Dali, from his painting: the temptation of Saint Anthony.
I tried the painting technique of Sunga Park. Check out her work!
But it almost went wrong: the Indian ink bled horribly, but I managed to use the bleeding in the image. I have to figure out what is wrong with the ink, it's supposed to be waterproof.

Furnace, day 6 #inktober

Drawing of a stonewool furnace, part of one of the factories that I designed and were built.
This one in Serbia.
I used ink in different colours. Yes it's still #inktober.

Day 4 and 5 #inktober

Day 4 and 5 of Inktober.
Not the best of my drawings, but if you have to make a drawing evey day, you can't always have a winner.
I wouldn't have posted these here if it was not for trying to make the total 31 days.

#inktober day 3: landscape

This was another interesting experiment with ink. I used tracing paper (the thin translucent paper architects use for designing.

I added water to it, so it wrinkled. Then I used the backside of my Falcon fountain pen, and I got these random landscape effects. I had to stare a few minutes to see what I could do with it, and suddenly saw the roof of a 50s car under one of the inkspots.
The rest is just finishing what you see in your mind anyway.

#inktober day 2

Second day: I started with something me and my friends did in highschool. You make a random doodle, and have to draw something from that. This started the same way.
I used ink (bullet black Noodlers) and brown acrylic ink. I added black stains using a paper towel dipped in Chinese ink. The background is added digitally, something I found on the internet.