Stone and Brick Wal, Staithes Beck
(Pentel Brushpen in 21 x 26 cm sketchbook)
Although I'd been happy using the fine line marker for some of these drawings, it did seem to need quite a firm hand. Last year, I'd so enjoyed exploring the qualities of the Brushpen that I'd been a little disappointed to realise it didn't easily lend itself to the depiction of buildings.
Sitting on one of the concrete stepping stones that cross the Beck, I decided that this crumbling old wall was just what I needed to get out the Brushpen again. It really is a joy to use.
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I love old stone walls...this one has a lot of character, Harry!
Now that's interesting ....each and every one of the stones in that 'Stone and Brick Wal ' has its own, unique, cartoonists character. You could imagine them separating and bouncing about individually once the observer is looking in some other direction.
Cathy -- thank you! Glad you like it.
Arnold -- it's important to make a distinction here: this is not a cartoon but a drawing done from close observation. The marks are made with a favourite cartoonist's tool (a brush) which inevitably lends them a certain fluidity but they echo what was in front of me.
I love stone walls and I love to see how people draw them. Very nice. I have a heavy hand and keep trying the brush pen and keep getting fat lines but hey, practice makes perfect. I like to use pens that bleed when water is added sometimes too. Pens are great to force one to "put it down and keep going" rather than letting one putz with a drawing.
You're quite right, Timaree. Pens really do instil in you the commitment to the line and an acceptance of any errors.
Harry, do you mind if I quote you on the above, about commitment?
I don't mind in the least, Cathy.
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