Playing with the Sailor Fude Pen

 

I filled up my Sailor Fude Pen with Noodlers (somewhat) Waterproof Ink for a calligraphy session recently, and used it to draw this neighbourhood digger.  I had to go over the lines after painting; the ink isn't perfectly waterproof.

#photopaintchallenge

 

@kimyest took this photo on a rainy day in Annecy, France and included it in the #photopaintchallenge.  I chose it to draw because of the interesting foreground figure as well as the lovely buildings.  You can see the photo here.

#challengemotodog

 

I loved everything about the photo by @sedmogjula10 that inspired this challenge.  You can see the the original here, on Instagram.

Robinson Memorial Park Cemetery

 

A week ago we interred my dear mother's cremains at Robinson Memorial Park Cemetery.  The weather was terrible that day, raining harder than I have ever seen it here.  The cemetery is a lovely spot, and I used a photograph taken on a better day as the inspiration for this drawing.  Rest well, mum!

Wheels Off the Ground

 

We're back at the 1996 Indy today, photograph courtesy of John Denniston.  It's a great photograph, but I found the composition difficult for sketching.

r/drawstreetview on reddit

 

Amsterdam, inspired by Google Street View

Before September dawned, I didn't know much about reddit.  Maybe I had my head in the social media sand, but Instagram, Facebook and blogs were enough for me.

I started to notice reddit coming up in my Google searches, and then I read Reddit 101, a blog post by Vancouver urban sketcher "The Sneaky Artist".  As I read, I became increasingly convinced that reddit might be social media for people who are interested in ideas.  I have been accused of "thinking too much", so I thought I would give it a try.

I started on reddit by subscribing to the r/urbansketchers community.  I was only browsing for 5 minutes when I saw a post by someone starting a new community based on an an idea that I have been thinking a lot about, virtual urban sketching.

Reddit user u/CptTimWhiskersTheFox posted the following about his new community:

If you're like me you'd like to get out and do more sketching around the world but are limited due to funds, time, or any other reason, perhaps you'd be interested in participating in the subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/drawstreetview/ that I've just created.

The idea behind it is to post an image/place every (approximately) two weeks and members can draw it in their own style and share with the rest of the community. It could be a good means of meeting other sketchers or sharing techniques and inspiration.

I've posted a subject for the first session and will be working on my own interpretation! I would love to see other's take on it!

Members can also share their own subjects and adventures in the drawing-street-view world; posts using it as a medium pop up enough on other subreddits that it would nice to have our own community.

My user name on reddit is "love-to-learn-things", and I'm learning about reddit, Google Street View and sketching by participating so far.

Miss Hilda

 

This drawing was inspired by a photograph by @mozarts_ride.  He says the following about it on Instagram:

1940-41 Ford Fire Truck... I spotted "Miss Hilda," while driving through the town of Knab, Utah.. She's a wonderful old fire truck, but her days of putting out fires and rolling in town parades are over. It is nice that the town honors her by having her on display outside the small fire station.... I'm proud to say that my son-in-law is a Fire Fighter in Houston, Tx.... God Bless all of our "first responders" that put their lives on the line every day so that we can enjoy the life that we live...