Inktober 2017 - 'Ship'

Staedtler Pigment Liners, Tombow and Zig Brushpens

in 7.5" x 7.5" Handmade Sketchbook

Don't you wish you could?!

Inktober 2017 - 'Gigantic'

Staedtler Pigment Liners (various nib sizes) 
and Zig Brushpen in 7.5" x 7.5" Handmade Sketchbook.

#Inktober, #Inktober 2017

This is for Day 10 of Inktober - 'Gigantic'. I've had a few busier than normal days so rather than beat myself up about being behind, I simply omitted a few entries.

Happy creating!

202. Fundraisers 7 and 8

Parrottee Beach 2,

Acrylic and pencil on 3mm gessoed board, 4" x 4"

Negril,

Acrylic and pencil on 3mm gessoed board, 4" x 4"

Here are the final two tiles; I also submitted a 9.5" x 12" pastel painting of this beach that sold. I painted it back in September.

If I concentrate really, really hard, I can pretend this is the view outside my bedroom window. No, it's not; it's foggy!  :)))

201. Fundraisers 5 and 6

Seven Mile Beach,

Acrylic and pencil on 3mm gessoed board, 4" x 4"

Parrottee Beach 1

Acrylic and pencil on 3mm gessoed board, 4" x 4"

Yep, you were right!  The theme was either going to be the beach or trees… or both, wasn't it?! I also painted this set of four tiles for the fundraising event; two of which are here and two of which I've scheduled for tomorrow's post. There are no ink sketches to go with them as I just drew the faintest outlines before painting on top. I never tire of painting Jamaica - it's just unbelievable that somewhere looks like that all year round. Interestingly, when the hurricanes come, although the leaves may fly off, the palm trees simply bend down; they don't break. There's a moral in there somewhere!

Happy Monday my dear blog friends. xx

171. Beach View 2 at Westcliffe-on-Sea

Staedtler 0.05 Pigment Liner,
Tombow brushpens and Derwent Coloursoft Pencils, 

in Handbook Travelogue Journal, 5" x 5" (x2)

Second of two sketches done today - the perfect day for a sketch. After we had lunch and had done a couple of walks, I turned 90 degrees clockwise from this morning's view and did this. The 'frame' in these two posts was formed by laying my sketchbook down on the pebbles on the beach.

170. Beach View 1 at Westcliffe-on-Sea

Staedtler 0.05 Pigment Liner,
Tombow brushpen, Neocolour II and Uni Pin 0.5 Fineliner pen

in Handbook Travelogue Journal, 5" x 5" (x2)

What a lovely day - fabulous friends, fabulous scenery, fabulous weather. Grateful!! This is sketch number one of two I did earlier today. The tide had gone out and left behind wonderful colours and patterns in the sand. I haven't quite captured the depth though - that is an oil refinery in the background. Why did all the poles have green hats on top?

162. Frenchman's Cove, Jamaica

Charcoal and Schmincke Soft Pastels
on Clairefontaine Pastelmat Paper, 9.5" x 7"

and some work in progress images…

119. Bluefields in Pastel and Watercolour

Watercolour and Schminke Soft Pastels

on Daler Rowney Murano Paper, 16" x 12"

Work in progress images

Initially, wrinkly, crinkly!

118. Parrottee in Pastel

Schminke soft pastels on Clairefontaine Pastelmat Paper,  9.5" x 12"

(Reworked)

Here it is; I've added a ton of colour into the water and also to some of the sky which extends into the trees. I just needed some warmth and colour to eliminate the grey here in 'Blighty'. I have to say though, after such a dreary day yesterday, the sun came out today and it has made such a difference! Anyway, what do you think?

I may well add more colour to the dark passages of water - same tones but more colour. Watch this space.

B&W check to see if tones work