The FP Geeks Themed Sketch

[snowbear]

This is the resurrection of of the themed sketch, however we will be working monthly.

Here is your challenge: at the beginning of each month, a theme will be posted. Anyone whom wants to participate makes one or more sketches of their interpretation of the theme during the month. You can post one, or one each day, or all at once - it's up to you. If you can't post it during the month, that's OK, too. The purpose is to get folks to draw, create and have some fun.

As far as medium, though pen and ink are encouraged, you can use pencil, watercolor, charcoal, crayon, or digital media. I would encourage you to occasionally get out of your comfort zone and try something new. Think you can't draw -- BS! Anyone can draw, and we want many of you to play along, so please give it a shot.

There is no right or wrong way to interpret a theme, so think outside the box. Likewise, there are no prizes, other than the self satisfaction you get from creating a work of art. So come on in and enter a sketch or two.

Since there will be a total solar eclipse in North America, later this month (and I am in North America) the first theme, for August 2017 will be SUN. So let's light up this place.

[penwash]

I will try to keep up. :)

[snowbear]

No worries. Have fun with it.

[penwash]

First entry: My interpretation of this month's theme, a Sundial.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4309/36145327232_00ff86d972_c.jpg

[snowbear]

Very nice. I have a few in mind and will start on them tonight.

[snowbear]

OK. With apologies to the First Nations / Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest, The Sun.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4321/35934596990_853291822a.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/WKqcK5)
pnw sun.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/WKqcK5) by Charlie Wrenn (https://www.flickr.com/photos/cmwrenn3/), on Flickr

Noodler's Black and Noodler's Rattler Red Eel; Dip pen with Speedball B6 nib.
I love this style of art but am still learning about it. There are differences in the details of the various geographic areas of the region; I've blended a few of them here.

[penwash]

OK. With apologies to the First Nations / Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest, The Sun.

Noodler's Black and Noodler's Rattler Red Eel; Dip pen with Speedball B6 nib.
I love this style of art but am still learning about it. There are differences in the details of the various geographic areas of the region; I've blended a few of them here.

Nice!

I had the same idea as you did here before settling on the Sundial above.
The sun as depicted by various tribes and cultures around the world is worthy of a study in itself.

[snowbear]

Yes it is . . . I have another planned, though it is really complex. It is also interesting how some older cultures interpreted a solar eclipse.

[Pterodactylus]

Ok here is my first input using soft pastel chalks.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4413/35511203214_9f53a52cd0_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/W71cwo)
Sunset (https://flic.kr/p/W71cwo) by Ptero Pterodactylus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/117783735@N07/), auf Flickr

(Royal Talens Rembrandt Soft Pastels)

[grainweevil]

Well, if you don't mind me giving this a go, although I can't promise to be a faithful participant never mind an artistic one!

My attempt at a "sun in splendour". Note to self: Patience, grasshopper!

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Platinum Carbon Black, Montblanc Golden Yellow, and Iroshizuku Ama-iro.

[Pterodactylus]

And here is the next one, which I created right before this evening.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4360/35547928213_01682fb592_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/WafqA2)
Sun (https://flic.kr/p/WafqA2) by Ptero Pterodactylus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/117783735@N07/), auf Flickr

(Procreate, Apple Pencil, iPad Pro)

[migo984]

Inspired by Ptero's use of pastel chalks, here is my first attempt at working with pastels (Derwent Pastel Crayons and Faber Castell soft Pastel blocks).


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[Pterodactylus]

Today´s scribbling.
I´m not satisfied how the white drawing ink finally looks, I wanted to create a white halo, but it turned out looking just gray.....

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4434/35556179014_e91e51beab_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/WaYHgd)
Sun 2 (https://flic.kr/p/WaYHgd) by Ptero Pterodactylus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/117783735@N07/), auf Flickr

(Rohrer & Klingner Zeichentusche Schwarz, Rohrer & Klingner Helianthus, P.W. Akkerman Oranje Boven, Pelikan 4001 Violett, Pelikan Drawing Ink White)

[penwash]

Okay, second entry this month, an interpretation of the Sun inspired by the Land of the Rising Sun.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4440/35597762823_3dc901ac29_c.jpg

[snowbear]

Awesome, folks!

I just got home a couple hours ago from a short trip that started off bad and seemed to last forever. I'll try to sketch a little tonight.

[migo984]

Sunset over Tower Bridge, in one of the world's most beautiful cities. I miss London......

Pigment ink pen and various ink washes + kids' wax crayons.

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[Pterodactylus]

Awesome input Migo :)

Here is my next one:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4376/36421793325_bee14ab34e_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/XutdeT)
Sun 3 (https://flic.kr/p/XutdeT) by Ptero Pterodactylus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/117783735@N07/), auf Flickr

(Pentel Pocket Brush, Rohrer & Klingner Helianthus, P.W. Akkerman Oranje Boven, Diamine Poppy Red, Seitz-Kreuznach Arctic Blue, Montblanc Oyster Grey, Uni-Ball Signo Broad White)

[snowbear]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4349/36405760296_747fee2605_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Xt43bm)
IMG_0106.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Xt43bm) by Charlie Wrenn (https://www.flickr.com/photos/cmwrenn3/), on Flickr

Acrylic ink, Speedball B-6 nib, #4 sable watercolor brush

[penwash]

Third entry: A Byzantine church inside with a lone Sun -ray penetrating the darkness.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4340/36454518925_bd39fcd335_c.jpg

[VertOlive]

Applauding appreciatively from the sidelines!

[Pterodactylus]

Applauding appreciatively from the sidelines!

There are no sidelines, take a pen and start scribbling, we want to see more.

[Pterodactylus]

This evening fast sketch.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4333/36369514601_0aaa61ffe6_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/XpRgAz)Sun 4 (https://flic.kr/p/XpRgAz) by Ptero Pterodactylus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/117783735@N07/), auf Flickr

(Cretacolor Charcoal medium, Lyra Rembrandt Sanguine dry)

[naimitsu]

This is my poor attempt at a sun. I ended up using a ruler to spread the ink.

Ink: de Atramentis Open Pink
Paper: Rhodia

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4361/35734730214_7ebecb9f1c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/WrKQjb)

[snowbear]

It looks interesting. Get an inexpensive paintbrush to move the ink around.

[snowbear]

Use some of those pencils you just got. ;)

[naimitsu]

It looks interesting. Get an inexpensive paintbrush to move the ink around.

I actually have a couple decent sets of brushes at home... but this was done at work, and my art supplies don't travel with me on a daily basis!

I have another idea in my head. I just need to find the time to accomplish it... or rather make something like 6 scrap copies before making the one I share with others!

[snowbear]

No worries. You should have seen some of the junk I posted at the other site.

[Pterodactylus]

Eye of Ra:
Ra is the Egyptian sun god.
The Eye is an extension of Ra's power, equated with the disk of the sun, but it also behaves as an independent entity.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4378/36563331706_715b767296_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/XGYCEN)
Eye of Ra (https://flic.kr/p/XGYCEN) by Ptero Pterodactylus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/117783735@N07/), auf Flickr

(Faber Castell Polychromos, Pentel Pocket Brush)

[migo984]

Eye of Ra:
Ra is the Egyptian sun god.
The Eye is an extension of Ra's power, equated with the disk of the sun, but it also behaves as an independent entity.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4378/36563331706_715b767296_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/XGYCEN)
Eye of Ra (https://flic.kr/p/XGYCEN) by Ptero Pterodactylus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/117783735@N07/), auf Flickr

(Faber Castell Polychromos, Pentel Pocket Brush)

Great control of the Pentel Pocket Brush pen Ptero. I love mine but it's not the easiest tool to master.

[Amanda]

I had to think hard for anything I've done which features the sun. (Too cold and wet to get outside at the moment.) It's a small oil painting of the old caravan we have in the back paddock - done plein air on a sunny day while dodging flies, sheep and sunburn.

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[penwash]

"plein air on a sunny day" ... I can't think of anything else more pleasing than painting or drawing on a sunny day.

Your entry fulfills the theme perfectly, I say. :)

[Pterodactylus]

Eye of Ra:
Ra is the Egyptian sun god.
The Eye is an extension of Ra's power, equated with the disk of the sun, but it also behaves as an independent entity.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4378/36563331706_715b767296_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/XGYCEN)
Eye of Ra (https://flic.kr/p/XGYCEN) by Ptero Pterodactylus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/117783735@N07/), auf Flickr

(Faber Castell Polychromos, Pentel Pocket Brush)

Great control of the Pentel Pocket Brush pen Ptero. I love mine but it's not the easiest tool to master.

Thanks :) but to be honest I have way less control than I would like to have, but it's enough to do line art in my drawings
You are right, itˋs not an easy tool.
I saw some cool videos using it and thought: "Great I want to have that part also".
But when I received it I thought: "Son of a gun, this is pretty darn difficult"
In the meanwhile I also love it, but itˋs not an easy one.
What I still do not master is writing properly with it ( I intentionally do not write brush calligraphy as I'm so far away of it).

[penwash]

Total Eclipse day, which according to the ancient Chinese myth, is caused by the dragon swallowing the sun.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4377/35917042223_61afa654f4_c.jpg

[naimitsu]

So before we get to the next prompt, here's another one for "Sun".
My best guess is that this is a truncated Phoenix, which like the sun rises and sets.
TBH, I'm not entirely sure. I started drawing and this is what came out!

Pen: Wink
Ink: Diamine Shimmertastic Golden Sands
Paper: Canson Cold Press Watercolor Paperhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170901/95a32aeff9c9a53e40d8618c2ae2759a.jpg

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[snowbear]

Great job, everyone.

[snowbear]

OK, folks, for September, let's go with "The Letter G." Think outside the box and have fun.

[snowbear]

I had to think hard for anything I've done which features the sun. (Too cold and wet to get outside at the moment.) It's a small oil painting of the old caravan we have in the back paddock - done plein air on a sunny day while dodging flies, sheep and sunburn.

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I missed your post. I like this a lot.

[Pterodactylus]

OK, folks, for September, let's go with "The Letter G." Think outside the box and have fun.

This topic does not speak to me. (or I´m not aware of a special meaning in English as non native speaker).
Let´s see what the others showing.....

[penwash]

OK, folks, for September, let's go with "The Letter G." Think outside the box and have fun.

This topic does not speak to me. (or I´m not aware of a special meaning in English as non native speaker).
Let´s see what the others showing.....

It doesn't say it has to be an English word.

[snowbear]

Interpret as you can -- something that starts with the letter "G" (or "g"), something that looks like the letter "G", maybe even the letter "G" (calligraphy).

No, it doesn't have to be English.

[Amanda]

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Editted to give it a title. 'Fearless Girl leading the Bull'. Ink and wash - using a Parallel Pen loaded with Pilot blue black and then a water brush (the kind with the water in the hande)

[snowbear]

Nice job, Amanda. I'll get something together today.

[snowbear]

G is for Grapefruit.
Colored pencil on Mixed Media paper

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4355/36300793373_3dec9588c4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/XiM4aP)
G is for Grapefruit (https://flic.kr/p/XiM4aP) by Charlie Wrenn (https://www.flickr.com/photos/cmwrenn3/), on Flickr

[Pterodactylus]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4356/36327942183_a9dfe31d0f_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/XmbcyK)Giraffe (https://flic.kr/p/XmbcyK) by Ptero Pterodactylus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/117783735@N07/), auf Flickr

(Black Elder Stick Pen ..... Libro Königsblau)

[penwash]

Alright entry #1 this month:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4425/37054671161_1b31652d21_c.jpg

[penwash]

G for Gramophone :)

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4384/36897148950_2bb1c1628d_c.jpg

How many here ever heard of Wardrite brand?

[penwash]

Test writing an old Sailor pen (probably 1960's or 70's vintage).

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4422/36545701573_e11251187a_c.jpg

Which also has the thinnest EF nib I've ever used.

[snowbear]

The October theme is "Harvest." I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.

[penwash]

Harvest?

One load of truck coming up...

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4465/36754293074_5095511f0f_c.jpg

[penwash]

So what's the theme for November?

How about TOOLS (as in instruments not foolish people :D )

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4545/38416090951_abcc6bbb17_c.jpg

[Marsilius]

Ok, how about a useless tool that spills ink among other things.
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[penwash]

Ok, how about a useless tool that spills ink among other things.
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I LOVE THIS SKETCH !!!!!
It has all the Marsilius unique-style and it's spills ink!

[Sadiq]

I've recently come across this thread & I see there is no new theme for December. Thought I'd post a random sketch with the hopes of joining you lovely folks for the Jan theme...

https://i.imgur.com/CTkMLOT.jpg

[Marsilius]

I've recently come across this thread & I see there is no new theme for December. Thought I'd post a random sketch with the hopes of joining you lovely folks for the Jan theme...

https://i.imgur.com/CTkMLOT.jpg
Thanks Sadiq! Nice sketch, and that suggests a number of options. Decorative things?

[Sadiq]

Thank you Marsilius. My sketches have a long way to come, but I’m hoping to get as good as all you regular contributors to this thread.

Hopefully we still get a few more “December...D...Decorative” sketches before New Years. :)

[Marsilius]

Thank you Marsilius. My sketches have a long way to come, but I’m hoping to get as good as all you regular contributors to this thread.

Hopefully we still get a few more “December...D...Decorative” sketches before New Years. :)
Well I just got some ink, so will try to give it a spin. Stayed tuned and hopefully my promises are better than dust!

[Sadiq]

Hopefully the way people arrange their gardens also falls under ‘decorative’ :)

My next sketch is a landscaped garden. I used a A5 notebook again, so things got a little mono toned...I tried a water brush to get some other shades. Think it’s time I get an A4 sketchpad...

https://i.imgur.com/qNB0cDw.jpg

[penwash]

Good use of the washes. It's simple but adds to the sketch.

[Sadiq]

Hey guys/gals...what’s the theme for January 2018?

[Marsilius]

Hey guys/gals...what’s the theme for January 2018?
Suggestion?
Things that are part human/animal and part machine?

[Sadiq]

Hey guys/gals...what’s the theme for January 2018?
Suggestion?
Things that are part human/animal and part machine?

That’s different, but I guess it’ll be interesting to see what we all come up with.

[penwash]

January theme: Cold.

With apology to our friends on or south of the Equator. :D

[Sadiq]

January theme: Cold.

With apology to our friends on or south of the Equator. :D

So which one are we doing? Or do we have a choice of two this month? :)

[penwash]

January theme: Cold.

With apology to our friends on or south of the Equator. :D

So which one are we doing? Or do we have a choice of two this month? :)

Sure, why not :)

Here's my first entry: COLD!

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4680/38624237155_80c53cc381_c.jpg

[Sadiq]

You very good penwash!

Here’s mine.

https://i.imgur.com/5LCmW82.jpg

I just love the sheen from Majestic Blue, pity my photo doesn’t show the full extent.

[Sadiq]

Bionic Hand...

https://i.imgur.com/xTnvxoc.jpg