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Sketches I make when I travel or walk around
This is a sketch I did of a beautiful building in Montpelier, Vermont. It was done with a TWSBI 580 with an EF nib. I hope you guys enjoy. I'll try to post some art (made with fountain pens of course) here once in a while. That photo is on my Instagram account, so it has a filter that darkened the pen. I think it's still pretty recognizable though. Cheers.
http://s17.postimg.org/b3hfftrz3/Montpelier_Vermont.jpg
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Thank you - more, please! :)
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I love it!
And, Jon, thank you for bringing this to my attention!
<3
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Well done! Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for the nice comments. Here's a quick sketch of the facade of Flushing Town Hall in Queens, New York. It's a very nice Romanesque revival building. Done with my handy dandy TWSBI 580 EF. Cheers.
http://s23.postimg.org/66czsl5y3/Flushing_Town_Hall.jpg
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I also really like to do architectural sketches but I lack the confidence to work in ink. I know that I need to just jump in and try it, but we all have our crutches and I guess the eraser is mine.
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Use a lighter ink ( or watertered down ink) to lay in the composition and then work it up with full blown ink. Look at the silverpoint drawings of early and high Renaissance; if those aretists can make mistakes ( you cannot erease metalpoint) so can we. Drawing is a process, mistakes happen. Good luck!
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Love these. I agree with everyone else; keep them coming.
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I think the moment you admit to yourself that you're drawing for yourself and not for others is when you start to loosen up and then you don't mind making mistakes. In my sketchbooks I've learned to just let loose and let myself make mistakes and make a line over and over again. I really love seeing the construction of my drawings. I will admit, I don't show all my work to people. Maybe 5% of a completed sketchbook will be shown (On my Blog) so I do have lots of pages with false starts and with "mistakes" but it's like keeping a journal, you're just documenting.
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Nice sketches! I love them.
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Superb drawings...love them.
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Here is a drawing from the other day. I attended a lecture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, here in NY. I sat and waited for my colleagues on the staircase, and while I waited I drew the beautiful Beaux-arts style building across the street. This sketch was done with my TWSBI Micarta V2 with an EF nib and Noodler's 54 Massachusetts.
http://s29.postimg.org/f82i4012f/IMG_6790.jpg
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Here's a sketch from yesterday, a nice building for rent in Rockville Centre, NY. Drawn with my TWSBI mini (f nib) filled with Noodler's Black.
http://s28.postimg.org/tr6w8wom5/IMG_3686.jpg
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Beautiful, thank you for sharing.
Would love to see more as well when you can.
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I know I have only posted architecture, but I sketch portraits as well from time to time. Here is a portrait of one of my favorite writers, Jorge Luis Borges. With my TWSBI mini with an F nib filled with Noodler's Black. Cheers.
http://s7.postimg.org/w3h3q8dnf/Scre...1_21_19_PM.png
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I would like to post here more often, but I have been a little busy with school. This is actually a drawing I did on campus. This is the school where I'm doing my Graduate degree, CUNY Queens College. I carry three fountain pens with me in my sketching setup: TWSBI Mini with an F nib filled with Noodler's Lex Gray, a Lamy Vista with en EF nib filled with Noodler's Black and a TWSBI Classic with a 1.1 stub filled with Noodler's Black. I keep my pens in a Nock Co Hightower case.
http://s15.postimg.org/5vjh8p2gr/Scr...6_49_22_PM.png
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These are great. I hope you are studying something to do with art!
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These are great. I hope you are studying something to do with art!
Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoy them. I got two degrees for my undergrad, Art History and a BFA with a concentration in painting. I'm now doing my graduate degree in Art History. I still draw and paint on my own, but it's strange not to be taking any fine art courses. I love art history so I can't be upset. I do carry my sketchbook everywhere all the time still. It's a habit I hope I never lose.
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Impressive work. What brand of sketchbook do you prefer for sketching with ink?
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I don't use a specific brand. I like to try different sketchbooks all the time. I do really like Fabriano sketchbooks. I also like Stillman & Birn books. I think you can email them (S&B) and they'll send you a sample pack of their paper for free. I love Fabriano Venezia sketchbooks and I treat myself to them once in a while, but they can be quite expensive. I find that sketchbooks that have paper with a lot of tooth aren't the most comfortable to draw on with fountain pens ( i guess this would be common sense). Lastly if you can find Hahnemuüle sketchbooks they're very good and usually economical even in larger sizes. I hope that helped a little.
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Impressive work. What brand of sketchbook do you prefer for sketching with ink?
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All of these are impressive, nice work.
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Here's a quick sketch I managed the other day. This is a nice church I saw on Rockaway Parkway in Brooklyn. It was a faster sketch, but I'm decently happy with it.
http://s8.postimg.org/5w1j7c3r9/photo.jpg
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Fluid, yet shows solidity.
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I have no experience to draw Sketches during traveling. I only love to capture photos of beautiful places around the world. But rgperedo, after seeing your Sketches I have great wish to learn this art.
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I have no experience to draw Sketches during traveling. I only love to capture photos of beautiful places around the world. But rgperedo, after seeing your Sketches I have great wish to learn this art.
I find that between my photos and my sketchbooks, I always feel a greater sense of reminiscence from looking at my sketchbooks. I can many times remember way more from my sketches that my photos, especially now with digital photography and great point and shoot cameras the moment is captured quickly. A sketch, even a quick sketch requires more involvement with your surroundings. I think this allows us to be more immersed in the moment, making our drawings a better "jump starter" for out memories. Just carry a small sketchbook and a pen an draw, it doesn't have to be "good" as long as its yours.
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This is the interior courtyard of the Frick Collection in NYC. This is definitely one of my favorite museums in NY. Done with my 3 trusty designated sketching pens : Lamy Vista EF with Noodler's Black (not pictured), TWSBI Classic 1.1 with Noodler's Black and TWSBI Mini F with Noodler's Lexington Gray.
http://s28.postimg.org/hp5jkxn99/IMG_1974_1.jpg
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A firehouse I liked on 76 AV, Forest Hills. A lot of nice of nice buildings on that part of Queens blvd.
http://s13.postimg.org/4fobiar6f/IMG_2110.jpg
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Being completely unburdened by any hint of artistic talent as I am, it just makes my jaw drop when I see actual artists in action, especially with such a clear eye and realistic hand!
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Being completely unburdened by any hint of artistic talent as I am, it just makes my jaw drop when I see actual artists in action, especially with such a clear eye and realistic hand!
Thank you so much for the kind words.
This isn't a drawing from any place in particular or of architecture. I have a few articles to read for a big research paper and I took break to draw a little. I found a photo I thought was interesting on my friend's Instagram account. He's a musician and a barista (the original photo is of espresso dripping out of a machine) I started off slowly and then I just got lost in trying to find objects in the reflection of the chrome container. It was a very entertaining drawing, I should have probably stopped earlier, but I was very happy to be drawing and not reading another article. Of course all drawn with fountain pens! if you're curious, my instagram account is: rgperedo !!
http://s18.postimg.org/ifx61t5zd/Full_Size_Render_5.jpg
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Walking around my neighborhood and sat for a quick sketch before I went back home. http://s11.postimg.org/u338lpueb/IMG_2892.jpg
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I went to the Metropolitan Museum here in New York to see the Winchester Bible. The bible is incredible, and in amazing condition considering it's from the 12th century. If you live in or around NY you should go see it. It will probably never come back here in our lifetime.
After staring at the bible for a while I walked around sketching. This was one of my favorite drawings of the day. This is a German 16th Century suit of armor, made for the rider and the horse. Challenging, but fun.
http://s16.postimg.org/c2v6tvt6t/IMG_3185.jpg
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Amazing work. Thanks for sharing about the bible. I head into nyc for some Xmas fun. The museum will be a great treat.
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This is like seeing the armor for myself. Wonderful.
(Really fascinating detail, especially how the joints work.)
PS: How do you like the Mini, and how does the F compare to, say, a Safari/Al-star F?
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This is like seeing the armor for myself. Wonderful.
(Really fascinating detail, especially how the joints work.)
PS: How do you like the Mini, and how does the F compare to, say, a Safari/Al-star F?
Thank you, it was really challenging to draw the armor, but it was very fun. I don't venture into the Medieval section at the Met as much as I should. I enjoyed it very much so now I'll make it a habit.
I love my Mini. I am debating about getting another one. The F on the Mini is definitely a dot thinner than on my Lamy Safaris/Vista. I use an EF nib on my Vista (when I draw) Also the thickness depends on the ink. I keep my Mini inked with Noodler's Lex Grey and my Vista is always inked with Noodler's Black. I like both very much, but prefer the Mini, the Vista is fun because I don't mind beating it up and putting the nib through some hardships ( I turn the nib every which way when I draw to mark spots off or make scratchy lines on purpose to construct my drawings). The Mini I use mostly for shading and some drawing, it doesn't get abused like the Lamy EF nib ( which takes the abuse rather well). I hope this was helpful. Oh and I also always carry a Twsbi Classic with a 1.1 stub filled with Noodler's Black.
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Beautiful work rgperedo!
I like the detail in your sketches, especially the buildings...can't wait to see more :)
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Having done some research into first century Roman military gear ( er, for a costume), armor has become fascinating to me-- love the horse's rig!
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rgperedo
I grew up going to that post office. Very grand in keeping with its sacred task