Merry in a Feather Boa, ink on paper, 2009. Click image to view on Flickr.
Click here to see my other Dr. Sketchy's drawings. Click here to see the Dr. Sketchy's OKC pool on Flickr. Click here to learn more about Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School.
Sketch Series: 100 Heads
5 heads e, blind gesture drawing with pigma micron ink on 3 x 5 index card, 2009. Click image to view on Flickr.
I'm working on a series of blind gesture drawings on 3 x 5 cards. Click here to visit the whole set on Flickr.
"100 Heads" is an undertaking in which an artist creates 100 different portraits using as many different styles and materials as possible. I'm taking a different tack, drawing as many heads as I can as quickly as possible without looking. I'm enjoying the unexpected results.
Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School in OKC 04.05.2009
Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School is holding a session at aka gallery tonight from 6 to 10 pm. If you're over 21 and you like drawing pretty girls, bring $10, your pen and paper, and a thirst for adventure!
The alluring Merry of the 7 Deadly Sins Revue will grace us with her presence.
Some Thoughts on Pens
Sketch of Geoff, pigma micron on paper, 2007.
My sketchbook exchange partner Karo has posted a review of her favorite pens. Like many of us, she is still in search of her ideal drawing instrument. My current favorite is the Sakura Pigma Micron size 01. About the micron, Karo says:
The tip gets broken easily and they dry up super fast. And if they get in contact with my gouache... it's instant death. That's why I don't use the 0.01. It had a very fine tip and did a nice thin stroke. I was so happy when I first got it... but it lasted 2 weeks and now it barely writes and the stroke is inconsistent.
I agree about the limited durability of the micron's tip, but I compensate for the pen's short life span by having a lot of them around. I buy them in boxes of twelve (about $25 from the Blick company) so I always have a new one ready. Oh, and I try not to drop them.
Sketch for Carmen McWillie, ink on paper, 2008. This is the drawing I used to make an acrylic gel transfer for the final piece, below.
My other pen of choice is the Bic Round Stic Grip Fine point. (Oddly, I have trouble finding the fine point in stores, so I usually mail order them. The medium point tends to clump and smear.) I use this pen for its versatile tonal range. The major drawback here is that the Bic's ink is non-archival. I get around that problem via an acrylic gel transfer process. You can read instructions for that process here and here.
Normal, OK: Carmen McWillie. Acrylic transfer and collage on found canvas, 2008.
Sketchbook Exchange I
Cover of All Things Conspire, collaborative sketchbook between Sarah Atlee and Karo Design.
The talented Karo and I have begun a collaborative sketchbook project. I began by making a dozen or so drawings in a blank book, then sent it to her to add on.
Left-hand drawing by Karo, right-hand drawing by Sarah. Click to view larger.
You can see some of these drawings on her blog, in this post and also this one. More of my initial drawings in this Flickr set.
Can't wait to see what she does with this one.