This year’s theme: Pen & Ink
This year my Sketchpack is to be all inked drawings
with a bit of water to move ink color.
I almost passed on Di’s challenge but I always have a good time!
Making it simple, and all about
the ink, the mark, and water.
MOST sketches took 10-30 minutes;
if it took longer it was due to
waiting for layers of ink to dry.
No pencil but for one sketch,
the checkerboard Jinhao!
Okay, I cheated! Three SHARK pens for three days!
Days 17-24 of Sketching Pens!
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Past years: 2015: MPF Conservation,
2016: My Practice….
ABOUT SKETCHPACK PROJECT: The project began in 2011 to get folks to draw daily. The sketchpack is a small zigzag journal with two usable sides, allowing one to sketch on both sides of 15 ‘pages’ to complete the month of August. There was much enthusiasm and the project is now repeated yearly in August, with a Facebook page for us to share as we go along. (The page is closed for viewing but you can join to play along!)
There is an Exhibition held in October at the Artsauce Studio in
Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa of mostly local Sketchpacks!
Drawn on Pentallic folding journal
with pen and ink as named daily + water.
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As someone who loves fountain pens and very much enjoys your art, this post was a bit of a treat for me. Your illustrations are lovely. I don’t yet own a demonstrator pen but want to get one so I can get the visual of some of the fancier inks – which I can then justify buying because I can see the ink in the pen. I haven’t made a decision yet on which to buy. How are you finding those sharks? I was considering buying those for my kids in another bid to get them into fountain pens.
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Did you see the other posts? Look this month for Sketchpack…
Yes the Jinhaos are good pens. I’ve gifted and used several and so far, only one gave me a bit of a push but it was easily remedied. I usually suggest buying from Goulet, but in this case, especially if you are getting them for your kids, you might want to look at the 12-packs on Amazon. For about $16 you can get them with a carrying case (which I am using for other pens.)
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Thanks for the tip on the sharks. I will have to seek out Sketchpack posts.
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Sketchpack is a fun challenge I participate in every year. It is small, our of Capetown, and the peeps are great. https://www.facebook.com/groups/sketchpackproject/
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That does look like fun. I’m up to my eyeballs in stuff this September but I’ll keep the possibility squirreled away for next September.
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Cool! August tho, not September!
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See! My brain is so scattered right now that I misread. OK. Next August. I’m actually going to make a note in my diary so I can remember.
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Yay! If you join now you can voyeur our work!
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I’d love to but my schedule is slammed. That’s why I’d like to plan for participating next year. Thanks for the encouragement.
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