Drawing: Pelican with Chick
I just finished this last night and figured I’d share. When I started it, I hadn’t intended to post it, so, I guess you can feel privileged to see it. 
It’s my first attempt at a pen and ink drawing. I think it turned out pretty well, considering. There are a couple obvious (to me at least) mistakes, but I can’t expect my first drawing to be perfect (Something I’ve been struggling to accept for a long time). And I’m not sure that pelicans ever hold fish this way, but it was a last minute addition that I didn’t really think about beforehand. My idea with this was to draw something that used multiple techniques in one, in this case: contour lines, crosshatching, and stippling.
In case you’re curious, I used a .20 mm Sakura Pigma Micron pen. I had planned to use a .25 mm pen too, but I got too caught up in the process and forgot about it until I was more than half finished. In the future I’d like to try a Crow Quill pen, but I’m not that brave yet. I have one though. I forget what kind it is though. Probably a #102.
I like it.
Didn’t know you were an artist.
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July 20th, 2008 at 9:08 pm