Hi everybody,

I have heard some rumors regarding my current sketch blog setup. As such I will not be updating here anymore. If you can't find my new sketch blog you can ask me on my twitter twitter.com/kaiki

Thank you for your time,
kaiki

Here is a sketch of a friend's Christmas tree. The perspective of the tree is off because I kept moving around due to the environment I was in. The small cylinder next to the sketch is what I would have done if the perspective was correct. It is odd, I like how I did the shades in the background, but only on the left side. A delicate touch is proving, once again, to be more effective then thick heavy lines. Something I will have to work on and master using the microns...until I start to experiment with other types of brush pens.

Here is one of my super-fast super-simple sketches. The plant came out alright. So did the bow, yet I failed on the subtle curved lip of the pot. I think it was one of those curves that only some very delicate hatching & shading could have pulled off. Also in regards to the surface next to the plant. It is again one of those moments where I am learning that less is more. I didn't need to have those long lines all across the surface, some simple hatching on the edges probably would have worked just as well.

Here is sketch 23. To be honest, I rushed this one. I gave hardly any thought to perspective, form, or anything. I was just trying to do a drawing in 20 minutes. For all of that though. I did like how the plate & surface came out. That's all folks.

Here is a sketch where I did not actually draw what I saw. I started with a from life drawing but it started raining and it canceled that part of the drawing. From there I just winged the rest. I liked how it came out though. I will try to continue this style in the short term, if only to work on my hatching/cross hatching.

Her i a sketch that came out...differently then I thought it would. The perspective is mostly correct as I was standing on an overpass looking down at the scene. Though when I got the bottom of the wall around the "tall grass thing" I realized I had messed up and had to draw a little pond looking thing. Hopefully it worked out. What about yall? Does it look like I had no idea what I was doing at the bottom of the picture?

Here are some more sketches from ye olde sketchbook. This was an exercise in perspective and depth that I believe succeeded. It may not be perfect but I think it does a convincing job of portraying a hallway. The floor is a mess but I have no skill in drawing straight lines X_X

Here is a sketch I did in my old Canson sketchpad while my drawing pad is in the shop. I think I pulled off some atmospheric perspective in this drawing. Though some of the kona beads came out too flat in one dimension. Something to work on, Also I think I like the lighter touch of the earlier beads. But to my eyes they seem flatter. Flat and pretty or rounded and ugly. There must be a way to solve this problem.

Here is my third attempt at using dip pen with ink. I thought it turned out better then I expected, I think. I wish I had more time to finish the piece but you work with what you have. From my last post, the quality of your dip pen really makes a difference. If/when I get more into dip pens I will need to buy a high quality wooden dip pen. Though one downside with the dip pen is that since you can alter the tone of the ink I am driven to make 6 or more different tones so I can get the perfect representation of the tone of the object.

Here is a new sketch I did with a dip pen and ink. I really enjoy the dip pen compared to the microns, though the dip pen requires more space to use what with the ink and what not. Also it seems that a high quality dip pen really makes a difference. I bought a 1-2 dollar pen and the top is splitting causing inconsistent line width. After the holidays I will try and invest into a proper setup.