Street Sketches!

I'm going to update this post as I scan and compile these images: For some time now I've been keen on practice drawing more people and using pens more frequently to record things I see. 

A friend and former colleague kindly gave me a V ball pilot pen, and I've enjoyed how the fine lines have influenced my sketching, which I often feel is messy and overly constructed. (NB some of these drawings are still just that, but in a few cases I feel like I've been able to break some bad habits, which to me is progress!)

Also been playing with brush pens:

And the obligatory pencil:

Sketchbook Scan Sunday!

Since returning to a spell of freelancing towards the end of last year my Sundays have again become the universal day of Tea and admin, since the Taxes are done I thought I'd try another slightly tedious task and scan in some sketchbooks.

Here's some compilations from last years Inktober month. Some street sketches up next post!

Some old ghosts...

Just dug up some work from last year that never went anywhere, I think these were intended for use as stickers - not particularly seasonal but hey-ho. In my more current projects I've been doing loads of 'dirty' digital painting with some great grease pencil brushes, so its nice to look back at this stuff which is using crisp vector masks and smooth gradients.