Portrait of Francis

Ink sketch on Stillman and Birn
Beta Series sketchbook. Drawn with Safari Lamy EF and M nibs

Portrait of Bruno J.

Cotman watercolors on Stillman and Birn sketchbook
portraits have always been my favorite, I became an urban sketcher after doing portraits for many years..

Portraits in ink

This portraits were made using a Safari  Lamy pen SF with noodler's ink on a 6x8 wirebound Beta Series Stillman and Birn sketchbook (Except for Opie's portrait which is a bigger size 9x12 wirebound as well)
Some drawings are better left in black and white, can't explain exactly why, there's a certain elegance to it.
The last is a portrait of Bernard V.
The first portrait of Jorge R. took me to do an extra preliminary sketch since I found a bit complicated to make out the detail of the beard and mustache
The second portrait of Opie (Sons of Anarchy) I did a preliminary in pencil and I inked it

Drawing Under the Clock

I wrote this article on how to work from sketching to a complete rendering using different styles of linework when working with pen and ink

Portrait of Frida and Hadassah

Dr. Ph. Martin's Radiant Concentrated Watercolor on Canson bristol smooth

 

 

Work in progress -Joe's Portrait

This paper is giving me a hard time. Hot press arches watercolour paper.
I'll stick to bristol smooth, but will finish this tomorrow with better light.