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Sketchbook – Monkey Dracula
Head detail of what should end up as a full length figure.Sometimes, you just have to get the ideas OUT OF YOUR HEAD. Koh-I-Noor 2mm leadholder (2H), Seawhite A6 sketchbook.
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Ug Crappyfeet to Ug Cyclist
For reasons now lost back in the twitter timeline, I drew a quick sketch of a caveman cyclist, to taunt Nick (@aslongasicycle, and @vulpinecc supremo). Ug Crappyfeet (Faber Castell 9000 (B) pencil,...
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A New Thing – Caran d’Ache Gouache Studio 8
Caran D’Ache Gouache Studio Set I was mooching around my local WH Smiths when I found this. It was on the clearance shelf, and marked down for being damaged (£10 rather than £15 or £20, depending on...
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Of Magickle Sheep
Some time ago, I did this drawing, as a silly joke aimed at photography’s Guy Collier. In the course of Nick (@aslongasicycle, Vulpine supremo) thanking me for his Ug Cyclist drawing Guy mentioned the...
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Thumbnail Foxes
Some sketching and colour testing on an A6 Clairefontaine “Graf It” pad. Smoother than most sketching paper, but I like that. Holds up ok under light washes too, although I doubt it would take much...
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Staedtler Lumograph & Faber Castel 9000 Pencils
I was in my local art supply shop today, and they stock the Staedtler Lumograph, a pencil I’ve seen recommended a couple of times. I bought one, and here’s a quick comparison with my current...
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A Very Lopsided Bottle
Sketching beer bottles. Believe it or not (given the wonky perspective) done with a fair gap after drinking…
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Black Paper
In response to this post over at “A Penchant for Paper“, here’s some different things on black paper. The paper is from a Seawhite A5, wire bound sketchbook. (There’s one under the oil pastels that’s...
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Totoro
Totoro, a photo by John the Monkey on Flickr. A very quick Totoro sketch for my daughter. HB pencil and Derwent Academy watercolour pencils, in Seawhite A6 sketchbook. Boy, do I stink at drawing foliage.
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The Monkey RSS Folder – New Year 2014 Update
If you’ve seen the ruthlessly pared down list of podcasts followed by Mr John Galloway, prepare for a crumb strewn, stifling, slightly mouldy smelling, hoarder’s back bedroom of a podcast list. This is...
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Sketchbook: Travelling Dog
Uni Pin fineliner, Derwent Academy Pencils, Seawhite A6 Sketchbook
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Sketchbook: Some Hallowe’en Business
Derwent Academy Watercolours -from a work in progress.
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Season’s Eepings
One of a set of watercolour gift tags I made a bit ago – supposed to be a Monkey Santa on a Brompton.
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Layout Rough
Winsor & Newton Artist Watercolour, Derwent Onyx Pencil, Seawhite Square Sketchbook I’ve been dragooned, in a friendly sort of way, into painting some scenery cloths for a local amateur drama...
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The Derwent Blues
A conversation with Sola, from “Pencils and Other Things” prompted me to dig out some of my older art materials. Derwent, or Cumberland, or Rexel, will be familiar to art dabblers, artists, and (for...
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Sketchbook – Lillies
Lillies and Sandwich A rather loose study of a lily vase, and a smoked salmon sandwich, using Derwent Academy Water Colour Pencils, in a Seawhite “Eco” sketchbook
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Noris au Naturel
A skinned Noris Eco next to an intact one. Inspired by recent WOPEX skinning escapades over at Pencils and Other Things, and less recently at Lexikaller, today’s procrastination came courtesy of this...
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Perfect Pencils – 9000 and the Junior
A quick visual comparison of two varieties of Faber-Castell’s “Perfect Pencil”. (For those of you who don’t know, the perfect pencil combines a cap, extender and sharpener, and is a great way to carry...
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A Blue Sunbeam
General’s Cedar Pointe, Eagle Sunbeam, Dux Sharpener A General’s Cedar Pointe (sharpened with a Kum long point) and an Eagle Sunbeam (sharpened with the Dux pictured below). The Dux sharpens quite...
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