Prehistoric Battle of the Pens

The house is full of dinosaurs when my 5-year old comes to visit, and the BBC "Walking with Dinosaurs" book is always open. A couple of sketches here taken from photos of the real live dinosaurs inside.

Peteinosaur was a small, early Pterosaur, about the size of a blackbird, I think. The fellow underneath is the boringly-obvious Bad Boy of the dinosaur world, T Rex.

Peteinosaur was drawn mostly with Pitt Pens, and a lot of fussy detail, the T Rex with a Pentel Pocket Brush, in broad, amorphous shadows and fluid lines. Nice contrast between the effects achievable with the two types of pen.

Skaters

Proportions are all to pot, but his hair really was that big.

Thai General

Sketch from the BBC newssite again - something about the composition, the blank space to the left, makes him look childlike and vulnerable.

Crooner

A surprise entry by the Vatican City to next year's Eurovision Song Contest.

Old Hands

From a picture on the BBC news website - chosen for the composition, and the opportunity to draw old wrinkly hands.

Equestrienne

After a few months of mostly digital creation, I've got back into a routine of doing a nightly ink drawing with a Proper Pen...

This started the process off, as an attempt to explain to my 5 year old daughter how the protagonist of the poem/song Equestrienne could bend her toe and point her knee while on horseback.

The song can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PYXYKOZBN0 based on a poem by Rachel Field.

Hands