3 works hanging.

I gave these 3 works to hang on walls.

Happy San Patrick's Day from Chicago River!

Chicago River turning green for this holiday.

Bloody Mary.

One of the brunches with my daughter, we had the best "bloody mary" drink, it was a little bit unreal, for some reason reminded me the atmosphere of 60s, may be her retro dress and red lipstick?
By painting this I stopped the time and I can feel the sun on my skin, remember that turquoise Florida sky, hear clicking of glasses somewhere on the background. Anyway, I used ink and Kuretake and touch of Artist Pitt pens.

Just a day.

It was yesterday's today. I can rarely steal the shot. I am, probably annoying with my hunger for visual and I can't explain.

And the sunrise from yesterday, with electric light in the sky. When you experience things alone it seems to have deeper meaning, and often you don't even use the words to describe it to yourself.

Little sketch in pencil. Here I used my precious Eberhard Faber Blackwing 602, the original vintage one. It is a bit drier than Palomino version. I spend it, I waste it, what is the point to treasure when you don't own tomorrow?

Mani-pedi.

Sketch in the salon and my new adorable tool from Goulet.  New ink, Noodler's Rome Burning in Gamma sketchbook.

And

New tool and new ink from Goulet Pens. So far I am in love.

This summer.

The hat. Ink and Kuretake.

ChipShop.

I added color and sharpen up some tonal values. I used ink and Kuretake on Fabriano Artistico.
This British pub located in Park Slope, in Brooklyn, with walls decorated in royal, Beetles and punk rock of 80's memorabilia, with HP sauce on the shelves, with authentic english food was pretty interesting. And Haddock fish was delicious. So it was fun to eat, drink beer and sketch.

April 30 is my birthday.

Usually I have tiny moments of sadness, that I got older and many people who I loved are not with me anymore, but today was very different birthday, spent in leisure and pleasure. I drew, I spent the day  talking to my friends, my fun was planned for me, I love every moment, I got amazing presents, was spoiled, loved, taken out to a wonderful restaurant. I wish every day would be my Birthday. I am very thankful to my little girl, to my wonderful daughter, who makes every day of my life the happiest.

This is upside down Makloubeh, was so delicious Mediterranean dish.

We took Künefe home, it was hot and delicious with honey and rose water syrup. And french pastries and strawberry tart.

Early morning and happy to get my NavBAr back.

Early morning.

After loosing Navigation Bar, I was typing question in Google, found forum, 2 people gave me advice, it was accidentally applied HTML code in my post with sunrise, I deleted it and now back to normal view.
Relocation to a new place could be comparable to a painful illness,  stressful and scary. I still cannot find my brushes and paper, towels and salad spinner, but I am greeted by the sun every morning and it gives me hope that I can start drawing again.

:-)

Out of paper and few photos.

I am out of paper and can't make a trip to the city to get to the Dick Blick Art store or NYC Central, or Pearl.
Have small pads only. So posting couple of photos from yesterday, wishing it could be paintings.

Photos in sepia almost like paintings.

I wish I have better camera to capture moments of life. Behind Inna is my book bag with 2 Stillman & Birn Sketchbooks I prepared for yesterday, but scribbled only one lousy sketch.

Smile.

It says Smile in Japanese. I am finally trying Diamine ink in a full range. I like the color and flow, it is a very friendly sepia.
This weekend I became a happy owner of Kindle, present from my daughter, thank you tredecillion  times Inna!
So what can I do? Draw.
I Used Diamine ink and green Kuretake for eyes on Bockingford 90 lb paper.

Sunday morning.

Photo to celebrate a beautiful day.

Inna's photo of Brooklyn.

Snapped on Iphone. Somewhere on Ave Y in Brooklyn. Beautiful mood. Love it.  I can recognize my favorite sepia tones here, near the burning sun.

Walk in the Central Park in a few photos.

I like all that earthy colors.

And this beautiful sienna. Gotta be a genius to create such a palette.

Wonderful view.

I snapped those photos on my phone.

Portrait with the mirror.

While running around hopelessly and helplessly (January  was never my favorite month of the year, even it is not freezing or worse), I manage to ink another portrait with mixed ink, one green Kuretake pen and Inna's help. I already see so much what I could of done differently and I want to add and change, but I'd rather do another one, and may be ink will get browner and mood will change.

Portrait in interior. Photo.

I played a little bit with Clone tool to clean the background and removed "red" eyes. I read a bit about new tools in Photoshop 5 and got mad jealous, really want to try this Puppet Warp tool.
I wanted to show emotion through the soft light here and used 2 languages.

Trip to Albany.

Playing with light and color. One of my favorite Kuretake pens is drying out. I wanted to show strong contrast of the light and shadows and rich red of the barns outside. Again it is about beauty of youth and being a part of life. Ink and Kuretake pens.

Laying.

I used Sepia ink and touch of Noodler's Zhivago ink in Noodler's ball pen on Fabriano studio paper. First I wanted to add a color to eyes, but than decided that a hint of a glance is better than defined. The focal point here is femininity.

Photo I took yesterday.

Inna in ink.

Another portrait of Inna. I used ink and couple of  Inktense pencils. I opened new water brush from JetPens, because my old lost the point and not that good anymore.  Size of the paper A4. I used Fluid  watercolor book from Dick Blick, I really like this paper and it was pretty cheap.