Occasionally I like to try and keep up with my drawing skills - one way of doing this is using pen and ink. Obviously any mistakes will be clear to see so one has to concentrate quite acutely. I usually do a rough pencil sketch first then if all looks good, continue to fill in the details etc with ink. I used to do a lot of these types of illustrations and they have appeared in many books, magazines and bird reports etc. When successful, I get a very warm and satisfied feeling from looking at them. Now that I have all my studio equipment including my collection of ink pens out of storage, I'm sure I will do more of these. This one was done with an ultra fine point Sharpie which has permanent ink. Size is 8 x 5 inches (20 x 13 cm).
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