Root Cellar
This was a particularly pleasing collection of shapes that I noticed in the tree that I drew for High and Dry. Ink on kaolin-coated board, 12 x 16″
Tag: Fountain pen
Fountain Pens for Indian Ink
Never put Indian ink in a fountain pen, unless… the pen is a Pilot Parallel the pen is a safety pen the ink and the pen are both modified to form a system the pen has been specifically designed to use Indian ink Pilot Parallel…
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Fountain Pens
A fountain pen is defined as a pen with an internal reservoir of liquid ink. If you’ve ever used a dip pen, you can appreciate the benefits of this deceptively simple idea. In general, it seems to be only those pens with a direct line…
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Filigree – SOLD
This third beech tree in Selborne Hanger has a remarkable little cavern beneath its exposed roots, probably due to erosion. The roots form an open lattice – a “filigree” – over the space on the uphill side. The tree is at the foot of the hanger,…
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Enigma – SOLD
This very distinctive and characterful beech tree sits on the lip of a hollow in the hillside at Selborne, its triangular mass of exposed roots gracefully supporting it. I started to draw it on A3 paper but it didn’t feel right, so I switched to…
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Selborne Beech – SOLD
The village of Selborne in Hampshire is known as the former home (now a museum) of the eighteenth century naturalist Gilbert White. It also has a rather splendid beech hanger (a hanger is a wood on a steep slope). I recently spent some lovely time in…
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The Boar Tree – SOLD
Square Hanger
Hanger – SOLD
