Love this look

Hitomi Tanaka. Black ink, pen, brush, on A3 paper.

Actress and Japanese beauty

Hitomi Tanaka In the role of a housewife hanging out washing Brush, pen, black ink on A3

Irish farmers, grand old characters

Pen, brush, ink on A3 paper

Bath time

Brush, pen, ink washes on A3 paper

Woman looking downwards, profile view

Rotring pen, brush, ink on A3 paper

Hitomi

Pen, brush and ink on A3 paper

And yet another beauty

Pen and brush and ink on A3

Portrait of ‘H’

A stunning beauty Rotring pen Indian ink and brush on A3 paper

Black and white illustration

Portrait of ‘D’ Rotring pen, Indian ink and brush, A3 cartridge paper

In the Line of Beauty

Two images. [1] Pen and ink and smudged charcoal on A4 drawing pad paper. [2] The same as [1] but … More

The quandary of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

(A portrait of the artist as Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) [Detail from a self-portrait.] Pen and ink. Soft pastel. … More

Just a quick pen and ink study

Rotring pen on A4 paper (sketchbook)

Line works

I don’t know why, (one could write a book on the subject,) but it does… it works very well! Portrait … More

Face to face

Rotring pen and ink on A4

Mermaid in fishnets

Rotring pen and ink Charcoal smudges A4 Digitally tweaked

Femme au chapeau rouge

Rotring pen and ink ,10 nib Chinese ink stick wash watercolour A4

Reading lines

Rotring Isograph pen ,10 nib A4 paper Very thin lines

Portrait of a man

Frederic Chopin Rotring pens and Chinese ink stick washes on A4 paper After an image of a Daguerreotype

Thumbnail study/sketch of a pretty Thai girl

Pen and ink and soft pastel (mixed) I’m going to stop using this brand of ink because when I spray … More

Doodles, thumbnails, and a more ‘finished’ sketch of my muse Hitomi Tanaka

Various media and admixtures… trying out recently acquired soft pastels… thinking of Degas “You must do over the same subject … More

Study in (mostly) yellow and blue

Pen and ink and watercolour on A3 paper

Sketching Hitomi 2

Fountain pen on A3 paper

Socrates

A wise man who came to the realisation that in all honesty and truth he knew nothing. Fountain pen sketch … More

Ahmad Shah Massoud

Lion of Panjshir Fountain pen sketch on Arches paper. Image size 10 x 15″ Fine weatherbeaten face

Beautiful or ugly?

Healthy or diseased? Fountain pen and watercolour on Arches paper. Size of image 20 x 8″

What are you trying to say?

Fountain pen and watercolour on A3 paper

No frills pen and ink

Fountain pen and ordinary ink with a little Indian ink added, A3 paper