Inky vignettes, and cheers

Observations and imaginaries

Replaced a gel-ink pen I lost last weekend; nice for smearing, getting some greyscale tones. These seem to really want some color, but I'd forgot to bring my half pans with me last evening. I may yet revisit and paint them, though.

New sketchbook

A couple of drawings from the new Moleskine. My last book took three months to fill, which is rather long. I'd like to put in more consistent drawing hours this time. Aaaaaand, I'm putting this photo here to show you how a print of the first in my Red Hand series looks in a frame (super!), and to serve… Continue reading New sketchbook

@edaggarart on Instagram

I've opened a second instagram that will be only for drawings. More precisely, people drawings and portraits.Go there now and FOLLOW me @edaggarart. More of the 'Red Hand of Shut It' portraits to come soon.

Drawings from the sketchbook

Angles & Edison bulbs along a midnight stroll

Sketchbook do-dads

woodless HB | 0.5mm 2B | 0.5mm gel ink

Here are sneak peek slices of the two illustrations. They are nearly finished (add ice to the drinks, refine shading of stripes), but the book is not, so the final reveals will be some months from now, maybe longer. That's all I can say. These were done using some woodless HB pencils that are new to… Continue reading woodless HB | 0.5mm 2B | 0.5mm gel ink

More watercolors

One of Ray's Zagat-rated jukeboxes ...and your host, Sheila

the Grotesques

I was at a friend's house the other night who owns one of a series of paintings I did in '05. I haven't done a proper painting in a couple of years, and looking at it, I wondered why. These paintings were all fleshed-out from sketches I'd done in many sketchbooks over the course of a couple… Continue reading the Grotesques