Category: Ledger Book Drawings

 
A ninety minute drawing of Giamila during a favorite activity. Some liberties taken with the color scheme.
Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pens on an old Pennsylvania Railroad Memorandum and Cash Book.

What can I say? Sometimes I get carried away. The left side was just a sketch of one of the artist at a life drawing session at the Palette & Chisel. The right side was a demo page. In time the eyes spilled over onto the left page.

 

Drawn with Pitt Artist Pens, F-C Albrecht Dürer Water color pencils and some fountain pen. From life, photo references, and some just made up. » Continue Reading…

Meant to add this one to the last post. Sorry but my cut and paste wasn’t so precise. 25 minute study of Anne @ the Palette & Chisel. Pitt Artist Pen and gel ballpoint in ledger book.

Jeeziss, I freely admit to being the King of Procrastination. I shoulda been outta this damn ledgerbook and well into the next sketchbook months ago but I just couldn’t pull away from the book’s roomy 11″ x 17″ scale. ( Actual page dimensions are 10 3/4″ wide x 16 1/2″ tall. That, and the creamy color of it’s pages that seem to be tarnishing with use and age like an old Meerscham pipe due to the presence of non archival materials. Older ledgerbooks probably have a high rag content but many later books most likely contain pulp that if ithey haven’t been pH nuetralized are slowly burning themselves up. It’s also possible that the act of frequently handling the books may leave salts and acids that can’t be too good for their endurance. The pages have become terribly brittle and ocassionally you may have witnessed loose flakes on the scans of the drawings entered on this website. The old soldier’s really coming apart at the seams and it’s long past due that I file it away but I’ve had a blast working the shit out of it.

Drawing from Life, Doodles, and a Trek to Indianapolis

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