Flight

Ive been enjoying drawing the animals lately. Capturing this owl's intensity with my pen proved to be quite difficult. I find that much of the motion comes from the eyes, and simply the fact that the eyes are so fixated upon one single point seems to bring the owl to life, and show its desire for the prey that it must have been attacking. I completed this work with Speedball SuperBlack India Ink and a Leonardt Soft Drawing nib. I quite like this nib, and prefer it to the Gillot 404 I sometimes use. It provides me a much more variable stroke, as can be seen on  most of the feathers.

Lions in Love

Well it has been quite a while since I last posted... about a month to be exact. Well anyhow, I was on vacation, and I haven't really felt the desire to make the effort to use the computer. I was out in nature and taking full advantage of the tranquility. I drew plenty of new ideas, and this is the first I wanted to put up. I think it captures the primal love between parents and their children, and the emotions even animals feel. Animals and us, aren't so different.