As a kid, I drew regularly with graphite pencils - wild animals, mostly, from photos in books and magazines. Over the years, the urge to draw remained, but the motivation to start has mostly eluded me. From time to time I'd get bad GAS, and buy some more pencils, and draw a few things - gum leaves were the usual theme the past few years - but after a short while I'd stop feeling motivated.
A couple of months ago, in an effort to get enthusiastic enough about drawing to do it, I bought a set of black Sakura Pigma Micron fineliner pens. Since then, I've been drawing regularly from my own photos, which I've been getting printed so as to have a reference collection to choose from.
I'll share my journey here, partly in hopes that it'll help keep me motivated!
Here's my first shareworthy effort: the Cape Nelson Lighthouse, near Portland, Victoria, Australia. My reference photo (printed in my 2017 photo book) was taken in 2017 with my beloved Fujifilm X30 compact; soon after our visit we leaned that the semaphore flags were no longer being flown from the lighthouse.
The drawing was done in one session with the 0.2mm Pigma pen, which I knew would become a favourite. I hadn't planned to add colour, but the sky beckoned, and before I knew it my Derwent Inktense coloured pencils (languishing, barely used) had joined the party. I prefer the uncoloured drawing, but as this was a test run of the pens, at least I got to see they really are permanent under water brush!
