I’m especially taken with this drawing. It’s not often that I look at my own work and think: oh, who did that? I like coming back to my sketchbook to look at all the lines, both crosshatched and twirly. I really love that combination in the line work. I also love the areas that are left UNdrawn: the left side of her neck, her right arm, and the left side of the gift bag. As you can tell, I’m really enjoying my trusty ball-point pen. These days it’s the cheapy Bic in medium point that gets a work out here in the book of Sanity (a sketchbook I began just before Christmas to maintain some sense of sanity throughout the holidays and which I’m feeling the need for even more now that the holidays are over:/
I made these drawings from photos of our oldest daughter’s 16th birthday back in October. Gosh, it seems so long ago now. But only yesterday that she was a wee tiny baby smiling and laughing in my arms. In this drawing, I cropped off a good bit of the photograph which included the card she was holding and reading. Once again, I like what is left UNdrawn and all the twirly lines mixed in with the crosshatching.
Why is it that lines can fascinate someone so much? I often wonder why I drift back into this way of drawing. Recently I pulled out all my sketchbooks and began to see a pattern: when winter comes on, there are many more cross-hatch drawings. I wonder if my delight in all the lines I see outside (barren trees) and the beautiful value patterns devoid of their usual riotous color, affects my drawings. I must be drawn (hee hee:) to them in my sketchbook as well.
I agree! You cross hatching and swirlies are terrific!
These are really lovely!
xoxo
I know that feeling of “Wow!! I did THAT!!!” It’s just great . . . and so are these lovelies!
These are really wonderful, and I love that you did them with a ballpoint pen! nancy
What beautiful sketches. I can feel your love of your subject coming through all your lines.
So you should be proud of them, beautifully done and capturing your daughter’s pleasure too.
Love these drawings and the mood/ energy in them. The style is great. I tend to do the same as you with my line work and it is usually the ones that flow naturally and loopy like that which I am the most pleased with.
A belated Happy Birthday to Kate! =) Awesome sketches Jennifer!
So lovely. You must be sane! Oh what the lowly ballpoint pen can do.
I can see why you come back to this style- it is very lovely and expressive. It is very hard to leave something undrawn, but that is what gives magic and breathing room to these!!
As much as I love, love, love your color, your line drawings leave no room for missing them! These are wonderful!
You’ve captured such sweet exuberance. I love your cross-hatching.
Oh me…it’s a wonderful thing when something you are really enjoying seems to be enjoyed by others as well! Thanks for all your kind comments!
I love all your lines. These make these drawings uniquely yours. I’ve looked at some artist’s ink sketching on EveryDayMatters and each one has their own uniqueness. It’s amazing what a simple pen can put out in an artist’s hand. I love your squiggles mixed with the crosshatching. You have a looseness to your work but you still get so much of the likeness of things you draw. It’s so amazing to me.