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18 posts with the tag ink
David Bentley
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I thought I could do a mass of flowers, much as one sees in spring time. It took quite a long time to draw all the little flowers and then colour them in. But when I stood back from all the work I re
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David Bentley
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Another tiny drawing, a posco pen and some watercolour on plain paper. Technique: #ink Theme: #bird Highlight colour: #bird Series: #micro-art
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David Bentley
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I did this quickly to fill an old frame that has three windows in it. I’m not pretending they are great drawings, but they look quite nice in the frame together with my other three birds. (See 0166 a
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David Bentley
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Revisiting the old pen and ink, adding a dash of watercolour, then thinking of a title. Desert sands. Forest and trees. These are the best of an ordinary bunch. Technique: #ink Theme: #abstract High
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David Bentley
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I can’t remember the name of this flower, and I failed to get a clear background. It is still quite nice, though. Technique: #photo Theme: #flower Highlight colour: #pink Series: #day-garden
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David Bentley
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Technique: #photo Theme: #flower Highlight colour: #pink Series: #day-garden
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David Bentley
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A lovely port wine magnolia spotted while walking the dog one night on a young tree about my height. Easy to photograph, no ladders required. Technique: #photo Theme: #flower Highlight colour: #pink
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David Bentley
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Around the beginning of May I start to experiment with multimedia. In this print I’m using over-inked tetra pack shapes and biro and some watercolour. I have a large envelope of experimental drawings
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David Bentley
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Exploring landscapes. Ink and a little watercolour, in two versions. Not happy either either of them, but there you go. #ink #landscape #green
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David Bentley
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Playing around with pen and ink and coloured pencil. With little perspective, the tents have the same roofline and so get taller as the beach falls away. It seems I am always “playing around“ with pe
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David Bentley
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A simple ink drawing with a little colour. The original is very small, about 5 x 5 cm (or 2 x 2 in the old money). #ink #bird #white #micro-art
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David Bentley
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Playing around with pen and ink, just doodling. Probably shouldn’t be in the archive but they are not horrible either. #ink #tree #green
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David Bentley
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Based on a micro/art drawling I did years ago I was just fooling around with the nib and ink. #ink #urban #colours l
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David Bentley
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I had the idea to do a Gymea Lily, noticing many of them coming into flower while walking the dog. This was a quick sketch to get my mind around the idea of what I may do. The original sketch (below)
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David Bentley
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After my first mountain, I practiced some more, playing with pen, ink and water colour. This is a selection, just photos of my notebook. #ink #landscape
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David Bentley
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On a whim I purchased some Indian Ink and some nibs and this is one of the first drawings I did with the broad nib. Beginners luck, not everything I’ve done since has the same simplicity. #ink #lands
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David Bentley
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Back in my doodling days this was something I drew, so I thought to reproduce it in Lino. Except I didn’t. I just got the old doodle art out and photographed it. The dodgy lower frame line sort of su
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David Bentley
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An experiment inking leaves directly. I didn’t have the right process and the result is just okay. Part of the learning process. #ink #plant #green
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