maddy

Ink wash on A5 sketchbook

Tom Hanks

Ink on A5 sketchbook.  I've started a youtube channel as well, you can see the making of this portrait  here

Obama

Ink on A5 sheet.

ink test

I used to be a great fan of fountain pens, but I'm not using them lately for their sole purpose as writing instruments.  While cleaning up my closet last week I came across the nostalgic ink pots lying there without any attention.  There were days in school where we used to lend drops of ink if our neighbor ran out of this precious liquid in his/her pen.  It was kind of a recollection of good old memories, the smell of it, the stains it made on hand and uniform. Wow... I don't know how this generation with tablets and digital devices could even understand what I key in here...[damn!!! am I that old to say this???].  Anyways, I thought of playing with it again ruminating those days... and here are the results!!!

#1

#2.

and the last one #3

the overall results were not that bad.  Well, I'm thinking of a new possibility of further pursuing the portraits with ink!!! maybe some brand which is more suited for these endeavors.

angelina jolie

Not sure whether I succeeded in bringing the likeness here, but here's the result. Done in my diary with a ball point pen.

portrait-study eyes

This was done in my diary with a fountain pen. This lady is mysterious, her eyes are oblivious to the surroundings(at least to me). It has a depressed look always. Don't know whether I was able to bring out that 'essence' here....