Sketches in Stillman&Birn Delta book.

While waiting in the car I drew this tree in Pear ink, no pencil involved, just ink. Then few raindrops fell, the car was packed and we had to leave.

I was drawing this leaves, branches and thinking how wonderful would be to get lost as a bug in the grass (I actually wrote it in Russian in the drawing), not to think, not to feel, not to be responsible. It brought to mind Kafka's Bug, I loved that story and in my early teaching years I told it in my own words to little kids and they drew illustrations, amazing illustrations from their point of view on this awkward, lonely, unlovable human/bug.

Pear ink is almost over. Really liked that composition with long shadows and intimate conversation of that group of chairs. I will have to finish bigger version of it. With different ink, because this Pear ink sample is gone, used up.

Police Horse.

We were parked behind the Horse Police car, surprisingly horse didn't pay attention to cars passing by. I remember my horse riding days, none of them liked cars. They were mostly forest accustomed, retired from sports life, galloping along the river or open paths in the forest.
I tried here Pear ink, present from my daughter. It is more yellow than my previous inks, but I really like it, so positive and smooth, but missing richness of J.Herbin's organic inks. I used couple of Kuretake pens on Bockingford 90 lb paper.

Blooming purple in Stillman&Birn Delta book.

I added quick outline to blooming trees sketch in Stillman&Birn Delta series sketchbook, which was laying for days on the top of my scanner and looking at me with reproachful purple flours, while I was sleeping, eating and breathing cracks and ruins for the mural during past few days.
Little Delta book 6"x8" is so cute and comfortable to drag along, so I sharpen my pencils and hope for some  sketching adventure, with Bijou box, since it takes washes so gracefully.
Here used ink and Kuretake and Tradio pen.

Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

We had some errands to do in the neighborhood, so parked the car on the hydrant, so I stayed in and had fun. We checked on Iphone what Yelp has to say about this cozy "Yellow Hook Grille", some cool stuffed mushrooms,  and planned it for our next visit. After our home creation masterpiece: double baked creamy with fake bacon and scallion potato skins nothing seems good enough. (Drawing will follow).
 I got wild with Kuretake brushes over ink on Hahnemuhle Torchon paper. It says online that in the mid-seventeenth century Dutch settlers called this part of Brooklyn Yellow Hook because of the color of the soil.

Ave C in Brooklyn. In Stillman&Birn Alpha series.

Ink in Stillman&Birn Alpha series sketchbook. Ave C in Brooklyn. I played with the texture a little bit, but tried to keep it simple, almost a silhouette. It is like looking through the eyelashes on the street, loosing sense of color, seeing little dots of distortion, deep in your thoughts, sinking in hidden emotions.