Owl L4, finished

Dark, light and white charcoals on grey paper.
15 x 20 cm / 6" x 8" inches.

Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)

To know more about Armoracia rusticana, click HERE.
Watercolour on CP paper (300 g/m² - 140 lbs);
20 x 20 cm / 4" x 4" inches.

Owl, lesson 4/1

For the owl, click HERE.
For the course, click HERE.

Small Pepper's Study (before tasting ;-)

The book is a beautiful reprint of *De historia stirpium commentarii insignes* by Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1556).

Pear on Paper

Graphite on R paper, CP, HP;
rough paper: 3,4 cm (1,3") x 4,3 cm (1,7").

May the Eggs Be with Us!

Graphite, gold and watercolour markers on hot pressed paper. 20 x 20 cm / 8" x 8" inches.

Old Derwent / Derwent vecchie

Old pencils (Derwent vecchie) are the best ones, by far and large. They were brought to me from London by my mother, around year 1977.

There is not much left of them, and I have so many pencils, now... but I still enjoy drawing with them, every now and then (see post below), sparingly, to have them last as long as possible.

I wonder if they are so much better then the new ones because time improves them (as it happens with watercolour paper) or if it is because the quality of those manufactured later is actually lower.

There is a third possibility, however: may be, in addition to the reasons above, these old pencils carry... the sweet flavour of love and youth.

Three Braid's Traces

Elephants in the Dark

Elephants, beware! You have been spotted by a night-vision binoculars!
Inktense colored pencils on 300 g/m² (140 lbs) Fabriano paper. 12.5 x 12.5 cm / 5" x 5" inches.

April Fools' Day