Did drawing of Federico Aubele in ink after my wonderful experience on his concert. I used ink and couple of Kuretake pens on hot pressed Arches paper, so smooth that I feel a bit weird out. I tried to capture his boyish looks and soul of musician. It brings to mind amazing novel by Julio Cortazar about music and musician, from which many years ago I cut out sentence and had it on the wall in my room, felt related to that. Sorry, its in Russian.
Художник, живущий в нем, всегда задыхался бы от
ярости, слыша эту пародию на желанное самовыражение, на все то,
что ему хотелось сказать, когда он боролся, раскачиваясь, как
безумный, исходя слюной и музыкой, наедине, совсем наедине с тем,
что он преследует, что ускользает от него, и тем быстрее, чем
настойчивее он преследует.
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2011Nov 204tags: Federico Aubele | ink | Ira | Kuretake | musician -
2011Nov 16tags: ink | Ira | Kuretake | truck | upstateOrange truck. Ever since I met this trucks on mountain roads they impressed me with their happy sunny colors and muscular shapes, and when you hear their aggressive roaring it brings feeling that now it will be ok, problem fixed, safety restored, life will be better, somebody cares. Interesting that even drivers of this trucks look so enormously tall and manly, at list few I talked to after the Hurricane Irene damages.
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2011Nov 14tags: eggs | ink | Ira | KuretakePulled out my drying ink remix and fought with couple of stuffed water brushes (pierced my finger few times till it bled) to draw this simple Sunday breakfast with eggs over easy. Bits of color with Kuretake pens.
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2011Nov 13tags: ink | Ira | Kuretake | Queens | sepiaQueens. Was a bit unreal atmosphere with that charming European village houses and pale moon. Finished at home with few Kuretake pens. Had a fight with big water brush, keeps clogging.
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2011Nov 3tags: croissant | ink | Ira | Kuretake | upstateI finished drawing by adding color with Kuretake pens. Still left watery loose marks, I like combination of loose texture and sharper details. Very sad how fast water brushes getting clogged and loosing sharp point. Even I trimmed it with scissors as Laure Ferlita advised and disassembled to rinse. May be I should try distilled water?
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2011Oct 31tags: Ira | Kuretake | sepia | Upstate NY | woodstockEverything about Woodstock looks a bit exaggerated, houses, streets, people, atmosphere. Every time you see something new, something you didn’t notice last time. I used Sepia ink and few Kuretake pens, and this time I used piston water brush, which feels like a real brush, with animal hair. Just have to add a bit of water by twisting barrel instead of squeezing. And if I put brush down water is seeping away.
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2011Oct 30tags: ink | inkwell | Ira | Kuretake | upstateLocal road. I used Sepia ink and blue Kuretake pen. Looking for inkwell, something heavy bottomed, so it won’t overturn while taken on a trip.
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2011Oct 27tags: ink | Ira | Kuretake | upstateBrooms. Sometimes plain objects stop you on the way to tell their story, how it happened here, I felt that dry leaves flew in to remind me that autumn is real and nothing is forever.
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2011Oct 11tags: 9x12 | Hunter Deli | ink | Ira | Kuretake | upstateEating outside at Hunter Deli. Scanner fell and suddenly worked once again. I am thankful. Ink and Kuretake pens. Stabilo pen.























