I'm a fan. Love the bird.

This is what I use: link.

It's a really strong white. I've had to dilute it a bit with water to get it to behave with the dip pen, but I'm really happy with it.

Thank you! I had a fantastic reference photo to work from, this lady is extraordinary.

Thank you! I'm always surprised by what a big impact even a little highlight can have.

My pleasure, as always!

Thank you so much! This is all dip pen. I use Winsor & Newton ink for both black and white.

I would like to know more.

The First Amendment.

I tried asking Claude to improve it but it kept giving me back the original photo telling me it was already perfect.

Thank you! Eight evenings well spent!

TREMBLE WEAKLING AT THE QUANTITY OF MY CHINS.

If this was a drawing someone showed me today and asked what to do next, I would say:

Slow down with your shading. Scribbling doesn't work. Use clean lines that send an unambiguous signal to the viewer.

Be bold. Inaccuracy looks bad, but hesitation looks worse.

Understand the lines you're drawing. Ask if the heel really does go back like that, if the front really is that shape. Understand where the line stops and ends, how it curves, where it fits between other lines.

And most important of all: do it again tomorrow!

I have no drawers that are not this drawer.

Feathered things I won't be drawing for a while: penguins, parrots, pigeons, improvised flying escape machines, parakeets...

Ooh, sure! From life means there was a nude model right in front of me. 30 minutes means she lay very still in that position for 30 minutes while we drew her. Rather than ink her there, I made a careful anatomy sketch in pencil and took extensive notes on shading, then did the rest when I had more time at home.

These are a true man's neck folds.

I guess now he needs to retrain as a prompt engineer.

Thanks! This was eight evenings -- by the end I was thoroughly sick of looking at it!

Thank you! And a lot of that is directly because of the book you recommended. It really taught me a lot!

+1 received, woop woop!