Kitchen sketches & illustrations

During the past few weeks I've been working on some sketches and illustrations, based on

things in the kitchen - pots and pans, utensils, food items and condiments etc. The majority

of the sketches have been created using an ink dip pen - I don't very often use a dip pen to

do my artwork, so it's been a fun excercise to practise with this medium and experiment

with drawing in a slightly different way.

As a left-handed person I've had to get special left-handed nibs to use, and I don't think I'm

holding the pen 'correctly', but I like the effect nontheless and I've gradually started to find

my way with how to acheive the quality of line I'm after. I've predominantly used a Speedball

C-3 nib for the outlines, and a much thinner C-6 nib for any fine detailed areas.

Several of the illustrations have been created quite loosly with ink and a paintbrush, or I've used a wash of ink to add in a few subtle shadow details.  I've found the ink dip pen forces me to be quite simple with linear markings, but I like how the contrast between thick and thin lines is enough to create a sense of detail, perspective and shadow in a very minimal way.