Rattlebrained

washboards, rhythm bones, drumming & the blues...

Best wishes for 2017!

2 January 2017
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Happy Happy 2017


Best wishes for 2017!

…and oh what a year it can be!

Comic of sorts about this years election

29 September 2016
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Almost November

Politics are not what I want to be thinking about, but yesterday as I looked at the mail this idea popped out, and I thought, “well that’s sort of funny..”, so for better or worse, here it is, smudges and all.

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Going to the beach

21 September 2016
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Summer Sketches

In July E & I spent some chill out time in the charming village of Staithes; in North Yorkshire UK. We had a great time walking along the coast, watching the tide, tasting the bitters and beachcombing.

Here are a few ink brush drawings from my sketchbook from that area and also some from after we got back. I’ve always used a Pental Pocket Brush Pen, which I like, but was curious to see it there were any alternatives. Towards the end of August I bought a Kuretake No. 50 which I really like too although it does seem to have some ink flow issues (almost too much ink in the brush at times)…

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Arrr Pirate Chef Vintage

20 September 2016
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Arrr Pirate Chef Vintage Apron

One of my favorite designs that is in the “non music” part of my store over at Zazzle is for cooks. There are a couple of versions, with and without words, and with a solid black printed surface or like here, with the design purposely “distressed” to give it a used vintage look.

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A comic about trees?

14 February 2016
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Quick Ink Brush Drawing of Trees

It was too wet to go out to draw the forest which is what I was thinking of doing and I had already prepared a page with 4 rectangles so one thing led to another…

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