Iv'e Reached 70 Daily Sketches

I decided to post a blog about today's daily sketch as opposed to just posting it on my Facebook page. I'ts kind of a long winded post and I didn't want to put people asleep attempting to read it.

  I'm up to 70 sketches. When I first decided to do this I thought to myself "no problem, piece of cake". Now I'm thinking........ not so much. I'ts a lot tougher than I imagined. Not the drawing part, I like the drawing, and I would be drawing anyway but, I think it's the pressure part, trying to come up with an appealing subject matter on a daily basis just because I said that I would so, now,  I am obligated to do so, in my own mind of course.

  To break out of the monotony, I decided I will change things up a bit. For the next few daily sketches, I am going to be using a pen that I recently bought that has a slight learning curve in order to master it. It is a brush pen but it is different from all other brush pens I have used.

  This is the Pentel Pocket Brush. What makes this pen different is it has an actual paint brush tip where as most other brush type pens have a solid felt tip in the shape of a brush,  making them very stiff. This pen's tip allows for some very thin lines all the way to thick expressive lines. I'ts refillable as well so no dipping into ink is required.

  The issue is, I have only used this pen twice since I bought it and it takes practice and time to get it down. I find that it takes a very light pressure to achieve the lines your after and a very steady hand. Also, since it is,  after all ink, once it's down on the paper, there is no chance of correcting any mistakes which means you have to get all your strokes right the first time.  So, like I said above, I will be doing the next few daily sketches using this pen so I can get a little more proficient with it.  By the way, my very first sketch using this pen was an epic failure just so y'all know.

  So, without further ado, here is today's daily sketch. This is only the second sketch I have done with this pen so it's not exactly museum worthy but at least you can make out what it is, unlike the first mess I created. I present, daily sketch #70............

  So be patient with me for the next few days as the next few daily sketches may just be a tad wonky while I try to get the hang of this "bad boy" pen.