"SepiaSpit": A small practice piece

[upnorth]

Hello all,

 

I've been working on and off on this one for the past few months and I've decided to call it done.

 

Admittedly, it's not the greatest rendition of a Spitfire the world has ever seen. I did it primarily as a practice piece to get back into the feel of working with inks, which I have not worked with in a very long time though used to regularly. I also used it to practice working in a monotone style.

 

I'm reasonably pleased with it as an exercise considering how long it's been since I've worked routinely with ink as a primary medium.

 

It's on paper and about 90% ink with touches of acrylic paint and coloured pencil in the mix. It takes up the bulk of an A4 sheet of paper:

 

 

For comparison, here's a photo I took of a Spitfire that I used as a basis for the piece:

 

 

Any and all comments are welcomed.

Edited May 14, 2017 by upnorth

[Nils]

I like you spit here and I like your monotone style, is it water colours? If so it's a dam tricky and unforgiving medium. It doesn't allow a single error. I little tip to help with the perspective, is to mirror your image and check your trouble areas.

 

 

[Gorby]

I like it very much - well done. What's the next subject for your easel? 

[upnorth]

Thanks for the kind comments.

 

Nils: My primary medium was drawing inks, just as unforgiving as watercolours in many ways.

 

Gorbygould:

Not sure about my next subject, but it probably won't be aviation related. I have a picture I took of a pair of perching kingfishers during a river boat ride not so long ago. The photograph is just shy of presentable, but I thought it might makea good basis to do some artwork around.