Tag: jacksons

  • X-Series & Marine Abstracts

    X-Series & Marine Abstracts

    Following the lead of 2020’s Zebra Abstracts I did some large A1 garden abstracts last year using some (then new) FW Acrylic Inks – called the X-Series or X-Men series due to the prominent X in a circle but I don’t want to get sued by Marvel (and I really am not a fanboy of…

  • Ink Lightfastness Tests

    Ink Lightfastness Tests

    Weird to be presenting lightfast tests in the darkest time of the year but since last summer I have been testing the various inks I use for lightfastness, and here are the results. Lightfastness is the way pigments and dyes react to UV light – if they aren’t lightfast they fade or shift in colour…

  • Mynktober / Inktober Day 17-24

    Mynktober / Inktober Day 17-24

    I forgot how crazy it is, running to keep still around week 2-3 of this Mynktober/Inktober challenge. I think I am coping better with it this year, having had much more experience. There is a feeling that you can’t really finish anything but that’s not the point. The point for me is to challenge yourself…

  • Rabbit Hutches of the Rich

    Rabbit Hutches of the Rich

    As I’ve spent a lot more time away from the river I’ve noticed more of the architecture in this part of London that edges onto Surrey. There’s a type of architecture I call sarcastically ‘Surrey Gothic’, it’s a McMansion hodge-podge of neo-classical/Roman Villa. bits of ersatz Surrey Vernacular (orange terracotta or slate lapped tile cladding,…

  • Dark Inside

    Dark Inside

    I could tell you about my life And keep you amused I’m sure About all the times I’ve cried And how I don’t want to be sad anymore And how I wish I was in love #Mood with these literal 3AM pieces, created during the darkest period of the lockdown from the gloaming of the…

  • Life Drawing #69 – Lola

    Life Drawing #69 – Lola

    This was a good session again for ink but also watercolour. For the first time I’ve just got a few Cadmium Reds (Light and Deep) from Lukas and also Jackson’s own range, and I am testing them out with skin tones. A little goes a LONG way with Cad Red, and it can be rather…