An attempt to focus on texture, tone and shading without fussing with colour. A rather successful one, I believe!

I did later try to apply colour but the various blending modes just don’t seem to work in the right way. No matter.

Quick sketch of the sort of thing that’s fun to do and I should do more often. He’s probably quite friendly.

Came the verdict, “Worst. Pterodactyl. Ever.” Can’t argue with that.

Drawn for a relative who has a particular interest in the navy vessel HMAS Sydney II.

Schematic drawing of the ROBORHAMPH. So there’s no excuse for anyone failing to manifest this in any form of reality.

Hey don’t look at me. I’ve already done my part.

When returned products are liquidated, this is where it happens. I presume. Maybe it’s just the complaints division.

Coloured and shaded remaster of Inktober 2022 #17, ‘Salty’. In part because I like Rhamphorhynchus. The existence of a fish might be more obvious in this rendition, but I must confess to performing zero palaeontological research into appropriate ichthyans.

Strictly speaking a pelagic pterosaur like Rhamphorhynchus would probably not get so drenched in its natual habitat, in a manner resembling that by which a duck doesn’t, but whatever as it’s much too late for that now. You should have complained during or shortly before the evening of 17 October 2022.

Not the best result. It’s alright, I suppose, but not really what I was aiming for, whatever that might have been.

That metal truss thing around the fuel/chemical storage tanks definitely took up a big chunk of time.

Part of a trans-hemispherical non-postal-postcard to acknowledge the December solstice. Because it was summer here and not there, you see.

Coloured and shaded remaster of Inktober 2022 #24, ‘Fairy’. Biding its time until it can find a mesh fence to flit through.

Some small paintings, about 80 mm each side. Cute pieces of canvas conducive to painting something relatively quick and simple.

Also, silhouettes are cheating.