First Sketches of the Year

 I decided to challenge myself to spend more time in my sketchbook this year, here are my first sketches of the year.

This pen and ink sketch is based on a photo I took somewhere in rural Utah, I don't remember quite where. I used a fine liner pen, a brush pen and diluted ink in a water brush.

Sketch No 2 is based on a photo I took in Hanksville, Utah of an abandoned and partially disassembled vintage Ford pickup.  I used a brown ink applied with a dip pen and a brush.

There was plenty of brown ink left in the palette so I used it for sketch no 3 as well which is based on a photo I took while hiking in Big Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah.

I used the dip pen and brush again but with black water soluble ink this time referencing a photo I took in rural Fountain Green Utah.