a tree with fluffy leaves sketched out with traditional ink nibs and shaded with ink wash.

a tree with fluffy leaves sketched out with traditional ink nibs and shaded with ink wash. under the tree are two big rocks and some tall grass.

i want to do more traditional inking again! getting back into it with some trees :D

#ink #inking #traditionalink #traditionalart #inknib #inkpen #inkwash #inksketch #natureillustration #illustration

Wisteria
#ArtDD2025 occasional #dailydrawing still my new ink nib and a little doodle
#inknib
@drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social

Great Dixter
#ArtDD2025 occasional #dailydrawing
Too many flowers, too much foliage, and I don't do architecture 😁
#watercolour #inknib
@drrjwarren.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

My favorite style of stile
#ArtDD2023 #dailydrawing
Pennine way below Middleton in #Teesdale
My entry to 2023 Stile Cup on 🐦
The perfect sport and entertainment for the upcoming days
#inkNib #art
@drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social

#ArtDD2023
Hawthorne over #Swaledale
Last night's doodle left to dry
#Watercolour #InkNib #YorkshireDales
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023
Water lilies in the pond are blooming. Pollinators use the pads to drink water
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
Last night's quick doodle. Too many things going on
#inknib #dailydrawing #pond
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023
Bumblebee (light yellow front, rust coloured bum)
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#inknib #dailydrawing #bumblebee @CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023
Sand leek / Allium scorodoprasum / kajp
It's strange flower and flowers heads are abundant along some ditches
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#inknib #dailydrawing #botany
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023
St John's wort / Hypericum perforation / johannesört
Already their yellow mingle with the blue Viper's-bugloss along the road side
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#inknib #dailydrawing #botany
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023
Garden warbler still sings away
Not the best but late
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#inknib #dailydrawing #warbler
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023
Honeysuckles are blooming along the hedges. The fragrance will for forever be associated with the birth of son 2, when I walked huffing and puffing along the roads
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#inknib #dailydrawing #honeysuckle
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023
Rose chafer / gräsgrön guldbagge
It's the time of year when you see these jewels in the garden
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#inknib #dailydrawing #beetle
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023
Swedish Whitebeam / Sorbus intermedia / oxel
Our huge Whitebeam buzz with bees and glows in the dark with its cream white flowers. A truly magical tree
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#inknib #dailydrawing #tree #bee @CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023
Apple blossom № 5
Seven day challenge - only Apple blossom on different papers
Paper: simple watercolour sketch book 10 X 10 cm
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#InkNib #apple @CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023
Apple blossom № 4
Quick ink nib
Seven day challenge - only Apple blossom on different papers
Paper: Arches, rag gelatine sized (😬) ROUGH Like drawing on sandpaper. Twenty-five yo pad from a stay in Australia
#watercolour #apple #inknib #dailydrawing
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023
Nightjar
Went out late to listen to the first Nightjars and saw one over the forest. Then one on the road
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#InkNib #nature #nightjar
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023
Cowslip / Primula veris / Gullviva
For me the Cowslips signs that Summer is around the corner
Plenty in the garden now
A one o'clock in the morning doodle
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#InkNib #nature #primula @Naturalcalendar @CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023
Pied flycatcher
They turned up a few days ago checking out the bird boxes and singing their little hearts out
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#InkNib #nature #flycatcher @Naturalcalendar
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023
Vätteros / Common Toothwort
The Swedish name translates to Goblin rose.
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#InkNib #nature #plants
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023
Horse chestnut
Finally the buds are swelling after a cold Spring. In the archipelago we're done weeks behind Stockholm too
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#InkNib #TwitterNatureCommunity
#bud
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023
Toad action in our pond

My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#InkNib #TwitterNatureCommunity #toad #pondlife
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023
Butternut / Petasites hybridus / pestskråp
Have you looked close and seen the bunches of pink stars?
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#InkNib #hazel #TwitterNatureCommunity
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023 № 1011 #dailydrawing
Hazel flowers
Stockholm Spring is finally catching up
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#InkNib #hazel #TwitterNatureCommunity
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023 № 1006
Jackdaws moving home
The obvious candidate for my black and white #microseason every 5th day
#InkNib #oak #TwitterNatureCommunity
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023 № 1001 #dailydrawing
Liverwort / Anemone hepatica / blåsippa
Luckily it's got a fur because it's cold
Liverwort = the leaves look like a liver (hepatica in Greek)
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#InkNib #WildFlower #VildaVäxter #vårtecken
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023 № 996 #dailydrawing
Eiders are returning. Huge flocks could be seen in the archipelago today
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#InkNib #eider #TwitterNatureCommunity
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023 № 990 #dailydrawing
Wren in Blackthorn
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
Even if Spring seems to be going backwards the birds know. This one keeps me company by the bus stop
#winterking #TwitterNatureCommunity #InkNib
#ink @CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023 № 985 #dailydrawing
Snowdrops finally
Last night's squiggle
My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#microseason #InkNib
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023 №976 #Dailydrawing
Abandoned house in Artimisia, Taygethos mountains
The Wine is taking over the inside. @GrimArtGroup
#Watercolour #InkNib #Greece
@CobbinSteve1

#ArtDD2023 №975 #dailydrawing
Magpie
Our pair of magples are busy adding sticks to their nest (drew this 5 days ago)

Pine cone
Winter returned with a feet of snow so not a lot going on in ... 😔

My black and white #microseason every 5th day
#microseason #InkNib
@CobbinSteve1