Pen and Ink Fawns

If the fawn looks familiar, it’s because I’ve been using the photos I took from two summers ago. I happened to take several dozen of this lone fawn, but I keep using them because it was such a magical day.


If the fawn looks familiar, it’s because I’ve been using the photos I took from two summers ago. I happened to take several dozen of this lone fawn, but I keep using them because it was such a magical day.


My summer art drought continued throughout August. Finally, I used Derwent Graphitint pencils and Faber Castell water soluble graphite for this quick drawing.
It’s always nice to go back to my favorite paper, Legion Stonehenge, and some pencils.




Until tilted to the light, this looks like a hazy, gray smudge with no definition. The process was fast and fun. I used my aluminum “Brillo pad” for the background after I scored numerous, thin branches and grasses into the surface with the end of a paintbrush. The deer was sketched in gold.