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Drawtober 9th

Pen and ink, drawn with the same as yesterday.

Squash is the prompt for today, and as squash isn't a huge thing in Australia, and we're warming up here in Kambarang in the South West of the corner of Australia where I live, I'm thinking about lemon squash.

And so is this Pipestrelle Dragonet. Whilst they can be very handy to gleefully snap up any wasps and flies that might show too much interest in your drink, tour operators warn that they will expect a tithe of ice licks for the service. People who accept the insect removal service and refuse the licks will find themselves slightly singed. It's best to work out the agreement carefully beforehand.

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Day 8 of #Inktober

Iroshizuku shin-ryoku

It's a gentle green, with just a hint of teal in it. It's new to me, but it seems as well behaved as all the rest of the Iroshizuku inks I've tried.

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Well the prompt this time was 'Mug' which we do have in profusion here. It's still cool enough - in fact we had nearly 12 mm of rain here overnight that the prospect of hot drinks still has definite appeal (although who am I kidding, we drink hot tea and coffee all year round).

I got @rdm to choose what he thought was the most interesting mug of the ones in the gaming room, and this one was the one he chose. It's one that followed him from his parents' houses to end up here eventually. He thinks it was obtained from some pottery down in the South West. It's been salt glazed, with a wax-resist design of dragonflies, and has a partner mug in the same glaze, with a more abstract design. It's seen a lot of mahjong, boardgames and also RPGs since I met rdm in 1987, and consequently it, over the years.

I had two new things to try out, my untried Van Diemens Ink August 2024 and my just arrived Pelikano Stardust. This pen arrived with an gratifyingly huuuuge cartridge filled with boring blue, so I emptied it and after a thoughtful struggle of which ink, put the August 2024 in.

And started drawing away, all done now, so here we are.

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Day 7 of #Inktober

Birmingham Pen Company Blue Ribbon

A very pleasant dark blue with just a hint of gray in it and a bit of shading. A very well behaved, if slightly wet, ink.

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Drawtober 7th. Bottlebrush Tree

It's Kambarang, our second Spring and the days are getting warmer. The defining characteristic of this season is the profusion of flowers, particularly wildflowers.

The bottlebrush trees are used in my area as street trees, and at the moment they are everywhere in floric profusion.

These native trees are highly popular with honeyeater birds, so we are being visited by Red Wattlebirds, Brown Honeyeaters, Singing Honeyeaters and New Holland Honeyeaters.

I sketched this tree outside for about ten minutes, but I got cold and went inside to finish it.

For those not familiar with the tree, the flowers are tube shaped masses of stamens.

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Day 6 of #Inktober

Noodler's North African Violet

It's a pleasant, if generic, purple. It's supposed to be water resistant, but I haven't tested that yet.

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