Sketch a Day, Day 17

I usually draw pretty small. I mean, everything I’ve been posting in these daily sketches fits on a 3″x5″ index card. So today’s sketch is an effort to start thinking bigger. It still fits on an index card, but it’s a close-up self portrait. I also inked this one using a brush pen instead of my usual gel-ink ballroller. I’ve always been fascinated by the variation in line width you can get with a brush pen, and I’ve been trying to learn how to use them for awhile. I think I’m starting to get the hang of it.

I look...angry. Which I'm usually not. But I always look angry in my sketches. Hmm...