David Blackwell @maohee

Adding a touch of the forest to the feed today with this #ink and #watercolor study of a Great Spotted #Woodpecker.

Un Abrazo Leonora Carrington

here's something I made while we were hidden from each other ✧ sound on 🔊

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938)

thinking about this edit.

Still filing the sketchbook during the heat wave #sketch #drawing #pencil

Josette Molland’s life was one of extraordinary courage, forged in the darkest of times. At just twenty years old, she was an art student in Lyon when she made the choice to resist Nazi occupation. While many at her age were thinking of careers or romance, she risked everything by joining the Resistance. Her skill with drawing and detail became a weapon of survival; she forged rubber stamps used to create false identity papers that saved countless Jewish refugees and Allied soldiers. Every stroke of ink was an act of defiance, a quiet rebellion against tyranny, and a lifeline for those desperate to escape. Her bravery did not go unnoticed. The Gestapo, led by the ruthless Klaus Barbie—the “Butcher of Lyon”—set out to destroy the underground network she was part of. Josette was captured, brutally tortured, and deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Later, she was sent to a forced labor camp where survival meant enduring unimaginable cruelty, starvation, and exhaustion. Years later, she admitted that words could never truly describe the suffering: each day she believed might be her last. And yet, she endured. When the war ended and liberation came, Josette could have chosen silence, as so many survivors did to protect themselves from reliving the trauma. Instead, she turned her pain into a tool for education and remembrance. She painted fifteen haunting images in a raw, almost folk-art style, each one telling a story of the camps. She paired them with unflinching descriptions that revealed the inhumanity she had witnessed: prisoners executed for exhaustion, gold teeth wrenched from mouths to feed the Nazi war machine. Through her art, she demanded that the young never forget what fascism looked like up close, so it could never take root again. Her death at one hundred years old was marked with the same spirit of resistance that defined her youth. At her funeral, “La Marseillaise” and the “Chant des Partisans” were sung—songs that once carried courage through occupied France. She was buried with full military honors, a reminder that even in her frailty and old age, she was still a soldier, still a fighter. © History Pictures #archaeohistories

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It was lovely drawing a #sunflower in the garden. A pleasant temperature, might be a bit too hot tomorrow. #dippen #ink #PithSketchbook

Sketches born of reason. Or of a lack of imagination... #art #sketch #drawing #ink #imagination #medieval

"Child with Halo in a Flower Meadow" by Egon Schiele #drawing #ink #sketch

Sol (Sun) -- From the portfolio Die Planeten (The Planets) Artist: Alfred Kubin, 1943. Medium: Collotype (light print) from an India ink drawing on paper. Collection: Albertina Museum, Vienna; Lenbachhaus, Munich. Years before Franz Kafka penned his famous works, Alfred Kubin wrote a dystopian novel called Die andere Seite (The Other Side) in 1909. Kafka read and admired the book, praising Kubin in his diary. In fact, he was directly inspired by this "Dream Kingdom" while crafting his own masterpiece, The Castle. Alfred Kubin is the visual counterpart to the "Kafkaesque" mood. His works are built on dreams, nightmares, and the fears lurking in the human subconscious. His drawings are filled with dark shadows, bizarre creatures, and dystopian scenes highlighting human despair. What Kafka did with words, Kubin did with pen and ink. In 1937, the Nazis classified Kubin’s work as "Degenerate Art" (Entartete Kunst). Many pieces were confiscated from museums and banned from exhibition. But instead of fleeing the country like many others, he retreated to his manor, Zwickledt, in Austria. He minimized contact with the outside world and simply kept creating. The drawing I’m sharing with you today comes from that period.Kubin actually illustrated Kafka’s Wedding Preparations in the Country. Their common ground? They both explore that famous dread the individual feels against a massive, incomprehensible power -- be it fate, death, or bureaucracy. As a final note, it’s said that Nazi Propaganda Minister Goebbels secretly admired Kubin’s draftsmanship. Because of this, Kubin wasn't subjected to the same harsh treatment as some other artists. Towards the end of the war, he was even added to the "Indispensable Artists" list (Gottbegnadeten-Liste). However, this didn't mean he supported the ideology; rather, it was a testament to his immense technical skill.

Happy Sunday everyone ❤️ 🎥Wip 🖊️ Ink & Watercolor sketchbook drawing of a storefront building in Kingston Ancient marketplace, focusing on the facade.The building was completed in 1901.

Pen sketch depicts a surreal tree adorned with glowing hanging lanterns 🌳🏮✍️. The artwork features intricate line work, utilizing techniques like cross-hatching to create depth and shadow. #pensketching #sketch #penart #pensketch #art #artist #artwork

Ink drawing of three conjoined fish sharing a single head, from a Javanese manuscript of mystical texts produced in the Mataraman milieu at Batavia, AH 1205 (AD 1790/91). Collection: British Library, MSS Jav 77, f. 16v.

Gull and Chimney Pots #Staithes This is the technique I will explore further. Ink, paint first, then draw on top with #pen #sketchink and just highlight some areas in colour. #PithSketchbook

Good morning ☀️☕️ Here’s a little glimpse of my process. Hand drawn with ink, one line at a time.