A pen and ink rendering of a scene from one of my favourite cities - Amsterdam!

And who knew COVID was just round the corner, about to throw the world into chaos 😐…

The Setup

A good setup is important for nice results - you need to be comfortable, you need to feel inspired.

The Setup

For this study, I worked with an image captured by me in May 2018.

It started with a light pencil sketch to get everything in place,

Initial sketch

And then, the first solid lines with a pen … time to commit to the ‘bigger picture’ …

First commit

Once you have the main layout, getting into the details … some parts are precise, some are loose … trying to balance the two to keep true to the rendering in mind,

Details follow

Until it’s done, and you have something that you are satisfied with,

The finish line!

Hope you like it!