I think I could draw a typewriter every single day, and find life enjoyable for ever more. Are they not beautiful? Still, I said something similar after my first pancake on Tuesday, and by the time I'd struggled through my third, I was losing the will to live.
I still like pancakes. I never learn my lessons. Tomorrow I will draw another typewriter, perhaps.
Oh, this is wonderful! I love old typewriters (I wish I had one)! The drawing is great (what kind of markers did you use? Copics?), I can almost hear it go "tac tuc tic tic"... :)
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Very nicely done. Are you sure you want to do a second? Looked very complicated.
ReplyDeletelovely typewriter.... typewriters always look like the could ooze out poetry and crazy imaginings better than a computer ever could... not to mention the beat and percussive sounds of hitting the keys is more musical than computer keys. Beautiful drawing :)
ReplyDeleteand I agree about pancakes... they always seem like a lovely idea on the first one, but by the second or third it's as though I've eaten a ball of leaden glue..... but by next weekend I always seem to forget that problem and make them anyway!
This is so cool! What a great machine to draw! There is a gift shop not too far from me that has bracelets made of old typewriter keys.
ReplyDeleteSo fabulous! And I can't believe that you multiple typewriter drawings.
ReplyDeleteWonderful drawing of a difficult subject. I have an old typewriter - it never occurred to me to draw it! nancy
ReplyDeleteFabulous drawing and a great old typewriter!!
ReplyDeleteLove this old typewriter! It deserves to be on a card or something. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI never felt affection for a typewriter before but now I will never look at one the same again, after seeing your beautiful, expressive drawing! I too am wondering what medium you used on this one.
ReplyDeleteNow THERE'S some pieces and parts! What a beauty. It's not often that a product of the industrial revolution evokes such an artistic yearning in people.
ReplyDeletehey, thanks everybody! These comments just make my day! In answer to the question about the media- it's a mix of marker pens (letraset/ copics/ primacolor) and fineliners (micron). Plus the occasional felt-tip from the beloved collection of my youngest years :)
ReplyDeleteoh there is nothing to rival an old Royal typewriter!! Such life in this spread such character! it would made a great cars!
ReplyDeleteVery difficult to draw and very well done.
ReplyDeleteIt brings back the 'smell' of my old typewriter!
Wow I love these old-school typewriters! I just love the sound they make whenever you print a letter. The level of complexity in this illustration is unimaginably high but you simply aced it and gave it life!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment Louise =) I really appreciate it
Wonderful! All your work is beautiful. And felicitations on your recent engagement!
ReplyDeleteLove this illustration. You have such a wonderful style, Louise.
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