False Widow Study

One of these spiders (Steatoda nobilis) crawled out of my paintbrush bag the other day (a male) I took it as a sign that it wanted its portrait done so I duly obliged. Also it was another chance to try my new Indian ink and nib pens! Its been a very very long time since my last spider sketch ( had a knack for drawing them at school) so it was pleasing to me that I can still draw a fair spider.

Materials A5 size paper, Indian ink and pen nibs, some digital colours and a tint added with gimp/picasa for atmosphere purposes.   


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