pen-and-ink

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She also had an active art career, producing pen-and-ink drawings of famous musicians who appeared at the Teatro Colón.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2023

Booth’s pen-and-ink sketches often depicted farcical domestic settings, such as a dog deliriously rolling on a kitchen floor and a frazzled looking husband and wife at a table nearby.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2022

She said she had found Sydney Arrobus was a London-born artist who was known for his pen-and-ink portraits, of which several hang in the National Portrait Gallery.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2022

Highlights from this shop that sells work by local artists include Heidi Chamberlain’s folksy linoleum print cards and Ben Thurber’s pen-and-ink sketches of rural Vermont life.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2022

There is a pen-and-ink drawing on page eleven by her father, an illustrator for the magazine: a view of the North Calcutta skyline sketched from the roof of their flat one foggy January morning.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri