Hikone Castle • Japan

Drawn with a vintage 1972 Pilot Myu 701 fountain pen with Iroshizuku Shin Kai ink in a Leuchtturm1917 journal.

Having lived in Japan for 3 years growing up - the buildings in this country helped instill my love for architecture at a young age.

#hikonecastle #japan

#fountainpenart #house #victorian #architecture #draw #hatch #art #sketch #pencil #pen #fountainpen

Pretty happy with how this sketch turned out!

#fourseasons #hotel #budapest #hungary #sketch #draw #pen #ink #fountainpen #art #illustration #architecture #history #artist #hatching #dailysketch #classicalarchitecture

Thanks so much!

Thanks so much!!

Amazing vertical clock tower in Poland. Proportions, scale, and architectural detail are all just wonderful. #architecture #drawing #sketch #sketching #illustration #art #sketchbook #artist #history

My profound thanks to all of you who supported Merwyn, as I stumbled through Inktober 2025

Using children’s books to help paint this year’s story was a great fit for work I try to share on line - creative, interesting, artistic, and positive.

Thanks again…

till we meet again!! 🐭

ktober 2025 • day 31 • AWARD

The award to Peppa
Was gold that day
“We all win!” said Merwyn
“As long as we play!” 🐭

#award #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #pen #mouse

Inktober 2025 • day 30 • VACANT

If you give a mouse a cookie
He’ll fill the vacant place
That lies within his tummy
Below his smiling face. 🐭

#vacant #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #pen #mouse

Inktober 2025 • day 29 • LESSON

Merwyn looked through
The window and saw
Madeline saying
‘Be kind to all!!’ 🐭

#lesson #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #pen #mouse

Inktober 2025 • day 28 • SKELETAL

Merwyn met
A skeleton
Now he has
A super friend. 🐭

#skeletal #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #pen #mouse

Outstanding cadence to every song with top musicianship.

Absolutely stunning music.

Inktober 2025 • day 27 • ONION

To assist the onion’s
Great escape
Merwyn must first
Put on his cape. 🐭

#onion #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #pen #mouse

Inktober 2025 • day 25 • INFERNO

The Fire Cat yelled
‘Sound the alarm!’
‘We can’t let the inferno
Do much harm!!’ 🐭

#inferno #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #pen #mouse

Inktober 2025 • day 24 • ROWDY

Merwyn said
‘Look deep in your heart’
Max proclaimed
‘Let the rumpus start!’ 🐭

#rowdy #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #mouse

Inktober 2025 • day 23 • FIREFLY

Gus and Sam
Play through the night
As Merwyn can see
By firefly light. 🐭

#firefly #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #mouse

Inktober 2025 • day 22 • BUTTON

Corduroy’s pants
A button they missed
Merwyn searched
And said ‘Hey, what’s this?’. 🐭

#button #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #mouse

Inktober 2025 • day 21 • BLAST

Curious George
A blast into space
To fly around stars
Makes Merwyn chase. 🐭

#blast #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #mouse

Inktober 2025 • day 20 • RIVALS

Some sneetches have stars
Some other have not
To bring them together
Is Merwyn’s great plot. 🐭

#rivals #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #mouse

Inktober 2025 • day 19 • ARCTIC

Polar bear, polar bear
What do you hear
I hear a mouse whisper
In my ear. 🐭

#arctic #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #mouse

Inktober 2025 • day 18 • DEAL

All his caps
The monkeys steal
To get them back
The man must deal. 🐭

#deal #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #mouse

Inktober 2025 • day 17 • ORNATE

To see Oz,
The five friends strode
Until they reached
The ornate abode. 🐭

#ornate #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #mouse

Inktober 2025 • day 16 • BLUNDER

With the honey pot
On top of Pooh
Tigger’s blunder
Left Merwyn blue. 🐭

#blunder #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #mouse

Inktober 2025 • day 15 • RAGGED

Raggedy Ann
And Andy found
Their small mouse friend
Just hangs around. 🐭

#ragged #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #mouse

Inktober 2025 • day 14 • TRUNK

The trunk, the fruit
The pretty leaves
Soon nothing’s left
And Merwyn grieves. 🐭

#trunk #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #mouse

Inktober 2025 • day 13 • DRINK

Alice’s bottle
The tag it said ‘drink,’
Merwyn said ‘stop,
If you do you will shrink!’. 🐭

#drink #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #mouse

Inktober 2025 • day 12 • SHREDDED

Popeye is shredded
For days upon days,
On an arm full of muscles
Is where Merwyn plays. 🐭

#shredded #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #mouse

Inktober 2025 • day 11 • STING

Bees sometimes sting
Not to be mean
Merwyn floats away
Not to be seen. 🐭

#sting #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #mouse

Inktober 2025 • day 10 • SWEEP

Dinosaurs sweep
And tidy their room
Merwyn makes way
And out comes the broom. 🐭

#sweep #inktober2025 #inktober #merwyn #merwynthemouse #sketch #challenge #napkinsketch #fountainpen #mouse