Thanks for your visit! This site was created to showcase some of my ink work. Every canvas I create goes through a series of layers, and the first layer is always the ink drawing. Unfortunately, most of these original sketches are painted over and never seen again. They make the occasional appearance when they haven’t yet been covered in paint, but about 99 percent of these drawings are eventually painted over and largely forgotten. To save these pieces from that fate, I decided to create this site as a way of capturing the ink work before it’s too late. Not all of the drawings are the highest in technical quality — many were quick studies or experiments — and that’s because they would inevitably serve no other purpose on their own. These photos are, in a sense, the skeleton of the finished painting. It still pains me to think about the dozens of drawings that met their fate beneath layers of paint. This site will be updated regularly, so please check back from time to time. Now that this feature exists here, I will put more effort into the creation and documentation of these pieces. While you’re here, please also consider visiting my other two sites for more work, poetry and blogs: www.davesaville.com and www.davidjsaville.com. Thanks again for stopping by!