I've been playing with pen nibs and india ink these past few days; mostly just trying to get the hang of it. Honestly, I'm not sure that I'm liking it.
Some of the pen & ink practice.
As soon as I thought I was comfortable with the pen and ink, I started on a few drawings and was frustrated through the whole experience.
Pen & ink done with Speedball sketching nibs and Winsor & Newton India Ink.
I felt like I had no control of the pen and wasn't sure how to handle showing shadows and shading (hence all of the weird lines). For now I'm going to keep trying - at least until a certain project is done. Crossing my fingers that I at least learn how to handle the pen and ink properly by the time I'm done. Any tips would be most welcome!
4 comments:
NO idea if this applies to you at all... I find when I use pen and ink I tend to get a death grip on the pen. It comes out better if I can relax my grip and allow the ink to flow over the page.
You are getting nice energy when you are playing with the marks.
For what it's worth, I really love the teapot and pear!
Keep on playing and you'll get a feel for it.
I think your drawings are great! I actually just bought a dip pen, but haven't tried it yet. I think as with anything...takes time to get used to...love your pattern exploration as well...so creative!
Thanks for the kind comments everyone!
Funny thing, after I posted this the pictures I drew started to grow on me. :)
Christine - Thanks for the tip! I need to pay attention next time and see if I do that.
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