Pen And Ink Wash Drawings

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Pen and ink wash drawings.

O ur pen ink and wash lesson illustrates and explains the various stages in creating our color drawing of lindisfarne priory. The more water the less intense the application of ink. The tooth or texture of the paper can effect the marks that are made by the pen. Line and wash drawing also called pen and wash drawing in the visual arts a drawing marked out by pen or some similar instrument and then tinted with diluted ink or watercolour.

Pen and ink drawings are mostly created on different types of paper. Value is controlled by your ink to water ratio the more ink or less water the greater your value. You ll begin by learning how to use pen ink in your sketches and watercolor paintings so that you get a feel for the characteristics and applications of pen and ink. The wash or colour in this case comes from the diluted ink in the pen line.

Ink wash is much like painting with watercolor paint. Ink wash is like a hybrid inking and painting technique done with a brush instead of a pen. A lovely variation on pen and wash is to use non waterproof ink or pens and to create a monochrome picture. In 13th century china artists used transparent ink washes to create delicate atmospheric effects.

In the pen wash course with margaret evans part 1 get several art lessons in one by combining pen and ink drawing with watercolor washes. This is a less detailed quicker and more expressive drawing technique than our previous view of whitby it is done on an a4 sheet of cartridge paper using black and color indian inks applied with a pen and brush. Most artists prefer. After drawing the image loosely with the pen take a medium sized brush say a number 8 round and with clean water go over some or all of the lines.

Once you re finished inking do a wash to add dimension to your drawing.