Ink and Wash Figures 2

     I should probably mention I'm enrolled in four upper-division writing courses this semester. Finding the time to draw is becoming difficult. Last semester I had lectures, now I have workshops. This week, I'll try to draw a page of figures a day.

     The first page was done with Pen & Ink India Black, which runs too much from the brush pens. Also, #2 (upper-left) taught me two lessons: First, cell shading realistic faces with three tones looks terrible. It's best to just leave the face a solid tone. Second, Copic Opaque White pigment is too thick to work with dip pens, and doesn't really work as a pigment in general. It turned slightly green over the ink. It's pretty safe to assume there is no such thing as an opaque white ink.

     The second page was done with Rohrer & Klinger Sepia ink. There's a noticeable improvement I think is owed to the finer nib of this Pilot Penmanship fountain pen. I tried diluting the ink 75%, and it simply wouldn't flow from the brush pen. So I decided to dump it in a shot glass and apply it the old-fashioned way with a #12 flat-head brush on heavy paper. The ink is still a little thin. Next time, I'll only dilute it 50%.

02/01/2015

02/08/2015