Pen And Ink Wash Techniques

Sofala pen ink and watercolor wash demonstration.

Pen and ink wash techniques.

Value is controlled by your ink to water ratio the more ink or less water the greater your value. Experiment with a variety of pen strokes like crosshatching and pointillism to create texture contrast and dimension and see which pen strokes feel right for you. Painting with ink wash. It is a good idea to work with a test sheet handy.

Start with your brush dipped liberally in ink so it collects on your paper. Mistakes made with ink wash are difficult to fix. The small bottle illustrated is the most suitable for using at a desk. On this page we will cover the basics of pen and ink drawing techniques tools and materials.

Learn how to combine watercolor and pen and ink in this extended lesson where we draw and paint an old boat on the shore of the ocean. One major difference between ink wash and watercolor painting is that ink wash is a bit unforgiving. In a pen ink and wash painting such as this the sharp edges created are primarily produced with the pen and ink. A ll the materials that you need to create a pen ink and wash drawing are listed below.

Paint by pulling the ink puddle across the page. 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. A lovely variation on pen and wash is to use non waterproof ink or pens and to create a monochrome picture. We begin with a loose.

If you ve done watercolor painting before you re in luck. There is an endless amount of pen and ink techniques. The wash or colour in this case comes from the diluted ink in the pen line. There are many pen and ink techniques you can use this one looks at how to use a watercolor wash with your pen and ink.

Re dip your brush when. Creating an ink wash uses a lot of the same principles. Indian ink is a type of ink that is waterproof when dry. It is supplied in bottles of various sizes and and a wide range of colors.

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. Ink wash is like a hybrid inking and painting technique done with a brush instead of a pen. Learn how to draw with pen and ink and paint with watercolor in this lesson that features a line and wash image of a lighthouse. Use technical drawing pens t.

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.