Pen and Ink

[delsarto]

Any pen and ink people here? I have fooled around with it over the years, and in the last year, I have set myself to try and master it. Hopefully in the next year, I can devote enough time to it. I have used quill pens I fashioned myself, sharpened wood sticks, reed pens, and steel ones. The quill seems the best for my purposes, but lately I am using the store bought metal ones with store bought ink. I don't do any underdrawing in pencil or charcoal, etc., as I want to build my skills and confidence just doing it directly. Just doing old master copies of prints, etc. right now.

[rkocharian]

I am doing pen and ink drwings.I have used sharpened wood sticks for sketching. Basicaly i use the store bought metal pens with store bought ink. You can see my work on Facebook "Paintings by Rubik Kocharian" gallery #5.

[delsarto]

Nice to meet you rkocharian. [img]smile.gif[/img] I will definitely go check your work out. The thing I am finding with my own sketches is trying to make each stroke how I want it, but staying loose at the same time. I am finding that a very relaxed, and fearless attitude helps me. Any uncertainty or hesitancy translates itself right through the pen. I should probably draw with nothing else, and then I would just relax and get use to it. When I am not in any "fear-mode", but just responding to the model or reference material, things work better. Anyway, thanks for your response, and I'm gonna go see your work. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[delsarto]

Originally posted by rkocharian:
You can see my work on Facebook "Paintings by Rubik Kocharian" gallery #5.

Really beautiful work Rubik. :)

[George O'Hanlon]

Welcome, Rubik, to the Natural Pigments Forum. I look forward to any contributions you may have for us.

[rkocharian]

Originally posted by Admin:
Welcome, Rubik, to the Natural Pigments Forum. I look forward to any contributions you may have for us.

Always glad to read your wisdom on art techniques

Rubik

[rkocharian]

Originally posted by delsarto:
quote: Originally posted by rkocharian:
You can see my work on Facebook "Paintings by Rubik Kocharian" gallery #5.

Really beautiful work Rubik.

Thank you

Rubik

[delsarto]

Here a link Rubik, of one by Rubens. If you save it to your computer, you can magnify it, and see all the astonishing details. This one drawing inspired me to finally figure out cross hatching on the human form, it was something which I always wanted to do, but never took the time. Amazingly, I took out a pencil, and as I was absolutely determined to see the multi-directional, elliptical lines ON the model, they appeared to me, like a "magic picture" or something. It was the most amazing learning experience since I learned to model in oils. A real "Eureka!" moment for me. Now if I can just do it in pen and ink like Rubens did. That is my goal.


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[delsarto]

Oh, btw, you see all the shading on the back of the hand? When you magnify it, you see they are hatch marks! FREAKIN'AMAZING!

[arcticpost]

I started working pen and ink a bit more seriously about 6 months ago. I found some of my father's old work when helping him clean his garage a year ago and it made me more... interested than I'd been any time before. He still had a number of pieces he'd done of cathedrals throughout Germany from the early 60's.

I have some Speedball nibs that I've been using but I find them disappointing more often than not. I know there are better metal nibs out there but until I become more serious its pen & ink on a budget for me. I've trimmed some bamboo, put a strip of soda can in for the well, and been happy with that. Played with the brush as well.

What papers have you been using? Again, for budget reasons I've drawn primarily on Strathmore bristol and some Canson plate but I'd like to expand my range from there.

Bosch and Breugel copies primarily using W&N ink. Sometimes the Sennelier China ink. Honestly, if NP had the supplies I'd rather buy from here.