Friday 1 April 2016

'My Hand' Pen & Ink



I decided to have a go at drawing my hand, which I've not tried before. I enjoyed it and will do more as it's a great workout for drawing skills, no bluffing you have to draw what's there or else it looks wrong.

I also had a go at doing a quick sketch of my husband Nick while he was digging - ready for a wild flower bed :-) Quite hard to draw when someone is constantly moving. But I decided on the pose and then waited until he did that movement again.

I used a new pen I'd not tried before called 'Tombow Dual Brush Pen' its great because it's double ended with a thin nib one end and a brush like tool the other but the good thing is it's water soluble so I went over two of the hand drawings with a paintbrush full of water and it moves the ink around and adds depth and tone. 
Using a pen to draw with is not for the feint hearted as there's no rubbing out and every mark counts!

2 comments:

  1. Well done for trying new things! Your drawings are good :-)

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  2. WOW, I am almost speechless. These are Excellent. I do not remember you doing a detailed person / part drawing or painting before? Really hard to get the proportions right and them to look natural, you have done this so well. Nick is a good model, even though he kept moving! Love the effect of water on the ink too, very effective. From me these are 10/10!!!

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