For these two pages I did my drawings on white sketch paper and collaged them onto my background - why didn't I think of that before?
Imagined faces using a dark grey fine liner pen; and on the right I used a black fine liner with walnut ink washes.
A nice surprise from Hahnemuhle in the post this week - an A6 beige toned watercolour book and some brushes. I am certainly looking forward to working on this paper as I previously enjoyed using both their grey and cappucino sketchbooks.
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| Zentangle in black ink Evening primrose sketch (black ink with gold ink background) |
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| Clematis (black ink, felt tip and gel pens) Orchid (black ink and acrylic inks) |
My enthusiasm and inspiration is beginning to wane a bit, particularly as I am not liking working on this background, but only three more days to go.
I used Indian ink again on the lefthand image, using white gesso as a base for the flower and leaves to enable me to use a dip pen and acrylic ink to add detail and colour.
For the other image I printed small lino cuts and foam stamps with ink-tinted gesso, adding line work with acrylic ink and gel pens.
Thank goodness it's nearly the end of the month - I'm beginning to run out of ideas for making my sketches stand out on this background.
Some experiments in an effort to make my sketches stand out more on this painted background.
On the left, I painted Indian ink for the inset background, sketching on top with metallic gel pens. This certainly made the image stand out.
On the right I used an underpainting of white gesso, drawing with a fine liner pen and adding colour with Inktense washes.
For the rose sketch I used acrylic inks both with a dip pen for the drawing and for the colour washes. The barn was sketched with waterproof fine liners in grey and black, with added washes of walnut ink.
This is the start of side two of my Inktober folded sketchbook. I must admit I am finding the colour and marks on this side of the paper more distracting to sketch over. I have had to be bolder with the black, inked lines and perhaps a bit heavier with the Inktense colour.
I am halfway there! I have completed one side of my fold sketchbook.
Last week my daughter and I visited a sculpture park in the Cotswolds. It was a reasonably fine day and I took plenty of photos (there were well over 100 sculptures both large and small) so a couple provided me with subjects for my 15th and 16th sketches.
This is the full, unfolded side. I have now reversed the folds and started on the other side for the remainder of the month.
So far, the pens used for my sketches in this booklet have been the Faber Castell Pitt pen (Fine) and the Edding 1800 Profipen (0.3), both in sepia. Other materials used on some of the pages - walnut ink, gel pens, Inktense pencils, and white acrylic ink.
Pumpkins seen in a cottage garden on my walk. A small sketch of hawthorn berries plus a couple of prints from the leaves using walnut ink.
Autumn is definitely upon us. I've started to add a hint of colour to my sepia pen sketches using Inktense pencils, also a wash of walnut ink where needed.
I usually start off Inktober with sketches of garden, house plants or foliage picked on my daily walks. However, heavy rain on the 2nd kept me indoors and I resorted to visualising a jazzy outfit for my little artist's mannikin.
