Pen And Ink Wash Drawings

In 13th century china artists used transparent ink washes to create delicate atmospheric effects.

Pen and ink wash drawings.

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. 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. The more water the less intense the application of ink. O ur pen ink and wash lesson illustrates and explains the various stages in creating our color drawing of lindisfarne priory.

Line and wash drawing also called pen and wash drawing in the visual arts a drawing marked out by pen or some similar instrument and then tinted with diluted ink or watercolour. 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. This is a less detailed quicker and more expressive drawing technique than our previous view of whitby it is done on an a4 sheet of cartridge paper using black and color indian inks applied with a pen and brush. The wash or colour in this case comes from the diluted ink in the pen line.

Ink wash is much like painting with watercolor paint. Don t forget to wash. A lovely variation on pen and wash is to use non waterproof ink or pens and to create a monochrome picture. Once you re finished inking do a wash to add dimension to your drawing.

Ink wash is the application of ink with a brush. The line and wash technique was practiced in europe from the renaissance and in the early 15th century cennino. Most artists prefer. Don t forget to wash.

The tooth or texture of the paper can effect the marks that are made by the pen.