Sepia Ink
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:31 am
As there isn't an 'ink' forum here, I think this should be posted here.
California Blue Oak
Using both Staedler Mars and Adel sepia coloured fineliner pens on 250gsm Lana Bristol smooth paper, I created this work as a demonstration piece for my Thursday night class.
Unfortunately, due to the Corvid 19 crisis all classes have been cancelled until further notice. However, I finished the work today and am posting it here for viewing.
I used the Adel sepia pen first, creating crosshatch build up that I then washed with water to create the toned background and clumps of the tree. I did this in two stages so I achieved two depths of tonal wash. The linework in the tree was then done as hatching and squiggles the Staedler pen to create depth and detail. The Staedler pen is just a touch darker and slightly more red. Not obvioulsy so, but I felt it made a difference. The linework in the sky, hills and shadow foreground was with the Adel pen, which is very slightly finer and browner tone.
I deliberately cropped the right side of the drawing as shown here as I felt it was a bit more interesting that way, bleeding off the page area. Cropped size is 35 x 24cm. I used combined references - sketches I did in California of trees, photos and internet images. So it is not any one particular tree, but a generic California Blue Oak. This oak Quercus doglasii is endemic to the hills, coastal ranges and foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
California Blue Oak
Using both Staedler Mars and Adel sepia coloured fineliner pens on 250gsm Lana Bristol smooth paper, I created this work as a demonstration piece for my Thursday night class.
Unfortunately, due to the Corvid 19 crisis all classes have been cancelled until further notice. However, I finished the work today and am posting it here for viewing.
I used the Adel sepia pen first, creating crosshatch build up that I then washed with water to create the toned background and clumps of the tree. I did this in two stages so I achieved two depths of tonal wash. The linework in the tree was then done as hatching and squiggles the Staedler pen to create depth and detail. The Staedler pen is just a touch darker and slightly more red. Not obvioulsy so, but I felt it made a difference. The linework in the sky, hills and shadow foreground was with the Adel pen, which is very slightly finer and browner tone.
I deliberately cropped the right side of the drawing as shown here as I felt it was a bit more interesting that way, bleeding off the page area. Cropped size is 35 x 24cm. I used combined references - sketches I did in California of trees, photos and internet images. So it is not any one particular tree, but a generic California Blue Oak. This oak Quercus doglasii is endemic to the hills, coastal ranges and foothills of the Sierra Nevada.