Before going to bed, I worked this page in the Delta sketchbook using pen and ink first and then adding watercolor. Another quick and loose rendering with pen only as I continue my practice to feel more at ease with pen and ink without pencil guidelines.
Not to say using pencil is bad as I enjoy it and use graphite to my advantage getting a "feel" for my subject. I just hope to reach a point where I don't feel that hesitation taking pen to paper. Even following pencil guidelines I often find myself shaky with pen in hand. That's what I want to get past.
I'm also trying to embrace the less than perfect outcome such as wonky lines, perspective not being spot on, ellipses not being totally correct, etc. I find looking at other peoples' work that the less than perfect makes for a really nice spontaneous look and feel.
1 comment:
I know you will soon be equally happy with the pen -and this is just lovely! I will always love graphite, but I understand the draw, of ink - it got me too.
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