5/11/15 Iroshizuku Take-sumi and Fuyu-syogun inks, Pilot Falcon fountain pen, Canson XL 140 lb. paper |
I have to miss two ink-drawing classes while I’m traveling,
so I wanted to practice one more hatched sketch before class tomorrow. Between
errands, I stopped in my neighborhood where a very tall and graceful fir tree
stands. I didn’t hatch quite as thoroughly as Van Gogh would have, but the size of the sketch (6 by 9 inches) was small
enough that it took me only a little longer than my typical ink and wash/watercolor
sketches do. The only place I couldn’t resist using a wash was the sky (which
is dark gray and overcast today, on the verge of busting open), because I don’t
like the way Van Gogh hatches clouds. (By the way, that car in the driveway isn’t mummified; it’s covered with a tarp.)
Hatching is really growing on me. It occurs to me that if I
could get into shading with only hatching instead of having to wash the ink
with a waterbrush, I could probably use just about any commercial notebook (as long
as the paper didn’t bleed or feather too badly) and be liberated from making my own small catch-all notebooks.
(Hmmm. . . can you hear my wheels turning?)
I see you are enjoying the hatching! It isn't something I ever did really well...maybe a class would have helped. Nice sketch of the tree foliage!
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