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| 9/12/13 Diamine Chocolate Brown ink, watercolor, Stillman & Birn Beta sketchbook |
After
sketching the fog over Green Lake, I walked to my favorite stand of
maple trees for another seasonal sketch. (To
see my series of sketches marking the seasonal changes in this stand of maples,
scroll down to the labels at right and choose “seasonal maples.”)
Whenever I intend to paint a sketch, I automatically grab a
Lamy filled with Platinum Carbon ink – my waterproof ink of choice – for the
line work. But since I’ve been using my Sailor filled with Diamine Chocolate
Brown lately, I tried something new this time: I did the line work with that water-soluble
ink instead. It’s a nice warm brown that washes with a reddish hue – just right
for these trees that are definitely showing touches of red and orange. Against
the backdrop of the foggy sky and lake, they seemed to blaze even more
brightly.
I think your chosen pen is perfect for this sketch of the trees!! The brownish-red of the ink bleeds into the greens nicely giving that autumnal look. Great job!
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