Yesterday, one of my followers on the tumblr-version of onedrawingdaily (his username is Emkinkade) suggested that i might try and mix the “line tools” like ballpoint pen with a liquid tool (I’ve got a bottle of india ink). I tried it on this Bhutanese landscape. I think it looks better the farther away you get 😉 In my opinion, ballpoint pen looks better if its either completely chaotic or very controlled. I tend to mix up chaos and order in some kind of semi-agressive zig-zag hatching, which is a little disturbing to me when i look closely.. The quality of really beautiful line drawings is often where the artist didn’t draw (a pause in the line, where the brain automatically fills in the empty space).. I’m not quite there yet – I just go crazy with the pen, and for now, this’ll be my style !
I’ll be submitting this to the virtual paintout, where you’re prompted to draw a scene from google street view. Each month a new location. This month is Bhutan, as you might have guessed. I think that the Virtual Paintout is an excellent idea, and i really urge any artists out there to join in.
You can see this particular scene on google streetview here
And that was my 435th drawing.
Love the mixed media……some things are just “softer” with india ink or even watercolor – just a “wash” – like shading on the mountains or clouds……well done!!
Pam
Thanks a lot:) I’m thinking of doing a few more like this, experimenting a little with the dominance of either the india ink or the pen.. I think it could look good with a linesketch with just light washes!
I think this is really effective.
I’ll do more of this ! Thanks
Terrific!
Thanks! You should make one too !
Yes. I could use a trip to Bhutan.
Haha.. Yeah i wish that my trip wasn’t just through the computer screen.
Oh yes! The prettiest parts of line drawings are those where there are no lines but your head fills up the form by itself! I’m also nowhere near that nirvana stage yet, and always did myself having gone all crazy with the pen too!! Anyway, this drawing looks really good!!
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Thanks a lot ;).. “nirvana state” I’m going to borrow that description at some point 😀
very nice.
Thanks!
This is really nice, I like the contrasts in it!
Thanks 🙂 I think that’s one of the good aspects of this one!