Some great ideas and drawings coming through for Inktober,
Week 2. Starting with:
Silke: Hope
I looks like Mr. Bulky and his friends managed to escape last week's box and they are now travelling hopefully into the future. Silke has used the same media as previous; fineliner, black Japanese brush pen, grey Ecoline brushpen in the Handbook watercolour book. The addition of some watercolour brightens the work and advances Mr. Bulky's journey.
Love this series and I am wondering if Mr. Bulky and team revist us next week?
Jean: Hope
Jean also chose the theme of Hope for her drawing this week but has looked at it from a different viewpoint. She has drawn an Iris flower; in the language of flowers the Iris means faith, hope and wisdom. The blue iris symbolies faith and hope, the purple wisdom and the white purity.
Jean used simple Windsor and Newton ink washes with detail applied in a Pilot black fineliner on Fabriano HP 300gsm paper. Its a clean and effective work. No more shading needed Jean, this works well - perhaps a line or two on the leading edge of the leaves?
Monika: Armor
Challenging herself to learn how to use her Rotring pens 0.1, 0.3 & 0.5 Monika has made a copy of the Albrecht Durer wood cut of Emperor Frederick III in armour. I am not familliar with this particular artwork, but making a copy of a master's work is an excellent learing process. Using this process Monika has experimented with different ways to create hatching and cross hatch fills as well as how to best use thick and thin linework. This is good work to see and great to see you master these skills.
JD: Throw and Fish
JD was inspired by MK's idea and also created a throw on a chair. Done in a Windsor Newton 200gsm diary JD got a little carried away adding bits and more things to try and make it more interesting. Always worth having a go at this... I am of the school of thought that starting with a plan creates a better composition but I think JD has gotten away with it this time. She says her blue wash was a 'disaster' so she cleverly disguised it with a pattern. The work IS a bit on the busy side, but is interesting all the same... I see the chair from Van Gogh's room, a painting of Cezanne fruit on the wall of Victorian paper and a Whistler staging just waiting for mother! It looks like you had fun.
Last week JD ran out of time to finish her Inktober work, so she asks to show it this week: Butterfish. Created on Eraldo di Paolo Hot Press A3 paper using washed watercolour pencils, dry Faber Castell polochormo and Uni Pin Fineliners in light grey/dark grey and black 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 this is a beautiful work that JD should be very proud of.
Rosalie: Inktober
Busy with several other projects, Rosalie has been enjoying watching you all create works for Inktober. She has sent this interesting LINK spotlighting Windsor Newton Inks.
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