Yay!! Ink is my friend!!

[hrymfaxe]

I recently went out to buy a fixative for my drawings, so the graphite won't smudge, once I have finished the image. (Of course I haven't used it yet on any of the drawings - there is always room for improvement.) While I was at the artshop (very dangerous place for someone like me) I noticed a display of inks... And I thought, "I think I will buy some of that too... And some brushes just for that, so I don't mix them with my watercolour-brushes..... And some special paper too!!" So, many art-supplies richer and quite some Kroner poorer, I went home. This morning I finally had a chance to test the ink as a drawing-medium. I almost didn't go to work, I was so excited about it - and I certainly scared my co-workers being far too happy, even if the jobs I was given today were extremely boring! If any of you know my previous work, you will no doubt have noticed that the amount of detail I put in the drawings is increasing at a very steep rate - and I am quite pleased with my progress with graphite. But I had begun to feel like I was loosing something, that you sometimes get from things being kept simple. I love to have flowing lines that move and make the object I am drawing moving. My precious Nerdanel drawing is an example of some of the early work, that I was beginning to miss. However I could feel that my new knowledge of how graphite could be used, wouldn't make it easy for me to go back. BUT it seems that ink will! Yay!! And it is a much, much faster medium to work with than graphite.. (also more unforgiving, but so far I can live with that). Below are some exercises I was doing to get a feel for the how the ink worked with me - and some of them turned out quite nice, if I do say so myself. ;)


Male torso. (Or did you already notice that? ;) )


A young Remus Lupin


A determined Caranthir. 

Yyyyaaaaaayyyy, I 'm so pleased I bought that ink!!! ;) :D Off to draw some more - there are birthday presents to be finished.

Comments

[sirielle.livejournal.com]

Great exercises, I like the expression of Caranthir and the torso is visibly male :) I'm afraid of things like ink or watercolours, but will try them one day, too. Inked images are so elegant. Hey, but I can ink in Painter. Unfortunately it needs technique and skill, too; still must be esier than traditional. But what a feeling must be when you nicely ink a real piece of paper, it's like fulfilling a dangerous quest :D
For the moment I'm happy to own soft pencils - never had them, not in my adult life (and primary school doesn't count; but I bet I had always HB, eventually 2B). 6B pencil rules ;)

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean.. I'm still a little afraid of them - I find that if I plan too precisely what I want to do, it doesn't work out as I would like. So I am feeling like I really accomplished something with these. I think your elves would look beautiful in ink as well! :)

6B pencil rules So true!! I love the soft ones. I recently got my hand on a pure graphite stick 9B - it draws almost completely black. :)

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Oh, and thank you for your kind words! :D

[noliel.livejournal.com]

*wow* Caranthir looks stunning! And yay, Remus art! :D (is he post-Hogwarts young?)

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! :) I was sooo pleased with how these turned out. And Remus is post-Hogwarts, ca 1981, young. :) (Hence the unhappy expression - but not yet so many lines on his face..)

[binkaslibrary.livejournal.com]

Glad you find ink friendly :) These are very good! :D

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Yay, another comment from you - another opportunity to flash my shiny Mablung icon! ;) Thank you for your kind words, I'm thrilled to widen my repertoire. :D

[binkaslibrary.livejournal.com]

Another opportunity for me to drool over the Mablung icon! Hehehehe :D

You did very well and should draw more using ink, for certain :)