Drawing with Ink: Variety of Line and Cross-Hatching (Pen and Brush)

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A slide lecture by Glenn Hirsch www.glennhirsch.com

Transcript of Drawing with Ink: Variety of Line and Cross-Hatching (Pen and Brush)

Pen and Ink Basics

Variety of Line

parallel, curving (directional)

short dashes

cross-hatched

loose wandering (jagged)

Variety of Line

Variety of line: light and dark, thick and thin, fast and slow

Stippling

stippling

stippling

Curving and stippled

Scribble and sketchy

Claude Lorraine

Cross Hatching

Short feathery strokes, cross-hatching

Parallel Lines

Rubens

Parallel Lines

Contour

Contour

Pattern

Vincent

Ink over a Light Wash

Adding opaque paint

on top

Brush and ink

Diebenkorn

How to loosen up:

blind contour line

Blind Contour Exercise

Why?

Increases your ability to concentrate, quiets your mind

Expands your ability to see without preconception

Helps you draw without constantly looking at your paper

Expands your visual vocabulary of line: speed (fast/slow)weight (thick/thin)value (light/dark)