Pen and Ink Drawing

Thank you Tanja for your kind and encouraging comment. I decided to leave it as a monochrome, before posting I darkened the sky a little more as I thought it was to light and looked as if it continued off the page.  It’s the larges drawing I have done with pen and ink and the first landscape, so much learning, I find that the need to work a little slower is beneficial for me as it stops my randomness . I fiddle to much and with pencil it’s a lot easier to remove but impossible with the ink once it drawn it’s drawn and if the mistake can’t be incorporated into the drawing it’s just tough luck. I originally put a thin pencil frame around the scene the promptly overshot it on the right hand side drawing in some walls , I was concentrating on the line and what the nib was doing and didn’t notice my guideline. Overall I’m kappa with the outcome but don’t think I will do another landscape so large , well I’m saying that now but who knows. The final result warts and all .

Don’t be sorry for preferring it in colour , I was undecided and then thought I will go with it as a sketch, there is still the possibility of adding some colour.

Thought I would bring  this back up to show a new pen I bought today, it’s a fountain pen with a brush rather than a nib and has a small chamber for drawing up then ink . Used in both China and Japan for writing and artwork , I have just loved it and had a first attempt which I will show later . First impressions are good , it’s very well made and feels very comfortable to hold , clear strong plastic case that is moulded, the cap fits tight with a click .  I took these photos this afternoon when it arrived , my son in law ordered for me from Amazon , think it cost about seven pounds but there was some cheaper ones as well . The brush nib has a protective coating that washes off very easily in cold water , bit fiddly to fill,but I think it’s because I’m not used to it and was worried about spilling the Indian in I’m try out in the pen. Very watery ink at first but  soon became pure ink , I used and old sheet to just mess around with to see how the ink flows.  Noticed that I was being heavy handed as I’m used to a harder tip , dip pen , pencil etc , will be fine with more practice. Tried a simple drawing of a figure , man fishing. Definitely need to lighten up on the pressure I use as drawing thin lines are a bit difficult when your heavy handed with the delicate brush tip , more like painting than drawing . Last go this evening is a small made cup landscape literally done as I was sketching it . Ok for first attempts but do need to do a lot more practicing before I take on a detailed sketch or even a bigger one as these two are A6 .