Leisure Painter - UK (2019-06)

34 JUNE 2019 http://www.painters-online.co.uk

Pen and ink

You will need

lDrawing board

lSketchbook

l2B and 6B

graphite pencils.

lCanson Mix Media

200gsm paper A4

lPigma Micron

technical pens

Nos. 0.1 and 0.5

lRotring water-

soluble ink pen

Step 1

I started with a quick thumbnail sketch that showed

the direction of light and the main tonal values and

which features to change or leave out. I wanted to keep

my picture uncluttered and well balanced. I moved the

entire picture down a little so the horizon line did not

cut the paper in half horizontally. I left out one of the

buildings and brought the distant land on the left

around to enclose the grassy bank. I added foliage

on the left to stop the eye from wandering off the side

of the picture. I liked the fence as it led the eye down

into the water. I tucked one of the posts in behind the

foliage on the left. I kept the large trees on the right-

hand side but moved them slightly to the right.

The joy of being an artist is, you can move trees

or mountains with no effort whatsoever!

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Step 2
1 I did not do a pencil sketch first but went
straight in with ink. I decided to use my pen with
permanent ink for the majority of the drawing.
I intended to use my water-soluble ink pen for
soft shading on the clouds and perhaps on some
of the landscape features. However, I would
make that decision later in the drawing process.

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2 I made a basic outline sketch of the picture

without yet thinking about shading. My previous

thumbnail sketch told me the direction of light

so I tried to draw more broken contour lines

where the light would hit. (The drawing here has

been darkened slightly for printing purposes).

I drew my biggest shapes first, gradually working

down to more detail. I was always aware of

looking for the basic shapes of cubes, spheres,

prisms and cylinders in my landscape features.

I marked my drawing board with an arrow to

remind me of the direction of light. It’s easy

to forget this when becoming really involved

with the drawing.

DemonstrationLandscape