Leisure Painter - UK (2019-06)

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Step 3

I decided on the shading patterns I would use for each

feature and filled in most of the mid-tones with these.

I now had a drawing that was starting to show highlights

and soft shadows. This halfway stage of the drawing is

always the time when you wonder if it is all going to work.

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Step 4
I now added the darkest values, trying to keep the majority
of them around the focal point. Suddenly, my drawing
began to come to life. I had intended to use the water-
soluble ink pen to draw the clouds, however, I decided that
the drawing was busy enough already so I just added a few
gentle streaks in the sky and left it at that.

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The finished drawing, ink on paper, A4

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Anne Kerr

Anne is an internationally

known artist and teacher.

She runs painting holidays,

gives talks, painting demos

and undertakes commissions.

Full details can be found on

http://www.annekerrartstudio.com

Contact Anne by email at

annekerrartstudio@outlook.

com or through the contacts

page of her website.

Pen and ink

FINAL THOUGHTS ON PEN & INK

I was pleased with my drawing and glad that I did not overwork it by

complicating the sky with fussy clouds, which would have drawn the eye

away from the landscape. If you give equal tonal values, contrasts and

details to every part of the drawing, your viewer will not know what to look

at first and the picture can become confusing. So many pieces of art lack

depth – don’t be afraid of the dark. Try to keep your darkest shading and

your strongest contrasts for your centre of interest. If you save adding your

darkest values until the final stage, you have plenty of tonal contrast to play

with and your picture will have depth. Adding the deep dark values is always

the exciting part but don’t get there too soon. Take your time.