The Complete Book of Drawing Techniques

Ink, mark making

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6/ Toothbrush

Take an old toothbrush and dip that into the
ink. Aim it at the paper and then pull your
thumb over the bristles of the brush, firing
speckles of paint at the paper. In this way

you can build up areas of tone out of this

speckled effect. You can also use the brush

to apply the ink as though you were drawing

with it.