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5 To finish, increase the amount of shaded areas by picking more
ink from the tip of the pen with the brush and applying it the surface.tThe finished drawing Egleton, Noodlers water-soluble ink in
kiowa pecan on 270gsm Bristol Vellum, 9x12in. (23x30.5cm)tTimFisher
Tim will be running line and wash workshops from Frisby
on the Wreake in May 2017; more details available from
http://www.timfisherartist.co.uk. Tim’s video on sketching street
scenes in ink is available to watch on YouTube.1 It’s tempting to draw the church on its own, but draw the shapes
of the trees surrounding and overlapping the steeple at the same time.t4 Solubilise the hatched areas with a brush pen; the closer
the lines are together, the darker the solubilised shading.t2 Work outward, away from the church, and add more foliage and
part of the lane. I call this way of working ‘radial’ drawing where you
work radially outwards from the point of interest. This method makes
it easier to control the scale of the subject being drawn.tWhen creating a water-soluble pen drawing, it’s often best to stare at the
subject for a few moments before drawing and take a few preliminary
measurements. For example, in the photo of Egleton (right), how high up
the paper does the road disappear around the bend and approximately
how much paper is occupied by the focal object: the church? After a few
moments study, I start drawing. I often begin with the focal point,
stationed about a one-third inward from the outer edge of the paper.Reference photograph for Egleton (below left)
tt 3 Complete the line drawing by adding shade with parallel, hatched lines.Ink
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