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Ink / fineliner
Ink and Fineliner
The Line That Remains: tools, bold contours, textures through hatching, values with lines alone, washing with water, city portraits in a single go.
6 Modules · about 120 min
- 1Fineliner, Fountain Pen, Brush Pen: The ToolsYou'll learn which four tool families work for ink drawing outdoors, how they feel in the hand, and when you need waterproof or water-soluble ink.15 min
- 2The bold line: no erasingYou'll learn to draw directly in ink, to let wrong lines stand, and to use line weight to show nearness, shadow and light.20 min
- 3Textures: Stone, Glass, Foliage, CobblestoneYou'll learn to suggest materials like brickwork, glass, foliage and cobblestone with just a few strokes instead of filling them in — and to place the texture exactly where the shadow needs it.20 min
- 4Values with Lines Alone: Hatching and DensityYou'll learn to build four clearly distinguishable tonal values with fineliner and ink – purely through density, direction and stippling, without ever mixing a grey.20 min
- 5Ink and Water: Washes on the GoYou'll learn how to pull shadow areas out of your own lines using very little water, and how to build your sketch in three calm phases.20 min
- 6City Portrait in One Go: The Continuous LineYou'll learn to draw an entire city motif in a single, unbroken line and turn it into a finished page with three dark accents and one single dab of colour.25 min
Pictures from the courses
These pictures were made in painting courses with children. All painted by hand, none on a computer. Click to enlarge.
Published with the kind permission of the young painters.