Don't Just Tell Us About The Pen You're Using, *show* Us!

[Finalist]

Just worked out a trade with a friend. An ocean wave drawing for a rare golf club! Way to go to combine my two interests!!

I started working on some thumbnail sketches that are about 1.5"x2" to see how the colors and layout compose, and hopefully I start the real drawing in a week or so.

 

 

 

 

[Oldtimer]

Is the final drawing with ink???? That would be a lot of ink!

Edited June 30, 2014 by Oldtimer

[Finalist]

Is the final drawing with ink???? That would be a lot of ink!

 

No, not nearly as much as you think. I lay down a lot of lines, but a water brush fills in the vast majority of color. It's basically watercolor art, but I find it much easier to use FPs than brushes. I bet that little thumbnail sketch is only 5% inked lines and the other 95% of the color is the waterbrush pushing the color around. You can get really cool color blends and depth.

[attika89]

LOL - I was going to shout out that I could see the sheen, but based on those inks, of course I saw the sheen. I think I even tasted the rainbow.

I have actually tasted them... weird

 

Just worked out a trade with a friend. An ocean wave drawing for a rare golf club! Way to go to combine my two interests!!

I started working on some thumbnail sketches that are about 1.5"x2" to see how the colors and layout compose, and hopefully I start the real drawing in a week or so.

wave.jpg

 

Wow! That sounds awesome! I hope you'll share something with us too!

[Oldtimer]

 

No, not nearly as much as you think. I lay down a lot of lines, but a water brush fills in the vast majority of color. It's basically watercolor art, but I find it much easier to use FPs than brushes. I bet that little thumbnail sketch is only 5% inked lines and the other 95% of the color is the waterbrush pushing the color around. You can get really cool color blends and depth.

OK!!! I see. Done it on my moleskines, the small stuff I do . It's cool. Gotta try it bigger, then if it works. This is the brush i use to smear the ink and watercolor pencils. Is that what you use?

[amberleadavis]

I have actually tasted them... weird

 

Wow! That sounds awesome! I hope you'll share something with us too!

 

 

Uh... I know you aren't Plistumi!

 

[amberleadavis]

Just worked out a trade with a friend. An ocean wave drawing for a rare golf club! Way to go to combine my two interests!!

I started working on some thumbnail sketches that are about 1.5"x2" to see how the colors and layout compose, and hopefully I start the real drawing in a week or so.

wave.jpg

 

 

 

 

WAVE cool!

[attika89]

 

Uh... I know you aren't Plistumi!

Haha! What a fancy inkoholic! Only drinks top shelf stuff!

I'm just a nib-liquor

[Finalist]

OK!!! I see. Done it on my moleskines, the small stuff I do . It's cool. Gotta try it bigger, then if it works. This is the brush i use to smear the ink and watercolor pencils. Is that what you use?

 

I use a Niji brush with a small tip. I outline the drawing with the pen that has the color I want. I'll go back and add some highlight lines or lines just to produce more color, a darker color or a blend of colors. I like the small water brush tip because I can control it and keep it from pushing water and ink outside the outer lines of the drawing. When the drawing is still wet I'll sometimes go back with color again by drawing a few lines that will feather. Then more waterbrush to blend that in. I don't color on the paper in the traditional sense of using the pen to fill in big spots. Only the waterbrush "paints" or colors. The only other tool I use is a white gel pen for highlights. I'd love to have some white ink, but I don't think that would work as well.

 

 

[Oldtimer]

 

I use a Niji brush with a small tip. I outline the drawing with the pen that has the color I want. I'll go back and add some highlight lines or lines just to produce more color, a darker color or a blend of colors. I like the small water brush tip because I can control it and keep it from pushing water and ink outside the outer lines of the drawing. When the drawing is still wet I'll sometimes go back with color again by drawing a few lines that will feather. Then more waterbrush to blend that in. I don't color on the paper in the traditional sense of using the pen to fill in big spots. Only the waterbrush "paints" or colors. The only other tool I use is a white gel pen for highlights. I'd love to have some white ink, but I don't think that would work as well.

 

 

 

Really nice. I love the previous to last of the thumbnails. The colors are nice. It is revealing that you can work in such a small scale when creating the concept. Nice window into the creative process.

Thanks!

 

PS: I also have the small tip Niji, have three sizes , as a matter of fact.

Edited June 30, 2014 by Oldtimer

[Finalist]

 

Really nice. I love the previous to last of the thumbnails. The colors are nice. It is revealing that you can work in such a small scale when creating the concept. Nice window into the creative process.

Thanks!

 

PS: I also have the small tip Niji, have three sizes , as a matter of fact.

 

Thumbnail sketches work well as a brain storming tool because they allow many ideas to be put down quickly, and also they don't afford much detail which helps create more ideas. Detailed studies often narrow focus and prevent full exploration. It's like looking at a picture with fuzzy glasses... you may see something new and inspired.

 

My favorite design adage... Good ideas are a dime a dozen. It's how an idea is executed that really matters.

Edited June 30, 2014 by Finalist

[amberleadavis]

Haha! What a fancy inkoholic! Only drinks top shelf stuff!

I'm just a nib-liquor

[pegasong]

I use a Niji brush with a small tip. I outline the drawing with the pen that has the color I want. I'll go back and add some highlight lines or lines just to produce more color, a darker color or a blend of colors. I like the small water brush tip because I can control it and keep it from pushing water and ink outside the outer lines of the drawing. When the drawing is still wet I'll sometimes go back with color again by drawing a few lines that will feather. Then more waterbrush to blend that in. I don't color on the paper in the traditional sense of using the pen to fill in big spots. Only the waterbrush "paints" or colors. The only other tool I use is a white gel pen for highlights. I'd love to have some white ink, but I don't think that would work as well.

 

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Thank you for sharing your process. I think the guy trading the golf club gets the better deal. Your drawings are fabulous!

[pegasong]

I've been trying to draw birds like that with a stub... Doesn't really work that well.... I may need to start looking into my 1st flex...

What is a stub? I have a flex that needs some modification, and a few medium & fine points. I know, I asked and it's probably answered somewhere in the forums.

[tringle]

 

 

[OLD TIMER]

Just worked out a trade with a friend. An ocean wave drawing for a rare golf club! Way to go to combine my two interests!!

I started working on some thumbnail sketches that are about 1.5"x2" to see how the colors and layout compose, and hopefully I start the real drawing in a week or so.

wave.jpg

 

Was it by chance a vintage Scotty?

[attika89]

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Can't wait to you new acquisition!

 

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/140701/P1190544_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

[PenPalAnna]

[Mishka5050]

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/140701/P1190540_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

Can't wait to you new acquisition!

 

http://kepfeltoltes.hu/140701/P1190544_www.kepfeltoltes.hu_.jpg

Heya, what is the name of your green ink? It's lovely!!!

[Finalist]

Was it by chance a vintage Scotty?

I'd never own a Scotty! Scotty Cameron is one of the biggest A's in all of golf on a personal level. He absolutely cheated, lied and hurt many very close friends on his way to the top.

 

It's a one-off Damascus Byron Morgan Design putter.