Week #34 / 20 Aug: The Fifth Element - 2017 Weekly Ink Project

[lgsoltek]

Choose an ink that represents either air, earth, fire or water. Bonus points for four inks for all four of them! (Thank you migo984 for the idea!)

 

As usual, don't forget to share with us your choice of ink, your writing, drawing, doodling or anything with the ink in this thread. You can take a photo, make a scan, or even better, write letters and CRV reviews (what is a CRV?) and mail them to the many ink pals here. You are welcome to check back on this thread even when we've gone past this week.

Click here to read more about this community project. Links to the two previous links can be found there too.

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Next week: True Love

[LizEF]

Can't get the colors to show quite right (e.g. in real life, the brown is more brown and the "Aurora Bovenalis" looks quite teal)... Ah, well, it's a mess in real life too, so......

 

http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/34elements.jpg

[HalloweenHJB]

EXCELLENT image, Liz!

 

Alas, I am less creative. I went for a literal interpretation:

 

[visvamitra]

[lgsoltek]

Can't get the colors to show quite right (e.g. in real life, the brown is more brown and the "Aurora Bovenalis" looks quite teal)... Ah, well, it's a mess in real life too, so......

 

http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/34elements.jpg

 

Nice drawing, Liz!

[lgsoltek]

 

 

My next purchase!

[lgsoltek]

EXCELLENT image, Liz!

 

Alas, I am less creative. I went for a literal interpretation:

 

Why haven't I thought of Irori? A wonderful choice! I opted for another ink for fire (still quite appropriate I think!).

[HalloweenHJB]

My next purchase!

 

 

I think you'll love it.

[senzen]

[LizEF]

 

Much less messy! I like your symbolic drawings.

[LizEF]

EXCELLENT image, Liz!

 

Alas, I am less creative. I went for a literal interpretation:

 

Thanks, HalloweenHJB! It was fun right up until my TWSBI blurped Oranje Boven all over the mountain, and then I used the same tissue to smear Azure #5, thus turning part of the sky teal... Nice colors in yours - both name and shade appropriate!

 

Love the shading in that Fireopal, @visvamitra!

 

Nice drawing, Liz!

 

Thanks, Lgsoltek!

[HalloweenHJB]

 

Thanks, HalloweenHJB! It was fun right up until my TWSBI blurped Oranje Boven all over the mountain, and then I used the same tissue to smear Azure #5, thus turning part of the sky teal...

 

 

You might try dipping a cotton swab (Q-Tip) in the ink and "painting" with it —see if that works better for you. Just an idea...

[LizEF]

You might try dipping a cotton swab (Q-Tip) in the ink and "painting" with it —see if that works better for you. Just an idea...

 

I would have used a water brush, but I was doodling while waiting for a meeting to start, and didn't have any of that with me... Lesson learned - doodle at home, take notes at meetings... (Or maybe bring water brushes to meetings. )

[lgsoltek]

So... are we going to guess what the inks are? Seems like there are more than 4 inks here!

[lgsoltek]

Instead of the four basic elements, I went for the 5 basic elements in Chinese culture:

 

 

 

[Chrissy]

"Week #34 choose an ink that represents either air, earth, fire or water. Bonus points for all 4 of them:"

 

I almost didn't bother posting this one because mine is so poor by comparison with everyone else's offering, but in the end I decided that something was better than nothing. So here is my lacklustre effort.

 

Oh and I can't write with a brush

[lgsoltek]

"Week #34 choose an ink that represents either air, earth, fire or water. Bonus points for all 4 of them:"

 

I almost didn't bother posting this one because mine is so poor by comparison with everyone else's offering, but in the end I decided that something was better than nothing. So here is my lacklustre effort.

 

Oh and I can't write with a brush

But they look good, Chrissy! (And I need to check out that Storm Red!)

[namrehsnoom]

I've searched my stash for some aptly named inks

 

[visvamitra]

Great one.

[namrehsnoom]

Can't get the colors to show quite right (e.g. in real life, the brown is more brown and the "Aurora Bovenalis" looks quite teal)... Ah, well, it's a mess in real life too, so......

 

http://www.paradoxcommunity.com/vps/34elements.jpg

Great one! Really like the way you visualized the theme.