If you look back to my last post you’ll see that I recently ran an ink workshop at West Norfolk Arts Centre, Castle Rising. One of the participants on the course, Fay, very kindly sent me some photos of my demonstrations during the weekend, some of which you can see here.
I always appreciate it when people take photos or even video of my demonstrations, because I can’t, being at the coal face with brush in hand!Here you can see the inkwork before any colour goes on. I did this with a Faber-Castell Pitt pen, with a medium nib. The size of my paper is approximately 40 x 30 cms. I’m now applying the Rowney FW coloured inks, using plenty of water. You could do the same with traditional watercolour, but the inks give more vibrant colour. Nearly done, just a few more clouds. That’s a 3/4 inch flat brush that I’m using. Ta-da! A mount or mat round the work always helps.
