India ink drawing techniques

Just some hings ive picked up. thanks for watching, commment rate subscribe! :D


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[rlmcviii]

If this works for you use it. "Recon" shows an economical alternative here.

My advice: Quality black gouache and watercolor from Holbein or Windsor & Newton will produce better washes than India Inks such as this.

Except for the exceptions. Higgins and other cheaper India inks have pigments of a type that will saturate paper quickly and disallow a very controlled wash. The grays produced are also very cold and lifeless the pigments aren't really for use in light concentration.

[reconstructpangaea]

@rlmcviii I Do use Windsor& Newton Watercolors, but I like Grumbacher watercolors better (Yes i know they are cheaper) but ther colors are better In my opinion. I only use higgins India Ink for sketches or studies because its cheap. If I want a finished piece in water media I will probably use watercolors or acrylic Inks. Furthermore if I want a black for a finished piece I mix my own black because black from the tube is too dull. Thanks for the advice, Ill be sure to give W&N gouache a try.

[macjsus]

Bristol warps more than water color paper.

[reconstructpangaea]

@macjsus Yeah I know, that why you don't use it with heavy watercolor or ink washes. :)

[MrDethfan13]

Amazing drawing... but how could you resist dipping your hand in it and splattering it everywhere??????? I LOVE ink being everywhere.

[EGLchan]

Thank you!

[soaringwithfreedom]

Amazing!

[quakerninja]

Thanks buddy rock on.

[shuwenandamanda]

thanks for the video :D

[tawauful]

you re great dude !

[dkw12002]

India ink , once dry, does not lift or smear if you rewet it, so you can then go back with more ink or watercolor. India ink with a light watercolor wash to me is one of the most pleasing combinations in art. Many famous artists used this technique for studies, but I find the studies as interesting as the final paintings often. The Western painter Charles Russell was a master of ink and watercolor and his work is worth seeing. The Chinese have used the technique for centuries, too.

[nov1693]

wow u r so fast!!! haha

i love it

[reconstructpangaea]

@macjsus

No its basically a cheap colored pencil cut on the bias. Then sharpened to a point and cut through the middle kind of like an old school dip pen. :) Its used to make rough shapes and leaves :)

[macjsus]

@macjsus Oh wait I see it was a china marker and you set it next to a brush then you dipped that. lol I got confused.