Pen & India Ink
Drawing with pen is different than working with other drawing media:
- no tonal variation of the drawing tip (unlike a graphite pencil).
- pressure, that you apply while drawing, DOES matter – lines change thickness as you press harder (unlike a fine-tip marker).
So, to create value and texture variations – you need to use different strokes, patterns, alter space between stokes, change stroke length and thickness, overlap strokes, etc. This is why we are going to start with a series of exercises.
learn the basic pen strokes
continuous lines
(don’t need to be parallel)
parallel line strokes
(strokes can be any size)
crosshatching
strokes
wavy lines
(apply different pressure)
pointillism
(stippling)
scribble
strokes
hatched line
strokes
clusters of
hatched lines
wood texture 1
(continuous wavy lines)
wood texture 2
(vertical scribble strokes)
wood texture 3
(clusters of hatched strokes in wood pattern)
wood texture 4
(combination of strokes)
contrasts, variations, and stroke combinations
contrast of value 1
(parallel strokes)
contrast of value 2
(crosshatching)
contrast of texture
1
contrast of texture
2
contrast of texture
3
line direction variation
1
line direction variation
2
line direction variation
3