Author: horsenettle

Golden Sparrows

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I’m celebrating sparrows in this series of drawings. Here are two sweeties perched on the last hurrah of a sunflower.

I’m using up a block of Arches hot press watercolor paper, which works beautifully with ink and fountain pens.

I start by creating a moody background with some de Atramentis ink, mixed and watered down a little. I brush it onto a wet surface. After it dries, I put in my pencil sketch.

I then start inking with my trusty fountain pens. Lately, I’ve been using far more hatching and cross-hatching, but I also do some scribbling and fill in shadows with a brush.

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Brown Ink, Blue Highlights

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9″x6″, brown (and blue) de Atramentis Document Ink on Arches hot press paper.

I swapped black ink for brown in my Majohn Q1 fountain pen, and I think I love it. I can get more of a complimentary effect when using only two colors if I steer away from black.

My new laptop, a Samsung Galaxy Flex2, and my new laptop desk. Here are two more things I love,

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Adventures in Collagraphy

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I started with a photo I took a few weeks ago of a Junco. From there, I created a simplified sketch, then I created a collagraph where I cut out my images and layered different areas with more cutouts. Up until this point, I had a great time.

After the paper cutting ended, the frustration began. My goal was to create some cards using the Gelli plate, but nothing quite worked. The acrylic paint was too thick and the ink was too sticky. I tried rolling the paint directly on the image and using the back side of a spoon to rub the print.

Although I think the prints are interesting, it was quite a struggle, and I think I’ll turn back to my pens, pencils, and sketchbook for a while.

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