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After reading in Frank Lohan\u2019s book, Pen & Ink Techniques<\/em>, that he often draws the same scene or subject up to twelve<\/em> times, I decided to sketch this cat on different surfaces to see if I could find a surface to use for stand-alone drawings. Stillman and Birn makes nice sketchbooks, but I wanted to try a cotton paper in case I want to frame a finished piece. Although paper testing was my motive, I quickly realized I was giving myself a lesson in proportion. The more I sketched, the closer to a likeness I got. I used de Atramentis document ink for everything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The left (and final) drawing is on Arches hot press watercolor paper, the right is a Stillman and Birn Zeta sketchbook. Both are 8\u201d x 10\u201d. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First was the Stillman and Birn sketchbook, but after that I tried out Strathmore 500 illustration board. Long story short, there\u2019s promise there as a good surface for pen and ink with washes, but I stopped after realizing I had made an error in my sketch (which lead to using Mylar for the next attempts). The Strathmore soaks up ink very quickly, and my lines turned extremely dark but then, strangely, didn\u2019t get much darker with repeated coats. I\u2019ll need to keep practicing to see how it works out. I really want it to like it because I have several large sheets just waiting to be used. After that, I tried Canson Bristol, great for line work but doesn\u2019t handle water well. I stopped early in this one, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Six cat sketches?? Top left is Arches, then my original pencil\/ink sketch, top right is my Mylar tracing, middle right is Stillman and Birn, bottom right is Strathmore, and bottom left is Canson. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Finally, I used Arches hot press 140 lb. watercolor paper, which handled everything well\u2014pen, ink, washes, pencil, erasing, etc. It was my best choice, although the natural white color is warm, and I think I prefer a brighter color. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This sweet kitty posed so nicely that I guess I just wanted to keep drawing him. My personal favorite is the one I completed on Arches paper. It\u2019s the strongest resemblance, plus I had fun sketching and painting the rocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After reading in Frank Lohan\u2019s book, Pen & Ink Techniques, that he often draws the same scene or subject up to twelve times, I decided to sketch this cat on different surfaces to see if I could find a surface to use for stand-alone drawings. Stillman and Birn makes nice sketchbooks, but I wanted to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[380,566,457],"tags":[447,356,231,452,461,458,487],"class_list":["post-2016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-ink","category-pen","tag-arches","tag-art","tag-cat","tag-fountain-pen","tag-ink","tag-pen","tag-stillman-and-birn"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3wmm6-ww","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2016"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2019,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016\/revisions\/2019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}