Sunday, April 8, 2007

Sepia Ink Life Drawings



These three life drawings were done in sepia ink with an old fashioned steel nib dip pen (Gillott 303) and sable brush. It was a bit nerve racking because there was no chance to correct a mistake or backtrack over a line too many times without irretrievably damaging the paper, but for some reason I had the impulse to tackle the sessions tightrope style, with no net. I had to work slowly but it was a good bout of discipline, though I probably won't attempt it again for a while!

1 comment:

Mike Manley said...

As I told you, I think I like these best. There is something very "definite" about the marks.