Ink It

One of my favorite mediums: Ink.
No not the tattoo kind.

I find black and white to be a dramatic statement. Texture even more so in black and white. What I enjoy are ink pads, stamps, and ink pens.

Ink Pens/Markers
No quills for this girl! Nothing is more devasting (with ink) after spending 5+ hours on a drawing just to blot too much in one spot and ruin it. I prefer stippling with pens-time consuming but worth it. For those who don't know, stippling is repetitive ink dots layered to create shading.

A couple of my nature study works with stippling:

Some flower power:

Rubber Stamp and Ink Pad
The stamp can be of anything but the stamp itself needs to be small. I usually use one that is the size of a nickle no bigger than a quarter. I have used a lady bug and a shamrock. The lady bug for the following:

That drawing was done on a 16x20. LOTS of ladybug stamping. For the sharp lines I used post it notes to create a border not allowing excess ink. The stamp prints are layered which also hides the obvious shape of a lady bug. Here is a bigger view:

I did a custom drawing of my father in-law's pug, Percy. I used a shamrock stamp and he loved it!

I actually find this method of ink drawing very soothing.

I have been thinking about getting back into ink. My Mom has asked for a custom ink drawing of her flat coated retrievers sleeping. I will be using the stippling technique. Its an 18x24-the largest stippling project for me yet. I have already drawn the basic outline and started stippling. At this point I'm 5 hours in. I will share my progress in another post.

I won't be stopping there and plan to introduce more ink artwork in my line up this June!

Logo

Hi friends and family,

I am happy to introduce my logo!

I have been drawing this heart design on everything for years. I never really knew why before, but I sure do now. The selection process with font was similar to what I did at NCCC. I just walk up to people and hold up two choices and they tell me which one they like better.

The photography shoot was this past Saturday. With Carolyn's encouragement we even photographed some of my other work. The charcoals and some of my media work will be posted in the future. I am very excited to see how the shoot turns out.

Moving forward some more. Little by little.