Resources, and Exercises
(Pen & Ink- a short course for beginners)

Course Supplement:

This page is intended to supplement your instruction and provide links to resources.

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Resources:

Link to Cheryl’s page of Hyperlapse Demos

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Creative Commons Videos (Shareable Content with Creative Content Licensure)

Getting Started: Pens, Ink, Drawing Techniques

—-Attribution (Creative Commons Video): Sandy Allnock’s Artventure

HOW To Draw TEXTURES | Pen And Ink Tutorial

—-Attribution (Creative Commons Video): Fana Smetana Art

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Exercises (4 post-class tasks to try on your own!):

Exercise 1:Brush ControlPurchase a lined notebook and practice making lines and “0s”  (circular shapes with a brush).  Put the lines close together and far apart.

Exercise 2: Value Patterns in Black

Set up a still life and light it from one side. Do a contour line drawing with a Uniball pen.  Then with a brush and India ink indicate value patterns in solid black.

Exercise 3: Quick Sketches

Set up a still life and light it from one side. Mix a light and dark wash in watercolor or dilute India ink. Draw your still life in pen (no shading) and apply light and dark washes to the paper creating light and dark value patterns. 

Exercise 4: Suburban Sketching

Get a sketchbook, set up mobile gear including a pen, small set of watercolors, a pen, and get out there.

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Suggested Books:

• • Claudia Nice: Creating Textured Landscapes with Pen, Ink and Watercolor
  • Alphonso Dunn: Pen & Ink Drawing: A Simple Guide (And there is a companion workbook. See below.)
  • Arthur L. Guptill: Rendering in Pen and Ink… (super long title)
  • Alphonso Dunn Pen & Ink Workbook