Category: Process

Brush and Ink Assignment

November 13, 2018 / / 0 Comments


For the pen and ink assignment, I was experimenting on how different brush stokes has the ability to create texture. However, the challenge for me was when I wanted to create depth. The use of black ink with brush is very different from using pencil as pencil gives you control over how dark and light you want the tonality of greys to be  and with ink- its the same unless you mix it with water.

Hence, I realized that if I want to create any scenery that requires depth using black ink, I had to start with painting the background first, kind of like painting in watercolor.

Below is a practice that I did during my free time -experimenting on  how to use ink to create more depth. 

Historical Art References

October 9, 2018 / / 0 Comments

For the historical art references, I went to research more on paintings that had hands close to the face and paintings that used minimal to no objects in their hands. It’s interesting to see how although all of the paintings have their hands close to the face but simple gestures and different placement of the fingers together with certain expression on the face can portray a very different meaning/feeling.

  1. Gustave Courbet, Self Portrait (The Desperate Man), 1843
  2. Gustave Courbet, Woman in a Straw Hat with Flowers, 1857
  3. William Adolphe Bouguereau – A Little Shepherdess, 1891
  4. Willem Geets , Jeune femme lisant
  5. Feliciana, Spanish Gypsy, John Bagnold Burgess, 1876
  6. Gustave Gutjeman, The Tambourine Player (Pharyah)
  7. Rêverie, Daniel Ridgway Knight 1866
  8. Jeune Espagnole, Conrad Kiesel
  9. The Young Rag-gather, Guillaume Charles Brun 
  10. Fair Reflection, Charles Edward Perugini