The Pen & Ink Experience: Line and Value
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Lesson Description
A look at the importance and usage of line in pen and ink drawings. Various techniques for adding value and shading are also explored.Hatching, cross hatching and stippling are all discussed.
Lesson Materials
Micron pen - "03", Bristol paper (vellum surface)
Lesson Resources
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I really liked this class, congratz!
This was so helpful! Thanks a lot Matt
I found this class informative especially when showing differences side by side.
Thanks Edith!
Hi Matt …… I really enjoyed the various textures you created …. Great job!!! I am just wondering how many different textures you can think of and would this be a good subject for another class. Hope this is not to simplistic of a question. As always, you did a fantastic job.
Great class.
It was a great lesson about textures and I learned a lot thank’s.
hello Matt, i have a question… Is stippling a form of line? Thanks so much!
Hi Adonijah,
Not technically – but stippling can be used to create “lines” by placing stippled marks next to each other.
This course is extremely useful and great, thanks a lot .
I am always confused that if I draw shades using the random straight line that doesn’t flow the cross contour, Is that still cross hatching?
Hi Jianyu,
Yes, whenever the lines cross over, it is considered cross hatching. Allowing the lines to flow over the form, meaning that they’ll curve slightly, will help to communicate the form of the subject as well as develop the value.
Hi Matt. Would like to ask whether dip pens are the same as calligraphy pens?
this was so easy to understand, i am improving a lot!
At 74 I did not think I could learn pen and ink although I have loved it for years.. Matt, you have proved me wrong. I am loving this. I mostly enjoy landscapes, mountain scenes and log cabins and really think I will be able to do this..Thanks
Just started this course and just lovely the effect of hatching and stippling with pen 😀 look forward to the rest of the course
thank you so much Matt… I have always wanted to learn pen and ink but never really gotten one who can teach as well… Are calligraphy pens the same as dip pens?
Hi Emma,
Thanks! Calligraphy pens are different from drawing nib pens. Calligraphy pens usually feature a flat tip for making thin lines when pulled in one direction and thick lines in a different direction. Nib pens for drawing are usually not flat and are designed to make a similar width line no matter which direction they are pulled.
Thank you for such a complete explanation and demonstration of lines and values. Makes this so much easier to understand.
Hi Matt. When using dip pens I notice that when I’m working in still wet ink (like in darker values), the nib seems to leave more ink (ink flows more freely). Does the wet ink on the paper pull out more ink from the nib? Otherwise I feel I have pretty good control. Thank you.
Hi Tania,
It could be the case of capillary action pulling ink out of the nib. If you’re putting down lots of ink that stands on the surface, this could be the case. You can try loading less ink in the nib and see of this solves this issue.
Thank you Matt.