Keeping track of progress on creative projects
Normally I wouldn’t use the same medium and technique twice in a row. But I was curious about some variations. I switched to W&N Blue rather than black, and I used the longer Speedball 513 nib rather than the 512 from last time.
I also wanted to keep practicing with the new pen angle. Still not perfect, but better than last time.
I’m currently reading Arthur Leighton Guptill’s Rendering in Pen and Ink, and I’ve decided to actually do the lessons as I’m going. One of the first things the book covers is how to vary line width by changing the angle of the pen and the pressure on the tip.
Employing some of my new knowledge, I did this whole ghost using a single pen and one color of ink. Though I clearly need additional practice with the unfamiliar pen angle (the darker squares), the new approach has potential.
Here’s a first: a leaf ghost started in one year and finished in another.
I began work on this one shortly after I finished #163. Most ghosts get done in a single session, but pieces for the Poe series can take two or three days to complete. Still, I figured I’d have time to complete it before New Years Eve. Well, things got busy and I’m just now getting around to the final two rows.
