Based on some of the ink experiments I did last week, I tried something new: drawing the background complete with two pen angles and no leaf at all (except in the faint pencil sketch below the ink). Then I used a brush to apply water to the ink where the leaf should be.
The result was not what I expected. I thought the water would spread the ink ever so slightly, as it did in last week’s experiments. But the tests were done on sketch paper, which tends to absorb ink. And this ghost was done on mixed media paper, where the ink tends to dry on the surface rather than seeping in. So when I added water, it was like painting directly with the color rather than just spreading it around a little.
I”m not dissatisfied with this. It looks more interesting in person than it does in the photo (I know I say that a lot in this blog, but it’s true). And it suggests avenues for further exploration.
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