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Ink Drawing: Tips And Tricks You Should Know

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Ink drawings

Ink drawing is a process of using pens to apply inks for drawing. Ink drawing materials include ink, drawing pens, graphite pencil, eraser, and many others. 

Below are some tips for your ink drawing:

  • Choose the right pen for your drawing.
  • Get your grip right: It is good to hold the pen close to the tip and keep pen and paper at about 45 degrees.
  • Start with pencil sketches: Pencil drawings are easy to erase and drawings are easy to erase after the ink is dry. Give more attention to the eyes when drawing with inks.
  • Explore different textures: Try using different contrasting textures for a visual treat.
  • Try to clump your hair while ink drawing.
  • Try experimenting with silhouettes. You can also try some crow quills for drawing. Crow quills help to create different lines ranging from fine to extremely wide lines. Also, try to use some clean lines for face drawings.
  • The most important thing is to be careful while choosing the color.

Follow these simple drawings and create beautiful ink drawings.

How to draw landscapes: Tips You Should Know

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The major challenge while drawing landscapes is that you have to illustrate several different textures and compositions in your drawing. 

Today, let’s see the different steps to draw a perfect landscape composition.

To begin with, observe your references closely. Draw and practice different textures you see in it. As a second step, plan your drawing. Choose an angle that will give depth to it.

Use basic shapes like ellipses and polygons to make a rough sketch first. Arrange the lighting and shadows in your rough sketch to have a clear idea about the same in your final work.

Recreate your rough sketch on a canvas. Start with rough linework using lighter pencils when you do this. 

Then add details with textures. If you’re using pencils, cut the lead at an angle to get the perfect tool for texturing. If you’re using paints, using a variety of brushes at different angles can do the trick.

If you’re using pencils, pens, or watercolors, build the drawing from lighter shades to darker shades. However, if you’re using a bit more opaque medium, feel free to accentuate the highlights at last.

Art Block: How to Get Over It

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Art Block

Anyone who has experienced an art block would know how badly it affects their creativity. Art block is essentially a lack of inspiration to create art. Let’s see some ways to overcome the art block.

Keep drawing: No matter how small or imperfect it feels like, it can stimulate your creativity to make something bigger and better.

Change your media: Try using new media. For example, try oil paints if you usually use acrylic. Be adventurous.

Try a different style: Find new artists and explore their art style. Try to follow their art style for a change.

Visit a new place: Go somewhere you have never been before. Unfamiliar sceneries and people can always inspire to create new art.

Keep a journal: Writing a daily art journal can help you be consistent with your works. Jot your ideas down in the book so that you can refer to it later when you need the inspiration to make a new piece of art.

Art block is almost unavoidable at times. But, following the above steps can help you to get through them relatively better.

Drawing Pen Art: Tips That You Should Know

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While drawing with a pen, even a small wrong stroke can create undesirable blobs and marks that could ruin the whole drawing.

The common mistakes committed while working with pen and ink are detailed below.

Lack of control over the medium when compared to other mediums: Instead of anticipating an error in each step, learn to convert that error into a unique feature. When drawing realistically, the wrong values can make the picture look unpleasant. To solve it, practice consistently. Draw from observation and train your eyes to absorb each detail.

Prevent mistakes at all costs: It’s hard to correct mistakes and even harder to maintain workflow when errors happen. Prevent possible mistakes using a pencil underlining. 

Smearing is never a happy accident: Make sure your ink is dry before moving your drawing around. Using waterproof ink is also ideal for preserving the work.

In case any of the said mistakes happen, it can be corrected in the following ways:

  • Try to make the mistakes a part of your drawing.
  • Use inks, gouache, or acrylics to cover your mistakes.
  • Use gel pens for correcting smaller mistakes.
  • Remove the mistakes with a blade.
  • Avoid this mistakes to master pen art.

Keep these tips in mind before you start with your work.

The Fundamentals of Painting With Watercolors

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Watercolors are fun to work with, provided you know a few fundamentals about this medium. So, before you start painting, read the following things which any beginner watercolorist must know.

Do not draw on regular paper: Get thicker paper intended for watercolors. 100% cotton paper at least 200 gsm thick is the most suitable for watercolor art.

Get the right brand of watercolors: Always consider quality over quantity. Do not buy cheap student quality watercolor if you are serious about watercolor art.

Swatch your watercolors: Printed color swatches are deceiving. Make swatches of your color palette to ensure that you are using the right shade. 

Keep the pencil sketches light: You can also erase the linework using a kneadable eraser so that lines won’t show through the painting.

Keep brighter areas unpainted: You can also use masking fluid to protect the whites.

To make your painting perfect, plan your painting well, and build darker values with each layer of paint. Allow each layer to dry properly before painting the next layer. Replace the water frequently so that your brushes remain clean every time you switch colors.

Grab that drawing pad and color palette now, and unleash your creativity.

Why you should encourage Kids to draw

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Most of us started drawing from our young age itself. Back then, we did not have the luxury of smartphones and technology which opened the doors for creative activities like drawing.

The current scenario is completely different. The kids these days have access to a lot of gadgets and technology which takes them away from most of the things that we grew up with. While these gadgets have their own merits, it is always recommended to encourage your kids to physically draw every now and then.

Below are some benefits of encouraging kids to draw.

  • It increases imagination: Increasing the imagination is crucial when it comes to being independent and advanced. Drawing is one of the activities that can get this job done.
  • A way of displaying emotions: Several researches have shown that drawings are a great way through which emotions can be expressed.  This can be helpful when the kid grows up as he or she will be used to expressing emotions rather than hiding them inside.
  • Motor and Coordination Skills improve: The coordination of brain, hand, and eyes are important for drawing. And the more this is practiced, the more the skill is developed.

Apart from these, drawing also improves the cognitive skills of a kid. It can also increase the creativity and confidence as well.