Pen and InkVariety of Line

Glenn Hirsch, Instructor

Variety of Line

parallel, curving (directional)

short dashes

cross-hatched

loose wandering (jagged)

People have been drawing for 30,000 years. Relaxed and fluid line, fast & slow, thick & think, light & dark.

Cave drawings at the recently discovered Chauvet Cave (32,000 B.C.)

Line in one long, fluid, graceful motion.

Variety of line ….Light to dark … Fast to slow …Thick to thinRembrandt

Line in fluid, graceful motion…

Light to dark

Fast to slow

Thick to thin

Leonardo

Line in fluid, graceful motion…

Light to dark

Fast to slow

Thick to thin

Guercino

Fluid line in combination with brush.

Rico LeBrun

Seven Kinds of Line

1. Simple Line

2. Contour Line

3. Parallel Line

4. Cross Hatching

5. Stippling (dots)

6. Scribble Line

7. Pattern

1. Simple

Simple line in one long, fluid, graceful motion…that changes thickness, value and speed as it goes

2. Contour

Durer

Giacometti

Wyeth

Pamela Lanza

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3. Parallel Line

Rubens

4. Cross Hatching

Cross hatching to create built-up form

Adam Hirsch

Almost like painting, building up varieties of tone.Picasso

Cross hatching to creates rhythm! Picasso

Short feathery strokes, cross-hatching

5. Stippling

stippling

6. Scribble and sketchy

Claude Lorraine

7. Pattern

Van Gogh

Van Gogh

Van Gogh

Procedure

Work from Light to Dark

Start with a light line, then fill it in gradually, leaving the darks for the very last.

Ra;phael

Start with a light line, then fill it in gradually, leaving the darks for the very last.

Leonardo

Searching line, draw and redraw until you find the shape you’re searching for

Leonardo

Blind Contour

BLIND CONTOUR means drawing without looking at the paper

Blind contour line for variety, surprise and energy!

Fluid Abstraction

with Ink

Glenn Hirsch

Glenn Hirsch

Glenn Hirsch

Ink, Pen and Brush

Waterproof, it’s fixed, you can paint over it without dissolving it.

Not waterproof, can be dissolved and melted.

Recommended but not required:

The Pen and Ink Book by Jos. A. Smith