Basic Drawing

hand sketch

I feel that it’s a good time to go right back to basics with my drawing and writing after the slight uncertainty that I’ve felt over how far I should push it with my problem thumb.

ink
De Atramentis ink bottle, original drawing 2.5 cm, one inch, across. Even enlarged, there’s no sign of the ink running into the watercolour wash.

I’ve been struggling with my drawing and writing pens too. Sometimes I’ll try several before I find one that actually works. I now realise that the dregs of old ink that I’ve been filling them with is the problem, clogging up the nib. I’d poured the last remnants of both the sepia and the black into the same bottle, but I think that the time has come to make a clean break.

I’m now going steadily through the process of squeezing out all the old ink from each of them and refilling with the fresh ink that I bought recently.