Kunst Unterricht

[lantairvlea]

I introduced pen-and-ink today and we had some fun with contour drawings and playing with textures. I grabbed a nib for myself and did a little work as the students scratched away on their papers.

Comments

[armaina]

oo the ink work there looks really nice! you think you might do more of that when you have the opportunity?

[lantairvlea]

Thanks! Stippling is both awesome and torturous. You can zone out to an extent because it takes so long to build density for the dark spots, but it can get a bit tedious. There was no base sketch on this one, just dots.

More as in working on this particular one or more as in similar work? I don't know if I'll continue this one, but I might take some more forays into stippling. I really like the look of it when all is said and done.

[armaina]

Yeah I figure it can be nice when you get into a 'zone' but otherwise can be time consuming
similar work in general :D whether you decide to do more to this particular one or not.

[lantairvlea]

I imagine it might be similar to your pixel art, one colored dot at a time. It had been some ten years since I last stippled, but I do think I'll be doing more of it and try not to go so far between again! This was without a sketch and it was nice being able to shift things around and modify the shape as I went since I started with small, spaced dots it gave me a lot of flexibility.

I need to be better about sketching and sharing.

[suraineko]

I love it all! You're very talented.

[lantairvlea]

Thanks! It has been long-cultivated.

[spirithorse21]

Oh, I really like that eye. And the cougar sketches are neat too, especially the one where he's got his back to the viewer.

[lantairvlea]

Thanks! The eye was from a picture of Panda, who always had such a nice eye, even if it often looked slightly concerned.

[herecirm]

Those sketches are so good! I love the horse's eye, and I'm in awe of anyone who can draw on a phone/tablet ... my computer switches round to become a sort of graphics tablet, but I haven't mastered the skill of actually drawing on it yet. :P

[lantairvlea]

Thanks! It helps that my phone has a pressure-sensitive stylus (so long as the boys haven't been pestering it too much...). Doing it without the pressure sensitivity is doable, but a lot more frustrating since it doesn't really act like any real media out there in that case.