I’ve been looking for inspiration and ideas and have been having a go at a few more drawings.
This first was an attempt to copy this bird.
Initially I learned that I couldn’t put my hand on top of wet ink! But thankfully hadn’t got very far, so started again!
Annoyingly I added a break in his beak part way through, which then looked odd, but as I added more and more detail I decided I didn’t hate his beak quite so much as I thought! I think I’ve accidentally mixed two different styles though, between his body and his wings.
And then I came across this very cool crane made out of letters. I started with the basic shape and then started to add my own detail in.
I’m so much more pleased with this, apart from the fact that I forgot about where I had got wet ink and where my hand was about to go! More smudging ☹️. I’ll get there with it.
It’s fun just making different marks and swirls though. Now I just need to start taking notice of basic shapes so I have something to start with.
I’m beginning to get a highly attractive purple finger! Might invest in some different coloured inks to mix it up a bit!
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