CALLA EXPERIMENT

CALLA EXPERIMENT

 

This was a very pretty watercolor, until I got my 'freak on' and morphed into my ''EXPERIMENTAL MODE''....I simply went wild with that ELEGANT WRITER PEN and a little Pastel too, on top of my watercolor. And if you think Watercolor brings lots of fun surprises...you should try the Elegant Writer Pen...:) ♥

I thought I would put this little tutorial about the Elegant Writer Pen up again...:)

ELEGANT WRITER...made by...www.speedballart.com

 

I use mostly size 1.3mm Extra Fine

 

I bought mine at my local Hobby Lobby arts & crafts store, near the Calligraphy section.

They are available online at various art sources also.

The cost is around three dollars.

 

There are several ways to use these pens in sketching/painting.

 

I usually draw first in pencil, then very lightly go over the pencil line with the pen, skipping some of them, not to overdo the ink.

I then barely touch the edge of the ink line with a wet(with water) brush which results in an explosion of the ink line.

You can also thoroughly wet the ink for another effect.

Once the ink has been wet with water and dried it will not ''explode'' again.

Once it dries you can add more ink if needed...and repeat procedures.

You can add watercolor after the ink has dried, or even before...but be careful doing this as ''mud'' comes easily...:)

 

You'll want to experiment and play with it before using it on a ''serious'' sketch or painting...:)

I have a ''set'' on my page here for all my Elegant Writer sketches & paintings.

Karlyn Holman has some wonderful examples and info. in her most recent book ''WATERCOLOR WITHOUT BOUNDARIES''...One of my favorite Art books of all time...♥♥♥

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