your one of those artists who are so skilled that you make things look way more easier then they really are, your control over just water on a piece of paper is almost super natural
Yay!!!! :D Doodle lady! One of my inspirations when I got sick and died in tha hospital to never give up doodling!!! Thank you so much. :) So glad to see you're still drawing and sharing.
Wow that was amazing !!!! I'm actually working with ink now and doing a course on it, I'm like half way through and one of the modules is a 'ink wash' I haven't got there yet. I already have been practicing ink washes but I will have to be playing nice like this seeing as I have a bottle of ink 😁 thanks again
Beautiful and very useful. I am a total beginner. Could you share the type and brands of ink and brushes you're using? Also do you have a video on large geometric Indian ink layered strokes with a translucent effect? Thanks so much for your help.
How long does it take for your pieces to dry? I am thinking of trying this with a fountain pen drawing (water proof ink) and then using your ink method with colored inks as a wash.
Yes, I do! Especially with heavy washes of ink. When it is fully dry I'll lay books on the paper to flatten it. But while drawing if it buckles I ignore it because I am a lazy lazy person.
Mary, I think I love you now lol This is awesome, there is a piece called “Water & Ink” by Natural Curtiosities and they are charging $5k! Anyways, my brother wanted a piece by them and I was able to recreate their piece after watching your tutorial and now we still have $4980 :)
hey thanx for the mini tutorial !I love working with ink but i sometimes feel like i dont have enough skill or knowledge to make it like i truly wan tit
Ohhh it’s so beautiful 😳 but what do you do with a piece afterwards? Do you remove the water in some way or are you just leaving it to dry? 🤔 I can just imagine myself making something I love and then ruining it by moving it afterwards 😅
I let my stuff air dry. Sometimes I take the dog for a walk immediately. Removing myself from the vicinity of fresh art greatly decreases the chances of me destroying it accidentally :D
Very timely. I have a big bottle of india ink on my drawing table, and about high time I started playing around with it. And this is a very interesting technique you are showing! Oh yeah, and I love your sound effects, wheee, psch, boom! 😄
How quickly do you get through one of your 1L bottles of India ink? I've found sometimes I end up throwing whole bottles away if I've opened them but not used them all (for about 3+ months). They smell soooo bad when they're off. Like the strongest rotten egg smell. I can't even force my pupils to use them... 😂
Yay! It's Mary!! Thanks for the ink tips. I am really having an incredibly difficult time defining shapes and values using just black ink. I can do this with 'drawings' (crosshatching, shading, etc) but with INK it's so hard! Do you have any pointers for that?
Feathering is another form similar to cross hatching. If you do something like the bleeding technique in this video I recommend only setting the ink down closer to the side you want the darkest and using a dry brush to "lift" the ink where you want it lighter. 3:22
I follow a few artists that inspire and teach me on here and instagram Im surprised I’ve not come across your awesome page 🖤💗🖤🙏🏼 thank you for sharing your knowledge and vibes
Probably a silly question but thought I would ask it… from my experience working with watercolor, I know how to prep my paper to reduce buckling but since I’ve been trying the same approach to prep my sheets, first on 90# then tried some 120# but, so far I haven’t been able to reduce the buckling when doing heavier ink bleed … Would you have any advice to reduce the buckling? …. Especially when doing very wet bleeds…thanks.
How are you prepping your paper? Are you stretching it? Honestly, I don't do much to reduce buckling other than tone down the amount of water that I use. Buckling is something that I don't mind working with. However, you can try taping down your drawing, or resting between layers and flattening the page once it's dry.
It's a matter of painting with the water. The edges may not be perfect at first. once the ink fans out and begins to settle I will go in and define the edges.
Hi Mary, I work in India Ink and airbrush and I am fascinated by the wonderful ink techniques you shared. You are an amazing artist and I subscribed to your channel!
yes, you can! The ink WILL dominate the watercolor, however. I would recommend mixing in it's own well, or area of your palette, and adding the ink slowly to the watercolor. Or letting it mix on the page.
Absolutely! Actually, I was introduced to these materials when I took a comic creation workshop. It's an old school method, but if you like working with traditional materials you can get some great effects.
LOVED that!!! Ok, so, I love the whole ooooh look at how the ink moves & flows & reacts etc .. like I really love it👏, BUT ... if you wanted to KEEP some of those effects?? Cause it seems to me that in the end it all just blends & settles, with the fabulous "blooming" effects now gone. Could blotting at the time of the effect keep it? Obviously I can try that, & have done with a LITTLE success. 💥But any tips you have on capturing those effects would be SO greatly appreciated? Please? 😬😇 Thankyou .. I loved your black cats quickie doodle at the end .. great way to go about it. 👍 liked & sub'd FYI.
I'd been looking the video on how to do this and had given up. I went and watched something else, and BAM. There it was, on the top left of the recommendations grid at the end of the video. Thank you.
Loving your videos! I started working with ink more last year, but your videos really encouraged me to branch out and start using dip pens. Can't wait to try using water!
