Ink and wash watercolors ideas

I have just posted, on my PenAndInkTechniques website, a demonstration of pen and wash drawing / painting of a Pink Magnolia.

Follow these 6 tips to create beautiful line and wash art. This blog post includes a step by step ink tutorial where I share how to draw a house and bring it to life using a drawing pen and watercolor washes.

In this guide, discover tips and techniques for how to create line and wash paintings and get some ideas for art projects that use ink and watercolour in conjunction. #lineandwash #watercolorandink #watercolorpainting #watercolor #inkdrawing

Watercolor and Ink on Paper Image Size: 5x7 inches Mat Size: 11x14 inches Placed in a bottoma weighted museum style mat.

Starting with line and wash or looking to practice foundational skills? This free resource page includes full step-by-step tutorials, as well as tips videos that will help you make the progress you're looking for.

Line and wash is a combination of line drawing with watercolor washes to suggest a scene. It’s a great way to get started with watercolor, or with travel sketching, even if you “canR…

The technique of using a pen with black ink and painting over the lines with watercolor washes is known as "Line and wash".

Tips for Combining Ink With Watercolor and a list of Best Ink Pens and Bottles Provided by a Specialist! #watercolourandink #howtouseinkandwatercolor #inkandwatercolorwash #watercolourandink #watercolorandinktutorial

Hop over to our blog to read the follow up to Liz Chaderton’s Introduction to Line and Wash Painting. In this second post, Liz discusses which comes first - pen or wash. Her post is beautifully illustrated and includes plenty of invaluable advice on the benefits of pen over wash, and wash over pen. There’s also a video of the process that is sure to inspire your own line and wash paintings! #lineandwash #penandink #arttutorial #watercolourtutorial

When we were in Cape Cod last week, I did a quick vignette sketch of the Highland Light near Truro, and I thought you might enjoy seeing a step-by-step of how I added the watercolor back at home. Here’s the completed sketch… “Highland Light”, 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ ink & watercolor in Stillman & Birn Beta […]

So you want to know how to ink watercolor? It’s actually a very simple three step process. First you draw it in pencil. Then you ink it. Then you erase the pencil after the ink dries. That…

Learn valuable line and wash sketching tips to bring your scenes to life with this informative article. Discover the beauty of pen and ink sketches and how they can enhance your artistic process. Start with simple subjects and watch your skills grow!

I love to paint loose and sketchy flowers with watercolors. I believe this is something everybody can do without having much knowledge about watercolor painting. For this spread I used waterproof ink to sketch the flower first and then I went in with my watercolors. You can really easily fit this into a busy day.…

In this free course I'll challenge you to try ten quick sketches in ten days - each based around a concept in ink and watercolour sketching. We'll look at shape, variation in watercolour, handling our mistakes, proportion in our scenes and so much more. When you've done this course, you'll be 100% ready to take on the full Sketch Loose courses!

Unleash your creativity with 60 easy watercolor painting ideas for all levels. Bring your visions to life with vibrant colors and techniques.

I’m not really a painter, although I do use watercolour washes in the context of my line drawings: these are not traditional, fully rendered watercolours in that I strive to use minimal colour to focus the viewer’s eye, and to let the drawing speak. The traditional way with line and wash is to do a ...

5 x 7 inch line and wash watercolor