Pen and Ink Gallery - paintings using pen and ink with hints and tips

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Having spent years as a Draughtswoman, ink in all it's forms is a familiar medium and one I'm always happy to work with, especially for detailed drawings. I use Indian ink with a dip pen and sable brushes and Pelikan Drawing Ink A in a technical pen, with dip pen and sable brushes. Click the link to read my review of the Roberson range of Penman Inks, this includes the Liquid Gouache ink and the Permanent Pigmented ink both of which are excellent to work with.

A dip pen nib is often the only suitable nib for some inks.

Tree Stump.
Gillott 303 dip pen nib and Pelikan Drawing ink A for this quick drawing on Watercolour paper.

Thatched Cottage.
Small part of a drawing using a Joseph Gillott 303 drawing nib and Vine Black (Permanent Pigmented ink), on 115 lb Bristol card.

A Pen Wipe is the best, simple piece of equipment, for working with dip pen nibs.

This was just a quick pen and ink sketch, using the Gillott 170 nib and Roberson's Penman Classical Transparent Ink.

Berries.
Ink in a technical pen, using a pointillism technique on HP paper. Part of an 8" x 10" picture.

rose drawing with sepia ink and a rigger brush

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Maturing Rose.
Sepia Ink and a rigger brush on Hot Pressed paper.
10" x 8"

Rose Bud.
A larger image of the right hand bud from the painting on the left.