This ink wash struck me as a person resting on the floor. But others will have a different interpretation. In addition to the ink applied to paper, I did some modifications in Lightroom to get more color into the image.
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Inkism 1
This is a piece that appeared “zen style.” After laying down some watercolor washes and waiting for them to dry, I started with the spatter at the top and then did some small movements to create the rest of the dark shapes. The jagged outlines were made possible by the separation of fibers that occurred at the tip of the shodo brush.
Prints available at Fine Art America
Emergence
Ink and watercolor on mixmedia stock. In the last week or two, I’ve been adding color to my ink sketches. Sometimes, the color goes on first, so it doesn’t interfere with the ink and is basically a background element. But at other times, I add the color later and let it interact with the ink. In this case, I added the color first as the background.
Vertical Parallel 1
Ink and watercolor on mixmedia stock. This is a crop from a larger piece where I think the composition broke down. But I was really happy with how certain parts of it turned out. This is one of those smaller parts.
Array
I have been enjoying experimenting with straight lines in ink that, for the most part, do not intersect. I have tried it with both the solid white background of the paper and with color and like the color much more. In my view, it gives the piece more depth and additional interest.
Tending toward Chaos
This one is red and black ink applied to multimedia paper with a flat wood piece and a calligraphic bamboo point that I cut myself. It is part of a larger piece that I wasn’t happy with, but I thought that the core–what you see here–had more interest with the arching, intersecting lines and colors. In addition, I desaturated this a fair amount in post-processing as the red is too overpowering in the original.
Prints available from Fine Art America where it is called “Entropy.”
Burst!
This was done with ink applied with a flat piece of wood that I fashioned into a calligraphy instrument. The idea was from Hassan Massoudy and some others on Youtube and other places.
Birth of Mobius
Zoom Bouquet
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