I’ve enjoyed using ink so far and have had the most success
working on watercolour paper leaving out parts of the horse. I think the
drawings that have worked best are the looser ones with less of the horses form
showing and with legs disappearing off the edge of the page. The drawings that
haven’t work so well are the ones that have a consistent thickness of ink
throughout the drawing where I’ve applied the same pressure to the paper. The
drawings work better with thicker and thinner lines as they help ease the lines
of the form out and making the ink look gentler and less bulky. I think the ink
brings a little extra to my drawings and it improves some of my looser drawings
making them bolder and more striking at a glance.
I have ideas of where I want to take these ink drawings, I've been thinking of doing a body of work that is entirely drawings and sketchbook work. I'll see how the experimentations go within the drawings.
