Watercolor and Ink

Watercolor and Ink

Glenn Hirsch, Instructor

Learn to control the value of the ink by diluting it with water first – start with very light tones and only use dark at the end

In a landscape, light tones recede and dark tones come forward

Shading with the brush on a line drawing after it’s dry

Try drawing lines with the brush too, you can achieve some beautiful line

Claude Lorraine, ink study, 1630

“value’ = the black-and-white of the color

Work from light to dark, reserving the white paper where you want white color

Allow each step to dry before proceeding to the next

Since color is “relative,” we use warm and cool versions of each color to enhance the feeling of “light”

Chromatic scale

• Light to dark• Bright to dull• Warm to cool

Chromatic scale to enhance the illusion of “light”

Lighter value in the light

Brighter intensity in the light

Warmer (orangey) red in the light (vs bluer purplish) in the shadow