How To Ink 2.0 Group Runthrough Week 1

[BichonBistro]

@Braden-Hallett accountability posting daily practice

Long lines the most difficult, especially curves—still working out what will be my daily practice to fill one piece of paper.

[MichaelaH]

@BichonBistro great work

[DaveLeekArt]

Really feeling this Pentel brush pen this morning!
Hope everyone has a great day and gets some solid practice in:)

[braden H]

@BichonBistro Keep goin Once you settle on what exercises to do on a single page it'll be easy to get it done every day

[braden H]

@Bricz-Art Man, i really love brush pens. I dug out my old one but it's dry as a bone :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes:

[ArtofAleksey]

Ok whew. Some were brush pens some were pen nibs.

[xin li]

mixing up the practice a bit, just kept the pen moving today.

[xin li]

@Bricz-Art you have great looking lines.
I am using the same tool. :-). Love this pen.

[xin li]

@Aleksey love these practice sheets of yours. So much enegy

[burvantill]

@BichonBistro I have a Pentel brush pen waiting for me at the post office. Do you like yours? I am excited to start using it.

[burvantill]

Basic, hatching and consistency. I like hatching

[BichonBistro]

@MichaelaH it feels good to be setting achievable, realistic goals—these exercises have helped me identify areas of greatest difficulty and intermediate steps and methods I can take to inch toward the hardest exercises (definitely long lines with any tool and consistency with brush pen, even for short straight lines).

[BichonBistro]

@Braden-Hallett I’m almost there! Trying to strike a balance in daily practice exercises between comfort/zen zone, just beyond reach & way beyond reach ️

[BichonBistro]

@burvantill the brush pen is in the “way beyond reach” category for me, so I am not sure my experience is applicable, but I find the Pentel more difficult to control than the Zebra Fude Brush (double-sided with a marker point at the other end).

The pentel brush tip is longer and thicker and seems to be more malleable and I think your lines will have more character using it. The Fude seems to have less give, which helps me when trying to make fine lines and practice consistency which is a long-term goal. I think that will be more achievable for me with the Fude, but I prefer the feel of the Pentel when I don’t have a goal in mind, just messing around.

I believe you will enjoy your Pentel brush

[BichonBistro]

@xin-li such impressive consistency with that brush!

[chrisaakins]

@Bricz-Art totally, although I struggle with brush pens in general. I'm more of a micron pen/color pencil kid of guy. Keep up the good work.

[chrisaakins]

@xin-li ooo it looks like Starry Night!

[chrisaakins]

@burvantill this is lovely work. Black eyed suzies are my favorite flower .

[chrisaakins]

I decided to change things up and go the traditional route since I need to work on that, too. I may alternate between the two. My grad school glasses started this week so I may be inconsistent. Right now I am avoiding doing them and drawing lines instead.

I find pulls easier and more consistent than pushes, and hatching horizontally the wrist is WAY easier than in any other direction. Maybe I ought to just turn the page and the tablet when I do hatching. lol.

[BichonBistro]

@chrisaakins I like the idea of turning the paper your calligraphy adds a very nice touch! I find this practice such a good way to focus on what works & doesn’t and the reasons why, without the distraction of all the elements involved when creating a final “product”.

Best wishes in your degree program—I can understand why these exercises call you away from those courses