{"id":262,"date":"2023-03-27T21:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spencerfineart.co.uk\/?p=262"},"modified":"2023-03-29T05:59:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T05:59:34","slug":"sketch-girl-at-a-table","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spencerfineart.co.uk\/?page_id=262","title":{"rendered":"Sketch: Figure with Inks and a Printing Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Spencer.N.J. Girl with Inks and a Printing Press<\/em>
Essentials shellac ink on Aquarelle 140 lb NOT paper.
15″ x 11″ Ink on paper.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This sketch was an experiment with using coloured inks as a watercolour-type medium. All of the sketch, bar the girl’s face, was painted using four colours: purple, green, yellow, and a black Indian ink. For the face, which was tanned on the model, I introduced an orange. Line drawing was with Uni PIN fineliner pen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I used “Essentials” drawing ink. This is probably shellac-based and dries to a waterproof finish. This means it cannot be handled like a true watercolour, which is bound with gum arabic and can be re-wetted, which allows adjustment of a wash to some extent even after it has dried. With a shellac paint this option is not available. One therefore has to employ a committed technique with these inks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I cannot find ‘Essentials’ drawing inks for sale on the internet, so I assume they are no longer produced. The ones used in this sketch were old stock but I was impressed with them. The Aquarelle 140 lb \/ 300 gsm cold-pressed paper was also a joy to work with. I used it unstretched and it did not buckle significantly, although it did take a curve as the wash dried thoroughly. All of the painting, bar the face was painted with a flat brush, approx an inch or an inch and a quarter. For the face I used a smaller, pointed brush. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I added a fifth ink, an orange, to my palette to paint the model’s face. Unfortunately I was running out of time at this point and was trying to take a short-cut to finding a suitable colour for her tanned face. In hindsight I would have done better to mix a suitable value from the four colours I already had become familiar with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The machine top-right is a roller printing press for turning out art prints. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This sketch was an experiment with using coloured inks as a watercolour-type medium. All of the sketch, bar the girl’s face, was painted using four colours: purple, green, yellow, and a black Indian ink. For the face, which was tanned on the model, I introduced an orange. Line drawing was with Uni PIN fineliner pen.… Continue reading Sketch: Figure with Inks and a Printing Press<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spencerfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spencerfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spencerfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spencerfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spencerfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/spencerfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302,"href":"https:\/\/spencerfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262\/revisions\/302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spencerfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}