Jaffra in India Ink
I painted this image at work yesterday using India Ink, one of my all-time favorite media. The source material is a photograph of Heceta Head Lighthouse on the Oregon coast. Using a piece of tracing vellum, I scribbled a crude outline of the shapes. I made some photocopies of the trace onto various drawing papers. Using the basic outline, I filled in the different regions with india ink using a Pro Art multihead bamboo brush and bamboo reed pen.
I enjoy using india ink primarily because of the incidental textures and varying shades of gray. To me, it is like the liquid equivalent to charcoal, another favorite medium. The level of gray is controlled simply by adding water. This image was made specifically for use on a web site for a C2F customer. The 8.5" x 11" drawing took probably about 15 minutes. I wasn't concerned with particular details, but rather general textures and strokes. After scanning the drawing in, I fiddled with it to create this image:
