Category: art

Art: Crane (+ time-lapse)

This is an ink drawing of a crane after some Chinese brushwork piece by artist Nanrae.

I used a black ink brush pen, my Kuretake Light Grey and Geranium Red BrushWriters, and applied gold paint with a brush.

Black, grey and red ink drawing of a Japanese crane standing between some reed and an old tree with red blossoms.

Time-lapse

32-second time-lapse of my hand drawing with black, grey and red ink a Japanese crane standing between some reed and an old tree with red blossoms.

Video: Time lapse of “Ganesha”

Ah, Ganesha. A favourite subject! I’ve drawn it two or more times before so I don’t need any sketch underneath anymore.

I used a flat brush and black Sumi ink. The thinner the ink in the brush the more the strokes look like pencil, but it’s all brush and ink! I used a Geranium Red ink brushpen from Kuretake for the scarf.

28-second time-lapse of my hand painting with a flat brush with black ink, and without sketch, a statue of Ganesha, the elephant with a human’s body and four arms.

This is part of a series using red as a highlight colour. See the other four.

Video: Time lapse of “Orchid”

Quick work without any sketch.

I used burnt sienna Holbein Artists’ gouache, and a green ink brush pen from Sketchbox.

24-second time-lapse of my hand painting with Ink and gouache an orchid starting with red flowers and buds, then the stem in ink, and finally a mass of long green leaves using a green ink brushpen.

This is part of a series using red as a highlight colour. See the other four.