I've been working on illustrations for a book entitled The Philosophy of Thick Paint. It's a collection of essays I gleaned from my upcoming book The Secrets of Thick Paint. I decided to keep all of the philosophical and introspective writings in one volume illustrated with black-and-white pen drawings of my life as an artist. It will be a book for artists to enjoy on rainy days when they can't get out painting or need some encouragement. Conversely The Secrets of Thick Paint will be illustrated in full-color as a how-to book delving deeply into the technical aspects of painting with thick paint.What follows is a video I made as I sketched with the Pentel Pocket Brush Pen. Which if you haven't tried, it's awesome! I highly recommend it. Below are some links where you can buy this Pen for a cheap price. I actually paid double at a local store but it was still worth it! Let me know what you think.
I use the Tombow pen for my thumbnail sketch because it has a thicker brush. The blunt tip makes it harder to get an extremely thin line which is perfect for the preliminary sketch where I don't want to get bogged down in detail. And since it's not waterproof I can't go back and fiddle with white paint to make changes, all of which helps to focus on basic shapes of white, gray, and black.
Working in black and white is a great way to learn to deal with values and has direct application to color work.
Brad Teare 2013
Inspirational as always. I've been thinking of various approaches to a landscape painting and think I may start with an illustration like you just demonstrated to help me see and define values. Thanks Brad.
ReplyDeleteThanks Scott. I agree. This process has helped me reevaluate how I use values. I've been using four to five value zones in my paintings but may try keeping things even simpler by using just three.
DeleteYour videos offer a lot to learn and this is no exception, a beautiful lesson again, Thanks Brad.
ReplyDeleteThanks Padmaja! I really appreciate the kind words.
DeleteGreat article. I immediately bought a pen! Can't wait to try it.
ReplyDeleteI just bought another pen and a six pack of ink cartridges. I'm loving drawing again! Let me know what you think of it after you've tried it.
Deletei also bought same, waiting for the delivery
DeleteBruce, did you have a good experience drawing with it? I just ordered another set of refills. I'm still having a blast with the pen.
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