Pen and ink landscape

The technique of the pen is vastly different from that of any other tool the artists use, and the work done with a pen is consequently very unique. By nature it is a much harsher and a less flexible instrument than either the pencil or the brush, even though pens have come a long way. A pen drawing has a distinct individuality, no matter what kind of a technique is used, fundamentally because of the manner of getting the various tones and shadows, which is different from that in the other…

The amazing highly detailed illustrations of Franklin Booth (american, 1874-1948) https://t.co/cznxImJapJ

Ink & Pen Sketch drawings

Check out this cool #penandink #landscape #drawing by @deanwrighty. Dean drew this #nature #artwork with a #staedtler pen and calls it a #doodle but I think that this has just enough detail to give you that relaxing feeling of being out in the wild. The #river and its mini #waterfall; the great #trees; and the #mountain-scape. great work! #CreativeAirship

Along with Vierge and Coll, there was another who's style influenced the pen and ink artists over the coming years - Franklin Booth... his works in many ways bridge the times between the woodblock cutting process and the photoengraving by having a style which reminds one of the former yet was used by the latter... Note the fullness of his renderings, and how he manipulated the sky, teasing so much in cloud forms yet keeping them in the background as he emphasized the elements of the…

These are drawn with a rapidograph pen on paper, directly from nature. They are done without a plan or a pencil underdrawing and usually I work my way from the front to the back of the scene. One o…

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