Here's the edited version of the Twitch livestream from last Friday: A fun runny, bleeding ink pen demo using an Elegant Writer pen, Zig Writer for non-bleeding lines, and light watercolor touches on an Arthur Rackham study in a moleskine journal. Did any of you try using a runny ink pen?

You don't know how much I appreciate it that you are giving us an art lesson with valuable art history information in illustration. I would never have learned about Nielsen, Rackham and Dulac if it weren't for you. I actually went and looked up their work after this video and I was amazed by the info especially about Nielsen. Thank you so much. You are so thorough and detailed and your art lessons are detailed and original!

@HajraMeeks

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Joanna, it means a lot to me when someone appreciates my art vids for their info and technique together.

Thank you for giving Karlyn credit for the Elegant Writer. She was a wonderful teacher. I was very fortunate to be able to live close to her and took classes. She is missed.

Lovely. I remember Rackham's beautiful pictures from the plates in old fairytale books. I so wish I'd kept those books now.

@HajraMeeks

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, he was a great artist. You can buy books that compile Rackham's art from Dover and such on Amazon--the quality of the scans is lower than in the original fairy tale tomes, but still fun to have.

Fabulous. Thanks so much for showing this technique. Very helpful and lovely to watch it all unfold.

@HajraMeeks

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Dayle, so happy you found it helpful! :)

Stunning work! Thanks for the history lessons about the artists as well. I really enjoy them a lot! Thank you for excellent content.

@HajraMeeks

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Terrie! Glad you liked the art and the info. :D

I enjoyed this video very much, can't wait to see the next one.

@HajraMeeks

7 жыл бұрын

thank you very much, looking forward to posting the next one for you! :D

nice demo! lovely way to use a disadvantage as a needed advantage.

@HajraMeeks

7 жыл бұрын

thanks! yes, that's a lovely way to put it. :)

I'm BACK! I have been having fails with EW, and just ordered the 24of Brusho. Hope you are doing well 😊

Oh I'm sorry I missed this as live stream! I was still working when this started. It was a really good lesson in bleeds. I'll try and make sure I'm available this Friday. Thank you for all the great advice.

@HajraMeeks

7 жыл бұрын

Well, you're very welcome, I'm glad you got a chance to watch the edited post for youtube, and I look forward to seeing you this Friday if you can make it. Always such a pleasure to hear from you, Jon. :)

Informative as always. Can't wait to try the Elegant Writer, used one for calligraphy, but never used it with water. So cool! Thanks again for sharing. Alice

@HajraMeeks

7 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome, Alice! The runny effects with water are really fun, hope you do try it. :)

Supposedly he had a very specific way he went about doing the colours. Would you happen to have a video that talks more about how he coloured his work? I am very curious! Otherwise beautiful video! I really enjoyed it! Especially when you mentioned the artist Andrew Loomis! A name I have known since I was a kid! You sound so knowledgeable when it comes to art. It is nice!

@HajraMeeks

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I speak a lot about older artists and art history because I am a Historian and all that fascinates me. I don't have a separate video about how Rackham did his colors, but it was similar to how Dulac or Nielsen painted their work, though Rackham utilized more ink and line and very pale, earthy, desaturated, translucent glazes of color. Much of his work looked almost monochromatic as he emphasized line and ink over chroma.

This really is beautiful...it's my second time watching this :)

@HajraMeeks

6 жыл бұрын

thanks so much!. how awesome of you to watch it twice! I will be doing more elegant writer runny ink demos later this year--it's a super fun and interesting technique.

The runny ink gave the piece a dreamy and whimsical feel. I've thinking about doing something similar with my non waterproof pens but I'm afraid I won't be able to control the bleed

@HajraMeeks

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Do some of your inking with a waterproof pen for control, and then do select lines with the non-waterproof pen for random effects. This way you have some control and also some spontaneous whimsy! :D

@diyasarkar5157

5 жыл бұрын

@@HajraMeeks thanks a lot for the advice 😊

Beautiful and love your style...very talented, knowledgeable, subscribed and I WILL be back...love it!!

@HajraMeeks

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, how kind of you!

Wonderful work! Do you have any use for the assorted colors of the elegant writer? I know black and white is traditional, but elegant writer comes in other colors and I'm curious to know if you tried to use them in this way

@HajraMeeks

4 жыл бұрын

thanks. :) yes, i've used the other colors of the elegant writer in the same way for runny ink effects. they also look nice. the black looks the prettiest, though, as the dye separations in the black (to magenta and green) are the prettiest. but that's just my personal opinion.

Lovely! Question: any tips or practice exercises for using a brush to do ink outlines? I did one piece as a sort of practice and find that my control is pretty poor :< I would think I would have a steadier hand by now, ha......

@HajraMeeks

7 жыл бұрын

Well, ink has dye rather than pigment, so it is more "slippery" and harder to control than liquid watercolor, so don't be too hard on yourself. Even seasoned painters with other mediums often have trouble with tricky ink! For stroke types, I would say start with small 1 inch long hatches, parallel lines, and then cross hatches. Once you develop a rhythm, then try longer squiggles and curves. Finally, just using the comfort zone of your elbow pivot, do horizontal lines with the paper turned to its side. And try these strokes with a marker first, then a metal dip nib or glass pen (or fountain pen), and then finally with a brush, which is hardest to control. Make sure the ink is not too thin--thinner will make it runnier. And if you make it to a future live stream (i'll be doing them every Friday now), ask me to take a break and show you some inking strokes practice!

@LycIrisAurora

7 жыл бұрын

:D Thanks! I might be able to make a Friday depending on my own work schedule :)

We used common household bleach with water based ink...black ink. It gave wonderful brownish, gold highlights...you must just be careful not to overdo it...

@HajraMeeks

7 жыл бұрын

oh, how interesting! I did know that bleach drops on watercolor yields some abstract effects, but I didn't know about using it with ink for highlights.

@SantieAmery

7 жыл бұрын

I will love to see what you do with it!!

Rackham's inks are always brownish though. Which ink did he use?

@HajraMeeks

Жыл бұрын

Well, he used browns in his watercolor washes and glazes. But the ink he used was just black India Ink.

Why do you use a glove?

@HajraMeeks

6 жыл бұрын

it's to prevent ink smears--you can buy inking gloves for this reason, i just use half mittens I have around.

WHY are you wearing a glove!!!?????

@HajraMeeks

5 жыл бұрын

Wow, hope those are humorous exclamation marks and caps, otherwise that's a super aggressive way to ask a simple question. :/ Anyway, I've explained it in numerous times in several videos--to prevent smears while inking or painting. Any time I don't wear them (more nowadays), I get paint or ink smears somewhere on my art.