Wednesday
May042011
Entranced with Inks
Wed, May 4, 2011 at 08:00AM 
18x24" strathmore drawing paper, various j. herbin inks
My daughter (11) and were spellbound by the interplay of inks and water. We used chopsticks, brushes, calligraphy pens and a straw to add ink, blow the ink around, etc. We made two 18x24" pages, one with rouge opera ink (pinky red) and the second with mostly eclat de saphir (cobalt blue) and a bunch of other colors.
You don't always need a reason.
The fun is just getting immersed in the process.
Our favorite thing is to do a wavy line or swirl with water and add a drop of ink with a calligraphy pen, the ink is pulled into the water.
Reader Comments (7)
Lovely pictures! :o)
What fun!
Gorgeous! And fun!
Looks like fun! And what interesting results!
These doodles are beautiful. And I love the camera angle. I may take a trip to the store to pick some up for myself. Thanks for sharing.
This looks tremendous fun with lovely results. Your kids are really lucky to have such a creative Mum!
Ellie
Wow!!! Loads and loads of fun here.
Thank you for sharing :]