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My Dip Pen Project

My Dip Pen Project - image 1 - student project

 

I put together this cemetery scene, I was going for kind of mysterious and a little dark vibe that goes well with Autumn, All Souls' Day, even Halloween etc. 

Overall I am happy with this, not being experienced in dip pen drawing or any purely black and white technique at all. I am a little frustrated with the grass, I just do not seem to find the right "pattern" for the style I am going for and am not sure how to improve it. 

AND I do not like the sky. I wanted it to be minimal, not many details, almost white because the rest of the drawing is kind of dark. But now I feel it just looks really rushed and messy. 

I also think that the range of values could have been better but I am OK with that because I think that will come with more practice. I was following the values of the photos I used pretty closely and will be able to assess those better and even change them accordingly in the future. And also maybe pick better references.

Anyway I feel like I made a lot of progress and loved the class a lot!