31) Me (Ink)

During my second semester in UBC i took several courses, and as i mentioned before, apart from my painting course i was also taking drawing and digital arts, at the same time. In my painting class i learnt so much about different materials and techniques of painting that have honestly helped me so much with my later projects, and even though i can say that i enjoyed the painting class a bit more, i did so many thing in drawing that were new to me, for instance how to use ink and how to create 5 minutes nice drawings with watercolors, ink and pencil.

Drawing Class. Ink. 2009

Black and brown ink on paper.

Out of the many self portraits i had to do in my time in UBC, this is probably one of my favorite ones. We were learning how to use ink with pen and brush to be able to create from nice simple drawings to complicated and well blended compositions. I drew this portrait out of a photograph i took long time ago, and i decided to use the ink combining both the brush and the pen (pen for the sharper areas suck as edges and my hair, and the brush for smoother areas such as shadows.)

I worked a lot with black and brown ink, but i made this piece using only black.

I made several ink drawings, but i specially liked my self-portrait and this drawing of my hands and feet. I made this drawing with brown and black ink.