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Correction: Originally I said this was carbon ink w/ brush and a pen assist. In fact I used a Sumi brushpen, stiff nib pen assist. I like the brushpen for touchups, but it doesn't have quite the same feel and action as a real brush.
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First real day back in the saddle after reorganizing the studio and tending to non-art related business.

Took a while to get back the head and the hand for inking, so I did simple exercises just making lines (used a real brush and a flex pen for these exercises). Of course, when it came to use them for something - like inking her- that was another story! Hehe.

While the line-spots are tentative and timid (poorly shaped), they are yet in the right vein. They are in the right places and do the right things. So I just have to loosen up and exaggerate. Go more with the feeling, with the flow.

Recall, these are pressure strokes, done in one pass by pumping the brush up and down into and out of the paper. Speed is not very important. What matters is rhythm, confidence and exactitude. The last applies to shaping the line. (This is why we watch Donna Dewburry on PBS when possible.)

Took the pose from something by Hikaru Hayashi to save time. It's a typical "looking over-the-shoulder pose". That's what the OTS refers to.

Description
Correction: Originally I said this was carbon ink w/ brush and a pen assist. In fact I used a Sumi brushpen, stiff nib pen assist. I like the brushpen for touchups, but it doesn't have quite the same feel and action as a real brush.
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First real day back in the saddle after reorganizing the studio and tending to non-art related business.

Took a while to get back the head and the hand for inking, so I did simple exercises just making lines (used a real brush and a flex pen for these exercises). Of course, when it came to use them for something - like inking her- that was another story! Hehe.

While the line-spots are tentative and timid (poorly shaped), they are yet in the right vein. They are in the right places and do the right things. So I just have to loosen up and exaggerate. Go more with the feeling, with the flow.

Recall, these are pressure strokes, done in one pass by pumping the brush up and down into and out of the paper. Speed is not very important. What matters is rhythm, confidence and exactitude. The last applies to shaping the line. (This is why we watch Donna Dewburry on PBS when possible.)

Took the pose from something by Hikaru Hayashi to save time. It's a typical "looking over-the-shoulder pose". That's what the OTS refers to.