Are you an art enthusiast looking to hone your skills in creating realistic textures using pen and ink? If so, you've come to the right place. This blog post introduces a pen and ink texture worksheet designed specifically for individuals eager to explore the various techniques and intricacies involved in replicating textures with precision.

By Kelsey Hamersley. March 2014. Pen & ink. Sketching my grandparents.

By Kelsey Hamersley. Pen & ink. June 2015. Despite trying to restrain myself, I got a bit too ink- and detail-happy, so I may try and light out some highlights with a knife, or play around with it in...

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By Kelsey Hamersley. Pen & ink and watercolor. November 2013.

Cottage doodle by Kelsey Hamersley. July 2013. Pen & ink and watercolor.

By Kelsey Hamersley. Pen & ink and watercolor. Summer 2013.

In this article, we look at how to do master studies for pen and ink drawing and put it into practice with four different exercises.

A4 sketch of Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews. Prints also available.

East of the Sun and West of the Moon by Kelsey Hamersley. Pen & ink and watercolor. Spring 2014.

The Henry Station by Kelsey Hamersley. Pen & ink and watercolor. September, 2011.

Pendrawing on A4-size 280grs paper. Ecoline with black ink and white gelpen.

By Kelsey Hamersley. Brown ink wash & dip pen. June 2014.

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Animals, Humans and one Statue, all get the stippling treatment. South African Artist Paige Bates, specialises in pen & Ink drawings. As I mentioned above, this style is called stippling, for the people that follow us regularly, here on DesignStack, you are probably familiar with the term, for those who are not, I will put a brief description below. It's only when you look at the work up close, that you notice how, it's put together. To help with this, I have included a couple of zoomed in and more detailed images. A lot of patience, perfect spacing between the dots and a steady hand goes into making sure, that this technique is executed to perfection. In my opinion Bates achieve this. Stippling: Images are made out of dots, usually by using a fineliner. This technique uses, hundreds, thousands and some times much more... little dots. To attain an images, plus dark and light shading, the artist, will vary the amount of dots, in a given area. More to make it darker and less, to make it lighter. Aviator Pilot. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Ocelot. Press the Image to Enlarge it. David. Press the Image to Enlarge it. David detail. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Peaky Blinders. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Peaky Blinders detail. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Giraffe. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Commission. Press the Image to Enlarge it. St Bernard. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Identity. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Identity detail. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Tiger. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Young Boy. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Grey Eagle. Press the Image to Enlarge it.

Beautifully detailed animal drawings. South African Artist Paige Bates with another outing here on DesignStack, that really lives up to her previous two posts. A mixture of different technique in this post: Stippling (also known as pointillism by some) and cross hatch. Both of those terms are links, that will introduce you to more examples of these style, here on our site. As beautiful as they all are, two of my favourite are the owl in flight and the bumblebee. Both exemplify the proficiency of this talented artist, by exalting the genuine beauty of the animal kingdom. For more of Bates's work here on DesignStack, press this LINK. Eagle. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Ocelot. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Owl in Flight. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Bumblebee. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Lioness. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Mother and Baby Giraffe. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Leopard portrait. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Leopard. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Tiger roaring. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Parrot. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Tree little birds. Press the Image to Enlarge it. The elephant and his little friend the bird. Press the Image to Enlarge it.

Watercolor sketch dump from February 2015. No reference for these! For the first three, I brushed brown ink on before adding the watercolor. For the last, I used an ink pen.

Based off of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast - by Kelsey Hamersley. Pen & ink and watercolor. January, 2011.

By Kelsey Hamersley. March 2014. Pen & ink.

«Los estudios de arquitectura son un magnífico entrenamiento para hacer cualquier otra cosa menos arquitectura.» Saul Steinberg Saul Steinberg (Ramnicul Sarat, Rumanía 1914 – Manhattan 1999) …

Animals, Humans and one Statue, all get the stippling treatment. South African Artist Paige Bates, specialises in pen & Ink drawings. As I mentioned above, this style is called stippling, for the people that follow us regularly, here on DesignStack, you are probably familiar with the term, for those who are not, I will put a brief description below. It's only when you look at the work up close, that you notice how, it's put together. To help with this, I have included a couple of zoomed in and more detailed images. A lot of patience, perfect spacing between the dots and a steady hand goes into making sure, that this technique is executed to perfection. In my opinion Bates achieve this. Stippling: Images are made out of dots, usually by using a fineliner. This technique uses, hundreds, thousands and some times much more... little dots. To attain an images, plus dark and light shading, the artist, will vary the amount of dots, in a given area. More to make it darker and less, to make it lighter. Aviator Pilot. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Ocelot. Press the Image to Enlarge it. David. Press the Image to Enlarge it. David detail. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Peaky Blinders. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Peaky Blinders detail. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Giraffe. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Commission. Press the Image to Enlarge it. St Bernard. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Identity. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Identity detail. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Tiger. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Young Boy. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Grey Eagle. Press the Image to Enlarge it.

Animals, Humans and one Statue, all get the stippling treatment. South African Artist Paige Bates, specialises in pen & Ink drawings. As I mentioned above, this style is called stippling, for the people that follow us regularly, here on DesignStack, you are probably familiar with the term, for those who are not, I will put a brief description below. It's only when you look at the work up close, that you notice how, it's put together. To help with this, I have included a couple of zoomed in and more detailed images. A lot of patience, perfect spacing between the dots and a steady hand goes into making sure, that this technique is executed to perfection. In my opinion Bates achieve this. Stippling: Images are made out of dots, usually by using a fineliner. This technique uses, hundreds, thousands and some times much more... little dots. To attain an images, plus dark and light shading, the artist, will vary the amount of dots, in a given area. More to make it darker and less, to make it lighter. Aviator Pilot. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Ocelot. Press the Image to Enlarge it. David. Press the Image to Enlarge it. David detail. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Peaky Blinders. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Peaky Blinders detail. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Giraffe. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Commission. Press the Image to Enlarge it. St Bernard. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Identity. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Identity detail. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Tiger. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Young Boy. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Grey Eagle. Press the Image to Enlarge it.

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Hand Doodle Textures Tillie My students did a series of different texture doodle assignments leading up to creating their hands...

Animals, Humans and one Statue, all get the stippling treatment. South African Artist Paige Bates, specialises in pen & Ink drawings. As I mentioned above, this style is called stippling, for the people that follow us regularly, here on DesignStack, you are probably familiar with the term, for those who are not, I will put a brief description below. It's only when you look at the work up close, that you notice how, it's put together. To help with this, I have included a couple of zoomed in and more detailed images. A lot of patience, perfect spacing between the dots and a steady hand goes into making sure, that this technique is executed to perfection. In my opinion Bates achieve this. Stippling: Images are made out of dots, usually by using a fineliner. This technique uses, hundreds, thousands and some times much more... little dots. To attain an images, plus dark and light shading, the artist, will vary the amount of dots, in a given area. More to make it darker and less, to make it lighter. Aviator Pilot. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Ocelot. Press the Image to Enlarge it. David. Press the Image to Enlarge it. David detail. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Peaky Blinders. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Peaky Blinders detail. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Giraffe. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Commission. Press the Image to Enlarge it. St Bernard. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Identity. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Identity detail. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Tiger. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Young Boy. Press the Image to Enlarge it. Grey Eagle. Press the Image to Enlarge it.

Wow, I really haven't posted on here in a while! I've been devoting most of my energy blog-wise to my Tumblr, also Kelsey Paige Art, so if you're interested, that has a lot more posted. But I'll try and play catch-up on here. While I can. I had my first semester of college over fall (except for a couple of online courses over summer), and spring semester will be starting up (too) soon. I'm excited; I'm set to take a few different digital art-related classes, as well as one for painting, and another for printmaking. Eep! (The process of printmaking fascinates me anyway, considering the method in which book illustrations used to be published, and also considering the beautiful woodblock prints out there--Walter Crane's, for example. He's one of my favorites.) But with all that going on, I'm not sure how much I'll be able to get done on here. At least I will (hopefully) be creating lots of new stuff to eventually post. Anyhoo. Here's an illustration I did back in July. I actually started this one while we were driving in the car. My sister got married in Oregon, which is a three-day drive for us both ways. So, I was in need of some entertainment. I sketched it roughly in with pencil, then went back over that with the pen & ink, and once we got home, I put watercolor overtop of that. Fairy Tale Wood. July 2013. Pen & ink and watercolor. I had a lot of fun with this one. This is exactly the sort of fairy tale-esque illustration style I love to use. I used to doodle up fantasy drawings like this all the time, but (I don’t know why) I’d abandoned the practice of late. I’m definitely starting to get back into it. The subject is one of many snippets of stories I’ve had sitting around in my head for a long time but haven’t expanded on yet. Someday I would love to write them all up in a collection and illustrate them.