BW Line Art

[Henry Stahle]

I am studying Line Art using ArtRage, Painter, real Pens, Brushes, Pencils and Paper. Lines are great. But it can lack some information. So I am trying to understand the relations between, Lines, Patterns, Textures and Colours. Here is some more patterns and some colours added to the Smiling Bikini Girls drawing...I find the information the colours brings very interesting...

[Henry Stahle]

Here is another one. First: pure Line Art. Second: textures added. Third: Flat colours (just 5 colours in the palette). Four: Added some shades using two Multiply layers (still using the same 5 colours from the palette).

[Henry Stahle]

kenmo, Ceasar, byroncallas, Belvrog, Copespeak, damasocl (i hope I did not forget someone...), thank you very much for encouraging me. I like that. Love!

[copespeak]

The girls coloured are very effective, and I just love your little man with all the textures.... and the pencil! You are so good at it.

You might be interested in this link to Australian Poster Artist Ken Taylor, a master of simple dramatic colour and expressive line work. Driving home yesterday, I heard him interviewed, so got on Google and was blown away by his work.

I'm having a go at an eagle as I love line work. Getting the expressive strokes is the challenge.

See: http://kentaylor.com.au/illustration/

[Belvrog]

Such beautiful new paintings Henry. Love that hat.

[Henry Stahle]

In order to have a constant look of an object or of a person, I often make small models. Like this house made of cardboard. I use my camera on a tripod and take some shotf from different angles.



This is the one I use for tracing in ArtRage



Tracing is easy and I always get the view I want with all details in the right place...correct perspective and also lighting if I need that...



Here is the BW sketch after tracing:



Of course, Google SketcUp, Blender or some other 3D program can do the same job as IRL modeling. But I find this method more amusing and artistic. So I prefere modeling. Clay or cardboard and such...

[Henry Stahle]

Trying out one tone + BW. I find it interesting to test this black and white line art + one more colour... it adds some 3D dimension to the flat line art.

[Henry Stahle]

These are the Tools I experiment with in my Line Art exploration. The Tools are sorted the way that they interacts with the canvas grain. Far left the Gloop Tool that is most responsive to the canvas grain. The Ink Pen does not interact with the canvas grain at all. I like the Watercolor and Felt Pen most.

[Henry Stahle]

This was drawn using the Watercolour brush on the Cockled Paper. I like the look of the lines.

[Henry Stahle]

Some Water Colour to my Little friend "Tipp"...