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interesting textures. This might seem a little difficult at first, but you can practice drawing various textures until you become familiar with all the possibilities. Be careful to allow the ink to dry thoroughly so there is no danger of smudging your drawing as you work. As you progress with
by first drawing vertical lines across the trees, continuing until the whole area was covered. I blackened in a few of the tree shapes and added many shadow areas by spotting darks in with pen strokes. A feu- more of the roofs were darkened by shading them, completing the drawing. There are several things to keep in mind when doing pen and ink drawings. Ifyou are not drawing from nature, you need good reference material to work from. Always start out by doing a pencil sketch of the subject right on the paper or board that you will use for the ink rendering. For finely detailed drawings, it is best to use a smoothly surfaced paper and a pen such as the crowquill. which is best suited for this type of work. After doing an outline pen drawing over the pencil sketch, add the lighter gray tones. Then render the medium and darker tones, always building up your tones gradually so as not to overwork your drawing. Remember that you can use
only the highest quality papers. Ifyou make mistakes in your drawing, do not paint out the mistake with white paint; this will be too apparent. There are gritty ink erasers, for stubborn areas, a fiberglass eraser works best. Ink erasing is possible only on the finest quality papers; cheaper
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