Fineliner Drawings.

As part of experimentation with materials i decided to go off in my spare time and create some fineliner images. Only using fineliners to create an image was difficult, since you can`t rub out the ink and you can`t really use any other colours on the image, it`s hard to get the correct effect for the image. 

For my fineliner drawings i took parts of images from my observational drawings; however, one of my drawings has been completed and the other one hasn`t, so it was slightly awkward when choosing the areas to work fro as i had to finish off the image and rush it... Which in some perspectives, makes my work look messy and un-organized. 

I decided to experiment with the fineliners as if you write or doodle with them, you can clearly see that it`s a lot easier to shade with them than pencils. Well that`s my opinion; i find that it`s easier to create darker shades than lighter shades. Obviously, it`s just black ink; but the dark tones can draw the life and energy out of an image, it can almost make an image look dark and depressing. 

since i`ve chosen quite a dark theme for my project, i thought that the experimentation would go well with some of my images. The teachers did love my creativity with something new that no one in my class had done before. No one else has actually done them still, it seems like i`m the only one who did this kind of experimentation. 

I loved the way my work turned out though; The dark tones fit the depressing mood of my chosen project, i guess it`s what my work needed to push it along and gain a higher grade within my project. For improving my grade i think i should add bonus mark making to the darkest areas of the objects of the composition, this should add some textual detail to the objects. The only downside is that when you use fineliners you can`t add highlights to the tones, so it can come across as very bland. 

The only negative thing about trying out the fineliner technique is that the pieces take a while to finish, a lot of time and patience is needed to add the tonal detail needed to create a good piece. 

Altogether the pieces took over 18 hours to complete, the small four pieces at the top of the page are only A3 size and this main one is an A1 size piece. I`ve also gone through an un-believable amount of fineliners, they run out so quickly that it extends the amount of time taken to finish the pieces. 

They really do look great once finished and they can add a dark and somber mood to any project; I don`t think i would use the technique for anything more lightning and happier... I would say that using fineliners for large pieces of work like this should just be for darker projects/subjects.

~Thanks For Reading!