Iโve got a small collection of glass inkwells and I drew one of them with colored pencils on black paper.
I hope you like it.
Iโve got a small collection of glass inkwells and I drew one of them with colored pencils on black paper.
I hope you like it.
Absolutely gorgeous!!! This is an incredible piece. I love all the highlights and reflections. Not easy to do.
Wow. It looks so lifelike.
Wow, gorgeous! All those reflections!
Nicely done!!
How many glass inkwells do you have?? I used to do ink drawings long years ago, mostly with rapidograph (I believe they were called), but I had ink pens and bottles of ink, but never a lovely inkwell like this!!
There are so many tools related to correspondence that have fallen out of fashion. I carried and used a fountain pen long after they fell out of style (Iโd still carry one if I were still writing checks).
Beautiful work! I hope you will show off more of your collection with future drawings!
I love it!
Gorgeous likeness!
Beautiful!
Glass is so, so difficult to draw, and this looks amazingly real! How big is your drawing?
Wow! Beautiful job!
Thanks everyone for your wonderful compliments!
So far Iโve got a collection of 4 glass inkwells (and some ink stands and other writing and reading related items). I donโt use them, they are just sitting pretty on my bookshelves.
@Harlan, long ago I used to draw with East-Indian ink and dip pens, often combined with water colors.
I hope to draw one or more of my other glass inkwells someday too, but like @gozer said, it isnโt easy to do (and hard to photograph afterwards too).
The size of this picture, including the black, is 15x10cm, so 6x4inch.
On the art forum to which I belong when the more experienced painters would advise the less experienced painters on how to paint things like glass the advice was always โpaint what you see, not what you knowโ.
It isnโt easy!
Wow
Glass is so hard to draw but you did it superbly
Wow! This is amazing. When I first tapped on the post I saw the photo and started scrolling to find the drawing. I thought this was the actual inkwell shown for reference.
That is a drawing?? Amazing. I thought it was a photo.
Wait, what? This is โฆ not a photo? Wwow.
So impressive!
Wow, you are very talented!
Aw, thanks everyone!