Beached Boats

[Balaji]

This is an A4 size ink and watercolour sketch on 270 gsm Chitrapat watercolour paper (matt). Of late I have been trying out a very inexpensive gel pen and so far I am very pleased with the results for casual sketching. This time my main consideration was to find out whether the ink gel was waterproof. It is.


To test it out I used an image that I saw on Pinterest and liked very much. Unfortunately I do not know the name of the artist. I liked the looseness of the sketch and the minimal use of colours. I have stayed reasonably faithful to the reference image, but I chose to paint with the available dirty and dry leftover colours on my palette.

 

[Artyczar]

Love this!

 

[Balaji]

Thank you Ayin.

 

[Jo Castillo]

Very nice. I like that you are liking the gel pens. Always good to know.

 

[snoball]

Great little painting.

 

[ams]

Nice work Balaji.

 

[Triduana]

So good, love the limited palette.

 

[Balaji]

Jo, Margaret, Anne, and Kay...Thank you.

 

[gbritnell]

Very nicely done!

 

[Balaji]

Very nicely done!

Thank you.

 

[classic]

Very beautiful.
A usual problem I face with most office-type gel or liquid ink pens is that they are water soluble. They are good for sketching, however if I try to add some watercolor the ink is diluted by the watercolor and smudges.

 

[Balaji]

Very beautiful.
A usual problem I face with most office-type gel or liquid ink pens is that they are water soluble. They are good for sketching, however if I try to add some watercolor the ink is diluted by the watercolor and smudges.

Thank you.
The ink in this pen seems to be waterproof as seen in this sketch. I also did another ink and wash sketch (Sketching at the Beach) with the same pen a day or two later, with more watercolour, and the ink did not smudge at all. I have posted that sketch too in Water Media.

 

[KreativeK]

This is a refreshing and simple piece!

 

[Balaji]

Thank you Kay.

 

[JennieJo]

This is an A4 size ink and watercolour sketch on 270 gsm Chitrapat watercolour paper (matt). Of late I have been trying out a very inexpensive gel pen and so far I am very pleased with the results for casual sketching. This time my main consideration was to find out whether the ink gel was waterproof. It is.


To test it out I used an image that I saw on Pinterest and liked very much. Unfortunately I do not know the name of the artist. I liked the looseness of the sketch and the minimal use of colours. I have stayed reasonably faithful to the reference image, but I chose to paint with the available dirty and dry leftover colours on my palette.

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Wonderful. I know an excellent watercolour artist who uses gel pens pin her sketches as well. She 'swears by them", as a way of quick sketching.

 

[Balaji]

Thank you JennieJo. Yes, I have used one or two other gel pens and I find the flow consistently smooth and easy.