About the video: Cross-Hatching and Fine Line Work
Overview
“In this lesson I will begin to add tone and texture with cross-hatching. I will build the tone to add depth, shadow and texture to the illustration. ”
In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Cross-Hatching and Fine Line Work, which is part of the Domestika online course: Ink illustration specialization: Techniques for creative expression. Create illustrations of evocative nature using the feather and immersion ink, focusing on traditional entering techniques and observation drawing.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we're going to start adding fine line and cross-hatching to the drawing. So we've got our line work here that we've rubbed out, we've cleaned up, taken all the sketching out, So it's nice and clear, we can see all the different elements and we've got the solid black in here. So we've already started to think about shadow in the image. and I'm going to start just working in and building up. some cross hatching and line work into this drawing. So again, we want to just be looking for shadow. I'm going to look at this flower up here and just think about where my light source is...”
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Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration

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