Wooly orb
Mar 31st, 2010 by J. O'Brien
This is a sketchbook exchange entry for Aaron with some heavy influence from him. I made this with a Yasutomo Niji Waterbrush pen filled with Coffee Brown Dr. Martin’s Dye. I bought a full set of these dyes at Art Materials about twenty years ago and have never really used them, actually wasn’t sure if I still had them, then found them buried in the back drawer of my drafting table. A little messy filling the pen with the eyedropper but it flows through the pen fairly well. More to come, with additional colors!
This drawing began as a dot and then became a wooly dot and then an aura or explosion, just an exploration in waterbrush pen line quality. Done while listening to Wolf Parade.
I recently discovered waterbrushes for the first time and really love them for my traveling watercolor kits. Sakura makes a really compact one that breaks down into 2 pieces. I haven’t tried filling mine up with ink yet, so I’ll have to try that sometime!