Tag: Atlanta Black Pen & Ink Drawings And Prints #004K
Atlanta black #004K pen & ink drawings is an article about metropolis pitch stylus sketches of Atlanta, written by artist Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, at Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery. Because Atlanta black pen & inks are great, it’s prints are great!
Atlanta Skyline Pen & Ink Drawing of midtown at Piedmont Park overlooking Lake Clara Meer by artist Stephen F. Condren.
Atlanta Skyline Pen & Ink Drawing Of Downtown
Pen & ink drawings are the best kind of drawings to bring out the detail of the fabulous Atlanta skyline. Because Atlanta has such a large cityscape it is called the “Manhattan of the south”.
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Pen & ink drawing of Atlanta by artist Stephen F. Condren.
Skyline Delineation
The skyline sketch is first laid out in pencil then I go over this in ink so that you can more clearly see the angle and horizon line. The pen & ink help convey the substance of the drawing better than just pencil alone. Please note that all of these lines are loosely done and provide the suggested concept of the work of art to come. This is just the staring point of the rendering process and this sketch is on a separate sheet of paper from the original work of art to come.
Hatching & Cross-hatching
The shade and shadows on the sketch are to help denote the affect of light on the composition. One of the most effective ways to demonstrate shade and shadows are with hatch lines. Hatch lines are short parallel lines drawn in a row along a shaded surface to as to “cast” the shadow on the image in the drawing.
This article is about Atlanta skyline pen & inks, which is for sale at discount with prints by artist Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, of Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery, offering JPEG & PDF scans. Pen & inks are second nature to me. It is always a difficult task for me to choose between pencil or pen & inks. I love them both so very much and they are so very different. The quality that I like so very much about pen & inks is their exactness and precision. I just love the flow of ink going from my pen onto the paper, it is so graceful.
Atlanta Skyline Pen & Ink Drawing of midtown at night in Piedmont Park by artist Stephen F. Condren.
As you can see from the two pen & inks here of Lake Clara Meer at Piedmont Park, both the color of the ink and the time of day have tremendous impact on the works of art. The day time drawing above is done in brown ink and nice shows the cityscape behind the trees. The tower skyscrapers are very prominent in the rendering. However, in the night scene just below the skyscrapers take on a different role. Rather than giant security guards watching over the lake, they are now a backdrop to the evening light.
Hatching
The one common feature to both drawing is the use of hatching and cross-hatching to give contour and provide proper shade and shadowing to the images. When you look at the area below the trees along the shore line you can see that there is an extensive use of cross-hatching to bring out the darker tones needed for the night time shading of the lake. Also, behind the center of the drawing the image of the skyscrapers is made more dramatic with the fine outlining of the cross-hatched line that make the evening sky. If I were to use a paint brush to do the same the outcome would be entirely different. Pen & ink lines lend themselves naturally to architectural subjects.
This article is about Atlanta skyline art, which is for sale at discount with prints by artist Stephen F. Condren, BFA-SAIC, of Condren Galleries, a Fine Arts Gallery, offering JPEG & PDF scans. The city of Atlanta is rich in history and also rich with architecture. Often called the “Manhattan of the south”, Atlanta boast a prominent cityscape.
As an artist I work with four mediums for doing skylines: Watercolor, Pen & Ink, Pencil, and Oils.
Atlanta Skyline Art In Watercolor
Watercolor skyline painting of midtown Atlanta in Piedmont Park at sunset by artist Stephen F. Condren.
Watercolors nicely lend themselves to architectural subjects since they are translucient and let the delineation of the pen & inks and pencil show through. This is especially important when dealing with precise architectural details. As with oils, I look working with sunsets a lot with watercolors. The one think that you have to be careful of is how demanding they are. Watercolors, unlick oils, are very unforgiving. One you put the brush down that is it, you only have moments to work out your image. Oils on the other hand will let you scrape off the entire section and start over again!
Atlanta Skyline Art In Pen & Inks
Atlanta Skyline Pen & Ink Drawing of midtown at Piedmont Park overlooking Lake Clara Meer by artist Stephen F. Condren.
Pen & inks more than any other medium lend themselves so naturally to architecture due to the sharp crisp ink lines. These lines clearly bring out all of the architectural details. To make shade and shadows I make use of hatch lines and cross hatching for darker tones.
Atlanta Skyline Art In Pencil
Atlanta skyline drawing of downtown at night by artist Stephen F. Condren.
Pencil much like pen & ink lends itself to linear subjects. I have always enjoyed working with pencil and charcoals, I especially like to work them with night scenes.
Atlanta Skyline Art In Oils
Atlanta Skyline Oils At Night by artist Stephen F. Condren.
Oils are the most difficult medium to apply in architectural subjects. I will say that no medium is stronger than oils. The greatest quality that oil give are the wonderful blending of the texture of the pigment. The rich, thick oil is ideal for doing sunsets and Barbizon like artwork. The weakest part of oils and skyline is the lack of delineation. I use vague outlines of high contrasting pigments to give the contour of the structures. It take great skill and acumen to bring out the images of the buildings without losing the integrity of their various structures and end up with muddy looking sticks!
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Skyline Pen & Ink Drawing Key Points:
Have all of your art supplied and gear in place.
Bring lighting to allow you to work.
Spend a long time looking at the city lights to understand the contour of the buildings.
It is not a common practice to do landscape drawings at night. However, if you are only in town for a short time take advantage of this. It is my practice to do as much as I can in the short time that I am usually in places.
It is amazing just how much that you can see at night when you have set up your easel or table. There are many kinds of lighting fixtures to choose from. One you have your lighting in place it is quiet easy to work. The flip side of the coin however, is that you need to keep your working light at a lower than usual level of brightness because you need to be able to see out into the dark and thus your pupils need to dilate to take in that light. If you have bright lights on around you, then you will not be able to focus on things out in the darkness.
Cross hatching is king! In this pen & ink drawing cross hatching has become indispensable due to the darkness. However, you cannot let the darkness take over. If you make too many hatch marks then the drawing becomes to dense and then ruined. Remember it is not easy to see in the dark and then you have to take into account your eye adjustment between viewing the site and refocusing in the brighter light of your easel.
As dark as the scene was I have made the trees light so as to create a negative space to hold the composition together. There is an abundance of light in the center of the lagoon as well as on the building in the background. The deep darkness of the center sky behind the skyline makes for a wonderful perspective drawing without vanishing points.
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Skyline Pen & Ink Drawing Key Points:
Find a good spot to sit that offers a maximum view of the city.
Have all of your art supplies at hand.
Focus on the city night lights since that is all you have to work with to ferret out the image of the building.
It must always be remembered that we are creating a work of are and not reproducing photographic or CAD images. The point of this task is to express our humanity through lines.
When drawing in the dark be as careful with your own clothing as you are with the paper for it gets difficult to draw in the dark especially when you are highly focused on a subject. Be sure to keep looking back and forth so that you do not slip or miss points. It is very easy to mess up and blur images, thus making you start over again.
I usually commence my pen & ink drawings by doing a quick pencil sketch of the scene on the paper first, then I apply the ink. I do not hover over the drawing but I do make my lines rather quickly, as we are in the open air and not at a drafting table or studio desk.
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Skyline Pen & Ink Drawing Key Points:
Ware a sweater or jacket as it gets cool at night.
Bring all of your art supplies and keep them on hand.
Carefully study the night city lights as they are the key to getting the delineation of the structures which are obscured by darkness.
The difficult task at hand here is the competent rendering of the skyline at night. Due to the ease of making everything black you can ruin your work permanently. It is like comparing a Mozart symphony with a Wagnerian opera. In the Mozart symphony you have a clear and transparent score with a focus on the musical line. Whereas, with the Wagnerian opera you have so much going on in the score that it is easy to lose things in the chaos! The same holds true here, do not get “Wagnerian” and clutter you drawing with cross hatching but rather be more like Mozart and let the elegance of the line gently flow.
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Pen & Ink Skyline Drawing Key Points:
Select a good site that offers a premium vista and perspective.
Have all of your art supplies ready and on hand.
Study the contour of the structures to grasp the delineation of the drawing.
When you are working with pen & ink you have to always keep in mind that you are working with a high contract substance which allows for great diversity in detailing due to the power of the line. But it is also good to keep in mind that ink is very unforgiving and so you much very accurately place your lines so that they do not muddle the drawing.
In the drawing I have take to full pleasure of the pen and I let the ink flow gently over the paper. I have made it a point not to be rigid and “Architectural” in my rendering but rather open and free to form but keeping the definition of the skyscrapers intact.
It is a fine thing to draw a skyline anyway that you like, however, if you want to yield a fine artistic rendering that bears your style then you much be true to the forms of the buildings that are before you otherwise you have a subjective abstraction.
