Pen & Ink Landscape, Line & Wash on Toned Gray Paper + Lots of Beginner Tips

[@condorreades2148]

I know everyone loves the spontaneous paintings, but I’m a big fan of these storybook drawings. That background glow really - sorry - lit it up!

[@azalea1404]

That son of your indeed has talent for acting. I thought it was a British friend of yours who did the voice. Btw - what a great spooky drawing. 👍😁

[@ggoannas]

This is EXACTLY what I needed and yet I have watched so many tutorials. Your taste is impeccable.

[@raed3063]

Love your dot dash approach. Beautiful drawing. The white really brought it out. Awesome voiceover 👏🏽

[@lindagerhard8381]

Love the technique and the story was the perfect ending!

[@jilld8787]

Fantastic! It does look like a story should be associated with this piece. Love your videos! Hats off to your son’s dramatic voice too! 😎🎉🥰

[@Craftaartissaurus]

Lovely drawing, was thinking there was an animal creature at the top left, highlight for eyes, horns branches a paw thrown out like it’s in mid flight. The voice over was amazing, great job to your son very spooky.

[@karenturner-cf7vq]

I thought this was quite good. Sometimes it's easy to forget detail. Thankyou

[@gourdsbyjm]

That was great! I love the white behind the house.

[@Richard-ou6uw]

Wonderful line and wash 👍👍🥃

[@johnchapin9270]

Steve well done,like watching your work ..👍👍👍👍

[@cassiescreations9828]

Wonderfully creepy (amazing detail). I love how your son says, "Beyond" in that tale. That one word gave me goosebumps. The entire video is excellent! Thank you for all you do and for what your family does, to entertain us.

[@bobbiegraham7729]

Love this. The fiddling is the best part. And pointillism makes great shadows. I could watch you do this all day. It took me twenty years before I put leaves on my "grandpa trees". I still like them more bare. Thank you for this Steve. Oh my gosh, I left the comment before I watched the whole video. Fantastical!

[@milenafadda9]

Always breathtaking Mr Steve!

[@PattisArtInnaVan]

Funny! I just saw your short about this yesterday then it popped up in my feed tonite! Love it and love the story!

[@gloriawachel917]

Excellent plus a story!!!!

[@anitadavidson1266]

I’ve never used the donate thingy, but as mentioned in my earlier comment, I just took so much pleasure from this video, it made do some investigating. Do yourself a favour Steve and buy a padlock for that gate?! 👏🏻

[@mindofwatercolor]

LOL! Thanks so much Anita!

[@craftergin]

Wonderful video! I always love your creepy trees! How fun that you got to work with your son on the story.

[@anitadavidson1266]

What an incredible video, thank you so much. I am no artist (…yet), but I can appreciate and enjoy watching an artist taking us through the steps (no pun intended) to rendering such an incredibly eerie drawing. Thank you for taking the time to show us newbs how it’s done. Now, as a fine Scottish lass still living in Scotland, I was grinning like a loon at the fine use of an English West Country accent to tell the tale of that creepy gate. Ummm, if that wasn’t the accent he was going for, sorry? I stand by my thoughts though 👏🏻 He is as you say, a very talented lad and I can just imagine how many times you made each other crack up! Happy Halloween when it comes, but please steer clear of rusty metal and twisted wood, as you just never know… 🎃👻💀👨🏻‍🎨🎨🖌🪶

[@mendyhand3895]

So cool.. and spooky. Lol. 👍

[@debrabroido997]

Love the story too!

[@donnapurdy4035]

That was the best one ever that you have done!!!!!

[@SuzanneLegault]

Wow! Such a simple video so well done and full of terrific tips. Thanks a tone to you and your son. FYI Vincent Price has an incarnation right here in this video 🎃

[@jasonray9250]

Very enjoyable and inspiring. Would love to see this with the white parts having an eerie bluish-green wash over them and a rising greenish glow in the background… would add to the creepiness.

[@debh4190]

Bravo! loved the sketch, and the story!

[@susanpopiolek4672]

I just love your stuff Steve! Thank you so much!

[@kathylarson7601]

Happy Halloween to you, too!

[@PENcilitis]

Loved the video, want to try out the pens now...Loved the story, and the voiceover... Very informative and enjoyable...THANK YOU !!!

[@kathysampson826]

I love your creepy trees , have been following your work for years, I can honestly say your are my best teacher! Thank you!

[@Jendollla]

The story at the end was an awesome addition. Very cool .

[@ZeeCeeCreations]

Wow, Steve, love your style so much!! Gorgeous spooky gate and tree…wonderful story, too!! Your son is very talented!! Thank you for the Halloween fun!!!

[@blackcoffee6112]

really nice video especially the story in the end

[@kelligrotle407]

Fabulous!!! Thank you so Very much! I use Microns and Love them so! Beautiful video and surprise story at end!

[@bonnierosendale]

Wonderful line and wash! Spooky lookin' too! Loved your son's voice over...awesome creepy! 💀👻🕷🕸🦇🎃

[@melissaaldosari8024]

Fabulous drawing and that voiceover by your son! Wow! That was awesome!

[@suzfagan4834]

That was a fun one. Great voice over :)

[@nanschifris8734]

Beautiful piece of work & wonderful tutorial! Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom. Your son’s contribution is fabulous!

[@lorraineclark3517]

Thanks Steve for a great demo. The story ending was really prime!

[@SharonH11100]

Very cool voiceover by your son ~ I had to adjust my brain for the accent, but then it was very properly spooky! Thanks as always, Steve, for the demo. I enjoy and learn every time I hang over your shoulder!

[@leahferrell3110]

This blew me away!

[@monkpato]

Excellent art and narration!

[@maryanharrell561]

Thanks, Steve, for the spooky line and wash for Inktober. What an inspiration!

[@Kuemmel234]

Good stuff! really enjoying the Staedlers, I've been sort of drawing on old, 'discarded' paintings and love how simple and quick it is, no setup, nothing! That voiceover was well done!

[@elizabethevans702]

Great video with wonderful tips…..absolutely loved the ending story. All kinds of talent in your family! Thank you both!

[@jodihigginsjh]

Wow! Beautiful drawing. And THANK YOU for the spooky Halloween story... Great job all around.

[@dianeo]

This was full of such good info. Thank you! Lovely design. Nicely done to your son for the awesome end story!! 😁

[@lizdavies8715]

Thank you .I find your work very inspiring and gives me lots of ideas

[@sallywright5503]

I always look forward to your videos and this one didn’t disappoint. Loved the tree and learned from the process. Throughly enjoyable,,, time well spent. Your son has talent. I so enjoy people who can tell a tale, visually and verbally. Well done both of you. ❤

[@patriciabarbosa3656]

So cool, congratulations both.

[@eyediggit2]

Iv'e just come across your art, And I love it!, especially the ink and watercolour, subbed!!!

[@ralphcrosby9622]

Thank you for this sharing

[@colleenmcchesney1482]

Oh wow I really appreciate & loved the spooky little story at the end! ❤Such a wonderful detailed tree & explanation of how to go about doing a fantastic line & wash Inktober sketching. Thanks for sharing this wonderful & fun video with us.

[@dawnchapman3558]

Great! Thanks for sharing! I love the spontaneity. I have tried this and I find it so enjoyable because you don't put any pressure on yourself. You have no preconceived idea of what the end painting is going to be. The end result always is always a surprise.

[@annierodenberg2327]

Outstanding!!!

[@johnstgeorge6993]

Awesome, Steve. Puts ya right in the mood for Halloween 🎃

[@Eliel7230]

That was great !

[@celticpeasant9753]

Wow amazing video, thank you so much!

[@LaLa_ArtGal]

That was so great! And the voice part at the end was FANTASTIC! I'm working on a drawing of coral right now, and it's the most detailed thing I've ever attempted. These tips are at exactly the right time for me. Thank you!!

[@karenjohnson6487]

Loved the story and storyteller. I enjoyed watching your process. The tips are great reminders for me because I tend to put too much detail in when inking which leads to the overworked look. Thanks Steve.

[@helengill5481]

Wow just came across this now subscribed and following, awesome piccy by the way. :)

[@julienielsen3746]

Very cool.

[@carollegros6304]

You are such a good artist with drawing and watercolour. I like Claire Fontaine watercolour sketchbook as well.

[@rosannebloompereira536]

Thank you so much for sharing your time and talent with us.

[@windywednesday4166]

Well done, thank you

[@c.f.callier]

This gave me some good food for thought with my own inking style. Thank you! Your son did an awesome job with the voice over!

[@susanreinersuedahl]

Great touch with the story!!

[@maineiacts]

Hi!! Well Demonstrated Sir!! Love your work ( as always!) Lmao at the intro story bit..! A bit o,' Alright. Alright!!! 🐙👍🙋🏻‍♀️🍁Thank You, from Iowa!

[@maineiacts]

OUTRO! dang spell corrector!🙄😏

[@katpaints]

Fabulous! I love the sketching, inking and washing! And, your son is fabulous! One thing... I found the face when it was first being sketched but lost it after it was done. I have no idea when it disappeared - maybe when it went through the gate?

[@suzannestevens8257]

That was excellent! Thks!

[@GradyGillis]

Three things on the "dot-dash" approach. First, it's how I sketch/draw non-technical things. I'm totally comfortable with it and just cannot draw long continuous lines to create an image. The "dot-dash" saves me from lines that wander off on their own. Second, I had the hardest time getting students in my high school engineering design class to use drawing tools and almost zero free-hand drawing. We mostly used quadrille ruled paper for the technical drawing work. Third, outside of craft type work on Christmas ornaments and greeting cards, my primary focus has been on learning Chinese brush painting, mostly the xie yi (shia yee) style ("idea writing). That is very free flowing and suggestive, as opposed to gongbi (gong bee) style that is more firmly anchored in careful line drawings in ink, then filled in with ink and watercolor wash. There is an in between style, mogu or boneless style (moe goo) that is more defined than the xie yi form and I find that very appealing to my eye. Frankly, I don't have the control I need for the highly defined gongbi style. I'm just not good enough. I love process you taught in this video. Several images of ruins of castles, abbeys, and monasteries I saw in the UK when lived there (and on TV) flashed in my mind. I think those will be good inspiration for some attempts in my future. I'm a big fan of Victor Ambrus, the late artist for much of the long-running "Time Team" archaeology series in Britain. He could really bring history to life. I wish more of his work had been bound and published before he passed away.

[@ralphherrick596]

Love it....

[@erinpeabody8368]

Love this so much! I’ve learned so much from you. Always inspired by the drawings and art you create. Great stuff here Steve

[@KatsuraOG]

Amazing!

[@vickie9822]

That was great loved every part you are both artist

[@laurawolfe3649]

Thank you for this video! It is incredible ❤

[@Surai00]

Fantastic drawing! I'm going to go Transparent Orange Iron Oxide and Dioxazine Purple.

[@pyromancyglassart8975]

that was great so loved the story too..

[@AyaArtA]

Wow!

[@socratesthecabdriver]

φαντασιακή φαντασιακή fantasaiacle you made up a logical joint word sensei 😁

[@erinaceus]

Love this! And the story! Have a fun and safe Halloween and Happy All Hallows' Day to you!

[@susanfontaine5214]

I love Lebenzon brushes!❤

[@Rubbereyes]

Well done you and your Son.

[@richgiordano8725]

❤❤❤Fantastic!!!

[@dougg1075]

Nice

[@awatercolourist]

Creepy tree Steve 😂

[@socratesthecabdriver]

Fantasiako φαντασιακή φαντασιακο FANTASAIACLE 😁👍👍👍👍🤟

[@lorettamertz2800]

You're great

[@deborahbarbaccia6813]

Wow Steve ... This is amazing!!! I've been working in ink and wash for a while now. But still sooooo much to try and learn. In a recent spontaneous colored pencils and watercolor line and wash video, you mentioned a workshop you were going to be doing. I couldn't find it? Has it past? Thanks for the inspiration 😁

[@mindofwatercolor]

Nope, it’s still current. StrathmoreArtistStudio.com

[@deborahbarbaccia6813]

@@mindofwatercolor thanks so much Steve. Will be trying this one. 😁

[@deborahbarbaccia6813]

@@mindofwatercolor how long will it be available?

[@mindofwatercolor]

@@deborahbarbaccia6813 a year.

[@MadebyDawn23]

Thank you Steve, love your little treat, thank you for letting us hear your family. When it comes to line and wash is it best to work with transparent watercolour? What if you only have access to opaque watercolour is it still line and wash?

[@mindofwatercolor]

Opaque watercolor will work. In darker colors is nearly transparent in a well diluted wash.

[@hollybustad982]

Have you ever illustrated a children's book? That would be great!

[@mindofwatercolor]

Yes, actually. It's been a while. Not doing illustration anymore though. Just paint for myself and my viewers.

[@shancan6328]

Love this. Have you drawn the old gothic Bridge in South Carolina? This reminds me of that area. Very nice.

[@shancan6328]

Poinsett Bridge....

[@mindofwatercolor]

If you're talking about the one on the old Asheville highway in north Greenville county, yes, I did a drawing of it a long time ago. I need to do another. I don't even know where that one is.

[@amandasymon4363]

Spooky 😱

[@annawozniak6807]

love your chanel. I would like to know what is the pencil you use in this video ( the mechanical pencil ) ?

[@mindofwatercolor]

Off the top of my head I don’t remember but I list the supplies in the video description.

[@basta.dotto_]

I'm looking to buy a toned grey sketchbook; you mentioned that you prefer this Stillman to the Strathmore one. How do you feel about the Hahnemuhle Toned Grey Sketchbook, please? I understand that the Stillman sketchbook has more of a cold press finish, and the Hahnemuhle one is more like a hot press finish. I'd like to use it for line and light wash drawing. Which one would you recommend between these two, please?

[@mindofwatercolor]

The only Hahnemuhle toned book I've used is their watercolor version. It's ok as a sketchbook and takes watercolor well obviously but it's not as much as a pen and ink book plus it's not as dark gray as I like. I've not tried their other toned sketchbooks. I prefer the Stillman & Birn.

[@basta.dotto_]

@@mindofwatercolor Thank you so much!

[@paulnattress9584]

I love the work of the artist you mentioned (Ian McHugh?) but can't find a link to his work. Perhaps I misheard the name. If you can point me in his direction I'd be very grateful, thanks! And love your drawing too, it's inspired me today.

[@mindofwatercolor]

Ian McQue. Thanks!

[@paulnattress9584]

@@mindofwatercolor Thanks!

[@sunnycharacter]

Do you like these better than the Sakura Micron fine liners?

[@mindofwatercolor]

A bit yes. Better made I think. Sakuras are ok too though.

[@sunnycharacter]

@@mindofwatercolor I wondered about this. I like my Microns, however, the superfine nibs tend to not interact well with my cold press watercolor paper. Does not matter if it’s cotton or cellulose. I’m not being heavy handed with them, but maybe I should save them for the rare occasion I use hot press, less texture. Cold press just wants to devour the nibs.

[@ellensnell828]

do you have to erase to add the watercolor?

[@mindofwatercolor]

No.

[@randalllaue4042]

Is there still a list of things to draw?... seems to be ignored this year. Is there still a problem with this event?

[@LaLa_ArtGal]

There are multiple lists in multiple Facebook groups.

[@mindofwatercolor]

No problem with it. There is the official at inktober.com and sever other have alternative lists.

[@normanzurich2781]

Waow 🤩🤩🤩❤❤❤

[@MsMerlin333]

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