Quick Tip 96 - Getting Busy

[@jmdfineart]

love your videos, Dianne, ... thanks for all you are doing with these great tutorials

[@JoeJoe-pf3ej]

Thank you for your videos. I love getting busy with you Diane

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for watching!

[@joanistotler8804]

Fabulous tip!! Thank you, Dianne!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks. My pleasure.

[@leonidaslopez1775]

Thanks Dianne.

[@lauraven1979]

Great tip so useful I was wondering how to make these shadows. I will practice with a tombo pen. Thank you so mush.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Great! Enjoy the journey!

[@ercantutun323]

Thank you so much Diane. When you are working on canvas do you still use tombo pen or rather the same underpainting principle that you explained with a brush and thin paints of burnt and raw umber ? ( or something else? ) I bought a tombo pen watching your videos, and Inam doind some notan exercises as you explained in your earlier videos. I feel that on a bigger canvas using tombo is less fun than using a brush. Also is it a moment to add warm and cool shadows ? Or would it complicate things at this stage? I love watching your videos and learning so much from you!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Ercan, I only use the Tombow for small pieces, such as the demos I do. On larger canvases, I use a brush with thinned paint. Also, the Tombow is a wonderful tool for doing notan studies in your sketchbook. That's actually where I use it most. It's better to keep the notan without value variation, where a single dark shows the pattern of shadows. THEN, we can use that pattern and on top of the notan begin to develop the various values within their designated areas.

[@mariegamber]

Great place to start! :)

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

😇

[@lindaoberquell50]

If doing this on a small piece, say 6x8”, could you use the Tombow pens directly on the canvas and paint over them in oils?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Yes. The Tombow ink is water soluble, but is not soluble with oil or oil mediums. The canvas should be oil free, though, or the Tombow won't adhere.

[@MaryCurson]

will oil paint cover the pens? Thank you

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

It will as long as the ink in the pen is not oil soluble.

[@antoniolampreia5953]

thank you

[@jaimehernandelgadoquintero4539]

Gracias

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for watching.