Ink: Pen, Brush, and Wash
Introduced| English | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ink/ɪŋk/ | A fluid colouring material used for writing, drawing or printing. |
| nib/nɪb/ | The point or split tip of a pen that delivers ink to the drawing surface. |
| brush and ink/brʌʃ ænd ɪŋk/ | Drawing or painting with a brush carrying ink to produce lines, marks or washes. |
| ink wash/ɪŋk wɒʃ/ | A diluted ink layer used to create areas of tone or transparent shading. |
| ink painting/ɪŋk ˈpeɪntɪŋ/ | Painting in which ink, often applied with a brush and diluted with water, is the principal image-making material. |
No erasing
- Ink 墨水 commits — there is no erasing — which builds decisiveness.
- Dip pens and fineliners build value by hatching and stippling.
- Nib 笔尖 pressure varies the line's weight, thin to thick.
The main discipline that ink teaches, because it cannot be erased, is ____.
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No eraser means every mark is a decision.
Brush and wash
- Brush and ink 毛笔墨线 swings from hairline to broad stroke in one gesture.
- Ink wash 淡彩 (diluted ink in layers) works like watercolour: light first, darks last.
- East Asian ink painting 水墨画 treats the single loaded brushstroke as a whole discipline.
Rembrandt pen and brown ink with wash: committed line and layered tone without eraser
Which ink technique?
Sort each description by the ink method it names.
Ink wash should start with the darkest layer first.
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Light washes first, darks last — like watercolour.
Select all true statements about ink.
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Ink cannot be erased — that is the point.
Mistakes become decisions
- A waterproof line under wet washes keeps its edge; a water-soluble line bleeds.
- Since you cannot erase, incorporate mistakes or design around them.
- That honesty is exactly why ink is strong process-journal material.
The pressure on a pen's ____ changes the line from thin to thick.
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Nib pressure controls line weight.
Match the tool to its mark.
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Three ways ink makes value.
Ink wash goes dark fast and never comes back lighter. Test the dilution on scrap, and build up in thin layers — one over-dark wash can flatten a whole passage with no way to recover.
A rainy street in brush and ink: waterproof fineliner for the building edges, then three ink washes — pale sky, mid pavement, dark doorways — over the top. The line holds the drawing; the wash carries the wet grey light.
Ink cannot be erased, so it teaches decisiveness: build value with pen marks, sweep from thin to thick with the brush, layer ink wash light-to-dark, and turn mistakes into decisions.
Write from a second ink line
- The first ink line is in the wrong place.
- A second line is drawn beside it. Nothing is erased.
An ink line lands in the wrong place. The student draws a second line in the corrected place and leaves the first. Why not erase?
The mark stays. The revision is another mark.
What should happen to the wrong ink line?
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Ink revision is drawn, not deleted.