I've been sketching some ballerinas with ink the past days. My focus is experimenting with different approaches and surfaces.
Helena Krüger
I've been sketching some ballerinas with ink the past days. My focus is experimenting with different approaches and surfaces.
I find many of the floral Gucci dresses wonderfully geeky and beautiful at the same time. I came across this pink dress on Gucci's website and decided to put it on Kate Moss.
Image: Gucci
The next step. One of my favourite artist is Hokusai, the Japanese printmaker who lived in the mid 19th century. I tried to create my own Japanese scenery to complement the floral dress.
Here's the result. I used pencils, charcoal pencils, ink and gouache.
I've been trying out some different techniques with ink the past days. I absolutely love this medium but I always have to do several sketches before I'm happy with the result. What do you think about ink?