tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post9117066766922662363..comments2023-04-07T03:46:10.167-04:00Comments on Every Page of Moby-Dick and more...: MOBY-DICK, Page 101Matt Kishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146374807705850842noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-71234311991644748582010-02-24T09:10:33.103-05:002010-02-24T09:10:33.103-05:00It's all in the materials I use, really. For c...It's all in the materials I use, really. For colored pencils, I use black Berol Prismacolor pencils which have a lovely, waxy, velvety finish that you can layer over and over until it is a beautifully burnished ebony. This piece is India ink, but the secret is to leave the bottle out, open, for a few days. Some of the alcohol evaporates which really deepens the pigment substantially.Matt Kishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17854685960260054407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-19049189683274273102010-02-23T09:58:56.160-05:002010-02-23T09:58:56.160-05:00Again...so powerful... When you do a black backgro...Again...so powerful... When you do a black background, you do it so intensely and it has such a striking effect on the viewer...well, this one at least.BJUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13880945971140790523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265792817762899253.post-65593188657470802982009-12-11T22:37:59.417-05:002009-12-11T22:37:59.417-05:00It's difficult to see in the scan, but the fou...It's difficult to see in the scan, but the found paper I used has several "vanishing points" clearly indicated, which is why I chose it for this prophetic image.Matt Kishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17854685960260054407noreply@blogger.com