Exercise 1: Groups of objects

After setting up my objects I drew their shapes with pencil before using my ink and dip pen.

I had initially intended on using just my dip pen. I used quick spontaneous gestures to shape and shade my objects. I made made looser movements for the lighter areas and tighter movements for the darker areas.

I was not satisfied with the effect of using only the dip pen so used a paintbrush and mixed the ink with water to do more shading. In some areas I worked with a paintbrush dipped only in water to make the pen lines bleed. I worked back and forth with the brush and pen until I was happy with the drawing.