Cornucopia of Ink

Ink has many uses that are fun and versatile. Here are just a few ideas for ink fun.
1. Ink with paints/watercolors. Here I have watercolors, pencils, brushes, canvas, a bamboo ink pencil, and ink. (If you are going to use watercolors on the canvas make sure you get a canvas that is suitable for watercolors, otherwise the canvas doesn't soak up the water. That is what happened in my case.)

2. Pick an image you are interested in creating and draw it out on the canvas. Since we are in November I decided to go with a cornucopia.

3. Next go over your pencil drawing with ink. You can use a brush or in my case I used a bamboo ink pencil with the ink.

 

4. Once the ink has dried, which is only a few minutes, you can start adding your colors.

 

 

Another way to use ink is by adding water to it and creating it as a wash.

Here is what the ink and watercolors look like when you use a watercolor paper with it.