A slide lecture by Glenn Hirsch www.glennhirsch.com

1. Pen and Ink
Basics

2. Variety of
Line

3. parallel, curving (directional)
short dashes
cross-hatched
loose wandering (jagged)

4. Variety of Line

5. Variety of line: light and dark, thick and thin, fast and slow

6. Stippling

7. stippling

8. stippling

10. Curving and stippled

11. Scribble and
sketchy

13. Claude Lorraine

15. Cross
Hatching

19. Short feathery strokes, cross-hatching

22. Parallel
Lines

24. Rubens

26. Parallel Lines

27. Contour

28. Contour

29. Pattern

30. Vincent

32. Ink over a
Light Wash

37. Adding
opaque paint
on top

41. Brush and ink

42. Diebenkorn

43. How to
loosen up:
blind contour
line

44. Blind contour drawing – 3 minutes drawing without looking at the paper once

45. Blind Contour Exercise
Why?
Increases your ability to concentrate, quiets
your mind
Expands your ability to see without
preconception
Helps you draw without constantly looking at
your paper
Expands your visual vocabulary of line:
speed (fast/slow)
weight (thick/thin)
value (light/dark)