Tortoise and the Hare | A Method for Adding Color to a Scratchboard Illustration
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Time-lapse video showing the process of making a color version of a scratchboard illustration. It starts with a hand-drawn scratchboard drawing (black ink). A copy of that drawing is then screen printed in a very light blue on to a new piece of white scratchboard (Claybord). The light blue is used as a template to show where to hand paint the color. After all the hand coloring is finished, the copy of the original black and white scratchboard drawing is then screen-printed over the color. In the end, you will have an original black and white scratchboard drawing plus an original scratchboard with color drawing.
Illustration and video by Michael Halbert:
www.inkart.com/
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Note 1: I try to show my work process as accurately as possible. However, I do take some liberties with the editing of the videos. For instance, almost all my videos use time-lapse to speed up the process. I would like to show an entire drawing in real-time, but even my simplest drawings can take a full day--major drawings can take one to two weeks. No one wants to watch me draw for two weeks. Also, some of my edits are just for my own enjoyment. Video is a hobby for me, and I like to experiment.
Note 2: I call my drawing medium scratchboard, and it is. However, a more accurate description of my technique would be "pen and ink on white scratchboard." I work on white scratchboard, and I draw with pen and ink the parts that have a value of 50 percent gray or less. For areas that are 50 percent gray or darker, I block in with solid black ink and scratch in white lines for detail.
Note 3: I am showing how I work. However, although I have been an illustrator for over 35 years, there may be times when I am doing it wrong or not doing it in the best way.
Note 4: I am a commercial artist--not a fine artist. My work is meant to be printed. My clients don't usually care what my work would look like hanging on a wall. They only care what it looks like when printed in their ad, book, billboard, package, etc. Almost all the drawings in my videos have been used commercially.
Materials I use: Ampersand Claybord, white, 1/8 inch thick; Micron pens; Koh-I-Noor Rapidograph pens; Higgins Black Magic ink or Koh-I-Noor ink; Scratch-Art knives.
good job. Lovely process. Cheers from Ireland
Beautiful
Thank you!
Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial! I had already learnt so much from your other videos, but this explanation is really comprehensive!
Hello Michael, greetings from Chile 👋
Sooooo good!
I've been watching a number of your videos this morning and really appreciate the tips you share. Can you tell us about your pens? Are these the "new" drawing pens that come pre-filled, rather than the "old" drawing pens with the fine wire that you had to clean and refill frequently? Which weight do you think works best? Do you go through several of them per drawing? Do you prefer Rapidograph brand to Micron brand? Do you scan in each of your illustrations and clean them up the way you do here? I love your blend of traditional and modern techniques and really admire your drawing ability.
Inspirational
What a masterpiece, wonderful style.
Thankyou teacher!
Michael, The Master...it looks perfect & beautiful.
You always amaze. I’m a colorblind artist so have always been drawn to pen and ink. I discovered clay board about 5 years ago and came across you channel maybe 3 years ago. If you ever start a patreon with more in depth tutorials then sign me up!!! I wish I had a professor like you in art school ☺️. Thanks for your continued posting. I always look forward to them. It’s the only channel I’ve ever turned on notifications for 😂🤣😂
Thank you. It's encouraging to hear when people are getting some use from my videos. I will probably be focusing more on printmaking in the future. Such as lino, woodcut, and wood engraving. Wood engraving might be my main focus. I'll still do some scratchboard but all my printmaking will have line art as the main element. Think of my regular line drawings but cut into a block.
Amazing👍👍
Thank you for sharing priceless lessons...really Appreciated!
Amazing work of art!
Parabéns pelo trabalho!! Balneário Camboriú, SC, Brasil.
Thank you for your video
You could also use another method to make your drawing in color, just to add transparent candy concentrait paint from your airbrush. This type of pait doesn't overlay black color and it gets darker and more satureted with each layer, so you can controll your color during all of the process and not let your painting get oversaturated
But do you still keep the original B&W scratchboard drawing, or is that drawing sacrificed for the color version?
Beautiful!
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beautiful!!
Marvelous work! Been watching and rewatching your videos for some time, trying to learn the techniques you use on your work. I've just gratuated from college in graphic design and I'm grateful to have found your channel. Do the techniques you use have a specific name I can search in more dept? Is it just line work? It has kind of a medieval look to it, don't know if it's just me.
The technique is pen and ink on scratchboard. I try to get the look of an old wood engraving. Look at Thomas Bewick for an example of the look. However, Bewisk's work is actual wood engravings. Mine is more like a pen and ink drawing, but I use the same kind of lines that are used to cut a wood engraving.
@@MichaelHalbert1952 thank you!
Awesome ❣️🌟
That's amazing. I'm glad you sharing your experience with us, so we could avoid some mistakes beginners always do. Thank you. Please keep making these videos.
(And btw, how much do you charge for an illustration? :D I'm curious)
I wish I could draw like that
Excellent!! I am afraid to ask how much you charge for a book cover!
It would be so nice if you could teach paid online classes. I'd be the first to sign up. Or if you write a tutorial book, I would buy in a heartbeat.
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