"Thoughts" Pen and Ink drawing

 Thoughts

Thoughts was completed in 2008. This piece is done on matte board sized down to 20"x 28". Thoughts was done with pen and ink wash. This was going to be a larger view of the entire head and more shirt until I cropped the photo and found that this visual I liked better. Sometimes accidents turn out for the best. Thoughts came after the Letting It Out Drawing Series. I needed something that was a little more calm and peaceful after doing all of the Letting It Out drawings. Thoughts is a large drawing that helps show my pen marks and energy I put into a pen and ink drawing. I love to use pen because it gives the control to show high contrast. You will also notice that cross hatching is a predominate technique of showing shading and helping with the depth of the picture in most of my drawings, especially my pen and ink drawings.