Line and wash or Pen and Wash as it is sometimes called, is a half way house between drawing and painting where both disciplines come together on the same paper, often with great effect, as a hobby, apart from my art work, l have started to collect ink wells and pens, not the very ornate desk top type but basic every day type, early school type dip pens and ink holders, and through this interest have discovered there are many ways and tools that can be used to make marks on a piece of paper, your only limited by your imagination.
l’m basically a doodler at heart but do sometimes manage to expand my line and wash drawings into frameable art works, often as a result of quirky hit and miss ink lines or unintended smudges that bring life and a spontaneity that would
