Drawing with Soft Brush and Black Walnut Ink HD 720p

Demonstration of using soft brushes to create under layers of black walnut ink. I later combine with dip pen work to work in hard edges. Complex textures can be built by integrating soft brush, damp brush and pen techniques. The brushes here are squirrel's hair using dagger and cat's tongue configurations. These are very hard to find now, mostly synthetic or blends are available.
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The background music is an old Swedish folk song Vem Kan Selga forutan vind This is from a audiotape of my son's concert as a member of the Jubulate Deo Children's Choir of the North Shore. It was recorded in 1988 and distributed to parents after a concert. They begin with Swedish and move to English. Here are the words in English translation.
Who can sail without the wind?
Who can row without oars?
Who can say farewell to friends
And leave without shedding tears?
I can sail without the wind,
I can row without oars,
But I can’t say farewell to friends
And leave without shedding tears
When I went with him to rehearsals,it was one of my very favorite pieces.