Materials and Techniques - Ink

Materials and Techniques - Ink

  • A Cavalry Skirmish

    A Cavalry Skirmish, Giacomo Cortese, 17th century. Museum no. Dyce 202

    A Cavalry Skirmish
    Giacomo Cortese (Jacques Courtois) known as il Borgognone (1621-1676)
    Italy
    17th century
    Ink over red chalk, with touches of grey wash on laid paper
    Width 30.8 cm x height 19 cm
    Museum no. Dyce 202

    The vigour of the lines and their broad bluntish tips suggest this was drawn mainly with a reed pen.

  • Interior of the Church of SS Giovanni and Paolo, Venice

    Interior of the Church of SS Giovanni and Paolo, Venice, Francesco Guardi, 1782. Museum no. D. 1740-1885

    Interior of the Church of SS Giovanni and Paolo, Venice
    Francesco Guardi (1712-1793)
    Italy
    1782
    Ink and wash
    Width 55 cm x height 58.1 cm
    Museum no. D. 1740-1885

    The fineness and delicacy of the ink lines suggest they were made with a fine quill pen.

  • Sheet of Studies Including a Virgin and Child, the Heads of Two Angels, a Youth and a Draped Female

    Sheet of Studies Including a Virgin and Child, the Heads of Two Angels, a Youth and a Draped Female, Giulio Cesare Procaccini, early 17th century. Museum no. E.3976-1919

    Sheet of Studies Including a Virgin and Child, the Heads of Two Angels, a Youth and a Draped Female
    Giulio Cesare Procaccini (1574-1625)
    Italy
    Early 17th century
    Coloured inks on laid paper
    Width 28.6 cm x height 22.2 cm
    Museum no. E.3976-1919

    The softness of these lines and the way they taper to a point suggest they were drawn with a fine brush.

  • Designs for Champagne Glasses for James Powell and Sons, Whitefriars

    Designs for Champagne Glasses for James Powell and Sons, Whitefriars, Philip Webb, about 1861. Museum no. E.336-339-1944

    Designs for Champagne Glasses for James Powell and Sons, Whitefriars
    Philip Webb (1831-1915)
    Britain
    About 1861
    Pencil and wash on laid paper
    Each about width 19 cm x height 25.5 cm
    Museum no. E.336-339-1944

    The background that delineates the shapes of the glasses will have been drawn or, may be it is more accurate to say, painted with a full brush.

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