Yet, there are so many differences between the two mediums of paint and pen & ink (I don't mean ink in general, as I have often used ink in my paintings or in prints, but the ink pen with a nib, dipped into a pot of ink), that I have to find an outlet to vent frustrations and record epiphanies.
Firstly, I have decided to avoid any ink washes, and to rely solely on rendering with black dots and/or black lines on white paper. I'm a purist in certain corners. So, the first thing that I notice is that it sure is easy to pour down ugly, gruesome faces with that metal nib, like Mr. Grendel's from Beowulf...
...or a gnarly old man's face...
...but, when attempting young, delicate, beautiful faces, the task becomes a little more difficult.
As you can see in the above drawing, I am so hesitant to lay down lines in the woman's face, for fear of being overbearing with the black. In other drawings where I'm having the same issue, I have used heavy black areas to make the linework seem lighter. But, in the drawing above, the flowers that I want to render around her face are light in color, so I don't have many dark counter-weights. Hmph.
I'll keep learning, but at this point, I'm very thankful for Photoshop!
