Sunday, October 14th, 2007
3:00PM
Today was more hand-drawing and finalizing the lower arm. After much thought and consideration I decided to go with Joel’s recommendation of “three fingers up from the elbow” as the edge of the piece. I felt a more conservative 5 (or more) was what I wanted, but after a couple of weeks I decided to let Joel do what he thinks is best. I also decided to add cherry blossoms to the edge of the design.
In addition to an hour of outlining, tonight was also the first session of shading.
The first step in shading is the preparation of the Sumi ink. This involves grinding a solid Sumi ink block with a little water on an “Ink Stone” to produce the black ink. The Ink Stone is a small tray made of smooth unglazed ceramic with a shallow well at one end where the ink collects. The Ink Stick is ground on the bottom of the tray with water and the ink gathers in the well. This process takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete.
Shading is done with a much different needle configuration. All the lines are done with a single needle and shading is done with 4-15 needles. Joel generally uses 5 needles for shading.
In general shading is less painful than line work, but this depends greatly on the area. In fact after 2.5 hours I was ready to continue but also happy to end the session on a high note.
Tonight Joel finished shading the outer half of the lower arm. It’s really starting to look like a tattoo now. My next session is scheduled for next Sunday, only seven days between sessions.
In addition to an hour of outlining, tonight was also the first session of shading.
The first step in shading is the preparation of the Sumi ink. This involves grinding a solid Sumi ink block with a little water on an “Ink Stone” to produce the black ink. The Ink Stone is a small tray made of smooth unglazed ceramic with a shallow well at one end where the ink collects. The Ink Stick is ground on the bottom of the tray with water and the ink gathers in the well. This process takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete.Shading is done with a much different needle configuration. All the lines are done with a single needle and shading is done with 4-15 needles. Joel generally uses 5 needles for shading.
In general shading is less painful than line work, but this depends greatly on the area. In fact after 2.5 hours I was ready to continue but also happy to end the session on a high note.
Tonight Joel finished shading the outer half of the lower arm. It’s really starting to look like a tattoo now. My next session is scheduled for next Sunday, only seven days between sessions.
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