Beachgoers in Black Ink

I made the background for another project but didn’t use it for that purpose. One day I decided to populate it with this beach crowd.

It’s about 11″ x 7″, acrylics and India ink, on Bristol board.

14 thoughts on “Beachgoers in Black Ink”

    1. Claudia McGill Post author

      Thank you. There is something I really like about the bamboo brush and India ink, in how it can be used for drawing, I mean, very flowing. And having a background already made, well, I could not resist putting people on it…

        1. Claudia McGill Post author

          For his piece I used a bamboo brush and India ink for the fitures and then cleaned them up with a dip pen and the ink – then I did the white outlines with a white pen of some kind, don’t remember. I have made lots of things with the bamboo brush and I found it really easy to learn to use. I wrote a book of short stories a while back and illustrated it all with the pen and ink like this. It was a lot of fun and I certainly improved as I went along. If you search this blog under the term Minuscule the illustrations will come up – I posted them one at a time for several months. Here is the post from the last installment: https://claudiamcgillart.wordpress.com/2021/01/19/minuscule-illustrations-select/

    1. Claudia McGill Post author

      Thank you. I looked at the background I painted and had set aside, and I thought of the beach, just the kind of day you are mentioning. To me being oceanside is a special thing and a treat. So this is a picture of a memory and a hope for another day like that, some time!

    1. Claudia McGill Post author

      Thank you. I love to do beach scenes. Escapism, it’s my version of an escape to think about the ocean and carefree beach times, these days.

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