POST-TRAUMATIC GROWTH: Improving one’s sense of wellbeing using art, creative writing, photography and blogging – my journey written by ©Karen Robinson. Please click here for my latest blog news!
View No. 1 – Karen Robinson’s ink drawings created in Marco Luccio’s arts session on creating powerful & expressive drawings Feb 2015.JPG
INTRODUCTION
Over recent years, I have become more and more interested in the use of ink on paper, after seeing what others have so creatively been able to produce with this intriguing medium. I feel now is a good time to expand my repertoire as an abstract artist, in the use of other mediums and materials. With this thought in mind, I recently had purchased a set of bottles of ink with the intention of setting about using them, only to discovery, that I needed a lot more knowledge and I also needed to develop new artistic skills to be able to use them effectively.
ONE-OFF SESSION WITH MARCO LUCCIO
So when I saw this opportunity to take up a one-off session with Marco Luccio to ‘dip my toe’ into the world of ink and paper, I couldn’t resist doing so! Marco Luccio, a formidable Australian artist himself and avid user of ink, ran a 3 hour session on ‘Sketchbook, Travel Studies Techniques and Frank Hodgkinson: The Nude, Crowds and Interiors‘ and it was so much fun. Marco Luccio demonstrated various approaches to drawing with ink on paper, using a feather, stick, brush and even just our fingers. He provided a series of powerful and expressive drawings of classic, common and natural subject matter (Marco Luccio 2015) of famous artists, for us to use as form of inspiration, in order that we could become familiar with the techniques demonstrated by himself, and those evident in the sketches produced during the session. Please refer to ‘Ink on Paper Back Stories – A New Artistic Direction for Me!” below to view ink work that I had created within Marco Luccio’s one-off session.
View No. 8 – Karen Robinson’s ink drawings created in Marco Luccio’s arts session on creating powerful & expressive drawings Feb 2015.JPG
INK ON PAPER BACK STORY with Marco Luccio
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- Ink on Paper – Working with Ink on Paper
- Titled: “A New Artistic Direction For Me!” by Karen Robinson
View No. 7 – Karen Robinson’s ink drawings created in Marco Luccio’s arts session on creating powerful & expressive drawings Feb 2015.JPG
CAE ‘PRODUCE DRAWINGS’ WITH TIM JONES
During my ‘Produce Drawings’ class with teacher, Tim Jones, I had the another opportunity to learn new ink drawing techniques. Please find below a link on the blog I wrote in relation to this session.
15-20 Class 8 ‘Produce Drawings’ CAE Class – Certificate 111 in Visual Arts – Tim Jones – CAE Teacher demonstrating the use of ink in ‘Produce Drawings’ class. Photograph by Karen Robinson Sept 2016 NB images protected by copyright laws
INK ON PAPER BACK STORY with Tim Jones
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- Ink on Paper – CAE Certificate III in Visual Arts Class 8:
- September 2016
- Titled: “Produce Paintings and Drawings” Blog by Karen Robinson
9-20 Class 8 ‘Produce Drawings’ CAE Class – Certificate 111 in Visual Arts – Ink Drawing and Photograph by Karen Robinson Sept 2016 NB images protected by copyright laws
CREATIVE WRITING GROUP SESSIONS
Please find below ink drawings that I had done after producing a creative writing piece with Mind Australia’s Creative Writing Group for carers and facilitated by Judy Bird.
No. 3 of 4 Creative Writing Group – Artwork Titled ‘Things I Dislike’ Schmincke Ink on A4 Paper by Karen Robinson – Abstract Artist NB All images are copyright protected 29.07.2015 .JPG
INK ON PAPER BACK STORY with Creative Writing Group
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- Ink on Paper – Creative Writing Group Session – July 2015
- Titled: “Things I Dislike” by Karen Robinson
No. 1 of 1 Creative Writing Group – Artwork Titled ‘Things I Dislike’ Schmincke Ink on A4 Paper by Karen Robinson – Abstract Artist 29.07.2015 NB All images and stories are copyright protected .JPG
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- Ink on Paper – Creative Writing Group Session – July 2015
- Titled: “Betty Boots and Where there is a will there is a solution…” by Karen Robinson
No. 1 of 6 Creative Writing Group Session ‘Where there is a will…there is a solution!’ by Karen Robinson Abstract Artist 1.8.15 NB All images are protected by copyright laws.JPG
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- Ink on Paper – Creative Writing Group Session – July 2015
- Titled: “Betty Boots and Where there is a will there is a solution…” by Karen Robinson
No. 1 of 4 Creative Writing Group Session ‘Betty Boots’ Ink on Paper by Karen Robinson Abstract Artist 1.8.15 NB All images are protected by copyright laws .JPG
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- Ink on Paper – Creative Writing Group Session – August 2015
- Titled: “My Bed! and Laughing at Mother!” by Karen Robinson
No. 2 of 6 Creative Writing ‘My Bed’ Ink on A4 Paper – August 2015 by Abstract Artist Karen Robinson NB All images are protected by copyright laws.JPG
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- Ink on Paper – Creative Writing Group Session – September 2015
- Titled: “I am packed to go!” by Karen Robinson
2 of 2 Creative Writing Session Sept 2015 ‘I am packed to go!’ Ink on Paper by Karen Robinson – Abstract Artist NB All images are protected by copyright laws.JPG
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- Ink on Paper – Creative Writing Group Session – October 2015
- Titled: “Not A Game – But A Real Necessity” by Karen Robinson
No. 1-4 Creative Writing Group – Artwork Titled ‘Not A Game – But A Real Necessity ‘Schmincke Ink-A4 Paper by Karen Robinson – Abstract Artist 11.10.15 All images-stories are copyright protected.JPG
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- Ink on Paper – Creative Writing Group Session – October 2015
- Titled: “How Precious Time Is” by Karen Robinson
No. 1-5 Creative Writing Group – Artwork Titled ‘How Precious Time Is…’Schmincke Ink-A4 Paper by Karen Robinson – Abstract Artist 11.10.15 All images-stories are copyright protected.JPG
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- Ink on Paper – Creative Writing Group Session – October 2015
- Titled: “What Makes A Good Life” by Karen Robinson
No. 1-5 Creative Writing Group – Artwork Titled ‘What Makes A Good Life’ Schmincke Ink-A4 Paper by Karen Robinson Oct 2015 NB All Images copyright protected.JPG
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- Ink on Paper – Creative Writing Group Session – October 2015
- Titled: “Support Me!” by Karen Robinson
No. 2-5 Creative Writing Group – Artwork Titled ‘Support Me’ Schmincke Ink-A4 Paper by Karen Robinson Oct 2015 NB All Images copyright protected.JPG
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- Ink on Paper – Creative Writing Group Session – October 2015
- Titled: “Beautiful Other…” by Karen Robinson
No. 2 of 2 Creative Writing Group – Artwork Titled ‘Beautiful Other’ Feather resting on – Schmincke Ink on A4 Paper by Karen Robinson – Abstract Artist NB All images are copyright protected Oct 2015.JPG
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- Ink on Paper – Creative Writing Poem – November 2015
- Titled: “Paris…” by Karen Robinson
1 of 8 Creative Writing – Poem Titled ‘Paris’ and Schminchke & Liquitex Ink on Cotton A3 297x420mm 300GSM by Karen Robinson 17-11-2015 Copyright Protected.JPG
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- Ink on Paper – Creative Writing Piece – December 2015
- Titled: “Merry Christmas it well be!” by Karen Robinson
No. 1 of 5 ‘Merry Christmas it well be…’ by Karen Robinson Artwork inspired by Creative Writing Piece – Schmincke Ink on A3 100% Cotton Movlin Paper Dec 2015 NB All images are protected by copyright .JPG
MATERIALS USED
- Travel Journal – Hahnemuhle Fine Art D&S, for pencil, ink and charcoal, natural white, sketch book suitable for journalism, 140g/m2 80 pages, size A4. Has hard cover and sets of pages can be removed without the rest of the pages becoming unstable within the binding. Very portable size.
- Schmincke Acrylic Ink – has 36 brilliant highly pigmented lift-fast colours and 12 effect colours. Suitable for drawing pens, calligraphy, brush and airbrush techniques. Comes in 28ml glass jar with dropper. Is waterproof when dry. A large number of the bright colours are glazed or semi-glazed. They can be made opaque by adding a slight quantity of extremely opaque aerocolour Professional colour supra white, without being made any brighter or losing their tinting strength. Aerocolour Professional adheres particularly well to all sorts of papers and cardboards as well as the usual, non-absorbent surfaces such as film, hard plastics and after appropriate preliminary treatment, metal. Link to Aero Colour Professional – finest airbrush colours PDF Chart: http://www.schmincke.de/fileadmin/downloads/AEROCOLOR.pdf
- Bird Feather – random bird feather used as instrument to apply ink to paper via the quill part of the feather and/or the feathering part of the instrument.
- End of Paint Brush – used the end of a paint brush that had been broken
- Finger – used finger to smudge ink onto the paper
- Paint Brushes – to wash paint across the paper
- Cotton A3 297 x 420mm 300 GSM
INK ON PAPER ARTWORK IMAGE OVERVIEW
CONCLUSION:
The process of painting, painting story writing, digital photo painting and now ink on paper has offered me a way of expressing thoughts and emotions which can be difficult to say out loud. I also came to understanding that art can be a very powerful way of communicating with others. Therapy via art – gave me a voice…
My art therapy journey has been an important part of recent years and still will be an important part in years to come. I am hoping that by sharing my art therapy journey, will inspire others, to take up art therapy to find their voice – in order to be able to move forward in most difficult of times. Art Therapy has brought me now to a much better place where I find myself being able to seek joy in each day. As an ongoing process, I will be blogging about my art therapy journey “moving forward” and expand on how others have used/are using art therapy to assist physical and emotional well-being . I hope you will join me!
© Karen Robinson – August 2015
POST-TRAUMATIC GROWTH: Improving one’s sense of wellbeing using art, creative writing, photography and blogging – my journey written by ©Karen Robinson. Please click here for my latest blog news!
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