Landscape

I first began this project by experimenting. The medium of ink, although very versatile and full of options, is fairly hard to manipulate. A variety of tools were used to spread the ink. Wood was challenging and annoying to use because it usually immediately absorbed the ink, no producing long lines. Calligraphy pens worked alright. One specific calligraphy pen worked fantastically, making long continuous lines, which were probably the most trying thing to create. Textures, mountains with trees and leaves however were a totally different problem. I found two techniques that I liked. The first was using a tissue to spread the ink, making it grainy and faded. I never tried adding water to lighten ink, but this was a nice way to keep textured noise, for things like background mountains. The other technique I found was just picking stems of different plants, which had very specific textures that could be used somewhat like a stamp, very good for replicating leaves and distant trees.
I'm happy with my final drawings, the only thing I don't like is the front title, which went a bit awry in writing my name. Other than that, it looks fairly nice in my opinion.
The photo process, having previous experience, was fairly straight forward. My favorite location was at the lake, where there were some amazing reflections on the water, and cool clouds in the sky. 12 pictures went surprisingly fast, but I like the one I got. My favorite picture is on the front cover, and I believe there was a mistake in the developing process. It created shaded areas, making the picture look somewhat like a piece of cloth. It came out interesting, and became a nice mistake.
The overall theme of the book ended up being mountains, which tended to be my best work.