How to Create a Vibrant Landscape Artwork

Using lots of wet in wet techniques with Inktense helps create the first and most important foundation stage on to which to build this expressive, colourful river scene.

Using different pressured strokes the colours just melt onto the sheet or delicately compliment the surface texture of the paper; further extending creative expression for finer details. Due to its permanence Inktense can be worked over once dry without affecting previous layers of vivid colour.

Using a sharp craft knife or scalpel, you can create your own bespoke colour tints with fine shavings from dry Inktense Blocks. They are easily shaved whilst maintaining their shape due to the high pigmentation. Do not over-do the amount of pigment you use! The Inktense range is so vibrant and a little dab of colour goes a long way!

You can layer Inktense without smudging or lifting previous layers. Start with the lighter colours at the bottom before adding the darker colours over the top.

Continuing with the layering process, after the initial foundation structure is dry, mix a little Permanent White Gouache into the Inktense colour to give a heavier body and more intensity to the opaque mixes. Use Inktense Pencils to build up the details at this stage too.

Bring the whole painting together using Inktense Blocks on their side; one over the other, to highlight textures in the foliage.

Use dry Inktense Pencils (no water) to add the final linear details - especially in the foreground grasses. You can also add detail by running a wet waterbrush over an Inktense Block or Pencil.