Technical Pen and Water-Colour Wash

Market Cross House, Windsor 

Vernacular architecture such as this famous building in Windsor 

(now Woods The Chemist) is my favourite sort of subject matter 

for the pen and wash technique, in this case drawn with a 0.3mm 

technical pen with waterproof ink and then a few simple sepia

water-colour washes are added giving a sort of aged feel to a

building that dates back to the early 1600s. In the drawing I used 

a few simple shading methods like hatching and cross hatching.

If you are not confident enough to go straight in with the ink then 

you can start with a very light pencil drawing then put in the 

definite lines with the pen and when it is quite dry erase your

pencil lines with a kneadable/putty eraser then your ready for your 

colour washes. Haven't got sepia watercolour? Try a tea bag!

With Sepia Water-Colour Wash