Lines and Colors art blog

Month: February 2009

  • My Pocket Rembrandt

    OK, I’ll explain what I mean by that. I’ve long been an admirer of Rembrandt’s drawings, particularly those done in reed pen, bistre ink and wash (e.g. the image above). (Bistre ink is made by boiling wood soot, often taken from wood-buring chimneys, in water. It produces as yellow-brown, transparent ink that was not favored…