Ink and pen drawings

Pen and ink drawing is a technique which is created from colorful and black inks in fine art. Western artists had used these technique too for different aims since ancient-Egyptian times. For instance, book illustration, sketches, finished drawings and ink or wash paintings. According to sources, one of the earliest surviving images in Greek Art is ‘ The abduction of Briseis ‘. On the other hand, it progressed to a high level in Chinese Art during the term Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty and also in Japan during the Muromachi Period.

When we came to the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci exemplified overall pen and ink effect on his work which was called Five Grotesque Heads. It is below:

 

There were also lots of important name for ink and pen drawings especially in high renaissance. There are some examples from them at the below: