A Brief Interlude Before Term 4

<h2>Creating Ink and Watercolor Illustrations — Bryce Kho</h2> As I mentioned in an earlier post I often have extra time during the summer and like to take a break from the RadioRunner Curriculum to pursue extracurricular art courses. During the summer of 2022 I did <a href="https://medium.com/@rakugaki.matt/radiorunner-term-2-roud-up-a3ce0a1497ab" rel="noopener">a bunch of stuff</a>, but in the fall I also did an ink and watercolor course by the awesome artist <a href="https://www.instagram.com/brycekhodraws/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Bryce Kho</a>. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*GARNRvuJx6Vl78uds-63OA.png" style="height:524px; width:700px" /> Pen illustration and watercolor The course focuses on drawing directly onto mixed-media and water color paper with ink brush pens and then applying color with water brush pens using a 4 color layering technique called glazing. Being in Japan, it was easy for me to source all the materials for the course, which were very specific. Most of them, such as the brush pens and watercolors are made by a company called Kuretake. The pens can often be found in supermarkets here. To get the whole set I had to order them through amazon though. Same with the waterpens, by Pentel. What makes the water brush pens unique, compared to just using brushes, is that they have a reservoir of water in the handle that you squeeze to release and then they slowly draw water from the reservoir without you having to continually reapply water as you would with a brush. <a href="https://medium.com/@rakugaki.matt/a-brief-interlude-before-term-4-c7487f774128">Learn More</a>