Pen and Ink
In fine art, the term 'pen and ink' denotes a drawing technique involving the use of black and other coloured inks which are applied to a support (generally paper) with either a dip pen or a reservoir pen. This traditional, versatile media has been used by Western artists since ancient-Egyptian times, for sketches, finished drawings or ink and wash paintings . It is also one of the main mediums involved in book illustration (see, for instance, Aubrey Beardsley ) and in Surrealist automatic drawing (for details, see: Automatism in Art. Drawn by: Ishani Misra Early History Artists from several ancient cultures used ink in their fine art drawings. One of the earliest surviving images in Greek art , drawn in pen and dye (on papyrus), is The Abduction of Briseis (c.300 CE) by an unknown Greek artist (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich). However,the medium was developed to a high degree in ...