Wildlife art and illustration – combining black and white ink drawings with colour: some experiments in Auroville, India

Authors

  • M. Eric Ramanujam Pitchandikulam Forest Consultants
  • Joss Brooks Pitchandikulam Forest Consultants, Auroville, Tamil Nadu 605101, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7455.13.11.19671-19674

Keywords:

Black and white, pen and ink drawn, minimalism, colour, mixed media

Abstract

Mixed media and wildlife illustration has been experimented with and the combination of using puristic black and white media along with colour has been found most interesting, creative, and expressive.

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