What's Going on in the Classroom: Pen and Ink

I believe this project is pretty run of the mill for a foundations course, but I wanted to share the work my students accomplished. They took the skills they had learned in graphite and charcoal and ran with them in pen and ink. I also had a couple of them talk me into letting them use color in the background (or negative space) which I think was an excellent addition! I limited their reference pictures to animals, plants, or insects and of course we used copy-right free images, but other than that anything was fair game. I do have to admit that I think most of them will be happy to move on to metals and three-dimensional art work for awhile! We need a break from drawing!