Sourcing from Nature: Make a feather quill & oak gall ink
Discover how to make your own blackest of inks from nature, using Britain's oldest ink recipe from oak galls found in the forests of Sussex.
Oak gall ink was commonly used for drawing by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Rembrandt. Much of Britain's most famous literature was written using oak gall ink including works by William Shakespeare, John Milton, William Wordsworth and Jane Austen; it was common practice for these writers to prepare their own oak gall ink using their own personal recipes.
Having spent the morning making a most exquisite ink, students will then be taught how to cut and prepare their own quills for drawing and writing.
This one day workshop will conclude with students making their own sketches using ink and quill on watercolour paper.
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Discover how to make your own blackest of inks from nature, using Britain's oldest ink recipe from oak galls found in the forests of Sussex.
Oak gall ink was commonly used for drawing by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Rembrandt. Much of Britain's most famous literature was written using oak gall ink including works by William Shakespeare, John Milton, William Wordsworth and Jane Austen; it was common practice for these writers to prepare their own oak gall ink using their own personal recipes.
Having spent the morning making a most exquisite ink, students will then be taught how to cut and prepare their own quills for drawing and writing.
This one day workshop will conclude with students making their own sketches using ink and quill on watercolour paper.
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