This is my latest effort working with colored inks. I do believe this will be a long journey in perfectioning my abilities but for me it is enjoyable!
This is done on Strathmore 400 series multimedia paper in a greyish-blue tone. The size is 6-8 and took me way over 20 hours working an hour-two hours a day. I tried to use a secondary triad.
Thanks for taking a look!
Oh my gosh, Teri!! This is simply amazing! You inspire me with every piece you produce, but this sort of took my breath away just thinking of the amount of work and time this took. Wow! I don’t have enough superlatives!!! I love it!
Brenda
Thank you, Brenda.
It did take a long time, over a month a little at a time. I find stippling very relaxing. I know the purples and greens are difficult to see but if you look hard they are all through the piece. Thank you so much for your encouraging words.
Now to show my ignorance, what does superlatives mean?
Teri
Ooooh Teri,
What a great piece of art! I once tried stipling in my sketchbook and loved to do so, just relaxing but very time consuming.
The fish looks fantastic, and if you don’t know about superlatives …
good, better, best
Best is the highest superlative, and Brenda is right, sometimes there are not enough words to express the impact a piece might have.
Currently, I am working on a birthday present for my dear husband. Well, still working for months, I guess, since my energy is diving in deep ocean and gone lost.
Buddy
Exponential WOW! It is amazing 
I’ve never done stippling but I sure can appreciate the commitment to work such a great piece! The closest I’ve ever come to stippling was doing a pen tree tutorial which took hours because I could not stop doing the tiny strokes for the little “leaves” to build shadow and depth. Very enjoyable but hard for me to be able to stop…
You on the other hand have great control.
Love it!
This is great You did a great job. I love it.
Thank you, Denise.
I always appreciate your encouragement.
Teri
Thank you, Sonia.
I am sure that you have great control too. It was difficult to know when to stop, that I agree. Stippling is really relaxing for me, I get lost in the dots!!
Teri
I could do stippling all day long too, very soothing
Thank you so much Buddy.
I am with you in the energy dump. I can’t wait to see your husband’s gift. I do stipple at night/well early morning to help me get tired since my sleep cycle is all messed up!! It is so relaxing.
Teri
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Ooooh Teri,
What a great piece of art! I once tried stipling in my sketchbook and loved to do so, just relaxing but very time consuming.
The fish looks fantastic, and if you don’t know about superlatives …
good, better, best
Best is the highest superlative, and Brenda is right, sometimes there are not enough words to express the impact a piece might have.
Currently, I am working on a birthday present for my dear husband. Well, still working for months, I guess, since my energy is diving in deep ocean and gone lost.
Buddy
Hello Teri,
That is an awsome drawing. I had to some in to really see the stipples. What types of ink are you using?
Amazing as always!
Lenet
Hi Teri. I could spot the purples and greens! I don’t know that I have the patience for a stippling piece that’s bigger than thumbnail size! LOL!
Superlatives – of the highest kind, quality or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme! Some superlatives are: magnificent, outstanding, peerless, superb, transcendent and unparalleled! That’s what I think about your stippled fish!!! 
Brenda
Hello Lenet,
I use Sakura micron pens 01 or smaller and Faber-Castell Pitt ink pens. They have a set I would really like to get but for now I just buy open stock the colors I need that are in the smallest points they have. These are waterproof Indian ink lightfast etc., etc.,
I also use Daler-Rowney FW Acrylic inks when I want to paint with inks or use a nib pen. The Faber-Castell Pitt pens also have brushes.
There is so much you can do with inks and they are really fun to use.
Teri
Teri, takes my breath away! You detail with the colors is amazing! As usual, you inspire me.
Thank you, June. I am really starting to get the hang of using the colored inks and find it so relaxing.
Teri
Teri, Thanks for the info. Moght have to check those items out.
Wow! I love how this turned out! So much patience. I’m truly coming to understand why it’s called artwork. Well done!
Thank you Vegentry.
I appreciate your encouragement and kind words. Yes, it is artwork, but I have learned that taking it slow with a medium like ink is so relaxing!
Where does stippling become pointillism? I did a crayola crayon piece in color of balloons several years ago which took me about 45 minutes to do a 1 inch square. I swore I’d never do it again, but now that I think on it, I loved doing stippling in Biology 101 and found it very relaxing. Maybe it was because I was using an India ink pen so color wasn’t involved. Moving the color along is a very intense business when you are making dots. As always, your work is very well done.
Hello Jane,
I am not an expert, but I believe that pointillism uses only the three primary colors and mixes the desired colors needed as the dots are placed on the paper. I did an experiment of pointillism, and it amazingly works beautifully. I just need to practice more before I actually post something.
Here is something I found on YouTube on this style created by Georges Seurat. The one I was looking for that I saw a few months ago I could not find but this one describes it well.
I believe stippling uses multiple colors or even just black and white. The style of pointillism can be be use in many mediums.
Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte - YouTube
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