Mountain Elements

Mountain elements

Blue pen-and-ink and linocut mountains for a possible Seeds of Renaissance sub-brand. The paper has been taken out, so each drawing is a transparent PNG that sits on any ground. Switch the ground to check how they print.

Ground

All elements

Every mountain element at once, one row per drawing, one column per ink. Details for each follow below.

Drawing's own blue
Cobalt
Black
High peakpen hatching
High peak, pen blue
High peak, cobalt
High peak, black
Small peakpen hatching
Small peak, violet blue
Small peak, cobalt
Small peak, black
Grid peakfine line
Grid peak, deep blue
Grid peak, cobalt
Grid peak, black
Contour rangepen line
Contour range, navy
Contour range, cobalt
Contour range, black
1934 ridgepen hatching
1934 ridge, faded blue
1934 ridge, cobalt
1934 ridge, black
1934 ridge, with notepen hatching
1934 ridge, with note, faded blue
1934 ridge, with note, cobalt
1934 ridge, with note, black
Brush ridgebrush and wash
Brush ridge, ultramarine
Brush ridge, cobalt
Brush ridge, black
Peaks and waveslinocut, ink only
Peaks and waves, blue
Peaks and waves, cobalt
Peaks and waves, black
Peaks and waveslighter blues
Peaks and waves, mid blue
Peaks and waves, light blue
Peaks and waves, pale blue
Peaks and waveslinocut on map
Peaks and waves on map, blue
Peaks and waves on map, black

High peak

A single steep peak in dense ballpoint hatching, with clouds and a stand of pines.

High peak, pen blue
Pen blue#10248ahigh-peak-pen-blue.png
High peak, cobalt
Cobalt#03296fhigh-peak-pen-cobalt.png
High peak, black
Black#1b1916high-peak-pen-black.png

Small peak

A compact peak in quick violet-blue ballpoint strokes. Sits well at small sizes.

Small peak, violet blue
Violet blue#1d14b8small-peak-pen-violet.png
Small peak, cobalt
Cobalt#03296fsmall-peak-pen-cobalt.png
Small peak, black
Black#1b1916small-peak-pen-black.png

Grid peak

A tall peak above a band of mist, drawn in fine lines. The grid paper behind it has been removed, and the base fades out softly.

Grid peak, deep blue
Deep blue#0b2c8fpeak-grid-blue.png
Grid peak, cobalt
Cobalt#03296fpeak-grid-cobalt.png
Grid peak, black
Black#1b1916peak-grid-black.png

Contour range

A whole range of peaks in pen, with contour lines drifting through the sky. Busy, so best large or as a background.

Contour range, navy
Navy#14245frange-contours-pen-navy.png
Contour range, cobalt
Cobalt#03296frange-contours-pen-cobalt.png
Contour range, black
Black#1b1916range-contours-pen-black.png

1934 ridge

A ridge sketched on the spot in parallel hatching. The handwritten note is removed here.

1934 ridge, faded blue
Faded blue#2e3977ridge-1934-pen-blue.png
1934 ridge, cobalt
Cobalt#03296fridge-1934-pen-cobalt.png
1934 ridge, black
Black#1b1916ridge-1934-pen-black.png

1934 ridge, with note

The same sketch keeping the note: “26 sept 34, 6h soir, Plateau de Paris”.

1934 ridge, with note, faded blue
Faded blue#2e3977ridge-1934-pen-note-blue.png
1934 ridge, with note, cobalt
Cobalt#03296fridge-1934-pen-note-cobalt.png
1934 ridge, with note, black
Black#1b1916ridge-1934-pen-note-black.png

Brush ridge

A loose ridge in bold brush strokes and watery wash. The paler wash stays semi-transparent, so the ground shows through it.

Brush ridge, ultramarine
Ultramarine#0f22b5ridge-brush-ultramarine.png
Brush ridge, cobalt
Cobalt#03296fridge-brush-cobalt.png
Brush ridge, black
Black#1b1916ridge-brush-black.png

Peaks and waves

A bold linocut of jagged peaks over curling waves, printed on an old map. Ink-only versions drop both the sky and the map paper. The two map versions keep the map inside the mountains and remove only the sky. Lighter blues suit pale grounds and backgrounds.

Peaks and waves, pen blue
Pen blue#10248apeaks-waves-linocut-blue.png
Peaks and waves, cobalt
Cobalt#03296fpeaks-waves-linocut-cobalt.png
Peaks and waves, black
Black#1b1916peaks-waves-linocut-black.png
Peaks and waves, mid blue
Mid blue#2f5bc4peaks-waves-linocut-mid-blue.png
Peaks and waves, light blue
Light blue#6f93dcpeaks-waves-linocut-light-blue.png
Peaks and waves, pale blue
Pale blue#a9c0eapeaks-waves-linocut-pale-blue.png
Peaks and waves, blue on map
Blue on mapink #10248a, map keptpeaks-waves-linocut-map-blue.png
Peaks and waves, black on map
Black on maporiginal printpeaks-waves-linocut-map-black.png

Sources

The original images, kept in the mood board.

Original: High peak, blue pen
01 · High peak, blue pen
Original: Ridge, ultramarine brush
02 · Ridge, ultramarine brush
Original: Peak on grid paper
03 · Peak on grid paper
Original: Small peak, violet pen
04 · Small peak, violet pen
Original: Range with contour lines
05 · Range with contour lines
Original: Ridge, 26 Sept 1934
06 · Ridge, 26 Sept 1934
Original: linocut of peaks and waves on a map
07 · Peaks and waves, linocut on map