The ink took longer because the extra detail in the picture that wasn't in the original drawing, and the other reason is that the ink goes a bit slower. You have to clean your nib or pen tip, quite often and you also spend a bit of time finding the right style of shading with the ink. Shading isn't like graphite or charcoal. You can't smudge your way to a beautiful shade of gray. You are using several different techniques.
Hatching:
Hatching is a technique where you add shadows or texture to an object with straight parallel lines. You can see an example of hatching on the building's roof. The horizontal lines give a bit of texture and shading.
Crosshatching
This is a technique that is like hatching except you go over the same area again with straight lines in a different direction. Crosshatching doesn't necessarily mean that you are making crosses to create the shadows. You may in some cases go over the crosshatching again in a third or fourth direction depending on how dark you want the area to be. You can see crosshatching in the windows.
Contour hatching
This is similar to hatching except you aren't using straight lines. The lines have a curve to them to develop shading and create the shape of an object. You can't see it very well, but you can see an example on the round portions of the top of the lighthouse.
Scumbling:
This is a technique that is much like scribbling. You can see this example in the bushes. This is an easy technique to add texture and you see it used most frequently in trees, bushes or grass.
Stippling:
Stippling usually takes the longest. Stippling is using "dots" to shade in an area. It is time consuming but can make a picture come to life. Stippling is my favorite of all the shading techniques, but it is very time consuming. You can see an example of stippling on the chimney. Also, stippling is the easiest way to have many different shades in your project. The less dots you use, the lighter the object will be. By continuing with the stippling technique, you gradually make darker shades on your object.
Stippling is a very tedious task if you have a lot of it in your project, but if you have patience, you can create many more layers of shading and texture on your picture.
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