I asked Field what prompted her to bare her soul after living with her secrets for so long. “He was just not good for me in any way.” Reynolds was so controlling that he convinced Field she shouldn’t go to the Emmy ceremony the year she was nominated and wound up winning for “Sybil.” “He was not someone I could be around,” she told me in our interview. It’s no wonder that when she appeared on “The View” after Reynolds’ death in 2018, she said she hadn’t spoken to him in some 30 years. Among other things, she revealed what a troubled relationship she had with Burt Reynolds, who had many inner demons. It was bold of her to finally speak her truths in her autobiography, which took seven years to write. Along with all the triumphs Field achieved, it’s shocking to know that she endured so much pain in her personal and professional lives. In preparation for our cover interview, I read her searing 2018 memoir “In Pieces” and was saddened to learn about her tortured childhood, being sexually abused by her stepfather, and her struggles with depression, loneliness and self-doubt.ĭespite someone’s public persona, of course we never really know what’s going on inside. 'Wipe the nib off every 10 minutes to keep a clean ink flow.' 11.It’s hard to believe that in all the decades that I’ve been an entertainment journalist and Sally Field has been an actor, the two of us have never had a proper conversation about her illustrious career. 'If you do go for this option, you want to fill your inkwell up so that when the nib touches the bottom of the well, three-quarters of it is covered with ink,' advises Nielsen. However, they do need to be used with a separate ink well, making them a slightly messier choice.

Want to try something different? Crow quills can be used to create a variety of different lines, from extremely fine to quite wide marks. How does their hair spring up out of their skin? What direction does it flow? Has the fur been wet before? Does the fur droop now?' 10. 'Search for some photos of different animals. 'I like inking fur because I can use a brush to make playful shapes,' says Fowler. As with hair, you want to clump fur strands together rather than drawing each individual hair. Experiment with silhouettesįur and hair can be very expressive (Image credit: Tess Fowler)įur – whether attached to an animal or a detail on a character's costume – can be a great way to bring energy and expression into your ink drawings. 'Have you ever seen someone outside on a breezy day? You see the hair lift and move and dance,' she says. It's also important to keep your wrist loose and your lines playful, to give the hair energy. She suggests sectioning it into 'clumps', as picking out individual hairs can confuse the eye. 'Hair is what seems to trip people up the most,' says Fowler. Just bunches of distorted shapes all clinging to each other. 'Her flowery wreaths give me the opportunity to draw piles of flowers and leaves. She especially enjoys drawing Critical Role’s Keyleth – shown above. What shapes do the flowers and leaves take? Triangles? Wavy ovals? Diamonds? Just as when you were a little kid first learning to draw shapes, so too now can you allow the natural world to inspire you to make shapes again,' enthuses Fowler. 'Look out in the garden under your window. Plants and flowers can make great details within ink drawings, and offer scope to get a little more abstract in your rendering. Keyleth's headdress offers plenty of expressive possibilities (Image credit: Tess Fowler) Nielsen also suggests lightly sketching with a light-warm, grey PITT pen, or using light washes of watered-down ink. You can go for a classic HB or B, comic book and manga artists will typically opt for non-photo blue pencils – take a look at our guide to the best pencils for artists for out favourite options. There are a few different pencil options here. The pencil drawing can then be erased after the ink is dry. For that reason, many artists will start by sketching out their design in pencil. If you make an error in ink, it's very difficult to cover it up. 'Make sure you're able to do each of these vertically, horizontally and on a diagonal.' 03. 'Practise creating sweeping strokes, bold lines, crisp dashes, delicate dots, curves and straight lines,' explains Nielsen. There are also some exercises you can do to start to develop your dexterity in pen handling. Use your arm and shoulder, not just your wrist,' she says. 'Strokes generally start close to your body and move outward. Terese Nielsen advises gripping the pen close to the tip and keeping the angle between pen and paper at about 45 degrees. There are a few techniques that will help you keep control of your pen stroke. Develop your strokes with ink drawing tools (Image credit: Terese Nielsen)

India ink drawing by by sally fields