Objects that are in the background should be drawn with thinner lines. Objects in your drawing that are closer to you should be drawn with thicker lines. Experiment with this to see what works.Ī couple tips about this: First, you can create more depth in your drawing by doing this. In some spots you’ll want to push down and create thick lines and then in others you’ll want to lift up to make very thin lines. While you can ink with mechanical pens and markers I think it is important to use either crow-quill ink pens or paint brushes because it gives you the ability to vary the thickness of your lines. The large areas of black I fill in with a marker. I feel like I have better control over the tip with this extra handle. I do this just to get a better grip of the brush. You will also notice I roll masking tape around the brush near the tip. I have also had great success with the new synthetic nylon or polyester fiber paint brushes. Here is a sample of the brush I use: It is a regular #0 Windsor & Newton camel hair paint brush. Marker: any black waterproof marker should do. I have had success with Higgins Waterproof Black India Ink. India Ink: Some India inks are thicker than others. Paint Brush or Crow Quill Pen: I actually use a very small paintbrush (like a #1, #2 or #3). Here is our finished tight pencil drawing: Get yourself a big stack of paper and get loose, draw lots and don’t be concerned about “bad” sketches – just toss them aside and start over. So, relax while you’re in your pencil drawing phase of this process. If I can get 3 decent drawings out of ten attempts – I feel fairly good about myself. I think that this is a reasonable expectation for an artist to have as well. A great batting average for the major leagues is “.300.” This batting average means that they get 3 hits out of ten, or get a hit 30 percent of the time. I like to make an analogy between a good batter in baseball and a good illustrator. Drawing is a process that takes a long time. They expect to sit down with one piece of paper and draw exactly what they have in their mind the very first time around. Here is a close-up sample of a fairly tight pencil drawing:Ī word of encouragement about drawing: I think most illustrators are far too hard on themselves. Here is a sample of a fairly loose pencil drawing: Start with basic shapes, keep your lines fairly light and when you start to see the shape you’re going after you can focus in and “tighten” up your drawing. I think that it is important to stay fairly loose when you are in the pencil drawing phase. This type of mechanical pencil holds a very thick piece of graphite that you sharpen and use similar to a real pencil, except it’s better.Įraser: I use the Staedtler Mars Plastic eraser. Pencil: I actually use a mechanical pencil like the KOH-I-NOOR Technigraph 5611 Lead Holder. It is also thick enough to not wrinkle when you are in the inking phase of this process. This type of paper is heavy enough to handle a lot of erasing. I could write a novel about how to draw, but this tutorial will focus on the process of the steps it takes to go from pencil drawing to the finished, designed, commercial piece of artwork. The very first step is the pencil drawing.
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