Tapered strokes are super important to create confident and visually appealing drawings. By connecting lots of small, tapered lines we can construct one clean complex line. Also, tapered strokes are essential in gestural loose drawings that carry energy and have a playful charm.
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The Drawing Sailor
2mo
Anyone have any advice on doing tapered strokes digitally? I’m using procreate and finding that all my strokes start light and stay thicker until the end. I can’t just get the middle thicker and the end light. Any suggestions? Thanks
@shrimp_fry
2mo
I am still a bit confused on how to use the tapered line to sketch. Do I sketch and use tapered lines to try to match the contour of what I see then try to stitch it together or do I simplify the shapes using the earlier methods ?
Hails
3mo
Really proud of this one! Still trying to get the hang of the speed and confidence but I drew this white pumpkin! I did a red block out layer, 2H CSI layer and then a 4B tapered stroke layer.
@andrea3101
3mo
Here are my attempts
I am not sure if I am doing the strokes correctly.
I also think I am bit too messy
Thank You for any feedback
Ogechi Ike
3mo
Here's my first attempts at Tapered Lines. I think I need to work more on my confidence. Let me know what you all think!
Catherina Petersen
4mo
Hello everyone! I didn’t quite understand what I needed to do, but I tried my best and had fun doing it! In the first picture, I drew simple shapes, and in the second, I tried to do some gesture drawings using references of animals as a guide. Do you have any suggestions on practicing the tapered stroke? I am a bit confused.
Isaac Russell
4mo
Of all the exercises I think line is gonna be my favorite as far as enjoyment. The art I do for work is very formulaic and doesn't lead to making a ton of expressive lines. But it's so much fun, maybe I'll get a client to get something a bit more experimental
Jack Mills
5mo
I had a lot of fun practicing my line quality. would love to hear any feedback :)
Abhishek Mukherjee
7mo
I have been practising drawing confident lines for a few weeks now, I will see confident lines in my drawing someday in the near future :D :D
@colorburn
8mo
I'm not sure if I'm doing tapered strokes correctly
@red1865
11mo
my first tapered stroke drawings definitely need a lot more practice
Yury
1yr
Tapered stroke is not easy. Some positions and angles are definately harder for my hand. It is easier to draw it from shoulder...
@karlyn
1yr
I connected the ends with another stroke to make it look like one long stroke. It seems that I could get the tapper part at the ends of my strokes and not the beginning. Guess I’ll have to practice this stroke more…
Menriv
1yr
My approach to the exercise involves using tapered strokes in a CSI pattern. This pattern consists of connecting a C stroke with an S stroke and then an I stroke, executed in random directions, sizes, lengths, etc.
Change To ‘Atylass’ From The Game.
1yr
11/6/2023
This day I’m gonna take it easy and practice the tapered Stroke.
Tell me how I did and tell me what I should be practicing within the (free) basic drawing course.
Change To ‘Atylass’ From The Game.
2yr
8/6/2023
A little bit of practice today, feeling pretty good about it, however I should really study more often.
Change To ‘Atylass’ From The Game.
2yr
2/6/2023
Decided to draw different shapes with the Tapered Stroke, tell me how I did.
Change To ‘Atylass’ From The Game.
2yr
28/5/2023
I’m struggling greatly with the tapered stroke, also I think I should be doing something else a long with this.
Change To ‘Atylass’ From The Game.
2yr
27/5/2023
I tried to do some tampered strokes with Proko’s example of random doodles, the trying to do it when shapes.
Cindy Duflot
2yr
Hi all, I would like to check something with you. I notice that I have a very hard time drawing a tapered stroke when my pencil is too hard. Is this "normal"? Does it make sense? Is it particular to me? Thanks for the input!
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