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Funny enough, I never liked ballpoint pens - because that is what we had to use in school) so when I graduated I decided that I won’t use it again! Of course quite some time has passed now and all I can say - thanks a lot for bringing it back in such a fun and useful fashion!) very inspiring!
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In this lesson, I'll show you how I render basic shapes with a 4-color ballpoint pen. I'll explain my smudging technique for creating soft core shadows and gradients without a lot of hatching. You'll see how each color reacts differently to smudging and how to use that to your advantage. I also cover how to pre-wet the paper for thicker lines, control line weight for depth, and apply these concepts to render forms like spheres, cylinders, and boxes.
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The basics of drawing shapes.
Sorry, I didn't have any ballpoint pens lying around but I did have a fountain pen (almost have not had any pen for a decade it seems. Just got these recently since deciding to go back to journalling, then just decided I finally wanted to properly learn to draw/sketch). I did the gradients by smudging as I drew before the ink had time to dry up.
you could also use the colorless tombow brush to smudge, use it before or after and it works very similar
Funny enough, I never liked ballpoint pens - because that is what we had to use in school) so when I graduated I decided that I won’t use it again! Of course quite some time has passed now and all I can say - thanks a lot for bringing it back in such a fun and useful fashion!) very inspiring!
