Drawing with a marker

Initially, the fill with markers is dark, but after drying, all markers become lighter. Therefore, do not be lazy to make yourself a coloring of your markers, which is convenient to keep in front of your eyes while working - this way you will spend less time looking for the right color. A darker tone can be made by applying the same color in several layers. Colors mix best when wet, so this should be done quickly. Although, after drying, if you paint with a light marker on a dark one, you can achieve lightning in some areas. However, this does not always work out and depends on the difference in tone and brand of your markers. Best to highlight with a blender.

By drawing with a yellow marker on top of blue, you will get a green color (any other colors when overlaid will also give a new shade or color), so you can expand your palette.

Drawing with markers should start from light tones, gradually moving to darker ones. You can look for good quality markers on craftonline.com.au/pages/copic-sketch-markers.

To fill it without bald spots, you need to paint over in a circular motion, and not in a zigzag pattern. This will make the fill smooth and uniform.

In some cases, you can mix markers directly on the rod, for example, touching a dark marker to a light one. This must be done carefully and not overused, otherwise, the tips will be dirty. This also works with a blender. If desired, the tips of the markers (rods) can be changed, for example, Sketchmarker rods are said to fit Chinese markers. Thus, if you want to try, for example, how a brush draws, you can just buy the tips and put them in the marker. This works exactly with topics - bullet-shaped rods are simply changed to brushes.

The wide, beveled marker nib fills large surfaces well and evenly, the "rib" of the nib creates neat thin lines and details. Set the dots immediately, adjusting the pressure. Never draw a circle to paint over later, such an element looks sloppy. The preliminary sketch is best done with the lightest marker so that pencil lines do not show through the finished drawing.

Drawing with pens

Let's talk about outlines and pens (gel and ballpoint, not right and left;). With pens, you can draw the whole picture without using other tools - we will dwell on this in more detail below, but for now, we will discuss how you can draw outlines with them. To begin with, we note that not all styles have clear outlines. But in works similar in style to vector images (mandalas, paisley, "folk" or author's patterns, "cartoon" style, and other "flat" graphics), the outlines are relevant and even have great importance.

They emphasize the color, make the work more contrasting, clear, and expressive.

Benefits of pens:

1. The pen is much more obedient than the brush and gives a sharper outline than the airbrush.

2. As a result, it is much faster to draw outlines.

3. At the same time, they will be more uniform, because, again, the handle is easier to control, it is "more obedient".

4. And the black color of the black pen is really black (only the result must be varnished as soon as possible, more on that below).

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5. The pen does not need to be dipped/cleaned/wiped - just take it and draw.

6. Also, pens can easily write on acrylic, oil, primer, or directly on (well-prepared) wood.

General drawing tips

Relax your hand

A person often cannot start drawing for two reasons - fear of a blank sheet and a tense hand. To relax both yourself and your hand, you can draw simple shapes. Lots of simple shapes like circles. Exercise in drawing circles will not only make your hand harder but will also help in drawing countless rounded objects in the future.

Find a time and a place

In your daily schedule, you need to set aside time for drawing. It is best to be alone during these hours unless the interference has a stimulating effect on you. Record the exact time of the class on your calendar. Make a date with yourself. Creativity, like the body, needs to be constantly strengthened.

Learn to apply tone

Once you've learned how to create recognizable and accurate images of objects, it's time to tackle their volume, weight, and materiality. For the illusion of three-dimensionality, objects need to be painted with shades of gray, in other words, to impose a tone or work out chiaroscuro.

Draw everything

Carry a small notebook with you and try sketching while waiting for an order in a restaurant, sitting in your car, and in other situations when free time suddenly appears. Set a goal to do two or three sketches in a week. They don't have to be completely finished. If the main thing is captured at the same time, the sketch acquires charm.