hi fellas! i’ll get straight to the point. i need help about learning how to draw hyperrealistic (portraits, landscapes, you name it) with a classic ballpoint pen. i know that i can’t be an expert in a few minutes, i just need the proper guidance. of course i searched this awesome website, but i didn’t find exactly what i was looking for. i did a request but i have no idea when and if it’s gonna get done. so any kind of help would be extremely cool. thank you for your time my friends!
The best way to do any drawing is in pencil, sketch whatever you want to draw in pencil first then outline it in pen or trace it in penIf you make mistakes, that is fine, if you keep practicing, you will get the hang of it
yeah but what about the shading? the knowing when to press hard the pen on the paper and when not? the types of pens used? i used to do amazing drawings as a kid, but not with pen. plus it’s been a long time and now my hands are little bit “rusty”. i can only draw the outlines and the very basics of the basics, and these very rough. my goal is to draw things so realistic, that can fool people thinking it’s a photo.the pencil thing is a very good tip tho, i will sure do it. thanks a lot!keep the tips coming! <3
@NatarianQueen
’s advice is great. Starting in pencil is really useful for finding the flow and layout of the drawing, and you can correct mistakes before you go over it in ink. Pressing lightly will give you lighter lines. For hatching, you’d want to use quick wrist movements. You don’t need to press hard with pens; just move slowly enough and you’ll get a thick line. (If you press really hard, they might break.) Technical pens are good for starting. You won’t need to worry too much about pen pressure—use a thick pen (05, 08) for a thick line and a thin pen (01, 005) for a thin line. (Note: outlines and key shapes look best with thicker lines, and you can use thinner lines for smaller details!) These pens come in packs of 5-8 or so and are pretty reliable. Once you’ve got the basics of technical pens down, you may want to get a brush pen also. These are trickier to handle. The width of a brush pen stroke depends on the pressure and angle of the pen. I’m autistic and have poor fine motor control, so I can’t really give you advice on those. I do mostly digital drawing, but I’m somewhat proficient with technical pens. Let me know if there’s any way I can help!
I would suggest visiting an art store or shopping online - there’s various kinds of art pencils (outside of using the common one). You might want to look into graphite pencils specifically for drawing or art purposes, since each one differs on the thin/thickness and weight of the granite. There’s also charcoal pencils, which can be used for shading and fillings.
Pencils. I am an artist, and I always use pencil first. And then I go over it in pen. For shading, I use charcoal pencils, but you can’t mess with that too much, as it is quite hard to erase. And there are lots of pencils out there that would work much better than one ballpoint pen. But if you really want to use pen, I don’t know how to help you there.
sorry.
thank you all for your time my friends!
sorry for the delay but better late than never.
If I may add, you may use charcoal pencils for vreally dark lines. Then hb pencils of different number to add thick lines and thin lines. That makes a different with the intensity of the pencil work. Google it you will learn better. I personally like charcoal pencil a lot!
Hmmm what could come closest to using a ball point pen is what we did in college with stippling.
You stipple your way to the image. But it requires a lot of effort and time.
Like this :
And after some practice:
At a proficient level:
Hyper realistic portraits:
, landscapes
Our article: http://www.wikihow.com/Stipple
Info: http://www.artistsnetwork.com/articles/art-demos-techniques/making-a-point
