New YouTube video! Fun & simple pen and ink tutorial on how to draw a mushroom! I gave tips on the process Link to the video is in my bio This is also an exercise from the upcoming workbook : ) | Alphonso Dunn
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So my Pen & Ink Shading Online Course is finally available! Over 7 Hours of solid, clear , and easy-to-follow instruction! Here’s Some of What it Covers: * Materials: Paper, Pens, Ink... * Cross-hatching Technique * The 5 Stroke Variations * Pen Control * Developing Consistency * Value Control, Blending * Light & Shadow... * And more... The link to the course is in my bio: courses.alphonsodunn.com | Alphonso Dunn
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So my Pen & Ink Shading Online Course is finally available! Over 7 …
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A tip to help stop rushing ink drawings While I'm sure there are several factors behind this, I realize that when it comes to pen and ink drawing, one of the main reasons is due to the fact we're drawing only with lines. An ink drawing is created ONE stroke at a time. Now, if we become too conscious of this it can make the process of shading feel pretty tedious and daunting. Eventually, impatience kicks in and we just want to see the drawing done already. One thing I do that helps is I try not t
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Contouring with cross-hatching One of the more challenging aspects of pen and ink shading is cross-hatching around the cross-contour of round forms. It is much easier to render block forms with their flat planes and straight edges, but round forms require a gradual contouring while sometimes even simultaneously gradating value. An effective way of handling this is to designate the layers of your hatching to follow different directions. So one layer of hatching may follow a particular axis of the
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New YouTube Video! Portrait Drawing Tips| 5 Useful things to know about the ear 😊 Portrait Drawing Tips | 5 things you should know about the ear https://youtu.be/cqnwYuKo0RM | Alphonso Dunn
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Swiss Army knife: I stand by it, line is the ultimate Swiss Army knife of all the drawing elements. Apart from color, there is very little you can’t do with line. It’s such a powerful tool for learning, exploring, and problem-solving in drawing. And in ink they are permanent so their history is there for us to study and learn from. Lines create shape, form, value, texture, and consequently, all that they create. Drawing hands and the human form allows me to put all its functions to practice. Nev
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