How To Draw With Ink

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Put your ballpoint pen to shame with these tips.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Ink
An inking surface
Pens
A paper towel

Step 1: Select pens

Select a pen appropriate to your art. Among the choices are dip pens, markers, and technical pens.

Step 2: Choose the right ink

Choose an ink type. India inks are typically shades of black, and can be waterproof or not. Colored inks tend to fade over time. Use non-waterproof with most pens and nibs for art covered by glass, letter writing, and calligraphy. Use waterproof ink with dip pens, quill, brush, and ruling pens.

Step 3: Choose a surface

Choose an inking surface. Absorbent paper with a polished finish provides an ideal surface for pen-and-ink. Other options include art board, mylar, watercolor paper, and drawing paper.

Step 4: Test the flow

Test the ink flow on a scrap piece of paper. To increase the flow, wiggle the nib, draw the nib through a drop of ink, or carefully draw the nib across a damp paper towel.

Tip: Wipe the nib often when using fast drying inks to increase the flow.

Step 5: Vary line thickness

Make your images visually interesting by varying the thickness of your lines. This can be accomplished by using pens ranging from zero-point-three millimeters to one millimeter.

Step 6: Create shades

Develop different shading techniques, including overlapping and cross-hatching, which is drawing overlapping lines at angles to each other.

Step 7: Practice styles

Practice many techniques with many pens and tools to develop your own personal style.

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[sio42]

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[smacker55555]

next how to make good vids

[NoobenTube]

step 8: profit

[dinahmanatee]

I'm a lefty. I drag my hand across the paper

[DarkChild1342]

I could have sworn I heard "dick pen" somewhere in there...

[MrMaybeimdreaming100]

Shit, im Lefthanded.... Thumbs up if you got it, and your lefthanded... :D

[slightlyinsaneXD]

how to write with a pencil

[luna973741]

Luv the voice, very informative, just a bit more info on the paper

[SOSOTHECAT]

please more drawing videos

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[dinasaur2]

Really everybody... If your intending on using ink and pen with nib(s) use bristol board of at 150gm -230 gm in weight. Otherwise your ink will bleed and your nib will ruin any paper surface. I have been using nibs and india ink for many years and this video is poor in explainng the 'exact ' material that is suitable for nib work.

[bahuka91]

Very useful!!! Thank you!

[stefan98TH]

ok, yep