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Dip Pens for Realistic Drawing
272 students
What you'll learn
- How to match dip pens and other supplies to your drawing style
- Experiment with exercises to control the tools
- Techniques to create different effects
- Tips to pre-test before the final art
- How to lead the viewer through your composition
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Course content
5 sections • 18 lectures • 55m total length
Requirements
- The lessons progress from beginning to advanced and are suitable for someone without any inking experience, though it is helpful to have basic drawing knowledge.
Description
Gain confidence drawing with dip pens in a realistic style. Learn what to practice and how to get the effects you want.
You’ll learn:
How to choose dip pens, ink, and paper combinations for your projects
How to practice controlling the tools
Techniques to create different effects
A system to pre-test textures before the final art
Tips to create an ideal composition
About the supplies:
Choosing the right combination of materials is so relevant that a key part of this course is helping you find the best fit between the supplies and your aspirations.
You can still gain insights if you use alternatives to dip pens for inking in this class (such as fine liner pens).
About the final project:
As part of the lessons, you'll progress through five stages that lead to a final project. For this project, you will render an ink piece of a subject of your choice, in any dimension, using the process, techniques and fundamentals taught in the lessons.
If you share your artwork on Instagram, let me know by using the tag @longstrideillustration in your posts.
In your workbook you’ll find:
- Additional resources with hyperlinks
- Instructions, including samples, for the exercises and the final project
- Reflective questions about your:
Goals for pen and ink
Influences and drawing approach
Choices of supplies
Key learning insights throughout the process
We’ll refer to the downloadable PDF workbook throughout the lessons.
Who this course is for:
- This course is suitable for beginner to intermediate artists wishing to gain knowledge of pen and ink techniques and interested in using dip pens for realistic drawing.