Pen And Ink Drawing of a Man Playing A Guitar.

Here is a drawing in pen and ink of a man playing the guitar. I did it first as part of a drawing lesson for some students. It turned out to be a good lesson and I made a little worksheet to go with it for the future, you can follow the link below to see the drawing lesson.

The picture is of a man sitting in a chair with a large guitar in his lap that he is playing while his head is down as he is listening to the music he is creating.

I had to draw this picture several times before I got it right and still feel it is not done, but I have to move onto other projects or I will lose my mind. I had to use a tracing box with this one where I have a lite inside and it illuminates the image so you can trace over it. The pose was easy but I had a little trouble with the anatomy. I like the overall expression of the picture of a man at peace and sharing his music of peace with others.

It is a very nice picture and I am very happy with it.

Ink Drawing Of A Man Playing His Guitar

If you want to see a how to draw worksheet for this project that I made for my students CLICK HERE.

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It makes a nice i-phone case see it HERE.

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Weeping Angel Drawing, With Sword

This is a drawing of an angel weeping at a grave. I spent hours researching this project before drawing it. There are many statues and images of angels weeping but none that I could find just like this where the angle is embracing the cross at a grave in this way.  The broken sword in the foreground tells the story that this may have been a guardian angel who failed or the grave is of a fallen warrior. It is open to interpretation, and that is the fun part for me as an artist.

I have done several of these drawings for different purposes, there is a drawing lesson and a watercolor painting lesson I did on this same subject.

The pens I used were of different types including sharpies, flair, and brush type markers. I traced it over about eight times before I got it right and even now I want to fiddle with it some more. I used several techniques including stippling, thatch, and irregular lines. The stippling with the dots took about four hours, I used three different pens to get the different thicknesses for the effect.

In my pen drawings, I want to have some areas that are white and some that are solid black. In this picture, I have large white areas in the figure but instead of any large solid black areas I have so much black texturing that I was afraid that it may be overdone.

It is available for purchase at my Society6 store see it here.

Weeping Angel At Grave With Sword

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Pen Drawing Of Old Chair, Camera, Hat, And Shoulder Bag Still Life

The title of this still life is, Back With The Camera.

This shows what you can do with a fine tipped marker and some felt tipped markers.  I sketched it in first with a 2b pencil and then went over it with the sharpie to make a nice line drawing.  It could have been finished right there as a simple line drawing but I was in the mood to push to something deeper.

Still Life of Camera And Bag in Pen

 I did a lot of contour work but then got carried away and used cross thatching over some of it.  I like to use areas that are flat black for contrast and interest so the back leg and bottom parts of the chair were brushed in with a black marker as well as a few incidental parts.

I tried to put in shadow but it didn't work out because the back leg was lost so then I had to clean it up; to clean it up I used white Liquitex Gesso to paint out the shadowed areas. I scanned it into the computer but cleaned it up a little more with the free gimp software; I was not happy about needing to do that since it was supposed to be an ink drawing and not a computer drawing but on the other hand, it was only a little tweak so I guess it is OK.

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Shore Cliff Fantasy Drawing, Sketched With Sharpie Pen.

I did this drawing while waiting for the car to be repaired. I didn't have any resource materials like a picture in a magazine or any old photographs so I started with a vague idea and then went from there. It began with the idea of a stair leading down to the beach. I drew it first in pencil and made a few corrections then started with the sharpie. There are some places where I was experimenting with the sharpie by holding it at a low angle so less of the felt contacted the paper which gave a thinner line, which I used in the distant sea and the clouds.

Drawing of Shore Cliff sketched with a Sharpie.

I am mostly happy with it but in retrospect I wonder if using dots on the beach was as effective as it could have been if I had just left it white or used some kind of hashing approach.

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Quick Sketch While At The Restaurant.

I try to always have a small sketchbook with me so I can doodle or sketch when the opportunity arises. It is easy to carry a small one in pocket with a pencil or pen. This sketch book is about 3 inches by 5 inches. I used a sharpie.

It is a sketch of a garden planter in the corner of a plaza where we were having lunch. I started with a light pencil and then went over it with a sharpie. The foreground was boring poured concrete but I thought it would be more interesting with flagstones.

Quick Sketch During Lunch Marker in Sketchbook

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Rene's Farm at Sunset Watercolor Over Fine Tipped Marker

This is a picture I did that was inspired by Rene's farm in Texas. I like the rural scene it is peaceful.

I sketched it with a hb pencil, then went over the sketch with a fine tipped marker, and finished with watercolor. The marker was a Sharpie(R) and I like to use them because they seem reliable and convenient. I have a few that are mostly used up and the line is very thin and pale so I use those with a fresh one that has a strong thicker line.

I have to remember to keep the water color thin and let the pen work show through.The only think I am not happy is that the sharpie do not seem to not be totally water proof because there is a little faint bleed when you put the water on, but it is minimal and a clear wash followed by a tissue blot up will deal with it nicely.

Rene's Farm at Sunset, Water Color Over Marker

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Illustration of an octopus

I was doing a worksheet for some kids and it had a drawing of an octopus. I drew this to illustrate the subject of the drawing lesson.

This was drawn in pencil and then traced over with a sharpie. I used the sharpie to texture the octopus and give the sense of roundness by using a dot technique.

Illustration from how to draw an octopus lesson.

I wanted to give it more than just a black and white rendering so I used some cheap crayola (r) markers to color it and the sandy ground below it. The markers were too dark but since they are washable I took a brush and water and gave each area a wash, the dye then spread and lightened up a bit.

If you want to see the free how to draw an octopus worksheet follow this link to my other blog.

I am mostly happy with it and feel satisfied that I found a use for all of my kid's old markers.

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Barn Beyond The Meadow

This is a drawing I did in fine tipped marker.

Fine Tipped Marker Sketch of Barn Beyond The Meadow

I spent about four hours on it. I had a photo that I was working from and then embellished it. I wanted to get the texture of the woods behind and have contrast with the areas of the barn and the field. I wanted the barn to have a contrasting texture, and value.


The foreground needed to be darker I should have switched up to a broader point for it.

The composition is lacking. There is a focal point but there is nothing to invite the eye in. There is a sense where the flowers make a barrier to the picture. If I was to do a more serious project like an oil painting I would introduce a path meandering from the foreground and wrapping around behind the barn to draw the eye into the picture.

It was a fun study and great practice in texture technique- maybe I will use this as a study and do a painting of this.


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Quick drawing of wooden manikin

This is a quick sketch I did while teaching a class of home school students. It was drawn in about six minutes. The purpose was to get loose and not worry about making every line perfect but to rough out a project quickly. Our medium was pen and ink or markers, I used a fine tipped maker  nothing fancy, and I drew this while standing in front of the class holding the sketchbook up for the kids to see.

The kids all did very well. We have been doing things like this all year and they are getting good at it.

Quick six minute sketch of wood model man

I asked one of the kids to pose the model as a casual pose. This is what she decided on.

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Simple Marker Pen Drawing of Prairie Farm

This is a drawing I did of a farm surrounded by wheat fields on the prairie.

Pen Drawing of Prairie Farm

Fine tipped marker is a fun medium and offers a lot of opportunities for expression. You can master line and texture with a little effort. It frees you to discover basics of composition without the problems other techniques.

This is a very simple drawing- almost a doodle. The foreground was all wheat but I wanted to make the focus on the farm so I left it for the imagination, but I think the bottom left is too bare and it might have looked better with a fence or road leading to the farmhouse. The trees are just a texture with wiggly shaped dots. Instead of just drawing a line for the foreground hill I chose to use hash marks to give the feel of the wheat field.

It was drawn quickly. I used a sharp tipped marker from the grocery store, and it is drawn on printer paper, so we are not talking archival quality

I might redo it in another version with watercolor.

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Candlestick and Box Sketch in Marker

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Marker drawing of Candlestick and Box

I was trying to get the roundness of the candlestick and the grey tones of the box while using a simple ink drawing  technique. The top of the box is suppose to be whiter by contrast. 

It is a very simple composition, in fact too simple, I wish I had a few more elements added like a book or fruit or something. 

It is good to practice and I will bring this to the class I am teaching the home school kids as an example of what can be done in marker.

I was using a cheep marker from the grocery store and printer paper. I found the marker made blots when you first touched the page. This can be good or bad depending on what you are trying to do. If you held the marker at a sharp angle the line was very thin and skippy and if you held the marker more vertical the ink came out very thick.

I prefer the professionals markers, but knowing the effects of the cheep ones is useful for some projects, so I am always experimenting.   

Rural Barn Scene in Fine Tipped Marker

This is a landscape with a barn, a shed, and hay roles in a field. I drew it to show some kids what can be done with fine tipped markers.

Rural Barn Scene in Fine Tipped Markers.

I started by drawing a light pencil drawing. I really wanted to give a sense of distance, so I used a .005 and a .01 tipped marker for the mountains and trees in the background, for the foreground I used a .3 and .5 tipped marker.

I like using dots and short dashes to make images, it worked well for the trees in the back ground and middle ground.

I enjoyed drawing this and am happy with the results.

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Marker Drawing of a Snake

Snake Drawn With Felt tip markers. 

Felt tip markers have a lot to offer. The lines can be very clean and you can achieve a graceful motion in the composition. They allow one to do many kinds of technique.

I did this to illustrate to my students some of the technique available with ink pens like fine tip markers.

The snake is first drawn in pencil and then gone over with sharpie. After the basic design is done the pencil is erased then the details are added.

The snake has some details added by line and hatching. There are different textures in the bark of the branch and no texture in the blade-like leaves. The snake has a pattern on scales. I confess I got board with the project and didn't do a very professional job on the scales.

The background was all dots. I used a broad tip marker for the background.

I could have done more with the branch and leaves but I wanted to focus on the snake.

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