Just Draw Fineliner Art: Incredible Illustrations Crafted With Fineliner Pens

Product Information

Available in 48 assorted colours. The range also includes neon fineliners, pastel fineliners, and fineliners in nature colours. Cross-Contour works along the same principle as Cross-Hatching, only you will start with contoured lined rather than hatched lines. Again, you can add in as many layers and directions as you want to build up the shadow density you need. Technique 5: Stippling My least favourite to use was the Derwent Line Marker fineliners. It’s a good pen if you work in more technical way, but not so great for my drawing style or the way I hold a pen. The one that surprised me the most was the Stabilo Point 88 Fineliner. The truth is I would normally dismiss this pen as a cheap children’s pen, but it really did well in most of the tests and gave the others a good run. The colour range is excellent, and I will definitely be using these again when I want to introduce colour to my drawings. Fineliner pens are a type of technical pen that’s ideal for clear, smooth handwriting. They’re available in a wide variety of sizes and ink colors. You can use them for a variety of applications, including color coding, journaling, and comic book creation. These pens are also very popular for sketching, drafting, and drawing. Pen and ink can seem like a big step from pencil drawing – especially for beginners! You can’t erase pen, unlike pencil, so your mark making must be carefully calculated. There’s nothing worse than creating the perfect drawing only for it to be ruined by one misplaced line! With pencil you are able to adjust your shading by varying the amount of pressure while drawing. This isn’t the case with pens! You’ll need to rely on carefully placed lines and marks to give the impression of shading. Tightly compacted linework will give the impression of deep shadows, while spaced out linework will create an area filled with light. Juxtaposing both these tight and loose marks will create a drawing with great contrast and texture.

Broken Cross-Hatch is similar but works with groups of intersecting cross-hatched lines. The more your lines intersect the darker the shading will be. Both these techniques generate an aesthetically pleasing texture. Technique 8: Continuous & Random Doodled Lines If you want a pen that’s suited to drawing, then you’ll want to find a fineliner with a tip that is 0.5mm or less. This makes it easier for you to draw with minimal mistakes. Dip Pens don’t give a uniform line. As you apply pressure the flexible tip of the nib will move, allowing more ink to flow from the tip. They also have a tendency to splatter ink if the nib catches on your paper. For some people this splattering can be an annoyance, but for many it is part of the charm of drawing with a dip pen. Nibs for dip pens are also interchangeable, so you’ll be able to swap them out if you fancy a change. Fineliners are perfect for those moments when you need precision and clarity in your colour drawings, illustrations, charts and graphs. They are also increasingly being used for writing too, with their unique, smooth feel.If you’re a longtime sketcher, you’ll know that fountain pens make for some of the best art pens for creative work besides writing. They allow you to create bolder, more fluid linework than that achieved with a fineliner or ballpoint pen. STAEDTLER Box containing 6 pigment liner in assorted colours (orange, red, violet, blue, green, brown), line width approx. 0.3 mm

These pens are incredibly versatile, featuring a flexible nylon fiber brush tip on one end and a hard thin marker tip on the other. With these dual-sided pens, you can create a range of effects, brushstrokes, and shapes, especially when paired with a fineliner or ballpoint pen.

STABILO Red Sensor Fineliner Pens (Pack of 10)

Get started with the 9 inking techniques below and you should slowly and surely be able to build up your ink drawing skills! Technique 1: Hatching I've been using a Uni Pin Fineliner Drawing Pen for almost three years, and it's still going strong. It's been used for drawing, lettering, and doodling in a notebook.

For this test we are looking at how well the fineliners work with inks. I am using two types of ink for this test. The first test is the fineliners with Winsor & Newton Drawing Inks. This is a shellac dye-based ink. I am using canary yellow ink in this experiment. All of the drawings shown in this article are by Phil Dean using Winsor & Newton Designers Gouache, Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour, Winsor & Newton Promarkers and a fineliner sketching pen. The drawings on cream coloured paper are in a Moleskine Sketchbook. The drawings on toned paper are on Canson Mi-Tientes paper.There is no one “best” pen for drawing. The pen you choose should depend on the medium you are using. Different artists prefer different types of pens. If you're looking for something special, consider the “speciality” pens listed below: Best Overall: Uni Pin Fineliner Drawing Pen If you’re nervous about putting pen to paper try planning your drawing with pencil first. This planning will help you work out where your lines need to be placed, without worrying too much about making mistakes.