Ellie in a Black Turtleneck

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  Suzette (@Rayedrgn)

  09/14/2021 @ 9:14pm

  I am a little embarrassed to say this but I went out on a major search hunt for those pens before finally finding some at the dollar tree. lol I really want to learn this technique.

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  Joer_B (@JoerB)

  09/15/2021 @ 2:01am

  @Rayedrgn If you look at my previous posts (Meadhbh standing pose, The Question) I posted some in-progress shots. In the post ‘InstaCheck’ I included a shot with the cheap 10 colour ink pen I often use with these drawings. In some of the close-ups I’ve posted, you can see the layering of the red, green and yellow inks (detail shots of ‘Meadhbh Looking Away’). I now use relatively light pressure with the pen when drawing—different from the pressure I use for writing notes. I think ‘Fevered Dreams’ and the drawings I did of Natasha were the only ink drawings I did with a deliberate, heavy pressure (mostly because they were my earlier, experimenting phase). If you really want to see the very first successful colour ink drawing, look at my first post - ‘Headphone Girl.’ This drawing shows the deliberate mark-making of someone new to the technique. It also shows the how I always follow the forms with my line (the contours of the face, nose and eyes) - this is consistent whether I’m drawing with a Bic pen or a pencil or a brush with paint on it. Hope this helps.

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  Suzette (@Rayedrgn)

  09/15/2021 @ 10:36am

  @JoerB Thank you so much I truly appreciate the very detailed explanation and your willingness to share your experience!