A few months ago, I tried doodling with pen simply because I didn’t want to carry an eraser around with me. (I can’t just use pencil without itching to erase, warped logic.) And I found out that all this time I have been drawing, I mostly do the thinking on paper. I’d have vague idea what it would be like and just doodle away until it became something I like. That method worked for me so far, but it felt like a terrible and wasteful way to draw. But with pen I have to think through what I’d like to draw, exactly down to almost every detail before I even start, and I found I can draw faster like that, much faster and with better results. It made me wonder why I didn’t think of it sooner. I guess autodidacticism has its faults.
The photo above is of my favorite pen, an expensive ballpoint pen by my standard. In Thailand you can buy one for 5 baht. (Don’t bother converting that to dollar, it’s miniscule. XD) This pen is 45 baht. Outrageous huh? But the line was so smooth and the flow was just right. I don’t think I can use some other pen ever again. I didn’t even know what ‘brand’ it is since I got it from Muji. I stock it up whenever I can because I wouldn’t know what to do if when I can’t find
it anymore.
Here’s some of the sketches:
Student artist... Your insight is really helpful, it probably would never have dawned on me to scketch with a pen. The pencil the only tool I used for sketching but after trying with pen I also found it was faster than pencil and i had to really consider my ideas in depth before beginning .
ReplyDeleteAnd love art work looking forward to more. I'm a definitely a fan