8 Tips for Pen Drawing for Beginners

Is Pen drawing new for you? Turbo boost your progress with these 8 very practical tips. Watch the drawing at the end where all the tips are put into practice.

[martyjean]

Stephen: there are two types of pen, fiber and ball.
Fountain pen: "Am I a joke to you?"

[karincarter]

Nothing like going back to the basics every now and then!? After watching one of your other videos i have realised that i am definitely only drawing with my fingers! Not even with my wrist most of the time! I can immediately notice to difference now that practice drawing 'from my shoulder' ! Still in progress because I thought I would have no control ?! It has greatly improved my efforts ! ❤

[scottpitner]

Another fantastic lesson. Hope you realize that any type of educating would suit you, even if YouTube is the only method of distributing that knowledge.
You’d fit right in a classroom as teacher.

[babawawa]

Yours are the very best videos. I live alone & try to doodle/draw every day and would become very frustrated. Your teaching, lessons, have helped me tremendously and my shaky hands are far more “creative” than they were. Thank you. Thank you.

[chrislora]

Thank you, youtube algorithms! This video just popped up. I seem to get every artist on my homepage, but your videos are new to me. The ten tips are very helpful, even after taking drawing classes you offer new tips: smaller nib for distance, using pen to measure angles, etc. Thank you!

[gwarlow]

Not a second of wasted time in this video. Cheers!

[avosmash]

You have great content. Straight to the point and out of the box, simple and clean. Keep up the great work! I am learning a lot.

[imperfectimp]

I tend to draw very literally what I see, so that little tip about leaving some space around objects in the foregeound was maybe the biggest tip in this entire video! Will certainly be revisiting this channel.

[chelseabrindley]

This is one of the best art tutorials I’ve ever watched! Thank you for making this video, I can’t wait to give these a try :)

[szikracam]

Thank you Stephen!!! Your videos and teaching style are incredible! As someone having recently started their artistic journey, I cannot express my gratitude enough!

The first point was a revelation for me! I recently got into pen drawing and expected that all drawing pens have quite a liquid flow, so I’ve accidentally bought the fiber nib and thought mine were just faulty! Glad to see what their advantages are :)

[karensmith]

Excellent, clear, practical and no extra fluff. Great thanks

[Hotchpotched]

Brilliant. You're not only a good artist but also a good teacher.

[scablet]

yes!!! i've always been good at drawing portraits of people in scratch papers...more like doodling! i've always wanted to pursue watercolor but i never got good at it...just had a sudden epiphany how i've always been good at drawing with a pen...and thought about what if i pursue that! i found your channel!!! i feel hopeful!

[noralockspeed]

Exceptional teaching and subject matter, so glad I found this channel! ❤

[doyalin]

So glad I found your channel❤ Thank you so much, I’ve been fascinated by ink drawing since little but had little confidence in just drawing. Your tips helped me gain some confidence to begin the journey 🎉

[alexmcd]

"There are Fibre nib pens and ball point pens "
There there fountain pen, don't cry. I still love you. ;)

[davidextance]

Always enjoy and appreciate sharing your knowledge that helps my improvement. Thank you Stephen

[pryptpi]

Great teaching content as always. Many thanks. I guess the answer to this question is ‘it depends…’, but generally do you use the same width liner for hatching as used for the drawing, or a smaller / lighter one?

[thoughtsinc]

The shadowing lines technique made my pieces definitely add more depth and realism to it. This is a great video.😊