The Secret to Painting Pen & Ink Artwork Digitally

How do you digitally paint traditional pen and ink artwork?

The secret is to clean up your scan, as I showed last week, and then convert the artwork layer to Multiply. Then the black stays black and the white becomes magically transparent. You can also use layers with opacity set right down to add shade over the top in a non destructive way.

Have fun! Any other problems let me know

Rotring Tikky Graphic Pen

The Pentel Aquash Brush

Huion A4 Tracing Light Pad

The Seawhite of Brighton a5 travel journal

Seawhite 350gsm Watercolour paper

Seawhite layout Pad
(Try Strathmnore Layout Bond in the US

The Cotman sketching watercolour set

Neutral Tint Half Pan Watercolour Paint

Naples Yellow Half Pan Watercolour Paint

Sharpie White China Marker

Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils

Shoo Rayner is an award-winning illustrator and author of over 200 books for children.

The Shoo Rayner Drawing Channel won the 2011 YouTube NextUp award.