Pen and ink drawing process

Steps for drawing a bird with dip pens and ink; a behind-the-scenes workflow of how I put together my first drawing tutorial using old-school methods. Check out the full tutorial on my channel to draw along with me.

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[jamesfly]

thanks for showing your process, it's helped me slow down my work, allowing for better results now. I've rushed my drawings and got frustrated when they didn't turn out how I wanted but seeing how you prep for a piece has been eye opening for me. great channel, keep up the amazing work!

[HeavenlyDelighz]

so gorgeous!! im kind of happy to see how much thought and effort goes into your work! i draw a lot myself, but linework is something i struggle with and seeing other artists amazing art sometimes makes me think they are able to produce such amazing results with not a lot of effort, so i feel discouraged… seeing how you try out all these different line treatments until you find one that works best really makes me think i just need to keep trying harder and not get impatient! 💪🏼

[endugirl]

Wow! Very gorgeous! You put so much work into your projects❤️it’s really admirable 😊

[fragwagon]

My fantasy is to win the lottery and pay you lavishly for a book cover design 😆. Brilliant, gorgeous work.

[ruthbennett]

I greatly admire your work. With so many repetitions & visual summaries, don’t you find that it is more difficult to create the fluid lines & graceful totality of a bird?

[masterklep]

I feel myself such a lazy artist... 🙈😅 Very impressive! So much work!

[transy]

Really astute short video! Very informative and helpful, anything but tedious! Thank you very much!

[edzejandehaan]

That is a very meticulous process.
Personally I waaay to impatient to go through all that. I'm starting to draw directly in ink, not even pencil sketches. You then do have to embrace imperfections and "happy accidents" though...

[mdc]

Todo eso es hermoso.
All that is beautiful.

[elennadmrconner]

That's a lot of preliminary work, but great pen & ink art.

[laurasantos]

After you've got the final result, how can you trace it to the drawing paper? Sometimes, I use tracing paper for my drawings, but using it as a "carbon paper", if you get the idea 😊