Ballpoint Pen: Painting with Lines
Ballpoint Pen: Painting with Lines
Beginning / Intermediate - 🖌️ & 🖌️🖌️
Instructor: Samantha Stover
Wednesday, 6:30-9:30 pm, 1/15-3/19
10 weeks, In-person / Gallery
$495
This class will focus on the popular and extremely convenient on-the-go media of Ballpoint Pens. Similar to graphite pencils, the ballpoint pen can achieve a range of subtle tonality and a high degree of luminosity; but unlike graphite, the pen is indelible. Learning to draw with a pen helps build confidence, dexterity, and finesse, as considerate decision-making is essential when the strokes are permanent. In this class, students will learn to develop detail in rendering monochromatic pen drawings as well as layering techniques for multicolored, kaleidoscopic effects. This class will include exercises in still-life, interpreting photo references and masterworks, and working directly from the portrait and figure from life.
Materials List - These are the materials you will need to bring with you for this class.
Sketchbook or Paper with a rigid backing board (such as foam core) Suggested under 20” on either side. Hot-pressed watercolor paper works well.
Single color ballpoint pen (recommended: Fine). I use Parker brand Refill Fine (black, blue, and/or red) and Waterman Rollerball refill Fine (slightly more fluid or ‘inky’)
Optional: Pilot “Frixion” Erasable pen
Optional: Faber-Castell Pitt Pen XS or similar (0.1 Tip)
BIC 4-color retractable ballpoint pen (typically comes with green/red/blue/black, “FLUO” is also good: *yellow/red/blue/black)
10-color multi-retractable pen (I use Kikkerland, other options are on Amazon)
Artists tape, drafting tape or painters tape (low tac) ¼ ½ or ¾” for the size of your paper or sketchbook
Napkins or paper towels
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