Contrary to the lack of recent posts, I have been drawing a lot lately. My art group has been averaging 2-3 sessions per week which has kept me busy. Pity my poor dog.
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I bought a set of Micron Sepia pens. This is marketing speak for "brown." The set consistes of 4 pens in sizes and tips I commonly use: .1, .5, Brush and 1. This first sepia was done entirely with the brush tip, something I normally do not do. I prefer the tight lines and control of the .1 for drawing, relying on everything else for shading and texture.
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This one was done in my normal technique only brown instead of the usual black. I think the brown pens would work better on a darker paper. Perhaps I should look in to that.
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Another recent purchase was a set of Staedtler colored pens. I have used staedtler pens before and I really liked them. My only complaint is that all the pens in the set are the same tip size and a bit larger than I prefer to draw with. (why should I try new things?)
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After a few times with the colored pens, I find I prefer to draw with my normal black pens and use the colored pens to highlight and add texture. I know artists who draw with color, using complimentary colors to form lines and shading but I haven't quite got that down yet.
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My apologies to this lovely model who was absolutely gorgeous but I spent too much time on experimenting to get anything truly worthwhile out of the session. (Okay, that second brown drawing is good. Maybe I should finish that.)
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