Essential Drawing Skills | How to draw textures in ink | 3 Tips

Summary by Krater

The instructor shares three essential tips for rendering realistic textures in light and shadow using pen and ink, covering pattern identification, light interaction, and technique experimentation.

From the video

Answers: How do I render textures in light and shadow using pen and ink?

• identifying texture patterns
• rendering textures in light and shadow
• experimenting with pen and ink drawing techniques

What it concludes

• Identifying or creating the underlying pattern is the fundamental first step in rendering a texture.
• Textures respond to light individually, requiring observation of how light, shadow, and transitions affect each specific texture.
• Experimenting with various mark-making tools, stroke variations, spacings, sizes, and weights helps capture the nuances of different textures.