Wow! Your bee is awesome!
So, pen...is that similar to drawing pencils, with different ones offering varying degrees of depth to achieve the tonal range in these sketches?
Like Charlie's ink work, I am impressed by your ability to sketch things out without need of an eraser. I always sketch in soft pastel or light graphite, anything that allows me to make corrections. Like, lots of corrections.
Thank you, Terri!
Regarding the pen, kinda.... they have different size tips. The pack I just bought has the following tips: 005, 01, 03, 05, and 08 (corresponding to .2, .25, .35, .45, and .5 mm). I also have a few pens that are a few years old (that I used on the cookie), and the largest I have of that I think is 1 mm. See the picture below--they should be in descending tip size order.
If I want a more defined line or border, I'll probably use the larger tips. But, I tend to use lines, and the quantity of them, to determine how I want it to look. So, for example, I used a single pen for the cookie. (I used a single pen because that's all I could find in the house, and it was like several years old. LOL) However, I did just recently buy a pack of new ones. The new ones are Prismacolor, but I'll be happy to move back to Sakura. Not sure why I tend to prefer the Sakura, but I do?
Thank you for your kind words about not needing an eraser. I actually find the ability to erase a hindrance, just like backspace key on the keyboard. If I have the ability to erase, I will never get anywhere until it's "perfect" in my eyes. So, simple things can take hours or span multiple days. In some instances, I stopped drawing, because I got frustrated. Which is probably why I haven't picked up a pen/pencil/art media for some time...
However, not having an eraser tends to "free me", and I have to "just go with it". If I screw something up, sometimes I'm able to fix the problem, other times I can't. Sometimes I can live with the error; other times I rip the paper out, crumple it up, and curse the heavens.
