Ballpoint Pen Drawing

How to Draw Realistic Portraits and Faces with Ballpoint Pens

What you’ll learn
Ballpoint drawing techniques.
The difference between hard and soft pressure.
Fixing ballpoint mistakes.
Shading, texture, contrast, and other ballpoint activities.
Creating an accurate outline.
Making considerate choices of the images you will draw to get the best effects.
What focal points are and how to use them as an artist.
How to create texture in drawings.
The difference between detail-focused and contrast-focused drawings.

Requirements
Basic drawing skills.

Description
When people think of drawing portraits, they usually think of pencils, but did you know that a simple pen can generate gorgeous effects? In this ballpoint pen art video course, we will break the entire process down.Drawing is not a talent. It’s a skill. Some people learn faster than others, but everyone can learn it.Learn how to draw realistic portraits with ballpoint pens! In this video course, we spend 40 lessons on how to draw beautiful faces with ballpoints. You will be able to follow along during the whole process of me analyzing the reference image, creating an outline, and filling in the shadows and highlight in the faces of 2 portraits: One with blue pens, the other with black pens.Aside from that, you will learn a few theoretical explanations about choosing the right image, the right contrast or composition for your reference photo, as well as the basics of creating the illusion of texture. One lesson is all about seeing the difference between what people call “hyper realism” and regular realism, and pros and cons to both methods. I challenge you to make up your mind what you like most and why.On top of all this, you might laugh because of the occasional humorist approach to art dilemmas proposed by a few quirky teachers from different countries who don’t always agree with each other on certain topics. Oh, and those three characters are definitely not all me. I mean, how can someone possibly be three different persons? Exactly.Did that spark your curiosity yet? Yes? Then get the course!It didn’t? Fine, then move along. Buy one of my other courses. Hehe…

Overview
Section 1: Understanding Ballpoint Pens

Lecture 1 Measuring Brain Activity While Drawing

Lecture 2 Ballpoint Techniques

Lecture 3 Hard Pressure VS Soft Pressure

Lecture 4 Fixing Ballpoint Mistakes

Section 2: Creating a Drawing with Ballpoint Pen

Lecture 5 The Outline with Pencil

Lecture 6 The First Shadows

Lecture 7 Drawing the First Eye

Lecture 8 The Hair and More Shadows

Lecture 9 Being an Artist at Heart

Lecture 10 Drawing the Second Eye

Lecture 11 The Lips

Lecture 12 Shading the Neck

Lecture 13 Starting the Hair on the Right

Lecture 14 Light and Dark in the Hair

Lecture 15 More Hair and More Hair

Lecture 16 Simplifying the Details of the Shirt

Lecture 17 Finishing the Shirt

Section 3: Reflecting on the Drawing

Lecture 18 Reflection

Lecture 19 Lie Detector

Section 4: Making Choices as an Artist

Lecture 20 Drawing with Your Eyes Closed

Lecture 21 Choosing an Image

Lecture 22 Choosing a Focal Point

Lecture 23 Creating Texture

Lecture 24 Detail VS Shadow Focus

Section 5: The Blue Ballpoint Portrait

Lecture 25 The Outline

Lecture 26 Starting the Hair

Lecture 27 Perhaps in 100 Years

Lecture 28 More Shadows in the Hair

Lecture 29 The Ear and Left Side of the Hair

Lecture 30 The Neck and More Hair

Lecture 31 The Top of the Hair

Lecture 32 Drawing the Eyes

Lecture 33 Drawing the Nose

Lecture 34 Drawing the Mouth

Lecture 35 More Shadows in the Face

Lecture 36 Shading the Neck

Lecture 37 Making Everything a Little Darker

Lecture 38 The Hair on the Right

Section 6: Reflecting on Lessons

Lecture 39 Challenges with Ballpoint

Lecture 40 Some People Shouldn’t Draw with Their Left Hand

Section 7: Bonus Lecture

Lecture 41 Bonus Lecture

Anyone who wants to learn to draw realistic portraits with ballpoint pens.