Mastering Your Linework (Secrets Revealed)

1. Master Your Linework (Secrets Revealed): Imagine you have created the most beautiful sketch that you've ever seen. The lines are glorious, the structure is immaculate and the subject is questionable but reasonable. Now, all that's left to do is just add a little line work here and there. And I don't know, Why didn't you like, what are you doing? This? What is it with line work and always making our sketches go from masterpieces to a field coloring book page in a matter of seconds. Honestly, I don't know whether it would be impressed or devastated that anyways, I think it's time we actually fix our linework process. What you've never heard of a linework process. Well, just sit back, my friend and let me take you on a little adventure into fixing your line work. You will learn all the tricks of the trade and master and artwork of your very own. Now what are you waiting for? Grab your sketchbook and let's get into it. Okay, here's the most important part of line work. Always keep. 2. Lesson 1 Sketching the Foundations: Whoops, sorry, I said on the remote there. Alright, back to business. The most important part of line work is always keeping your sketch cleaned. Take a look at these two sketches. What is the difference between the two? Well, one is way more readable than the other. You see the more sketching lines you have, the more confusing a composition will look, which in turn confuses your line work. And then that affects the outcome of your line work. You see it's like a cake. It comes to the many layers that all stack together. But without that bottom base, your cake stack will become like a cake file. So started the temptations and then work your way up. Now, let's follow along with me to see how I create clean sketches. Or if you feel confident, go ahead and make your own sketch. Hello. 3. Lesson 2 How to Transfer a Drawing: Oh wow, beautiful sketch my friend. Okay, here's my foolproof secret to getting super clean line work. This is called a light pad. It's a nifty tool typically used by architects, but it'll work great for us today. If you don't have light pad, don't worry. I have instructions for you to transferring is when we take our original sketch and copy it onto a separate sheet of paper, think of it like a copy machine except to you or the machine here, line up your original sketch with a clean sheet of paper. I recommend taping things down too. So things that are shipped on you, trust me, you're gonna wanna do this, then take your pencil and begin lightly, lightly tracing your sketch lightly is the key here, since pen can only cover so much, go all the way your sketch until all the details are in. This works on normal paper, sketch paper, watercolor paper, and marker paper too. It just depends on how much light you have in your light pad or against the window. And the window is for you friends who do not have a light pad on hand. Here's what you're going to do. You will do all the same steps that I just explained. But instead of using a light pad, you're going to use a window. You could even take your artwork to the glass if you need a break from all those amazing wines that you are transferring, what's your transfer is done? We can move on o and pro tip about the window. This only really works if it's bright outside. You can't do this at night or when it's super-duper, heavily clouded outside. So make sure you tighten your transfer. Just write. Some other people will use a glass table with a light underneath it. Anything that's basically see-through and lights up, you can actually use as a light pad if all those things don't work well, you can also use tracing paper or parchment paper in order to transfer your drawing, but those are a little bit more tricky to learn and we'll discuss them later on. Alright, now gets tracing. 4. Lesson 3 Time for Linework: The moment of truth. That's alright, it's time to begin your line work and it's pretty easy. Start off by erasing your pencil lines. I know, I know, I know. Just trust me here, okay. Then choose your pen. I prefer fine liners, but ballpoint pens work as well. Trying to find a pen that has quick drawing, that way you don't risk dragging ink everywhere. This is called smearing and it doesn't look very good. Now, take your time. Brushing is we're shaky lines like live, it is most important to get the outermost lives as clean as possible as this will form the silhouette of your artwork. Silhouette is the outermost edges of your drawing and you should be able tell what the subject is based on those lines alone. And they give it just like a shadow when you can't see anything inside of it, only the outermost edges, but you can still tell what that object is by a shadow. That's how you know, you have a very strong composition. Remember, composition just means what you're drawing and how you're drawing it. I also tend to thicken up these lines as well to give more of a solid look to your trial, those declines will come in handy in a bit. Just take time, alright, now get tracing. Alright, let's have a little. 5. Bonus Technique!: How do you know how something feels? Texture. Texture is great for creating a certain look like smooth, rough, dingy, spotless, hot, cold gain, so on. But of course your paper is flat. So how do we create a look of field? Well, that's where texture comes into play. Let's use a lot of textures to express feelings. I use hatching lines to fill in shadows, rough up some fabric. Solid sections are great for bringing attention and creating a smooth surface. While sibling or those little dots I used to build area secret noise. Here's some examples of textures that you can do and they're really easy and straightforward as well. Just slow down the video or pause. That way you can copy them down in your own time. There are hundreds of textures with pens that you can create. So do some research and see what else you can find or make up your own. Now, get texturing. 6. Let's Wrap it Up!: So what did we learn today? Well, we learned with line work is and how to achieve it with clean sketches. We found that it's transferring your sketch creates a much cleaner outcome, which makes us look ten times more professional. We found that different line thicknesses can create different looks to an artwork, especially when it comes to the silhouette of a subject. And of course, if we want to create feeling and an artwork, we use texture to do so. Well, my master in training, that was a lot of Grieg, but it doesn't stop there. These techniques are not a one and done thing. You must practice and practice, and practice and practice and practice until it is second nature to you. So to help you with that, I've attached a cheat sheet of all the techniques that we've learned today, find them in the files area. And I also have this lesson linework example there too. So if you wanted to give this example some killer of Europe, you can do so. Don't forget to post an example of what you did in this lesson to the discussion section below, so other students can see your progress and your talents. Now, if you were struggling to get your sketches perfect, be sure to check out my sketching master's course where I break down all the foundations of sketching for you. Oh yeah. You like this style of learning. Be sure to check us out on YouTube where we posted ventures that push the envelope of creativity. All right, that was a lot. I need a nap. Alright, superstar, get out there and be creative.