Pen and ink drawing techniques?

Question

Okay when someone draws a picture and says in the description
Pen, ink and white acrylic on paper used. Like in this picture.
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/55476364/

Are they literally using a pen for the drawing? If so what one, and how are they not messing up while drawing in pen and how are they shading so well?

Answer 1

The pen is probably an old-fashioned-style dip pen used with India Ink, or a fountain pen. It could also be a pigmented fine-point marker such as a Copic Multiliner or Pigma Micron.

The shading can be done by: using a very fine pen tip & drawing faint lines to simulate shadow areas; adding water to the ink & using a paintbrush to do the gray areas such as the grassy spots in the forground; by using a watery mixture of white acrylic to bring back the highlights.

It's possible that the artist used pen over top of a pencil drawing, then erased the pencil after, but many artists can draw like this without a preliminary pencil drawing.

With practice, you can too!

Answer 2

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Answer 4

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The lessons from Realistic Pencil Portrait Mastery guide contain 208 pages and a complete of 605 illustrations.  The essential approach applied is that you start with an image, pull a mild outline of the function, and then shade it in.
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Answer 5

Yes they use an actual pen
and you just have to practice practice.
:)