Today we’ll be doing a fun little study of a pear in pen and ink. Super simple materials and a nice straightforward process. You can either use the same reference as me (link below) or find your own.
Reference – http://drawandpaint4free.artcoursework.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_0541-scaled.jpg
Materials
- Quill pen
- Indian Ink
- Water
- Drawing paper
- Paper towel for clean up
Process

- Begin by faintly sketching in the width and height of the pear.

- Then use light, mostly short, strokes to fill out the outside of the pear and leaf before starting to use short, hatched strokes to create a tonal fill.

- Shadows will need a greater build up of strokes.

- Keep working this way until you have hatched in all the shadows and lightly added the halftones (don’t add too many halftones as it will get too dark).