Multicolor Ballpoint Pen Drawing: Must-Know Tips and Tricks

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Ай бұрын

Did you know that you can actually create realistic portraits with just a ballpoint pen? In this video I'm sharing some tips and techniques and revealing my latest pen drawings!
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@bleuvertetforetdepin7308 Ай бұрын

that Danny portrait in the red costume is so good ! thanks for sharing and sprinkling art motivation .

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@mjpete27 Ай бұрын

Hullo Emily, I notice a lot of people mentioning "Talent" in the comments. I do believe in talent, but that does not mean that Artists do not work at hard at their vocation! Some things might be easier, but to get good and stay good takes practice! Everyone must practice even with teh "gift" of talent or perception or whatever you feel gifted with. Thanks for showing us your foray into pen drawing, your doing quite well!

@Godswillmpofu 29 күн бұрын

You are extremely talented, thank you

@EmilyOlsonArt 28 күн бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@francinebrown1944 Ай бұрын

So amazing! I've not seen pen drawings like this before. Thanks for sharing. All your drawings are beautiful!

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@paulwoodford1984 Ай бұрын

De Moose Art channel has been doing ballpoint pen art like this and better for years. check him out.

@Evan-tg3qh 15 күн бұрын

These are truly amazing. Thank you so much for sharing.

@EmilyOlsonArt 13 күн бұрын

You are so welcome!

@robsonhenrique3329 Ай бұрын

Você é uma grande artista ❤❤❤

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Xen_28 Ай бұрын

Im loving that sketchbook tour! You did an amazing job. Usually I use ball point pens just for little doodles and sketches, your drawings are just another level!!

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

Oh thank you!

@elizabaum Ай бұрын

I love drawing with ballpoint pen, but I've never been patient enough to get this detailed. This makes me want to try.

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

Yay! You’ll love it!

@alejandromorales9516 Ай бұрын

Ballpoint is my handy drawing instrument when I travel. The response to pressure, the ability to create gradations, and something about the way the ballpoint viscosity feels on good drawing paper creates a great drawing experience. I also like that should I want to add watercolor later on I can do it without fear of my lines running. Thank you for this demo! I ordered the set and look forward to drawing with them!

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@TracieWho Ай бұрын

OMG - I had no idea that pen came in the other colors besides that red/blue/green/black combo! Thanks for the inspiration to use pens more. Your sketchbook is wonderful! At any rate, I love my multipen and just ordered the set. What a perfect little travel set they make. Although I do have to confess that I always have to do a pencil outline before I go in with pen. I ften do try to experiment with pen first, tho. Needless to say I have a long ways to go in that department..lol

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

Happy to help!

@butterflymagicwithhottea9291 Ай бұрын

Good grief! You are really talented.

@marionbik2022 Ай бұрын

Thanks Emily.. I love your enthusiasm! Amazing lesson! 🙏🏼✨🎨💕

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

So glad!

@sheilagilleland4312 Ай бұрын

I love drawing in ball point pen!

@dianeo Ай бұрын

Inspiring! Lovely drawings. The model in the red dress and your husband's portrait are my favorites. This encourages me to be more bold with my sketching practice without the safety net of an eraser!

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@JoyAloha709 Ай бұрын

Your favorite is also my favorite! Thanks for this great video, tips and sketchbook tour. 😊

@Quinkerbell_3604 Ай бұрын

This is so inspiring!

@artonthecreek Ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m inspired🎉🎉🎉

@annalisafeleppa7391 Ай бұрын

Such wonderful work. Very inspiring indeed.

@robertadrsvensson Ай бұрын

Amazing! What masterpieces!

@ivyclough8969 Ай бұрын

This is such a great video! Fun to see you working in a different medium (of course, just as well).

@SimplyOrganizedLLCMadison Ай бұрын

Thank you Emily. I'll have to try this medium. Beautiful sketches!

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

Thank you! I think you’d enjoy it!

@sharongallagher3443 Ай бұрын

You have very impressive drawing skills. Interesting concepts using ink pens.

@kellylaher7512 Ай бұрын

This is so fun!

@CBE21 Ай бұрын

This is so amazing 🎉

@ollie54able Ай бұрын

Thanks. I too have/am learning that sketch books are a wonderful and useful tool and can be quite pleasurable. I currently have three 5x8 pads I work in two of which I use a fountain pen and do primarily stippling. My 1st pad is for just human figures on velum paper & fountain pen only, the 2nd one is for cartooning on regular drawing paper primarily fountain pen with a variety of strokes and the 3rd one is hodge-podge of subjects and mixing of watercolor/gouache and fountain pen on watercolor paper. Thanks again for the flow of enjoyable videos.

@Yolanda_draws Ай бұрын

Wow you can see how much more detail you can see when you got ahold of more colors. I do the same but in colored pencils. Gotta try the pens.

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

So true!

@TerriChannel Ай бұрын

Wow, Emily, those are amazing! I loved seeing all your pen sketches!

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

Yay, thank you!

@d.a.v.i.d.6495 Ай бұрын

wow you are so talented👏👏👏 just love it❤❤❤❤

@alysonfordperez7820 Ай бұрын

Stunning work!

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@joanbauman1571 Ай бұрын

Super neat

@kiaru86 Ай бұрын

I can't find the BIC one with yellow. All the yellow pens I bought ends being some sort of brown or dark ochre.. Thanks for showing all of this❤

@annalisafeleppa7391 Ай бұрын

Wonderful work. Very inspiring indeed

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

Many thanks!

@slateportraichu5416 Ай бұрын

This is so inspiring! You are so talented=3

@afos32 Ай бұрын

You are absolutely amazing your drawings are beautiful. I'm going have to give this a try thank you for sharing 😊🎉

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@ChantelleArts Ай бұрын

This is so good, so many incredible tips ☺☺

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

So glad!

@donnakelly8911 Ай бұрын

Wow, they are excellent pictures.

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@AzilArts-bs4pj Ай бұрын

Super art work

@sarajamal799 Ай бұрын

Wow amazing drawings 🎉

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@blueviolets2022 Ай бұрын

Wow!

@LibertasVeritatis 25 күн бұрын

beautiful! i use ballpoint pens and i like to look for all the colors out there... i can suggest some if you want.

@MS-up1jn Ай бұрын

Awesome

@madebylora Ай бұрын

Your artwork is stunning!! I carry a tiny (2 inch) sketchbook and one of those bic pens with me as my “emergency sketch kit” for when unexpected opportunities come up when I’m out and about. My pen has black, blue and red plus it has a mechanical pencil instead of the usual green colour. Obviously I am limited to just 3 colours this way and my sketches are usually very quick. However, this video has inspired me to experiment more and to try harder to get a more polished end result. Thank you

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

That’s perfect!

@rizzart66 Ай бұрын

Love rhis.

@Ramesh_009 Ай бұрын

Nice work 🎉❤

@robertarce5377 Ай бұрын

This is awesome 👏 I have the bic blue multi color pen 🖊️ but it’s kinda difficult to find the yellow sun ☀️ bic pen 🖊️ that’s the one ☝️ I need. Hands down bic pens are the best in quality and smoothness thanks for sharing!

@ohbli_oh Ай бұрын

I never liked ballpoint drawing but wow his art is amazing. And you did a really good job too. Almost sold them to me but no, too many bad high school memories of doodling caricatures of my teachers.

@TalArt777 Ай бұрын

Nice 👍🏼 👍🏼

@thadeurabelo2375 Ай бұрын

wow wow

@barbarag7831 Ай бұрын

As always, your drawings are amazing. Thank you for sharing them. I'm wondering about how long it takes to complete one of these portraits in that size with the pens.

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

I think about 2 to 3 hours.

@naomimccowen2720 Ай бұрын

Pen is so much fun. Thanks for making a video! I have this set of pens from office depot. I also have found pens in multiple colors from dickblicks. I had a hard time finding yellow in the past. I also found an artist pen with fine points at the blicks store in person that isn't listed online. Dollar tree also has pens with multiple colors but I have found those pens a bit frustrating to use. They are fine point and take extra marks to create pieces with it.

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Nice to know there are other options out there!

@gumpgarbonzo Ай бұрын

Great demo as always! Thank you. Quick question: what brand were the pens you used?

@pesto12601 Ай бұрын

When you are an artist.. you can draw/paint with DIRT and it will still look good! Sigh... to have such talent.. what a gift!

@Lauraisabelgonzalezart Ай бұрын

I don't think it's talent. I think it's dedication and hard work that pushes her to do so well. If you spend time practicing, sketching and put forth the effort, you too can achieve wonderful things!

@KagomeMorino Ай бұрын

Years of practice and dedication is what makes an artist. We don't magically just wake up one day and are able to draw. Telling any artist they are talented is kinda an insult because your implying we didn't work are butts off to get were we are.

@pesto12601 Ай бұрын

@@KagomeMorino Sorry.. but you are wrong.. most of these folks on here ARE born with the gift... and if an artist is "insulted" when they are told they are talented.. then they have weak minds and thin skins... LOL... huh??

@Bunnykisses1000 Ай бұрын

I agree with the above comments..we spend hundreds of hours (if not more)on each medium and continue to learn..and yes..its insulting when someone says “oh your so talented “. They say, “i could never do that, where i respond, yes you can, you just have to have he drive and love of the process to put the time in to learn. Not just try one drawing and say..nope, cant do it.

@invayderkim Ай бұрын

I loved this video, thank you! Have you tried using a colorless blender marker in conjunction w these techniques? I got a 6ct of the ohuhu brush marker in colorless 0 for pretty cheap that I use for diff techniques in a couple of non marker mediums. Some ballpointnt inks change hue a bit, others just blend, but it's a fun addition to my art toolkit!😊

@joykruczay Ай бұрын

Beyond impressive (and intimidating)! Approximately how long did the more detailed ones take? You are so very skilled, but this looks very time intensive. QUESTION: Since it was a good quality journal with no bleeding, why did you use only one side of each page?

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

The more detailed ones took 2-3 hours. And I only do one side just in case I want to remove one to frame, give away or sell. :-)

@joykruczay Ай бұрын

@@EmilyOlsonArt Thank you!

@plan4life Ай бұрын

I have only just started learning about how to make ink drawings, but what I understood is that you should lift your pen up between strokes. Also that you should only go in 3 directions (horizontal, vertical and diagonal one direction only). But you don’t do all that, yet your drawing looks fantastic. So I don’t know what is the proper technique, or doesn’t it matter?

@chiarasola826 Ай бұрын

I would love to try ballpoint pens... it's so scary for me not being able to erase though 😅 Your sketches are great! ✨

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

You can do it!

@paulwoodford1984 Ай бұрын

De Moose Art channel is the best ballpoint pen artist

@Markaxewell Ай бұрын

Can you please do more tutorial on ballpoint pen

@MsJanoli Ай бұрын

you’re from Denver!

@davidschefter4160 Ай бұрын

Beautiful! What kind of paper did you use?

@EmilyOlsonArt Ай бұрын

It’s listed in the description. :)

@carollegros8671 Ай бұрын

Wow. I have been using black pens for awhile for portraits. I saw old photos of people from Titanic, and did a few portraits on Acrylic paper. Also tried scribble portraits, from Mad Charcoal suggestions.. But hard to do small. You are so talented

@redangrybird7564 Ай бұрын

I still struggle with stick figures 😁✌️

@johnjones6336 Ай бұрын

INK+PEN=ART• That’s my logo, even though I have not copyrights it. I stumble up on your site by serendipity. that’s what I am. A freehand graphic illustrator with ink pens. I’m over 65 and I’m still learning.:) thanks for this information. Drawing with pen and ink, it’s excellent, It forces one to pay attention to extreme detailed and as you said, it increases your critical skill set because there’s very small margin for error.. But if you know how the ink interfaces with the paper and the ballpoint at the tip , your hand techniques you can still create masterpieces.🕊️