Lessons Archive

In this example Doug will render out an anatomy study to show how to start the process of layering ink for a more finished piece. 

In this exercise Doug breaks down an arm into its basic planes then expands upon them with more detailed feathering and rendering. 

In this lighting scenario, Doug explores a chaotic, Joseph Clement Coll style of inking. 

In the lesson, Doug explores an uplighting scenario.

In this lesson, Doug will tackle a dual lighting scenario. 

In this lesson Doug will start to explore various head lighting scenarios and how to tackle them with the brush. 

In this exercise, Doug will take you through more fundamental concepts of inking (and art). Demonstrating techniques of feathering, tone building and brush handling, he will continue to guide you along your journey in ink.

At this point in the phase, Doug Stambaugh, a teacher of inking at Watts Atelier, will be taking over for the remaining brush technical exercises. In this exercise he introduces you to basic compositional elements that you will find useful when inking. 

In Jeff's last video for this phase, watch him tackle a study of a master inker, Joseph Clement Coll.

After having completed several exercises in tone building, it is time to move on to the final technical lesson with quill pen. 

In this video lesson Jeff will demonstrate more techniques for building tone with a quill pen. 

In this video, Jeff will demonstrate many different techniques of tone building with quill. 

Continuing on with the technical exercises, more line practice!

Now that we are done with the ball point pen section, it's time to start getting used to inking in quill. One of the best ways to start to understand this tool is to practice these technical exercises. 

Moving on from animals, we will start to tackle landscape. In this lesson you will learn how to indicate trees, rocks and atmospheric perspective.

In this last iteration of animal sketching, Jeff will finish up with Rhinos, using tech pens, ball point and brush pens.

Continuing to explore sketching animals in ink, we will move on with tigers. Jeff will provide more insight on how to handle and layer the feline form utilizing tech pens and ball point pens. 

In this lesson we will start to explore sketching animals in ink with a variety of different tools, including a brush pen. 

Now that you have tacked some basic heads and figures, you will start to understand how to approach layering architecture with ball point pen.

In this lesson Jeff will take you though some basic ball point pen sketching techniques of heads and figures.

In this lesson, Jeff will go over a basic introduction to inking. He will show some of his inking portfolio, some basic ball point pen materials and start you off with some value scales.

In this last video, Erik will close out the phase and provide some information on the online forums.