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USING FELT PENS (1)
V. Ryan © 2002 - 2008
Outlined below are the stages involved in producing a colour rendered drawing of a craft knife. A selection of felt pen and coloured pencil techniques have been used and they are presented one stage at a time. The techniques used are relatively simple and can give quite quick results.
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1. The style of drawing is decided - in this case a three dimensional style called isometric drawing is adopted. The basic outline is drawn carefully with a pencil as any mistakes can be corrected easily.
	2. More detail is added such as rounding off corners and adding the finger grips to the craft knife. A fine black ink pen is then used to go over the pencil lines.
3. A slightly wide black ink pen is then used to go round the inside of the drawing (in particular, the handle of the craft knife).

4. A chisel tipped black felt pen is then used to fill the handle with colour quickly. This is allowed to dry and then a white pencil crayon is used to add relief or curves to the drawing.
		CHISEL TIPPED FELT PEN
5. The blade holder is then coloured using a brush tipped felt pen (in this case grey is a suitable colour). Notice that white space is left to give the impression of light reflecting of the metal.
		BRUSH TIPPED FELT PEN
6. Finally, use a different coloured felt pen to underline the drawing. In this case a gold/yellow chisel tipped felt pen has been used to make the drawing stand out.
		YELLOW CHISEL TIPPED FELT PEN
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