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I've been playing around with white ink, and pulled out one of my old ballpoint sketches to see what I could do with it. I added highlights with white charcoal pencil and white gel pen, and then darkened some of the areas with a brush pen, and filled in some more shadows with a ballpoint. All of the sudden, my original sketch seems a little flat. The lesson? Don't be afraid of the dark, and use lots of contrast (toned paper is nice because you start with a mid-tone, and can add lights and darks). The range of values and the degree of contrast you see in real life is huge, and if you can capture that in your drawings, they will really "pop".

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Description
I've been playing around with white ink, and pulled out one of my old ballpoint sketches to see what I could do with it. I added highlights with white charcoal pencil and white gel pen, and then darkened some of the areas with a brush pen, and filled in some more shadows with a ballpoint. All of the sudden, my original sketch seems a little flat. The lesson? Don't be afraid of the dark, and use lots of contrast (toned paper is nice because you start with a mid-tone, and can add lights and darks). The range of values and the degree of contrast you see in real life is huge, and if you can capture that in your drawings, they will really "pop".

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