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FUNDAMENTALS: Sketching SMALL FACES With Simple Lines (Patreon)

Published:
2023-09-15 09:49:28
Edited:
2024-12-31 03:18:36
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2026-08
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How to sketch small faces with only 4 lines while comparing ink pens to find the best for details.

Please download the high resolution references below as well as the the proportion template so you can easily sketch along with this tutorial. You could download the reference sheet which is very large so you can 'pan' around the image for each reference or download the 'zip' folder at the bottom of the post for each individual reference. If you have any problems please let me know!

MATERIALS:

Uni-ball Vision (Micro 0.5mm)https://amzn.to/3FqaqTk

TWSBI ECO Fountain Pen F Nib https://amzn.to/41z1l4N

Sailor Fude Fountain Pen https://amzn.to/3zC5Grm with convertor https://amzn.to/3zzNONx

Sakura Micron Pens https://amzn.to/3B20jn0

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Kathy Nieder

I really like the Sailor, love the fact that you're forced to sketch looser which is good for me because I tend to get lost in the details.

Mathieu Chiasson

That was fast, I tried to keep up, I did ok though and it was good practice for fast sketching. I'm pretty beginner so for what my thoughts are worth, I've tried Micron and Faber-Castell and I just love the black ink of the Faber-Castell. The M pen has a very thick and durable tip and still has a lot of pressure control. Thanks again for the tutorial, I'll revisit these but a bit slower next time.

Lorna Graham

Just completed them all Scottie and really enjoyed this tutorial. I think I was pretty pleased with half of them, some a little distorted but such great practice. I would choose your first pen 😊

Kimbenzo

Great video--very fun to watch. I liked the high contrast you got with the Sailor but I agree that it's probably not ideal for tiny details like this. I'd love to see you try it out on a larger sketch! I've always used Staedtler pigment liners but you've enticed me to try the uniball. Excited to test it out!

Stephan Aal

Great Video, Scottie... I use TWSBI pens all the time. I couldn't see which nib width you were using, but mine are EF and F... I also use the back of the nib when I want very fine lines. I do have fude pens , from Duke . the Confucius pen is good, but suffers from the same problem... not enough ink for a pen that uses it fast. I think there is someone who makes custom nibs for TWSBIs and you can get a fude nib that way.

Johanne

Thanks for the video. You make it look easy, whatever pen you use. FYI: you could use a very fine sandpaper to smooth your scratchy nib.

Joacir Junior

"I like the Fountain Pen, but when the details are too small, I tend to smudge with it, even when using the finer side of the nib. I've been trying to get used to it for doing details, but today it's easier for me to use a fine Sakura pen."

Joacir Junior

"I liked hearing you say that you found the Sailor a bit scratchy because I think that too. But since I've been using fountain pens for less than a year, I thought it might just be a lack of skill on my part."

Joacir Junior

I noticed that you don't use the opposite side of the Sailor pen to create finer lines. You only change the angles of the nib, but you don't completely flip it to achieve finer strokes. Is there any particular reason you don't use this side out of habit?

Dan Misson

I think a uniball fine work quite well. If the pen is too fine I think you then have to go over it again and defeats the object of quick simple faces

Dan Misson

What I love about this style of drawing Scottie that none of it has to be exact. you don't have to try and match the potrait and get the features exact - which frees you up to just enjoy sketching

Sarah Clements

Could you do this but for small figures? I would love to put better tiny people in drawings. Do you ever use museum aquarelle, inktense or water-soluble ink pens & pencils? Great video & so so helpful, Thanks Scottie.

Hadrien Dykiel

Fantastic tutorial thank you. Big confidence booster for drawing faces and really fun. Do you ever block in the face first, then the hair? Or do you find it easier to always start with the hair outline

Karen Pinzás Morrongiello

Oh I was doubting about what pen to use but I think I will start with the uniball. The fountain pen get me a little bit nervous

Melinda Bilecki

This is great! So much fun and so instructive to draw along with you. :)

Sharie Bonin

I find that I can sketch people better when I don’t concentrate so much on technical, but rather just being quick about it. This tutorial is great practice at that. Thankyou. 😇

Geertje

Great tutorials, I picked four pens out of my collection and it’s amazing to see the differences between them.

Xaviera Rabenjamalala

So I had a go at this yesterday. And while I worked out OK with the proportions, I struggled a lot with the eyes. Somehow I always messed up one of them. They get too dark with too much ink. I am using the animal micro as well. I am not sure if it is because of the paper. I used a very cheap one as an exercise block. But I am not sure.

江戸 fdu

Hi, did you ever try with rotring like pens ?

Marie-José Dupuis

Hi Scottie! I love the Uni-ball vision, but in Canada, I could only find the micro, 0.5 mm, no 0.3 mm could be found. On the other hand, I found the Uni-ball vision Needle, which I find to be very appropriate for small faces. I love it. Keep up the good work. Making steady progress, thanks to your excellent teaching method. Have a pleasant day Scottie!

Deborah S.Strickland

I have found the uniball vision .38 to skip a lot especially when trying the small faces. I am on the 3rd one out of a box of 12.

John Oliver

Hey Scottie - I have been working through your videos and wanted to reconcile methodologies. In this tutorial we work through the big shapes beginning with the hair and moving to the face. But when we sketch people we do the opposite beginning with the outline of the face first and finish with the hair after the drawing is complete. Is it only on faces that we should do the big shapes outline method?

etiana

hi. the tiny portraits are more difficult for me than the big ones!