I had a blast this Saturday sketching for the kids at the
The von Liebig Art Center Free family day. The most popular sketch request was probably
Mermaid drawings for the girls and
Dragons drawings for both boys and girls. Couple of the more unique requests were a drawing of roaches and a drawing of a mermaid with her puppy mermaid (that one was a first).
With all the excitement, I forgot to count how many drawings I was able to doodle over the 4 hours event, but judging by how empty my paper box ended up it was probably close to 70 quick sketches.
For those interested in the materials used, I relied mainly on a set of
Sakura Pigma Sensei Manga Drawing set and a
Faber Castell 4 Pitt Artist Pens Manga Drawing Set on 110 lb white card stock. Their pigmented black ink is both archival and waterproof, so the sketches are fairly light-fast and can be safely colored with watercolors.
When drawing so many sketches upon request, it's probably best to stick to the larger pen sizes to keep up the pace and produce bold outlines. I only needed to use the extra fine
XS Pitt nib for writing in the name on the dog tag of a couple of puppies.
The 0.6 mm bullet tip ink nib and 1.0 mm bold tip felt nib of the
Pigma Sensei were noticeably worn down by the end of the day since they were used most often, but they still perform quite well producing clearly defined dark lines.
Just in case you missed the
Mermaid or
Dragon coloring pages from the display table, I'm posting both files below.
Dragon Coloring page drawn with
Pigma Sensei 1.0 mm pigment marker pen.
Mermaid Coloring Page drawn with
Pigma Sensei 0.6 mm pigment marker pen. The following are a few scans from my display easel portfolio.
This coloring page was colored with
Faber Castell Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils.
Faces drawn with pigment liners and colored with
aquarelle sticks washes.
Faces drawn with pigment liners and colored with markers.
Robot guard coloring page drawn with
Pigma Sensei 0.4 mm pigment marker pen.
Coloring page of Forest Ranger and feathered friends.
As promised, here is the other coloring page for the Forest Ranger 2.
Couple of mermaids drawn with pigment liners. Feel free to print it for reference or for some coloring fun.
Graphite sketch of a Manga face: big eyes, pointy chin, and small mouth rendered in a style often found in Shojo-manga (Japanese comics for girls).
Thanks for stopping by and hope you find some of the information on this blog useful in your path to learning more about
manga sketching and my
preferred art materials. Feel free to contact me if you have any further questions.
0.5 mm HB mechanical pencil doodle warm up sheet.
Warm up doodles using a Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pen M. Drawing random curves and spiral patterns is a good preliminary exercise for creating graceful cartoon mermaids.
A few of my simplified symbols for mermaids' pets and friends. I recommend sketching your own after visiting an aquarium or watching a marine nature show.
Shared a set of 15 Caran D'Ache Neocolor II crayons, plain white card stock, and some leftover coloring pages with lil' cousin Caro, Boris, and my nieces Nicole & Camila.
First pass at coloring the mermaid page.
Caro's cute cartoon gag rendition of a raccoon's late night encounter with a vehicle in a highway.
Switching to coloring the dragon sheet.
While some boys balk at coloring the mermaid, the dragon was popular with both boys and girls.
Cute heart symbol used by Nicole on a surprise greeting card.
Her original birthday card design.
Nicole's free-style drawing of a whimsical family of aliens.
Drawing in the stylized stone mountain texture.
Proving that there's no age limit for enjoying crayons, Caro just had to join in the coloring fun!
For her second pass at the dragon sketch, Nicole added several creative details to the basic dragon outline: a castle under siege at the base of the rock mountain, a second fireball, a couple of storm clouds, and lightning.
Camila's colored version of an early mermaid and friends doodle.
Camila's free-style drawing of a person wearing sunglasses conforms to the typical stick figures for her age group.
Nicole's first colored version of the mermaid sketch.
Taking another stab at the mermaid sketch with a different color palette.
Though unfinished, I really like her choice of greens and consistent color selection on her third version.
With all the excitement, I forgot to count how many drawings I was able to doodle over the 4 hours event, but judging by how empty my paper box ended up it was probably close to 70 quick sketches.
For those interested in the materials used, I relied mainly on a set of Sakura Pigma Sensei Manga Drawing set and a Faber Castell 4 Pitt Artist Pens Manga Drawing Set on 110 lb white card stock. Their pigmented black ink is both archival and waterproof, so the sketches are fairly light-fast and can be safely colored with watercolors.
When drawing so many sketches upon request, it's probably best to stick to the larger pen sizes to keep up the pace and produce bold outlines. I only needed to use the extra fine XS Pitt nib for writing in the name on the dog tag of a couple of puppies.
The 0.6 mm bullet tip ink nib and 1.0 mm bold tip felt nib of the Pigma Sensei were noticeably worn down by the end of the day since they were used most often, but they still perform quite well producing clearly defined dark lines.
Just in case you missed the Mermaid or Dragon coloring pages from the display table, I'm posting both files below.
Dragon Coloring page drawn with Pigma Sensei 1.0 mm pigment marker pen.
Mermaid Coloring Page drawn with Pigma Sensei 0.6 mm pigment marker pen. The following are a few scans from my display easel portfolio.
This coloring page was colored with Faber Castell Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils.
Faces drawn with pigment liners and colored with aquarelle sticks washes.
Faces drawn with pigment liners and colored with markers.
Robot guard coloring page drawn with Pigma Sensei 0.4 mm pigment marker pen.
Coloring page of Forest Ranger and feathered friends.
As promised, here is the other coloring page for the Forest Ranger 2.
Couple of mermaids drawn with pigment liners. Feel free to print it for reference or for some coloring fun.
Graphite sketch of a Manga face: big eyes, pointy chin, and small mouth rendered in a style often found in Shojo-manga (Japanese comics for girls).
Thanks for stopping by and hope you find some of the information on this blog useful in your path to learning more about manga sketching and my preferred art materials. Feel free to contact me if you have any further questions.
Quick note for local readers, I will be at The von Liebig Art Center from noon to 4 pm demonstrating some Manga-style cartoon sketching tools and techniques in the "Nuts About The von Liebig FREE Family Day" event this Saturday 7th of January. Will bring some sketch coloring sheets, sample tools to try, plenty of paper to doodle on, couple of sketchbooks for show-and-tell, and have fun drawing sketches for the kids upon request. Address is 585 Park Street, Naples, FL 34102. Hope some of you can make it despite the short notice.
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