Lately I have been using my older sketchbooks as reference for drawings in my current sketchbooks. This works well for me since I don’t love to draw and often I am searching for a subject.
In the example above I simply glued in a photocopy of the original sketch. I printed it on cream colored paper.
I this second example I drew a fresh copy of the original sketchbook entries. I am not aiming for exact duplicates, just inspired replicas.
But I am most excited to share with you the tea bag and sharpie process that I used above. I get 2 new “originals” for the effort of one.
- My reference drawing is then in the middle with pink cheeks.
- I layered and taped the tea bag to the small piece of white drawing paper.
- Then drew the face with a black sharpie.
- The sharpie bleeds through, with varies intensity to the white paper and
- I get the second copy for free!
A couple of tips:
- Use an ultra fine tip sharpie or a fine tip for bolder marks
- Don’t pause or you will get heavy spots of ink
- Add color after
- Use fresh tea bag for a white drawing
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