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On this page we introduce how to paint illustrations.
Now let’s draw an illustration together.

paint illustrations.

This picture shows how to paint circles.
Can you see that it shows the highlight?
If you use the pen which is introduced on the preceding page, you can draw the contrast so easily.
Please try!

Please look at this circle as an example.
1. First, please paint it with subtle color.

薄い色

2.Second, please paint lower half part with dark color.


3.Before the dark color gets dry, please paint the boundary line between subtle and dark color with subtle color.

4.Use the pen No.0 or subtle colored pen and draw the light reflex.

You did it!

If you use this technique, you can draw the illustration like this.

It is hard to see, but the mouth, inside of the mouth and body of the fish are gradational.


Next we introduce how to paint with this pen without running off the edge.

If you use this pen on the regular paper, it is so easy to run off the edge.
But the special paper for this pen is so expensive.
So we introduce how to use this pen on the regular paper well.

1.First, please try to draw a line on another paper you are going to use.
2.Then you can know how much ink exudes on the paper. So paint it so carefullyl not to run off the edge.

3.Paint inside with big pen point.

4.After it gets dry, you finish it!



※Warning! Please put another sheet of paper under the paper you use.
This type of ink doesn’t come off.
So be careful not to put it on your clothes.


Now let’s draw the illustration.

First draw the rough with a pencil.
Second trace it with a fine pen.
Erase the rough with an eraser.
Then paint it.
But sometimes when you erase the rough, the paper will be screwed up.
So if you don’t mind spending some money, you should use the special pen.
If you use this pen, the rough can be gone by heat.
This pen is so popular that you can find it at every stationery store.
How can you use this pen?
1.First, draw the rough with this pen.
2.Second, trace it with black pen.
3.Use a dryer instead of an eraser. Then the rough will go away.


You don’t have to worry the paper screwed up.
When you feel you can draw a nice illustration or you draw an illustration for someone, please try to use this special pen.
This is our explanation of drawing illustrations.
There are many other ways to draw illustrations.
There is a lot kind of software to draw them also.

Please look around other pages!

If you are interested in tools we introduce on this page, go to the top page and click the index on your left.
Then you can find out how much those tools are.



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