In this lesson, instructor Chris Legaspi will demonstrate rendering with a ballpoint pen. You will study the permanent characteristics of this tool. Chris will talk about how to practice mark-making to improve your decisiveness while drawing. You will also learn to make design choices and leave out details for the viewers to interpret.

This lesson belongs to the course An Overview of Rendering Techniques. In this 9-week course, Chris Legaspi teaches you a variety of techniques for rendering your drawings and paintings. You will learn to create lay-ins, mass in value shapes, refine, and render using different mediums. Whether you are working in pencil, conté, charcoal, watercolor, or oil paints, this course will help give you the skills and approaches needed for developing your rendering style.

Throughout this course, you’ll have access to the NMA community for feedback and critiques to improve your work as you progress.