My latest YouTube video is a 10 Minute Pen Drawing Tutorial!
We’ll be drawing simple but effective pen illustrations using a fine liner, pencil, and grey brush pen (or any alternative shading tool you have on hand). You’ll discover:
- How to start with light pencil guidelines to capture accurate shapes
- Tips for creating bold, clean outlines with a fineliner pen
- Easy techniques for adding highlights and shadows for depth
- How to sketch both with pencil foundations and freehand directly in ink
This is a beginner-friendly drawing exercise that’s great for practising line work, observation and shading while keeping things loose and illustrative. By the end, you’ll have a set of stylised pen drawings that feel simple, bold and fun.
🖊️ Grab your sketchbook and pens, and let’s get drawing!
This is an example 10 minute tutorial that was shared as part of the 30-Day Sketchbook Challenge 2025.
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Free stuff
Materials I love
*some of these are affiliate links, which means if you make a purchase on the site after clicking these links, I could earn a commission.
- Large Moleskin Sketchbook
- Pocket Moleskin Sketchbook
- UniPin Fine liner pens
- Lamy Safari Fountain Pen
- Blackwing Palomino Pencils
- Winsor and Newton Sketchers Watercolour Set
- Caran D’Ache Neocolor II watercolor wax pastel set
- Winsor and Newton Designers Gouache
- Grey Brush Pen (Pitt Artist Pen)
- Polychromos Pencils
About me
I’m Susan – artist, author and sketchbook hoarder. I teach aspiring sketchbook artists just like you, how to live more creatively, re-discover your inner artist, build confidence in drawing, fill sketchbooks and make art you can be proud of. Find out more about me.
To re-discover your love of sketching please visit my Start Sketching page.
