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LopezLorenzana — Ballpoint Pen Drawing - Commission for Pilot Pens
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Promotional Piece commissioned by Pilot Pens through Imydi Corp. Guatemala.Follow me on Facebook by "Liking" my page
www.facebook.com/pages/Lopez-L… Pilot ballpoint pen on white paper (including Pilot logo)
Model: Angela Lopez (Guatemala)
This is a piece done exclusively for Pilot Pens. They were very kind and interested in my work. This might be the first of many to promote this awesome brand of writing tools. There is a video shot of parts of the process if you're interested in looking how I paint certain parts of this piece.
The model, Angela López, was very supportive and essential to the making of this piece. She managed to find a location to shoot the pictures that fit perfectly what was asked for the piece. Thank you again Angela, it's been a real pleasure to collaborate with you!
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Comments: 63
this artwork that I've seen in youtube is my inspiration to start ballpoint pen drawing 
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I'm so glad it got you started into ballpoint pen drawing, it's the best comments ever!!
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impressive, could you tell me what role and that you used?
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Hi, Nathan you work is amazing and your contrasts are magnificent!. thank you very much for sharing your work.
I know you're an art teacher. I really like drawing with pen. However, I would like my drawings have such a rich contrast as having the yours.
I do not know if is the type of paper, what kind of paper should I use to achieve more intense white? and how should I take pictures of my drawings to achieve deeper blacks?.
I have problems with contrast and how to take a better photograph to my works. I would like you to give a look at my draws and you to recommend me something else to improve the technique and others.
Thank you very much Nathan, for me is very important.
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HI, thank you for your kind comments and questions. I will address them in a future blog post in my website, because I have questions like this all the time. This year I've been so filled with projects I haven't had time to be online much, and even coming here to DA lately, so I apologize regarding all my late replies. You can follow me on Instagram @nathanlorenzanaart and look out for this blog post I'll be writing soon.
Sorry again for the late reply, stay tuned
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Hola muchas gracias por responder, creo que podemos hablar en español, yo soy de Colombia. He estado viendo tu Instagram @nathanlorenzanaart, tus trabajos son fenomenales. También me gustan mucho el arte a bolígrafo, ojalá fueras mi maestro jejeje, eres tremendo artista.
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Muchas gracias por tus comentarios, un saludo desde Guatemala!
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Masterfully rendered photorealism, made with bíro for bíro of a beautiful lady using her bíro.
Needless to say I favorite this
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I have tried but could not draw good as you. Amazing !
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I will someday when there's time to write, and enough interest
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Thank you very much!
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Amazing work Sir. I can't comprehend how amazing your work is. How do you manage to blend in the textures with ball pen? Its just remarkable.
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Thank you for your kind comments!
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This is so amazing! Great style! I love this composition! Really great!
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Thank you very much, very glad you like it.
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Ok This is too good to be true 
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Thank you very much for your kind comment and support
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SOOo you are the one behind this one !! Nice work Mate !!
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I have a question! I love these pens and all but sometimes they leave a lot of blobs of ink, like it just spews out ink randomly and is ends being looking like a lot of dots on my paper.
my art - instagram.com/tariq_biroart -
Ill try to find a drawing that I did that had this problem...
here....
I used a napkin and I wiped the pen constantly!.
should I just use the pen more carefully and slower? softer? i dont know! help!
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Hi, thanks for your question. If you're using a ballpoint pen, especially like this kind of Pilot pen, blobs will be an issue. I usually have to clean the tip of the pen with a napkin every 10 seconds or so. At first it feels like a burden and will require extreme concentration to keep track of that. But eventually it becomes second nature and you will do it automatically. Hope this is of any help 
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can you tell me what I need to work on? Be as blunt and honest and mean as possible. I dont want a fake smile saying "yeah its good". I want to work on my flaws and I dont know what to work on.
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Hi, no worries. I'm a university art professor as well and am not mean, but blunt
Once you feel comfortable drawing with pencil and you have your construction, volume, proportion, contrast and shadings techniques down, then you can move on to ballpoint pen. Otherwise you might feel frustrated, but that would be because you are trying to learn and practice too many things at once. And I don't want to sound like I would discourage using the ballpoint pen now and then, but for a subject as complex as the human figure, is best to perfect first the basics with pencil. Then afterwards with ballpoint pen is more a matter of focusing on the application of the technique
Hope this was of some help, cheers!
Nathan
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I forgot to link my instagram! instagram.com/tariq_biroart (MY ART)
I feel like I got the proportions down and everything you mentioned...maybe more value wouldn't hurt
Does your previous comment still stand after seeing my art?
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I have seen through your Instagram images, and yes, I'd say my previous comment still stands. I see two very important aspects that you can polish even more. First, proportions. You are very very close, but still not quite there yet. Second, contrast. Make sure you have very rich use of tones from dark to bright and everything in between. And another extra observation, study even further textures like hair. You are very close. Just pay even more attention to what I point out and then I'd love for you to share with me what your results are
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Wow, congrats on the commission! Pilot pens are awesome, and so is this drawing.
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They really are, and were very kind as well. Thank you!!
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This is amazing, I thought it was a photograph at first glance (nearly spit my tea out when I realised it was a drawing). Amazing, I love it
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Glad you didn't spit it
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