At the start of the lesson it says I should use one kind of pen for each drawing, but does that also include the same thickness?
I was thinking I could use a thinner fine liner for the basic boxes and subdivisions to help make them more faint, and then switch to the 0.5 mm for the later lines.
This is the reason ballpoint pens are recommended for Lesson 6 onwards, as it enables you to draw more lightly to start with and then add line weight to pop the drawing out. The rule does include the same thickness of pen, we also don't allow students to mix and match ballpoint and fineliner in the same drawing (the exception being a brush pen to fill in large areas of shadow).
This falls under the same category as the warning not to switch pens when using ballpoint from this section on tools in Lesson 7. If you do end up using a fineliner for Lesson 7, you should not switch pen thicknesses - although I would strongly recommend that you use a ballpoint pen instead.
Here we're getting into the subjective - Gerald Brom is one of my favourite artists (and a pretty fantastic novelist!). That said, if I recommended art books just for the beautiful images contained therein, my list of recommendations would be miles long.
The reason this book is close to my heart is because of its introduction, where Brom goes explains in detail just how he went from being an army brat to one of the most highly respected dark fantasy artists in the world today. I believe that one's work is flavoured by their life's experiences, and discovering the roots from which other artists hail can help give one perspective on their own beginnings, and perhaps their eventual destination as well.
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