So I live in a area where ink based art isn't very popular so finding supplies has proven harder than I would've imagined.
but I did get some roller pens instead. so what I'masking is are these a decent alternative to felt tip pens?
For Lesson 1 and the box challenge, you can if absolutely necessary use ballpoint pens which are generally quite widely available. Moving onto lesson 2 and onward, however, fineliners become more important. Ultimately if you're not submitting for official (paid) critique and just relying on community feedback, these are all recommendations rather than requirements, and if absolutely necessary it would therefore be an option to do everything in ballpoint. That said, there are a wide variety of fineliner brands out there - including sharpies (with their Sharpie Pens and Ultrafine Sharpies) which tend to be more widely available at office supply stores, and even supermarkets/pharmacies (if they have small stationary sections). They're not the best, but they'll do for our purposes here.
I had the same problem, where I live there are no fineliners. I remember there used to be because I had used them before for school projects, but for many reasons nowdays they seem to be virtually innexistent. It caused me to stall on the homework because I believed doing them with ballpoint was wrong, so knowing my situation is not a complete loss and I can keep doing the excercises is a relief.
I'll keep doing the excersices with ballpoint while looking for the recommended fineliners then. Thank you very much for this answer!
Hi,
I think roller pens will probably not work.
The rollers I know of have a relatively variable line thickness. Considering that the intention of the felt tip fine liners is to force you to have consistent line width, rollers wouldn't achieve that goal.
I ended up getting a set of cheap fine liners from my local department store. Maybe an office supply store or similar will carry something that works?
I hope this helps.
Felt tip pens are different to fineliners as an FYI. Fineliners provide a much more consistent line and doesn't wear like a felt tip pen does ( unless you press too hard which you obviously shouldn't ). Ultrafine sharpies which I used for my first lesson are OK for a bit but are really fine felt tip pens and lines get blotchy very quickly.
I am curious though, where do you live that you can get roller pens but not fineliners?
This recommendation is really just for those of you who've reached lesson 6 and onwards.
I haven't found the actual brand you buy to matter much, so you may want to shop around. This one is a "master" template, which will give you a broad range of ellipse degrees and sizes (this one ranges between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches), and is a good place to start. You may end up finding that this range limits the kinds of ellipses you draw, forcing you to work within those bounds, but it may still be worth it as full sets of ellipse guides can run you quite a bit more, simply due to the sizes and degrees that need to be covered.
No matter which brand of ellipse guide you decide to pick up, make sure they have little markings for the minor axes.
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