Sketchbook Illustration with Pen: Embracing Mistakes

Turn your sketchbook into a playground for personal illustrations, using a ballpoint pen as a paintbrush and transforming mistakes into unique works of art

• Introduction
• Line Art
• How to Shade a Drawing
• Drawing from Stains
• Drawing from a Drawing
• Final project

“Making mistakes and fixing them is a big part of my creative process.”

Those mistakes are something artist and illustrator Marco Mazzoni believes keep his mind active and help him create art that is more honest and real. He has exhibited his work across Europe and the U.S., and shares his designs with over 300K followers on Instagram.

In this online course, Marco teaches you how to turn your mistakes into epiphanies, using a sketchbook as a creative playground. Learn how to fill pages with innovative drawings using a ballpoint pen and create artwork you can be proud of. Learn to play with mistakes by drawing personal and unique illustrations.

This is Marco’s third course with Domestika, in his others, Surrealist Illustration Inspired by Nature and Chiaroscuro Creative Portrait with Pencils, he guides you through how to create atmospheric art using a variety of tools and techniques.

• About Me
• Influences
• Line Drawing: Exercises
• Line Drawing: Flowers
• Line Drawing: Animals
• Line Drawing: Portrait
• Shaded Drawing Exercises
• Shaded Drawing: Flowers
• Shaded Drawing: A Turtle
• Shaded Drawing: Portrait of an Old Man
• Drawing Flowers from Stains
• Drawing Animals from Stains
• Drawing Portraits from Stains
• Creating a Line Drawing
• Transforming with Shading
• Finishing Touches
• Sketchbook Illustration with Pen: Embracing Mistakes