Jason NicholasCreator, The Inkspired Life · Sketchologist™ Sketch Boldly . Live Creatively.

How to Sketch Outdoors with Sharpie Markers!

21 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment of the outdoor sketching tutorial, Jason Nicholas demonstrates how to use P‑Creative Sharpie markers to achieve a loose, sketchy look. He explains the importance of leaving intentional spacing between color strokes so the underlying brown ink remains visible, creating depth and texture. He shows a close‑up of the marker work, notes the effect of diagonal lines, and comments on the usefulness of a small tripod for stabilizing the drawing surface. He also mentions a desire for smaller‑tip markers to add finer detail in future sketches.

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These P-Creative markers cover so well, and I could color this solid in here. I'll give a little close-up. I could color that solid, but I'm purposely leaving some spacing in between. That helps keep that loose, sketchy kind of look. I do want some of that brown ink to show through that's underneath. I probably should have left a little bit more. But that's okay. And you can kind of see what— it's almost like a just a horizontal— I'm not horizontal, diagonal lines. I'm just kind of like that. There we go. Hopefully the picture is okay. This little tripod thingy seems to be working pretty well. I do kind of wish I had the smaller tip creative marker. So maybe down the road I will invest in some of those.