The sketching style that uses a light marker to create a transparent outline. The outlines are then filled with dark marker.

Creating the image on translucent paper allows the artist to “see through” the image and add contrast by using a second color. Basically, it is a combination of drawing with white pen on black paper, and drawing with black pen on white paper.

Here is a quick and dirty overview of the technique:

The purpose of using dark markers for this type of sketching is to create a mostly transparent outline. If you try to make a solid black outline, you’ll find that it’s very hard to erase or fix mistakes once you’ve gone over an area.

1.) Choose your medium. The most common types of media used are pencil, ink, watercolor and acrylic paint. If you are using colored pencils, remember that you will be erasing them later so choose ones with soft leads that you can easily erase. (Hint: Prismacolor Colored Pencils are great for this!)

2.) Choose your line weight. This can vary depending on your subject matter and personal preference. It’s important to remember that the lighter your line weight, the more washed out your image will appear in the end.

3.) Outline the darkest areas first. This is what gives the drawing its basic shape and form. Make sure to leave plenty of negative space around each area as there will be less room for detail in those areas later on!

4.) Fill in with light values. Use progressively lighter shades of gray to fill in all areas inside and outside of the original lines created in step 3

I think I have found a way of drawing using light markers. I have been drawing for about 20 years and have tried all sorts of styles but this one is by far the best .

I was able to produce a sketch faster than most of my sketches done with pencil and paper. My sketches look very professional and they are very easy to do. That’s why I call it the dark art.

When you’re sketching a subject on an unlit background, you can use dark markers to create the luminance of the subject. The problem is that the black ends up contaminating adjacent areas and obscures detail.

I came up with a solution when I was working on my book “The Secrets of Dynamic Painting.” I wanted to show how to create a painting using transparent layers. But photo reference was hard to get and I didn’t want to pay someone to model for me. So I decided to make a drawing of myself as the demonstration figure. It occurred to me that if I drew my own face in black marker on white paper, it would be easy to light it from behind so that the black lines would appear transparent against a darker background.

This technique works best if you use light colored markers rather than dark ones. Here’s how it works: first, draw your subject lightly in one color (I like yellow). Then darken all the lines with a second color, preferably a dark or transparent one (I like black). Next you can use whatever medium you want–pencils, paint, inks–to apply lights and shadows. Because the original lines are still there and not covered by paint, they act like a sort of stencil for

The Dark Art is a style of drawing which uses black markers to make the lines of the drawing, instead of pencil. It’s used for making comic book art, and I find it to be the most comfortable way to draw.

The style has become popular in recent years among artists, who use it for comics because it makes it easier to keep the line thin and clean. However, I find that the Dark Art is a very good way to sketch out ideas for paintings, because it helps me see how my idea will look when it’s painted. It also can be used for animation purposes as well, because you can erase mistakes easily if you don’t like how something looks.

I’ve made a tutorial on how to use this style of drawing, which you can view here: http://imchinesethecrayon.deviantart.com/art/Dark-Art-Tutorial-200763520

If you have any questions about my tutorial or this style of drawing in general, please feel free to ask me here or in my journal (which is linked in my DeviantArt profile).

I will call it the “Dark Art” because there are many terms that describe something like this, and I want to be clear about what my technique is. I am NOT doing a pure Chiaroscuro or simply shading with markers.

The purpose of this tutorial is to show you how to create a sketching style realistically, using markers as an aid in creating shadows and shades, which in turn will allow you to create realistic shading with very little effort.

If you find yourself using a lot of time trying to shade your sketches and they still look flat and uninteresting, then this tutorial is for you. This gives your drawing depth by using shadowing.

Something about the way lines interact with each other can make or break a drawing. It is important to have a clear understanding of how light and shadow work together, and the fact that light comes from one source does not mean that it travels in straight lines. I’ve found that for some reason it’s helpful to think about drawing in terms of a “light source” placed above the drawing instead of thinking about light as coming from outside the picture plane.

Focusing on the quality of light can help you see when a drawing is working or not. You can use this knowledge to alter your shading or to correct mistakes after they happen.