Draw An Interior With Me!

This little 8.5 x 8.5" drawing is packed with detail! Explore how I created this drawing over the course of a week with fineliner pen.

0.03 and 0.05 Uni Fineliner
Stonehenge paper in White

This drawing began with a chair, a plant, and a rug tucked under the legs of the chair! I often tape the border of my drawing before I begin for nice, clean edges.

Making a mistake with fineliner pen can be a little bit tricky, because you must turn it into part of the drawing. There's no erasing fineliner pen. I had originally planned for the pot hold the monstera to be patterned, but I went far too dark with the pen right away, instead of slowly building up the shading. So I took a deep breath and turned it into a deeply shaded planter.

There are so many tiny details in each of these drawings, so it's important I'm paying attention to the foreground, middle ground, and background. Once again, I can't erase, so I have to make sure I've added in all of the objects I want in a particular section of the foreground, before moving backwards to the background.

It's easy to tell when a drawing is finished, because I run out of white paper to shade and draw on. Once I've finished an object or piece of furniture, I typically do not go back to it again. When it's done, it's done, and I move onto the next piece of the drawing.