Marc Kompaneyets Studio

Mini Lesson: Drawing Depth in Pen & Ink (and new workshop announcement)

How To Draw Clothing in Pen & Ink

The Charcoal Reduction Technique, And A Sneaky Trick To Make It Better

The Creative Process

Drawing The Head in Pen & Ink Now Available on Vimeo

Mini-Lesson: A Valuable Cross-Hatching Exercise

An Artist's Comparison of Seven Pen Types

Mini Lesson: Using Watercolor In A Dip Pen

Mini-Lesson: A Technique For Fast, Convincing Skin Tones

Battle of the Pens: Pilot Kakuno VS Lamy Safari

The Kaweco Piston Filler: An Artist's Review

Mini lesson: The Single Directional Contour Hatching Technique

My Favorite Drawing Supplies

The Fundamentals Of Cross-Hatching: The 6 Basic Strokes Streaming Class

The Asvine V200 Fountain Pen: An Artist's Review

Mini Lesson: How to deal with a difficult pen (includes workshop promo)

Mini Lesson: A Sneaky Trick For Getting Light Lines (And Workshop Announcement)

Pen & Ink Lessons From The Masters: Copying Goya's Los Caprichos

Mini Lesson: How To Render Facial Features In Pen And Ink

Drawing The Head in Pen & Ink: An Online Workshop

Battle of Pens: The Pilot Custom 74 (SF) Versus The Platinum #3776 Century (SF)

Five Grey Inks And Five Great Ways To Use Them

Workshop short

How To Get Flat Value With Cross-Hatching: A Mini Lesson And Workshop Announcement

Online Workshop: The fundamentals of Cross-Hatching, The 6 Basic strokes

5 Pilot Flex Pens: A Comparison For Artists (New And Improved Version)

The drybrush technique: a brief history and demonstration

Quick Drawing Lesson 1: Pen and Pastel Reduction Technique

How To draw A Portrait on Toned Paper with Charcoal and White Chalk Pencils

The Pilot Justus 95: An Artist's Review

How to Sketch A Landscape in Watercolor and pen And Ink

Drawing With the World's Most Flexible Fountain Pen Nib: A Review Of The Arrowflex

The Gravitas Pocket Pen: A review for Artists

quill short

How To Make a Quill Pen And Draw With It

Two Cheap, Chunky Pens: An artist's Review Of The Jinhao 9019, And The Wingsun 630.

Pen And Ink Lessons From the Masters: Copying Anders Zorn

How To Draw Trees With Pen And Ink and Ink Wash or Watercolor

Book Recommendations For The Beginning Artist

Introduction to Fountain Pens For Artists: A Primer For The Beginner

Pen And Ink Lessons From The Masters: Copying Käthe Kollwitz

Three cheap-ish pens: an artist's review of the Moonman C4, the Asvine V126, and the Asvine P36.

Three Fude Fountain Pens And Three Techniques

Pen & Ink Lessons From The Masters: Copying Michelangelo's Satyr

Three Cross Contour Hatching Techniques

Drawing in Pen And Ink: 3 contour hatching methods

Sketching People In Pen And Ink: The Armature Process

Portrait sketch using brown and white inks, tinted with watercolor

Drawing in red-chalk and wash

Pen and Ink portrait using Nooder's Apache Sunset ink