Parallel Pen Play with Eleanor Doughty
Explore varying line weight in your sketches, using Pilot Parallel Pens and other media.
Parallel Pen Play with Eleanor Doughty
Wednesday, October 14th from noon–1pm Pacific
Join us online for Parallel Pen Play with Eleanor Doughty on Wednesday, October 14th at noon Pacific!
Calligraphy pens can create an amazing range of line widths and effects depending on the angle and pressure applied. In this demo, we will explore varying line weight in our sketches as Eleanor demonstrates how to use Pilot Parallel Pens, an accessible yet powerful tool that works as well for drawing and dynamic mark-making as it does for calligraphy writing, for which it was originally developed! These pens are ideal for building a strong value structure—an important foundation for all urban sketching—and are an excellent tool for transforming mundane scenes into a striking sketch!
We hope to see you there!
Unable to join us live? The demo recording will be available shortly after the live session on our Demos page.
What to Bring
Eleanor recommends having the following available for her demo:
Pens: Pilot Parallel Pens, any fountain pen (especially one with a bent nib), or a square-tipped calligraphy marker with waterproof ink.
Marker/Watercolors: A light-colored brush pen or thick marker, or your favorite watercolors for adding over your waterproof ink sketch.
Brushes: A favorite round brush.
Paper: Smooth, heavyweight paper, such as hot press or lightly-textured cold press.
About Eleanor Doughty
Eleanor Doughty (dow-tee) is a Seattle-based illustrator and urban sketcher, whose mixed media work captures realistic subjects and imbues them with significance and character. Inspired by artists such as Charley Harper and Masaaki Yuasa, her style is lighthearted and nostalgic.
Since 2017, she has focused her artistic efforts on freelance illustration, ranging from small scale commissions to two story murals, and teaching on-location sketching in cities around the world.
She’s the writer behind her newsletter Hand to Paper, and the founder of Street View World Tour, where artists get together monthly to draw on-location over Zoom using Google Street view, co-hosted with Jenny Adam.
Learn more about Eleanor on her website, Instagram, and via her Substack.
