This tutorial shows how to draw a common type of pen in 8 steps. It includes uncomplicated illustrated drawing examples and quick instructions.

Pen drawing step by step
Pen Drawing Step by Step

The pen in this case is a common brawl signal or gel pen. Y'all an see a preview of the cartoon steps for it above.

Start the tutorial in pencil and make light lines that you can easily erase. You may wish to use a ruler to help you make some of the long direct lines. You may too want to take a black pen or marker to darken your lines after on (but you tin can likewise practice it with the pencil).

Step one – Draw the Barrel of the Pen

Pen barrel drawing
Pen barrel cartoon

Brainstorm by drawing the butt of the pen. In this case information technology will only wait like a long and sparse rectangle.

Step two – Draw the Front

Pen front drawing
Pen front drawing

Onto the barrel add the front part of the pen that the tip will exist coming out of. Brand this narrower towards the tip and as broad as the barrel at information technology's base.

Pace iii – Draw the Dorsum of the Pen

Pen back drawing
Pen back drawing

At the back of the barrel add a wider section that the clip volition be attached to (drawn in a later on pace). Draw it shaped like a short rectangle with slightly rounded corners.

Pace 4 – Draw the Push

Pen button drawing
Pen button drawing

At the top of the pen add the push that brings out the tip. Make this roughly half the width of the barrel with rounded corners at information technology's top.

Pace 5 – Draw the Tip

Pen tip drawing
Pen tip drawing

Coming out of the forepart side of the pen add the tip.

Pen tip close up drawing
Pen tip close upward drawing

You can meet a slightly simplified shut up cartoon of a pen tip in the example above.

Step vi – Describe the Clip

Pen clip drawing
Pen clip drawing

Attached to the back of the pen add the clip. Position it starting form the wider section added in step 3 and going just slightly less than halfway down the barrel. Draw the clip with a light curve and small crash-land near it'south end that faces towards the pen.

Step 7 – Draw the Tip & Finish the Line Drawing

Pen line drawing
Pen line cartoon

To finish the line drawing add a little divider line slightly less than halfway up the pen to indicate a safety grip area.

Next ostend that your drawing looks the mode you lot want it to and darken your lines by tracing over them with a darker pencil stroke or a thin maker/black pen.

Stride eight – Finish the Pen Cartoon

Pen Drawing
Pen Drawing

You tin color the pen with pretty much whatever medium (or a mix of several) such every bit colored pencils, paints, markers, etc…

In this case the colors volition be distributed as follow:

  • The tip, forepart and prune will exist a light grey.
  • The prophylactic grip will be a dark greyness (you can besides just brand it blackness).
  • The residuum of the pen will exist bluish.

You can of course utilize a dissimilar color combination if you adopt.

One time done coloring the pen you should be washed with the tutorial.

Conclusion

There are many variations of pen designs out there. This tutorial can assistance you draw 1 with fairly common features but you tin also apply the aforementioned or similar steps to drawing other pens.

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