[Telekon]

I recently graduated from NCSU School of Design. My major was Industrial Design. Since then, I've decided to brush up on sketching with markers, but I'm finding myself frustrated. Laying down the marker isn't a problem. It's the highlighting that gives me a bit of trouble. I want to a decent method of creating thin white highlight lines as seen on ship panel lines. Gel pens aren't opaque enough, and the ink doesn't flow smoothly. White out pens are cumbersome and sloppy. It feels funny graduating from a program knowing they never really taught us how to sketch properly. Even though I did graduate with honors, this issue of sketching is causing a bit of insecurity in terms of getting hired. So, like everything else, I must learn it myself.

Any Suggestions?

[Jimmyjimjim]

Try gouache applied with a thin liner brush. Alot of guys use white to accent greyscale marker work. Thin it to about the consistency of cream with ox gall liquid medium and water.

[Gort]

Also try experimenting with a white Berol Prismacolor pencil.
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[spooge demon]

what jimmyjim said. Use windsor newton permanent white, not the zinc white. More opaque. For the effect to work, the flattest, whitest shape possible is best.

Use a windsor newton series 7 (#2 size) watercolor brush. Or other really good pointed round sable brush. It is expensive, but take care of it (clean it and don't ever set it in water) but it will last a long time.

Use a bridge. It is just a piece of plex set on two legs (also of plex) that you set over the artwork and run the brush along the edge. Makes perfect ruled lines once you get the hang of it. Old ACCD trick. This is how syd mead does all of his gouache painting. And that is his favorite brush. I think he goes through one every painting or two.

[stacy]

Daler-Rowney PRO WHITE, 100% opaque.
Won't bleed - won't crack - won't yellow.