During my first year at Marywood University, I took a drawing class that involved a project based on the stippling drawing technique, and I thought it was a super fun process. Recently, I was inspired to give stippling another try when I stumbled upon a…  | By Italia Storey on July 30, 2024 | During my first year at Marywood University, I took a drawing class that involved a project based on the stippling drawing technique, and I thought it was a super fun process. Recently, I was inspired to give stippling another try when I stumbled upon a cute little pack of Sharpie fine-liners with some fun colors at my job, and I thought this would be the perfect excuse to buy them. These fine point markers proved to be resilient as I had to of put at least a million dots into creating the ladybug, while the points remained intact and pigmented when I was finally done. The only grievance I have is that the light blue was completely dried up before I bought them, which is such a shame since light blue is arguably one of the best colors in the pack. Although it is very tedious to strategically dot a paper to create a cohesive image, I found the process to be very relaxing and therapeutic for me. I got so wrapped up in working on this drawing that I found myself in a sort of trance, to the point of having to continuously rewind my podcast since I could not focus on anything besides the paper.  I chose to draw a ladybug for no particular reason besides the fact that I never really draw bugs and I knew I wanted to incorporate my cutesy style into the work, and I immediately thought of the adorable ladybug. I spent a long time deciding how stylized I wanted the bug to look as I wanted it to be somewhat anatomically correct yet still cute and went through a ton of mildly horrifying alien-bugs until I settled on this design. I love how it came out and thought it kind of looked like a little Pokémon, and I am especially proud of the ladybug's eyes. It was super fun watching the image come together as I finished dotting each section and experimenting with the colors. I had originally thought I was finished with the ladybug's darkest color being red until I tried using a dark blue for the outline, spots, and eye details. Immediately the drawing was improved and much more dynamic. It took absolutely forever to finish between the endless dotting and contemplating what else I could do to improve the drawing, but in the end I am very proud of the piece and will definitely continue to experiment with the stippling technique in the future. | | | |
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