Ball point pens

A raggedly collection of pens - ARTLINE, BIC, DAISO value pack, pens from hotel rooms 

 When a friend asked what fancy pens I use to sketch to 'get those fine lines', I think he only half believed me when I told him that I use cheap ball point pens. Some were free as I always take the ones from hotel rooms. Ball point pens, and not gel pens - I can't get the subtle line weight changes with the gel pens. Ball pens ink gives me that feathering which I like when shading. 

I also like that they are cheap, because I tend to misplace my things. Another reason is that it is a good lesson to teach beginners in sketching that they do not need expensive equipment. 

This one is done with the Sunway Hotel pen, depending on the angle you can get different textures and line weights.

I draft with them as well, using the scale rule as a hard edge - you can get a surprisingly fine line with a ball point pen. The only disadvantage is that they don't work so well on butter or tracing paper. You need the Artline for that - those are cheap as well RM 2.40.