Me & My Ballpoint Pen
Drawing Skills and Abstract Drills for Artistic Excellence
Launching July 8, 2025!
Discover Art Beyond the Doodle
Learn the art, satisfaction and enjoyment of drawing with ballpoint pens.
Practice skills with abstract doodles to make beautiful artwork
Learn how to shade, sketch and bring color to your work
Explore mixed media and collage techniques for next-level masterpieces
Packed with drills, prompts, galleries, and techniques, Me and My Ballpoint Pen offers inspiring advice on how to start, improve or master the art of ballpoint pen sketching.
Take your doodling to the next level and create impressive sketches, portraits, and artwork with your ballpoint pen.
About the Author
Jennifer Mullin is a mixed media artist, author, and art instructor who got serious about art in 2006, when the art she was making started cluttering her house.
In 2016, Jen’s sketchbook drawings went viral on Pinterest. She was inundated with requests to learn her ballpoint techniques so she created the popular Jen + Ink online courses, enjoyed by students worldwide.
Besides being an artist, Jennifer is a project manager, daily walker, gardener, reader, cook, traveler, life-long Cubs fan, and lifter of heavy weights.
She lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her husband Chris and their two cats, Cleo and Richard.
Book Topics
A Short History of the Ballpoint
Tools and Materials
Value & Contrast
Shading Techniques
Transitions
Composition
Color Theory
Blending Color
Dealing with Mistakes
Drawing Abstractly
Mixed Media Ballpoint Applications
Texture, Pattern & Mark-Making
Drawing Realistically
Animals
Floral
Landscape
Portrait
Chair
