How to Draw Confident Lines - The Tapered Stroke

Tapered strokes are super important to create confident and visually appealing drawings. It’s a single movement of the hand that creates a line that’s thicker in the middle and tapers to a point on both ends. There are two important ways to use tapered strokes: constructing complex lines and loose sketching. We’ll dive into both methods and explore how to create clean, solid contours with tapered strokes while also adding intentional energy and momentum to your drawings. If you enjoy this lesson and want to learn even more about lines and other drawing fundamentals check out the premium course - Find this lesson on for the lesson notes, community discussions, assignments, demonstrations and critiques - 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Construct Complex Lines 01:48 - Loose Sketching 04:05 - Conclusion RELATED LINKS: Intro to Drawing Basics - Ultimate Guide to Sketchbooks and Paper - 13 Types of Lines and How to Use Them - #linequality #linedrawing #drawingbasics Subscribe to Proko: Don’t miss new tutorials - Hit the BELL! Premium Videos - Pose photo sets - FOLLOW PROKO: Email Newsletter- Instagram - Twitter - Facebook - Tumblr - Pinterest - WATCH MORE PROKO: Latest Uploads: Figure Drawing: Art of Caricature: Popular Videos: ABOUT PROKO: Instructional How to Draw videos for artists. My drawing lessons are approachable enough for beginners and detailed enough for advanced artists. My philosophy is to teach timeless concepts in an entertaining way. I believe that when you are having fun, you learn better. I take pride in producing high-quality videos that you will enjoy watching and re-watching. CREDITS: Artist | Instructor - Stan Prokopenko () Producer - Stan Prokopenko, Sean Ramsey (), Script - Stan Prokopenko, Tiffanie Mang () Production Assistance - Stephen Clark ( , Sean Ramsey, Charlie Nicholson Editing - Hongju Lim (, Sean Ramsey, Stan Prokopenko Publishing - Alex Otis, John Birchall Music Used with Permission Intro - The Freak Fandango Orchestra Additional music by Epidemic Sound