A plain cylindrical jar holding exactly three paintbrushes, one flat and two round, with their bristles visible. Black and gray fineliner drawing on warm textured sketchbook paper.

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Paintbrush in a jar fine ink study

A plain cylindrical jar holding exactly three paintbrushes, one flat and two round, with their bristles visible. Practice structure, perspective and developed values in fine ink.

Everyday objects Challenging Fineliner70 min, at your pace

A way into the drawing

Establish the main shapes
Place the jar cylinder and top ellipse.
Connect the structure
Fit three distinct brush handles through the jar opening.
Develop the drawing
Resolve the connected planes and overlaps, then build layered details and a full range of local values. Preserve clear paper highlights.

A small thing to tryCheck each handle reaches its own brush head.