Straight to ink people sketching requires confidence, but the payoff is well worth the try for one thing you can produce many more sketches on the fly, than if you had to sit down to add color, Important sketchers, like me, relish this method, and it’s not only because it maximizes time. Quick ink marks tend to lead to expressive sketches and that’s a quality that can make a drawing stand out. If you use a ballpoint pen lines flow easily onto the page Creating that sense of motion that makes a sketch lively and interesting to look at