A really simple way is to draw an element (a face, hand, dog, whatever but please don't start with vehicles, those were drawn more mechanically) by hand on vellum or tracing paper, then overlay on the original to compare as if getting feedback from the artist.
You can make initial tracings to make sure the two align. And you should typically enlarge the original art by 2.5x at least in order to work near the original size.
Comic art schools have been doing this for a long time but in the reverse, with professional artists drawing on your art afterward, instead of overlaying on their art. Joe Kubert's correspondence course was set up this way for example.
For pens, start with a stiff small nib brush pen by Zebra or Pilot, or a dip pen with a comic nib. Alternately the small-point sharpie nibs can be bent out of shape and give a nib effect.
For ligne claire IMO it can help to go straight to pen and skip pencil, at least for stylistic practice, because what you're looking for is the final line expression and characteristics.
Be sure to look at the artist's very early work so you don't miss out on the fact that this is not easy to nail right out of the gate. :-)
Inkscape is a great digital tool for practicing this look as well.
You can make initial tracings to make sure the two align. And you should typically enlarge the original art by 2.5x at least in order to work near the original size.
Comic art schools have been doing this for a long time but in the reverse, with professional artists drawing on your art afterward, instead of overlaying on their art. Joe Kubert's correspondence course was set up this way for example.
For pens, start with a stiff small nib brush pen by Zebra or Pilot, or a dip pen with a comic nib. Alternately the small-point sharpie nibs can be bent out of shape and give a nib effect.
For ligne claire IMO it can help to go straight to pen and skip pencil, at least for stylistic practice, because what you're looking for is the final line expression and characteristics.
Be sure to look at the artist's very early work so you don't miss out on the fact that this is not easy to nail right out of the gate. :-)
Inkscape is a great digital tool for practicing this look as well.