How I begin with drawing chocolate wrappers

Here’s the start of my next chocolate wrapper from Amsterdam. I freely admit that I bought several bars of this van der Burgh chocolate because of the wonderful paper they are hand wrapped in. I start by tracing the basic outline of the wrapper. They’re a nice size to draw life-size and fit nicely into a sketchbook. I usually always do pencil first but I don’t get things “perfect". The lines are there so I can adjust with my pen if I need to. I draw with a fountain pen and often turn the pen upside down so I’m drawing with the back side of the nib which usually provides a finer line. This is a fun, complicated and yet meditative pattern to try and replicate and draw. It’ll be time to bring out my teeny tiny paintbrushes when it comes time to paint!