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Make the material part of the sketch. Follow a real drawing, see how the texture is built, then try it in your own work.

Sketching guides

Make materials and surface details read clearly on paper.

Finished sneaker sketch with mesh texture beside the Isometric Dot Grid Tile.

How to add mesh texture to a sneaker sketch

Use the Isometric Dot Grid Tile to distinguish mesh panels from smooth areas of colour.

SketchTiles techniques

Get more from your tiles through placement, pencil passes and changes in direction.

Yellow lampshade sketch with a grid made from two crossing sets of pencil lines.

Build a grid with the Diagonal Lines Tile

One tile, two pencil passes. Rotate the tile to turn parallel lines into a grid.

New to SketchTiles?

Start with the paper, pencil and placement tips in How to use SketchTiles.