Oh dear! An astonishing oversight, and particularly when a fountain pen was my first encounter with ink, when I was 9. 😀Apologies to all fountain pens.
Yours are the very best videos. I live alone & try to doodle/draw every day and would become very frustrated. Your teaching, lessons, have helped me tremendously and my shaky hands are far more “creative” than they were. Thank you. Thank you.
Nothing like going back to the basics every now and then!? After watching one of your other videos i have realised that i am definitely only drawing with my fingers! Not even with my wrist most of the time! I can immediately notice to difference now that practice drawing 'from my shoulder' ! Still in progress because I thought I would have no control ?! It has greatly improved my efforts ! ❤
Thank you, youtube algorithms! This video just popped up. I seem to get every artist on my homepage, but your videos are new to me. The ten tips are very helpful, even after taking drawing classes you offer new tips: smaller nib for distance, using pen to measure angles, etc. Thank you!
Another fantastic lesson. Hope you realize that any type of educating would suit you, even if RUclips is the only method of distributing that knowledge. You’d fit right in a classroom as teacher.
Thanks Scott. That’s very kind. Actually I was a classroom teacher 1980-82. Vocal cord issues put an end to that. I do also have an online drawing course, if anyone is after a more systematic teaching approach from me, although it does cost money. But I’m really glad to be able to connect with people in drawing through RUclips. I guess I am a bit of a teacher at heart. 😀
I a struggling artist of ballpoint pen art what I feel is a better solution to get better pen drawings is understanding gesture and movement.it improves the strokes , that's what I found helpful in the long run .
Thank you Stephen!!! Your videos and teaching style are incredible! As someone having recently started their artistic journey, I cannot express my gratitude enough!
The first point was a revelation for me! I recently got into pen drawing and expected that all drawing pens have quite a liquid flow, so I’ve accidentally bought the fiber nib and thought mine were just faulty! Glad to see what their advantages are :)
yes!!! i've always been good at drawing portraits of people in scratch papers...more like doodling! i've always wanted to pursue watercolor but i never got good at it...just had a sudden epiphany how i've always been good at drawing with a pen...and thought about what if i pursue that! i found your channel!!! i feel hopeful!
5:20 i started drawing today after years of not drawing and i happen to only have a pen, so i naturally got stressed a bit of making a mistake but what you said there is really true, also reminds me of how bob ross used to approach mistakes calling them "happy little accidents", it seems that drawing really is about being calm and not taking it too seriously and that is perfect for me at this stage of my life with all the stress of the daily routine.
Great tips Stephen. Have you done a video on value and relative values and how you approach those with hatching/line work ? I’m just starting to play with value in ink whereas I understand it well in pencil. Blending would be a good topic to cover too.
So glad I found your channel❤ Thank you so much, I’ve been fascinated by ink drawing since little but had little confidence in just drawing. Your tips helped me gain some confidence to begin the journey 🎉
Great teaching content as always. Many thanks. I guess the answer to this question is ‘it depends…’, but generally do you use the same width liner for hatching as used for the drawing, or a smaller / lighter one?
I love them for writing. I find for sketching the strong ink flow combined with the drying time and the speed I draw, results in smudging. But I do draw very fast. 😀
Great video! Very informative. I liked the creating of the creative space of “mistakes happen”. I’m grateful this is the first video I have stumbled upon for the subject, I feel confident in my ability to take this advice and have fun making something
I tend to draw very literally what I see, so that little tip about leaving some space around objects in the foregeound was maybe the biggest tip in this entire video! Will certainly be revisiting this channel.
@stephentraversart Will surely check them out in series. Being an art enthusiast, I've always wanted to learn ink sketching & you seem to be the perfect teacher for that. Thankyou for your efforts! 🌻
I recently came across your channel and I’m loving it. Your instruction with your channel with all your tips and tricks are so easy to understand and to follow along. Have you ever written any books? If you haven’t you should. I’m benge watching all your tutorials.. Could you recommend any good drawing/sketching books to read for beginners and also are there any good books in perspective drawing?
Thanks Sarah. I don’t really use books myself but one of my drawing ms is in a book by Stephanie Bower and her perspective book is excellent. She’s an artist and an architect. 😀
I am so happy I found your channel. I am noticing teeny circle of ink where I first start my lines. Am I pushing down a little more to cause this? I am wondering how to minimize this.
Me too Jan. It’s probably because you push up slightly as you start to move your line across. Do line practice focussing on a crisp sideways movement. And don’t let the pen rest on the paper before the movement starts. See if this helps. 😀
Fantastic Janet. Never too old is my experience. I’ve just posted a video to celebrate my first million views on RUclips with my considered top three tips from all the advice/ teaching that I’ve given in over 470 videos. Have a look if you’re interested. 😀
Really appreciate your approach! Your demos are excellent and very encouraging! Thanks. Copic markers are not lightfast. The Peabody Museum at Yale tested markers for lightfastness years ago. The lightfast ones are the Pitt Artist Pen (Faber-Castell) and Micron pens (Sakura), but the Pitt pen was the only one they recommend for specimen marking, because the Micron pen smears when the acrylic sealer was applied over it.
I’m sooo sorry Alex. I’ve only written with fountain pens and that was in school, so I just don’t think of them as the drawing option they really are. 😩
I recently bought a set of fibre tip fineliners for pen drawing. Staedtler so a good make. The second time I went to use them the nibs were all dry, I was horrified but had only used them once (and only some of them) so knew they couldn’t have run out already. They’d been left at an angle, tip upward, as per the packaging design for while in use (a kind of built in prop in the case). I stood the pack upside down and after a while they revived. I now have the pack standing upside down at all times, ok but not terribly convenient! This doesn’t seem like it should happen so easily, is it normal in your experience?
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Not a single second wasted, totally worth it vid
Thanks Aryan😀
Stephen: there are two types of pen, fiber and ball.
Fountain pen: "Am I a joke to you?"
Oh dear! An astonishing oversight, and particularly when a fountain pen was my first encounter with ink, when I was 9. 😀Apologies to all fountain pens.
I use to make my own quill pens. lol.
there are also roller ball pens, which are ball points but better
Yours are the very best videos. I live alone & try to doodle/draw every day and would become very frustrated. Your teaching, lessons, have helped me tremendously and my shaky hands are far more “creative” than they were. Thank you. Thank you.
That’s great to hear. I’m really pleased to have helped you focus your creativity in a productive way. All the best with your drawing 😀
Nothing like going back to the basics every now and then!? After watching one of your other videos i have realised that i am definitely only drawing with my fingers! Not even with my wrist most of the time! I can immediately notice to difference now that practice drawing 'from my shoulder' ! Still in progress because I thought I would have no control ?! It has greatly improved my efforts ! ❤
Thank you, youtube algorithms! This video just popped up. I seem to get every artist on my homepage, but your videos are new to me. The ten tips are very helpful, even after taking drawing classes you offer new tips: smaller nib for distance, using pen to measure angles, etc. Thank you!
How encouraging for me to hear Chris. Welcome aboard my channel and thanks for taking the time to tell me. 😀
Another fantastic lesson. Hope you realize that any type of educating would suit you, even if RUclips is the only method of distributing that knowledge.
You’d fit right in a classroom as teacher.
Thanks Scott. That’s very kind. Actually I was a classroom teacher 1980-82. Vocal cord issues put an end to that. I do also have an online drawing course, if anyone is after a more systematic teaching approach from me, although it does cost money. But I’m really glad to be able to connect with people in drawing through RUclips. I guess I am a bit of a teacher at heart. 😀
I a struggling artist of ballpoint pen art what I feel is a better solution to get better pen drawings is understanding gesture and movement.it improves the strokes , that's what I found helpful in the long run .
Very underrated channel.
Not by me!🤣 Haha, thanks Satrick. I’ll put you in charge of my channel marketing. 😀
Not really. It’s growing fast.
Thank you Stephen!!! Your videos and teaching style are incredible! As someone having recently started their artistic journey, I cannot express my gratitude enough!
Awesome, thank you for letting me know 😀
Excellent, clear, practical and no extra fluff. Great thanks
Great you think so. Thanks Karen 😀
The first point was a revelation for me! I recently got into pen drawing and expected that all drawing pens have quite a liquid flow, so I’ve accidentally bought the fiber nib and thought mine were just faulty! Glad to see what their advantages are :)
Always worth experimenting. Have fun. 😀
You have great content. Straight to the point and out of the box, simple and clean. Keep up the great work! I am learning a lot.
I’m glad you find it so helpful. It would help me if you tell your friends who draw about it. All the best with your drawing. 😀
Excellent tutorial....I learned so much! I can't wait to view your other videos. Thanks.
Thanks Bonnie. 😀
yes!!! i've always been good at drawing portraits of people in scratch papers...more like doodling! i've always wanted to pursue watercolor but i never got good at it...just had a sudden epiphany how i've always been good at drawing with a pen...and thought about what if i pursue that! i found your channel!!! i feel hopeful!
Sounds great to me, welcome to my channel 😀
5:20 i started drawing today after years of not drawing and i happen to only have a pen, so i naturally got stressed a bit of making a mistake but what you said there is really true, also reminds me of how bob ross used to approach mistakes calling them "happy little accidents", it seems that drawing really is about being calm and not taking it too seriously and that is perfect for me at this stage of my life with all the stress of the daily routine.
Some of us can thrive on more ambiguity than others during the drawing process. But whatever gets us to our drawing goal is just fine. 😀
This is one of the best art tutorials I’ve ever watched! Thank you for making this video, I can’t wait to give these a try :)
So encouraging to hear. Thanks Chelsea😀
Brilliant. You're not only a good artist but also a good teacher.
Thank you. That’s encouraging to hear as on RUclips I wear my teacher’s hat on top of the artist’s one. 😀
Directly to the point, thanks for the tips!
Glad it was helpful!😀
The best course !! I love all the hitns, thank you so much. I will practice them.
Excellent Carlos. Have fun. 😀
Always enjoy and appreciate sharing your knowledge that helps my improvement. Thank you Stephen
Kind of you to tell me. Thanks David. 😀
Great tips Stephen. Have you done a video on value and relative values and how you approach those with hatching/line work ? I’m just starting to play with value in ink whereas I understand it well in pencil. Blending would be a good topic to cover too.
Probably only as parts of other videos. Thanks for the suggestions. Let me see. 😀
So glad I found your channel❤ Thank you so much, I’ve been fascinated by ink drawing since little but had little confidence in just drawing. Your tips helped me gain some confidence to begin the journey 🎉
How wonderful Doya! It’s a great journey to be on. 👏😀
Vou ver esses vídeos para iniciantes, com calma e anotando todas as suas orientações. Você ensina bem demais! Muito obrigada 🌷🇧🇷
Exceptional teaching and subject matter, so glad I found this channel! ❤
I’m glad too. Thanks for sharing 😀
Great teaching content as always. Many thanks. I guess the answer to this question is ‘it depends…’, but generally do you use the same width liner for hatching as used for the drawing, or a smaller / lighter one?
Thanks. I use the same pen as for the object it’s on. 😀
Every video of yours is a WOW moment for me. Thanks.
That’s so great. Thanks for telling me. (And maybe you can tell your friends) 😀
The Uniball Eye pens are great for sketching. I carry a Micro and Fine in my bag at all times.
I love them for writing. I find for sketching the strong ink flow combined with the drying time and the speed I draw, results in smudging. But I do draw very fast. 😀
Great video! Very informative. I liked the creating of the creative space of “mistakes happen”. I’m grateful this is the first video I have stumbled upon for the subject, I feel confident in my ability to take this advice and have fun making something
If we see ourselves as learning a skill, rather than producing artworks, mistakes become a natural part of the process. 😀
Wonderful help, thanks so much....I appreciate all your tips and videos.
Thanks Glen. Kind of you to tell me. 😀
This is so good. Easy fixes that will make a huge difference. Thank you!
What I love to hear. Thanks Mike. 😀
Just found tour site….love the tips! Thank you .
Excellent Kristin. Please help me out and tell your friends about my channel. 😀
Only lately find out this wonderful channel, great teacher! Highly appreciated each of your videos. Thank you very much!
Thank you for your kind words. Much appreciated. 😀
The shadowing lines technique made my pieces definitely add more depth and realism to it. This is a great video.😊
Glad to hear. Thanks 😀
Right, much better than dark pencil
Excellent tips. Thanks so much
My pleasure Lynne😀
I tend to draw very literally what I see, so that little tip about leaving some space around objects in the foregeound was maybe the biggest tip in this entire video! Will certainly be revisiting this channel.
That’s great. It can work very effectively. Visit any time. Over 450 videos to see. 😀
I agree 100%. Brilliant tip
Exactly what I needed. Ty.
Thank you for another excellent lesson!
My pleasure. 😀
Not a second of wasted time in this video. Cheers!
Haha. Excellent. Thank you 😀
One of the best explanation
Some fantastic tips for beginners very well explained.
Thanks for the encouragement Paul. 😀
Great video you are a wonderful teacher.
Thank you. You are very kind. 😀
Thanks for sharing all these valuable tips. Very generous...its a big transition from pencil to ink!
It can feel it. But it’s a great way of pushing past fear of mistakes. 😀
@@stephentraversart this is VERY true
Perfect. Hope to start on pens soon. Good day!
Get ready to really enjoy the experience. 😀
I love drawing and your advice is helpful to me-- Sanjoy from India 🙏🙏
Wonderful to hear Mahato. Keep drawing and all the best 😀
@@stephentraversart Thank you teacher.😀😀
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Once again very helpful thank you ! 😊
Excellent Karin. Thanks 😀
You are amazing! Instantly followed.
Welcome aboard. Looking at my playlists might be helpful. Have fun. 😀
@stephentraversart Will surely check them out in series. Being an art enthusiast, I've always wanted to learn ink sketching & you seem to be the perfect teacher for that. Thankyou for your efforts! 🌻
I loved your tips. Thank you very much!
That’s great. Thanks for telling me Rita. 😀
Great information n understandable sir ❤❤😊😊
Excellent to hear. Thanks 😀
@@stephentraversart love u sir 🤗🤗u r great 😃👍
Brilliant ! Thank you so much ☺️
My pleasure 😀
Hey i have a qestion ... how can we sketch realism using pen?
Look at yesterday’s video. ‘Draw with More Realism Instantly’. All my answers are in there waiting for you. 😀
I recently came across your channel and I’m loving it. Your instruction with your channel with all your tips and tricks are so easy to understand and to follow along. Have you ever written any books? If you haven’t you should. I’m benge watching all your tutorials.. Could you recommend any good drawing/sketching books to read for beginners and also are there any good books in perspective drawing?
Thanks Sarah. I don’t really use books myself but one of my drawing ms is in a book by Stephanie Bower and her perspective book is excellent. She’s an artist and an architect. 😀
Muchas gracias por sus enseñanzas
De nada. Gracias 😀
So helpful!
Glad it helped. 😀
You're such a good tutor SIR❤❤🎉
Thank you. Please help me and tell your friends who draw. 😀
@@stephentraversart I already share this with my many friends sir
Nice tips, thank you 🙂
My pleasure 😀
Yipppee thanks for the tips.. I can now finally use my pens right! Around this part 3:50 help me a lot
Welcome to the adventure. Time for fun. 😀
I wonder if you visualize before drawing something, especially complicated ones?
Yes, I always try and feel the 3D shape before I draw. It affects my marks on the paper 😀
Very helpful; thank you
My pleasure 😀
I am so happy I found your channel. I am noticing teeny circle of ink where I first start my lines. Am I pushing down a little more to cause this? I am wondering how to minimize this.
Me too Jan. It’s probably because you push up slightly as you start to move your line across. Do line practice focussing on a crisp sideways movement. And don’t let the pen rest on the paper before the movement starts. See if this helps. 😀
@@stephentraversart Okay thanks Stephen. I will let you know how that works and if I find anything else that works.
Some good effects with pen and pencil, tone.
Thanks John. 😀
Good 👍 and useful 👍 tank you
Thanks. Hope you can put them to good use in your drawings.
Thank you for letting me know something I didn't know.
My pleasure 😀
I love this! I need help! I'm just starting to learn to draw and I'm 68 years old and need help!
Fantastic Janet. Never too old is my experience. I’ve just posted a video to celebrate my first million views on RUclips with my considered top three tips from all the advice/ teaching that I’ve given in over 470 videos. Have a look if you’re interested. 😀
Really appreciate your approach! Your demos are excellent and very encouraging! Thanks. Copic markers are not lightfast. The Peabody Museum at Yale tested markers for lightfastness years ago. The lightfast ones are the Pitt Artist Pen (Faber-Castell) and Micron pens (Sakura), but the Pitt pen was the only one they recommend for specimen marking, because the Micron pen smears when the acrylic sealer was applied over it.
Thanks Garth. I didn’t realise the lightfast list was so short. Thanks for sharing all this with everyone. 😀
Thank you so much for sharing your amazing talent ❤
Thanks for listening😀
thanks man, you are great 🙏
Kind of you. Thanks 😀
05:44 that! I never stressed about wrong lines as long as I correct it
Well done. Once we get used to not worrying about them, we wonder why we ever did!😆
@@stephentraversart exactly hahah
Helpful as usual!
Glad to hear it Milark. Thank you. 😀
"There are Fibre nib pens and ball point pens "
There there fountain pen, don't cry. I still love you. ;)
I’m sooo sorry Alex. I’ve only written with fountain pens and that was in school, so I just don’t think of them as the drawing option they really are. 😩
Thaank you
My pleasure
I recently bought a set of fibre tip fineliners for pen drawing. Staedtler so a good make. The second time I went to use them the nibs were all dry, I was horrified but had only used them once (and only some of them) so knew they couldn’t have run out already. They’d been left at an angle, tip upward, as per the packaging design for while in use (a kind of built in prop in the case). I stood the pack upside down and after a while they revived. I now have the pack standing upside down at all times, ok but not terribly convenient! This doesn’t seem like it should happen so easily, is it normal in your experience?
I use COPIC refillable pens, and I keep them either horizontal or nib down. Never seems to be a problem for me.😀
Fantastic ❤
Great. Thanks 😀
Thank you
You're welcome😀
Thank you. Just starting out. I'm terrible. But this helps.
That was my hope. All the best John. 😀
Thank you sir 🙏💖
My pleasure 😀
Very useful.. 🥰
Great to hear. Thanks 😊
thank u so much
My pleasure 😀
Thank you again ✨🎨🦘
My pleasure Marion
Very nice
Great to hear Jesús. 😀
Hello, no subtitle in French ? 🥴 I love your vidéos, 🥰🥰🥰🥰 but I don’t understand ….. 😢
I am sorry. I cannot manage subtitles. And then what language? 😀
helpful☑
Glad it helped😀
Woah if maybe i also listen to my math class i might also undertand the topic
Worth a try!😀
And fountain?
Yes. Don’t use it myself, so I’m afraid it slipped my mind🫣
I just starter.thank
Fantastic. Have fun. 😀
I held one of those copic pens today. May I also be fortunate someday to own one.....aaaahhhhhh
Oh dear, I’m going to end up feeling guilty for using them. 🫣
Try a different ant.
Once you realize that barriers are truly overcomable... we don't recognize barriers as barriers.
Everything is a learning possibility, and many things open unrecognised possibilities 😀
👍
I can understand but please draw slowly
You can use the cog icon to slow down the video to half speed if that helps. 😀
@@stephentraversartyou are right!
😊 I think he want us to see the result of the technique more than how he made it in this video
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Why is drawing si hard😭