Your channel literally changed the way I draw... I never thought I would be able to do what I'm now, thanks to you. Especially the videos you made about anatomy and proportions.
This was a tremendous help in my understanding of light/shadow on spheres. I've been looking all over for 1 drawing video with an approach to shading spheres in all angles and couldn't find any OR get the hang of it. Glad I finally stumbled across this video. It's also a major bonus to get help from a fellow black artist :)
Alphonso Dunn, i know that thousands of people would agree with me when I say that you should create a FULL pencil and pen drawing course. You have a gift of teaching. I am very structured in the way I think and need a step by step a structured VIDEO course to learn drawing from the very beginning to the advanced levels of both pencil AND pen drawing. Do you have near future plans to make an entire drawing course? Thanks
hi, i also want to thank you A LOT . I was about to giving up, cause i didn't see enough progress on my drawing skills and in loss of morale. then i Watched one more time "the 7 basic lines of drawing" and i can't explain how but it's gifted me a boost that i needed so, again Thank you very much ! (sorry for my lake English but i'm french and learn by myself so …)
you inspire me ..please more videos ...after 5 years i start drawing before 3 months and i keep going ,,you help me a lot ...please make a video that you will teach how to keep going ,what need to learn step by step and to motive
I have both books! I love your teaching and style! I need to go back to these books ...I have found some practice papers slipped into the books which I created! Which look pretty good but have neglected following my skills! I flit from different mediums which can be incorporated! I need to slow down and master one then bring the skills together....but I do love ink and watercolour! Thank you! Your books are now on top of my pile of art books ..a bit of watercolour to the ink is amazing!
1st Alphonso thank you for everything you have done for me . In the past year I’ve been watching your channel. I have started my own RUclips channel !!! Was featured in a new paper and I also am now teaching younger kids how to draw!! Thank you for helping me by sharing your knowledge with the world !!! -Ben’s Art
Thanks so much for another awesome video! It's been gratifying to watch your channel blow up over the last few years and to see the success of your books. May many continued blessings flow into your life as a result of your positive outlook and hard work!
i have seen a number of your videos and you are the best teacher on-line, and also a very talented artist (rare combo). Your style is encouraging and concise. I have been drawing most of my long life, with many years of art education, and I am really enjoying drawing along with you.
Thank you so much for this. I have been drawing for years and have really struggled with this. Especially with just line. I go back to it every so often to practice and it still gives me a hard time. I will rewatch and keep trying.
Never got this information anywhere else, it's truly unique peice of information. The rendering process of the sphere could have been shown slowly instead of speed drawing. Is there a video to apply it on a human figure?
Yeah, the main benefit of video over the book is that you can see the process and stroking, so... I'm not sure why the video always speeds up and rush through the actual drawing 🤔
THank you so much! This is so helpful and clear! Perfect tutorial for shading and getting into the practice of seeing the shadows and light and rendering them on shape!!
Thanks Really useful as usual. I bought your first book and then though "well I don't need a training book.. Ill just train on this one". Then eventually both the second one as well and must say the combination of them is amazing! The second one is a real must.. Both of them. Please make a book for figure drawing, Im rewatching all your videos about it, I wish you put all of it into a book - would defiantly buy it :)
Once again, great tips! The grid on the globe is a great tip that will help me to improve. Cross contour lines lain down in graphite are something I've never thought of. I was wondering about the thumbnail picture on this video. Is that the ball that you were holding? Or is it a drawing? If it is a drawing, is it pen or pencil? Because I wanted to see how one can do that kind of shading in pen and ink.
Alphonso, I just found your Channel and I love it. Your a great artist and a great teacher. I just bought your book online and cant wait for it to come in the mail. Thanks for taking the time to teach all of use your Craft.
Love your videos. This one came out exactly on the day I need it! I'm working on a drawing where there are planets (in pencil and charcoal) and the tips on this video will definitely help! Cheers from Saudi Arabia!
i really enjoy your vids, but this one made me think. what about refractive light? the back end shouldn't be perfectly dark, but get a bit of reflected light on it.
i love your videos. your shading techns have really helped. btw, will you do more on drawing people? I would love to see more of that. also, you are doing amazing work. much love, liked the video! also (scroll down) i just realized the contour lines for sphere is genius. i feel like your the sycra of the ballpoint pen. alot of these stuff blow my mind. this reminds me of sycras lightning bolt arm technique.
Is it not possible to present reflected light using pen and in in this way? Im currently trying to learn how to shade a sphere with pencil and have a hard time as it is.
Hi Alphonso.. out of curiousity. how do you manage to jumble your time between a working person, doing household chores and still be able to have time to draw everyday? i always manage to destroy habit of drawing everyday as I could not jumble different tasks effectively such as working 8 hrs, (add another 4 hrs for transport to and fro of work). then still have to do research for work, prepare next day food. then i suddenly realize I dont have time enough to practice for the day as I need to go to bed then.
Hey Alphonso, thanks for the video. Bit off topic, but do you prefer to draw on a flat surface or one that slants towards you? I need to work on posture; leaning over all day is starting to rough me up.
A silly request - A lot of times I try to figure out what pen size you are using (I know its not the most important thing, and yet) and trying to get a glimpse of the Micron size label on the side of the pen.. for some cosmic reason its ALWAYS ! turned away from the camera :/ If you could turn the pen so the size label will face the camera (up and a bit to the left) that would be amazing :) p.s Iv'e noticed the pen almost never really rolls in your hand while you draw (thus never showing the size if was hidden at start) so if you just turn it at first you could forget about it for the rest of the tutorial p.s2 Love you channel! love your books! Keep up the amazing work :)
hello, alphonso. u are good. i dont know what some worlds mean cuz of language barier, but i can eat this from context, its ur point. im working in art store, buy this cute pigma micrones, paper, other stuff and... didnt drawing. just drink beer and watch ur videos. like ur voice. maybe its a lot of utubers behind the wall, but i like u, cuz u are good. U look like Billy Ocean. Also im using ur " hey everyone" in csgo to represent myself in begging of game. Very beautiful. Bye-bye.
Alphonso , I m watching your videos on urban sketching since last 6 months. And now I can draw with pencil and pen . But I can't draw people in those picture. Can you please suggest me how to draw people .
Shout Out To SuperMan!!!!!!!!!! :) Sup dude i had some setbacks cause havent had the head to create, because of this crazy world, u got a vid on solving that? Cant concentrate like i used to be able to. The worlds spinning too fast!!!
@@alphonsodunn like i mean you make tutorials on how to draw using pencils and pens, so I'm asking if you can instead make tutorials on how to draw '' using brushes and paint, graphite or charcoal '' I mean like changing your materials., I'm just asking if you're going to do that.
Not a fan of how loud the Like click sound effect is. Can you make that quieter in your future videos? It's a bit jarring with headphones on even when you're expecting it.
I absolutely love watching your videos! I am a retired animator and current artist for the Topps trading card company. Your videos are inspiring, interesting, and full of great info! Please have a look at my channel if you get a chance. My videos are about drawing, too, but they are very different than yours. Awesome job!
For this niche, Alphonso, you are the best teacher to ever do it.
My favorite hands on the internet. Thank you once again for teaching me something I needed.
thanks for nice comment
Really appreciate the grid idea for laying out the value pattern. Great tip as usual. I am really looking forward to your 3rd book
The reason I couldn’t shade is because to or from which direction are these lines going or ending. This to you I learned to use guide lines even more
Your channel literally changed the way I draw... I never thought I would be able to do what I'm now, thanks to you. Especially the videos you made about anatomy and proportions.
This was a tremendous help in my understanding of light/shadow on spheres. I've been looking all over for 1 drawing video with an approach to shading spheres in all angles and couldn't find any OR get the hang of it. Glad I finally stumbled across this video. It's also a major bonus to get help from a fellow black artist :)
Alphonso Dunn, i know that thousands of people would agree with me when I say that you should create a FULL pencil and pen drawing course. You have a gift of teaching. I am very structured in the way I think and need a step by step a structured VIDEO course to learn drawing from the very beginning to the advanced levels of both pencil AND pen drawing. Do you have near future plans to make an entire drawing course? Thanks
Best tutorial on how to shade a sphere with pen. Thank you. I didn't realize how bad I needed to know this. This is so helpful. Thanks for sharing.
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hi, i also want to thank you A LOT . I was about to giving up, cause i didn't see enough progress on my drawing skills and in loss of morale. then i Watched one more time "the 7 basic lines of drawing" and i can't explain how but it's gifted me a boost that i needed so, again Thank you very much ! (sorry for my lake English but i'm french and learn by myself so …)
you inspire me ..please more videos ...after 5 years i start drawing before 3 months and i keep going ,,you help me a lot ...please make a video that you will teach how to keep going ,what need to learn step by step and to motive
Probably one of the more useful sphere tutorials I’ve seen so far
You teach in such an easy way that I feel confident to do this. Thank you.
Your way of teaching is easy 🎉
I have both books! I love your teaching and style! I need to go back to these books ...I have found some practice papers slipped into the books which I created! Which look pretty good but have neglected following my skills! I flit from different mediums which can be incorporated! I need to slow down and master one then bring the skills together....but I do love ink and watercolour! Thank you! Your books are now on top of my pile of art books ..a bit of watercolour to the ink is amazing!
🙂🙂🙂 sounds like youre having fun
exactly what i was looking for!
1st
Alphonso thank you for everything you have done for me . In the past year I’ve been watching your channel. I have started my own RUclips channel !!! Was featured in a new paper and I also am now teaching younger kids how to draw!! Thank you for helping me by sharing your knowledge with the world !!!
-Ben’s Art
Ben’s Art
Да это заебись вообще !! Но учить тебе пока рановато.
Wladimir что вы имеете в виду
Wow!! That’s just amazing
Excellent tutorial.... Clear and concise. Thank you.
Thanks
Just Best teacher! Thank, you for vidios.
Thanks so much for another awesome video! It's been gratifying to watch your channel blow up over the last few years and to see the success of your books. May many continued blessings flow into your life as a result of your positive outlook and hard work!
Bought both of your books and I love them!!!
Yayyy thank you
i have seen a number of your videos and you are the best teacher on-line, and also a very talented artist (rare combo). Your style is encouraging and concise. I have been drawing most of my long life, with many years of art education, and I am really enjoying drawing along with you.
Thanks so much
I have both books...fantastic they are!!
Thanks so much
Alphanso Dunn you've created great informative videos. Thank you.
Thanks
Thank you so much for this. I have been drawing for years and have really struggled with this. Especially with just line. I go back to it every so often to practice and it still gives me a hard time. I will rewatch and keep trying.
Soo amazing, never seen before this sphere shading technique, thanks for sharing this, keep up your great work.
love the intro, always a pleasure watching these videos
Love the videos Mr. Dunn
This is amazing drawing
you deserve a like👍❤️☺️
Thank you man you so legendery
Never got this information anywhere else, it's truly unique peice of information. The rendering process of the sphere could have been shown slowly instead of speed drawing. Is there a video to apply it on a human figure?
I love all your videos, but this one inspired me! I'm going to spend this week drawing spheres. Thanks again.
You are an amazing art teacher! Keep up the good work!
Did he just do all that with a cheap Bic pen? I can’t even get my signature to look right with one of those. Totally impressed!
Haha
Great tip!
Play on the lowest speed to see it in "real time" when he's shading the spheres.
👍🙂
Yeah, the main benefit of video over the book is that you can see the process and stroking, so... I'm not sure why the video always speeds up and rush through the actual drawing 🤔
Love your lesson!!
Always useful...
Alphonso, you're the guy! Thank you!
Thanks! Very helpful.
THank you so much! This is so helpful and clear! Perfect tutorial for shading and getting into the practice of seeing the shadows and light and rendering them on shape!!
Thank you, excellent tutorial
Love video.thanks so much
Thanks
Thank u for this fantastic tutorial !!
Best on youtube
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WOW MAN! I did same things too. Spent lots of time practicing cross-hatching on spheres. Awesome thoughts you have there.
Thanks : )
Very good tips!
🙂
Thank you for this lesson. I really enjoy your content.
Wow very nice**
Thanks Really useful as usual. I bought your first book and then though "well I don't need a training book.. Ill just train on this one". Then eventually both the second one as well and must say the combination of them is amazing! The second one is a real must.. Both of them.
Please make a book for figure drawing, Im rewatching all your videos about it, I wish you put all of it into a book - would defiantly buy it :)
legend
very thanks as always mr.Dunn
Awesome.
Once again, great tips! The grid on the globe is a great tip that will help me to improve. Cross contour lines lain down in graphite are something I've never thought of.
I was wondering about the thumbnail picture on this video. Is that the ball that you were holding? Or is it a drawing? If it is a drawing, is it pen or pencil? Because I wanted to see how one can do that kind of shading in pen and ink.
Brilliant and so logical. Thanks.
the best
Alphonso, I just found your Channel and I love it. Your a great artist and a great teacher. I just bought your book online and cant wait for it to come in the mail. Thanks for taking the time to teach all of use your Craft.
Great tips, thank you!
Love your videos. This one came out exactly on the day I need it! I'm working on a drawing where there are planets (in pencil and charcoal) and the tips on this video will definitely help! Cheers from Saudi Arabia!
excellent video again. Thanks a lot!
still waiting on that live show! :)
👀👀😂
Could you do a tutorial on how to express different weather conditions like a rainy day in the city for example?
Thank you for this tutorial. I the new format to the videos
😊👍
Good
Thanks
i really enjoy your vids, but this one made me think. what about refractive light? the back end shouldn't be perfectly dark, but get a bit of reflected light on it.
One step at a time : )
good point. learn to walk before you run.
i love your videos. your shading techns have really helped. btw, will you do more on drawing people? I would love to see more of that. also, you are doing amazing work. much love, liked the video! also (scroll down)
i just realized the contour lines for sphere is genius. i feel like your the sycra of the ballpoint pen. alot of these stuff blow my mind. this reminds me of sycras lightning bolt arm technique.
🙂 thanks much
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Is it not possible to present reflected light using pen and in in this way? Im currently trying to learn how to shade a sphere with pencil and have a hard time as it is.
Nice drawing
Hi, could u do a series on fountain pen ( Lamy Safari, since u have one :)) shading tips ? Thanks.
definitely
Hi Alphonso.. out of curiousity. how do you manage to jumble your time between a working person, doing household chores and still be able to have time to draw everyday?
i always manage to destroy habit of drawing everyday as I could not jumble different tasks effectively such as working 8 hrs, (add another 4 hrs for transport to and fro of work). then still have to do research for work, prepare next day food. then i suddenly realize I dont have time enough to practice for the day as I need to go to bed then.
what type of pencil were u using? and what is it's name?
Hey Alphonso, thanks for the video. Bit off topic, but do you prefer to draw on a flat surface or one that slants towards you? I need to work on posture; leaning over all day is starting to rough me up.
A silly request - A lot of times I try to figure out what pen size you are using (I know its not the most important thing, and yet) and trying to get a glimpse of the Micron size label on the side of the pen.. for some cosmic reason its ALWAYS ! turned away from the camera :/
If you could turn the pen so the size label will face the camera (up and a bit to the left) that would be amazing :)
p.s
Iv'e noticed the pen almost never really rolls in your hand while you draw (thus never showing the size if was hidden at start) so if you just turn it at first you could
forget about it for the rest of the tutorial
p.s2
Love you channel! love your books! Keep up the amazing work :)
Love your videos! I've wondered for a long time, what does the triangle symbol represent?
The three people who gave you the dislike I want to sit with them at the corner to tell me their problems in life😂😂
Lol
hello, alphonso. u are good. i dont know what some worlds mean cuz of language barier, but i can eat this from context, its ur point. im working in art store, buy this cute pigma micrones, paper, other stuff and... didnt drawing. just drink beer and watch ur videos. like ur voice. maybe its a lot of utubers behind the wall, but i like u, cuz u are good. U look like Billy Ocean. Also im using ur " hey everyone" in csgo to represent myself in begging of game. Very beautiful. Bye-bye.
Lol you’re awesome! : )
The first thing I noticed is the 10 dislikes. That’s one hell of a ratio there
Alphonso , I m watching your videos on urban sketching since last 6 months. And now I can draw with pencil and pen . But I can't draw people in those picture. Can you please suggest me how to draw people .
ruclips.net/video/cb3ad2mA8y4/видео.html
He did this video on how to draw people in a simple way, it's pretty old though.
@@vinnieecho Thanks
There’s also quite a lot of figure drawing exercises on RUclips by other artists as well 😊
Tricia Yeager what other artist would you suggest
@@romp4664 There's a guy called Proko
I miss u, Alphonso!
can you do a video on action lines and stuff ?
7 Ls of gesture drawing
Shout Out To SuperMan!!!!!!!!!! :) Sup dude i had some setbacks cause havent had the head to create, because of this crazy world, u got a vid on solving that? Cant concentrate like i used to be able to. The worlds spinning too fast!!!
The movie sphere with Dustin Hoffman and Samuel Jackson was a great movie but a weird ending. Hope my tip helps too ^3^
Try drawing a strawberry
When you finish these tutorials please add other things like how to paint
Haha
@@alphonsodunn what??
I’m unsure what youre asking
@@alphonsodunn like i mean you make tutorials on how to draw using pencils and pens, so I'm asking if you can instead make tutorials on how to draw '' using brushes and paint, graphite or charcoal ''
I mean like changing your materials., I'm just asking if you're going to do that.
Not a fan of how loud the Like click sound effect is. Can you make that quieter in your future videos? It's a bit jarring with headphones on even when you're expecting it.
2 nd 😎😎
I absolutely love watching your videos! I am a retired animator and current artist for the Topps trading card company. Your videos are inspiring, interesting, and full of great info! Please have a look at my channel if you get a chance. My videos are about drawing, too, but they are very different than yours. Awesome job!
Definitely will. ANd thanks
First xD
>How to shade a sphere with pen and ink
>draws with a pencil
Low tier bait
What a clickbaiit prew
Lol you think so
hey your channel is really cool but i was just concerned because i think ?? is that a nazi symbol on your desk??? cause das no good
Definetly a BLACK nazi lol 😁