W stream; Great manner in which he explains such concepts no one else speaks of in as great detail as him. I fancy the way where he simplified the drawing in a semi-realistic manner which creates a construct easy to comprehend and achieve great inspiration from. No other artist channel have I stumbled upon on this platform has explained their process and a technique to draw in such a thorough methodology. Great work. 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿
Very good explanation in experimenting marks first, it's like mixing a paint and testing samples of pallette before painting. Thank you teacher Stephen!
Great use of examples to illustrate your points about "warming up," and an interesting mixture of your two primary presentation modes -- actual drawing and camera-facing verbalization/discussion.
Great tips! I've been going back and forth with pen and ink drawing, and the distinct challenges it creates vs. traditional painting. I've done the doodling and warm-up exercises with the mark making, and those are fine, but what I've found is that I enjoy just doing what you describe - making marks of specific subjects - from imagination. So, practice drawing various trees from memory, or even while looking out my window, and drawing mesas and desert washes, rocks, etc. I've found that as soon as I start going from an actual photo, I suddenly switch into a tighter "copy mode", and it makes it more difficult. Doing some practice thumbnails and scrap mark-making as you demonstrate/describe, is really a great transition. I also love photographing and sketching birds - I have sketchbooks full of pencil sketches and some ink overlays. Drawing skills, and the ability to draft accurate proportions in general are highly under-rated in terms of their importance to any genre of art or medium used. One only has to look at Picasso's expertly-rendered realistic drawings to see they were crucial to him later being able to "break the rules" and develop his cubist style. Even spending 10 min a day sketching from life is invaluable. Cheers, and happy drawing!
Hi Stephen, do you still paint (I saw your works in Facebook but I think your not active on that platform anymore) or you only do pen and ink nowadays?
W stream; Great manner in which he explains such concepts no one else speaks of in as great detail as him. I fancy the way where he simplified the drawing in a semi-realistic manner which creates a construct easy to comprehend and achieve great inspiration from. No other artist channel have I stumbled upon on this platform has explained their process and a technique to draw in such a thorough methodology. Great work. 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿
Love the gorgeous backdrops you've been filming recently... Makes me want to visit Aus!
Very good explanation in experimenting marks first, it's like mixing a paint and testing samples of pallette before painting. Thank you teacher Stephen!
Great use of examples to illustrate your points about "warming up," and an interesting mixture of your two primary presentation modes -- actual drawing and camera-facing verbalization/discussion.
Fantastic video ! I have done 2 previous drawings of the first ref picture and I'm excited to give it another go now! Very helpful info 😊
Thanks. Have fun with it 😀
I normally don't comment but this is such great tips! I love your channel so much! Life long subscriber!
Great tips! I've been going back and forth with pen and ink drawing, and the distinct challenges it creates vs. traditional painting. I've done the doodling and warm-up exercises with the mark making, and those are fine, but what I've found is that I enjoy just doing what you describe - making marks of specific subjects - from imagination.
So, practice drawing various trees from memory, or even while looking out my window, and drawing mesas and desert washes, rocks, etc. I've found that as soon as I start going from an actual photo, I suddenly switch into a tighter "copy mode", and it makes it more difficult. Doing some practice thumbnails and scrap mark-making as you demonstrate/describe, is really a great transition.
I also love photographing and sketching birds - I have sketchbooks full of pencil sketches and some ink overlays.
Drawing skills, and the ability to draft accurate proportions in general are highly under-rated in terms of their importance to any genre of art or medium used. One only has to look at Picasso's expertly-rendered realistic drawings to see they were crucial to him later being able to "break the rules" and develop his cubist style.
Even spending 10 min a day sketching from life is invaluable.
Cheers, and happy drawing!
I love your channel so much
This is great Ty 🎉
My pleasure 😀
We also do this in calligraphy, those swirls and straight lines.
Great video, if your where drawing outdoors rather then from reference, do you still do the same warmup or go straight into the drawing?
I do the same warmup, in fact it’s usually a little more comprehensive 😀
Hi Stephen, do you still paint (I saw your works in Facebook but I think your not active on that platform anymore) or you only do pen and ink nowadays?