I feel like crying right now for how a good teacher you are, and how much time you spend to teach all of us here. Thank you for everything. Really appreciate it. :)
Alphonso, I have learned so much from you during this half hour video. I am self taught without any formal training. My flowers now look so realistic instead of cartoonish! Thank you for taking the time to share with us your expertise.
This just increased my knowledge/skill about 3 billion percent since I started drawing in April. I just drew the best flower I've ever drawn thanks to this tutorial. Thank you!
My friend, you are special. Teachers are one of God's many gifts to us. Your ability to explain those concepts so clearly will enhance many peoples lives. Good teachers go with us for a lifetime and help us form who we are. Art especially is something we all should do a little of if not a lot of. I made my living as a musician all my life but love all forms of art. In my retirement I am learning to sketch and it is so much fun. You have helped me greatly in my quest. Thank you!! God bless you my friend!!
Your tutorials are absolutely amazing. You're such a gifted teacher. I've learned more from you than any other art teacher I've ever had. I love how you explain everything, from form to line and everything else, in a way that makes complete sense. You aren't just here to show off your drawing skills, you are here to teach. Your Pen and Ink Drawing Workbook is also an immense help -- I'd recommend it to anyone who want to improve. It's so well thought out. It's helped me get much more comfortable with so many different techniques. Now I can follow along with your videos and draw what you draw and apply those techniques with much more confidence. Thank you!!
Graphic Design student here... you are getting me through my final assignment in Drawing II :) thank you so much! You are definitely knowledgable and absolutely right on! Everything you talk about is in our textbooks with the difference that YOU make a world of difference for us VISUAL learners! I am more of a monkey see monkey do person :D THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
You did an amazing job explaining why you would do each technique to get a certain affect. Thank you for sharing your experience for people who are willing to learn! I commend you for sharing your insight and sharing them!
...you are an incredible teacher... because it all looks so easy. I draw, sketch, paint, (water) I hope to retire in few months... and, I want to leave a whole shelf of books with sketches of what i saw. through the rest of my life... but I will dedicate a volume to you. thank you, thank you, thank you !
I have both your books and have been going through your videos (even ones that are 10 years old!) I find the teaching you provide in the videos really solidifies the learnings in the books. Very grateful for the accompanying videos. Thank you! 🇦🇺
Thank you so much Alphonso, you are an amazing teacher! You explain everything so clearly. Your time and effort spent on this video is very much appreciated.
What a GREAT tutorial!!! I have an issue drawing the leaves on flowers to resemble the generic shape, they are too perfect looking. You are a genius! Thank you SO much for sharing your skills!! It is appreciated!
You're the best teacher on TH-cam! I love how you explain and draw at the same time..breaking down the steps so simply and repeating the same phrases...using the little examples off the side for extra visualization. Awsome! Thank you so much!
Your voice is very relaxing, in my opinion, and you make a great teacher! I've been listening to your videos while working on my one point perspective city street drawing for art class, your shading videos have been very helpful and have given me a better understanding on how light works. Thank you!
I am absolutely and utterly stunning and gobsmacked by how you teach us how to draw, shade, and achieve the stunning results that you’ve just shown us. Alphonso, I’ve subscribed and given you a thumbs up 👍 too. Because I’ve never seen this type of tutorial before. Thank you so much. Stay safe and well too xxx Mags
I love your videos and I've been trying to improve my art skills and I've looked all over TH-cam and your the only youtuber that could help!! thnx keep up the amazing work +ALPHONSO DUNN
I have taken so many art classes and I just found you today and I have learned more in 3 videos that actually makes since and I can utilize than I ever did in any of those classes. I wanted to go to Graphic design school and the teacher's criticism's led to me and another girl resigning because she said we were fine artists and didn't belong...I was so crushed.
It is like you are filling in all the blanks that ties it all together. I am very impressed with your teaching style, content, and progression. I am looking forward to viewing all that you have and getting your books.
I never leave comments for videos, but I just HAD to this time. For me to sit thru a video this long and not get bored and/or skip thru, it's gotta be something exceptional! You do a great job explaining things. Thank you so much for sharing with us! I'm finally going after that art degree I've always wanted and I begin my first drawing classes next month and just watching this made me get even more excited. Ahhh I can't wait! AWESOME. ☺
Thank you Alphonso. I am doing sketches with thread on fabric and thought learning more about sketches in pen and ink would help me inprove. Your video has been very helpful. Thank you again for taking the time to do this. I look forward to watching more of your videos.
I like how you are actually breaking down the line-art, whereas some people seem to use it as a means to an end, so second-nature that they don't explain or describe what-how-why of the line-work. As you say in your vids, you are self taught, and although your lines are sometimes imperfect, your technique seems overall effective. I'm trying to learn crosshatching, and you've been helpful. You have great videos. Subbed.
The playlists are so versatile 💗. From anatomy to perspective and what not. Just subscribed. Definitely going to spend all my time on this after exams :)
Nice and Beautifully Different Vizlistion Flower's with Leaves.Realast Leat And Sheads, high Leats.lmpoerten of the perspective and Anatomy also important. Time'Drawing Details and flowers Leaves Filding, Deatails
OMG this is just the kind of tutorial I needed. You explain everything in detaiiiiil. I've been leaning towards pen illustration and shading through hatching and no other tutorial was teaching it this way!!! I love you and your work!!!! I'm so grateful to you sharing your expertise.
Wow, I really like that tip about drawing the basic shape next to the subject matter! (for example, the cylinder can be applied to a flower). It's really practical, but helps to make it seem more realistic. Thanks! I didn't think about that.
Thank you so much! I only do black and white art with ink (stabilus or the pens from staedler) and no matter how long I practice, I never get the right shadows, or the right lines (thick and thin, etc.) But with other tools (aquarell, or pencil - I think that it's easier to bring drawings "to life") it's definitely not my style. You helped me so much with that tutorial. :) and you are so talented. Keep doing that. Sorry for my bad English. Lovely greetings from Hamburg - Germany :)
Wow thanks you saved me from getting a detention at school for not doing my art homework :-) you're a really good teacher my drawings came out half decent, and I'm not the best artist.:-)
I thought you were an amazingly talented artist, but no, I was wrong! You are a magician! Thank you, you are an outstanding teacher, and I just love your work. Regards frm South Africa
Happy New Year. And thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills. Much appreciated! If possible, it would be very useful too if you would show and explain how to draw the flowers in pencil before rendering with pen and ink.
I've been getting a lot from your channel so I bought your book today. I have no doubt I'll get much value from it, but I would have bought it if it had blank pages just as a token of thanks for the help I'm getting.
Thank you so much for taking the time to really explain & show what your picturing in your mind as you draw. I too would be very interested in seeing how you start from pencil drawings. I kinda practiced backwards with this one. I watched your pen drawing, then began mine in pencil while I paused the video, then watched again as you started the shading. It took a bit, but so worth the time.
If any death persone comes and finds your videos, just by looking at what you do it's enough. You also draw in a way that even without audio, the persone can have and idea and some tips on how to grow in there drawing abilities. You are a magnificent person and you have on of the greates ability to explain that teachers lack everywear! Thank you!
I love your videos! Keep doing what you do! Whenever I draw I'm too shy to show other people. I'm also a perfectionist, whenever I draw something that doesn't look good in the beginning, I cross it out (which I know is not a good thing, because sometimes I keep going and it usually ends up good).
Hey everyone, I bought Alphonso Dunn's guide on pen and ink drawing and I'm very satisfied with the content. I was wondering if the workbook he published is worth buying additionally i.e. what is in it?
Hey Alphonso, really quick question (Its so nice of you that you read and answer so many comments despite being so popular!), can you explain when to vary pen widths? like, if i was doing a fine detail use a 0.05 and for the general outline use a 0.1? how do you decide when to use a different width of pen, when is it okay to use all 1 pen?
vary the width the match the light and shadow. I should be wide where its in shadow and thin when it in light.. What you suggest about the point sizes is correct
hey Alfonso, been using some of your vids for my class, today a student asked "how do you know how to draw a flower if it's already drawn"...good point...maybe in future you can do a couple from scratch... cheers mate
crazy that your a better teacher than what I had in college . will you make any videos on color theory or maybe drawing comic style ? I'm about to buy your book!
Thank you for actually telling us HOW to draw and not just music background while you draw. Appreciate your help! You’re an amazing instructor 🙌🏻👏🏻
I feel like crying right now for how a good teacher you are, and how much time you spend to teach all of us here. Thank you for everything. Really appreciate it. :)
Alphonso, I have learned so much from you during this half hour video. I am self taught without any formal training. My flowers now look so realistic instead of cartoonish! Thank you for taking the time to share with us your expertise.
I agree!
This just increased my knowledge/skill about 3 billion percent since I started drawing in April. I just drew the best flower I've ever drawn thanks to this tutorial. Thank you!
yayyyy sounds awesome : ) share it
My friend, you are special. Teachers are one of God's many gifts to us. Your ability to explain those concepts so clearly will enhance many peoples lives. Good teachers go with us for a lifetime and help us form who we are. Art especially is something we all should do a little of if not a lot of. I made my living as a musician all my life but love all forms of art. In my retirement I am learning to sketch and it is so much fun. You have helped me greatly in my quest. Thank you!! God bless you my friend!!
Thanks so much! That means alot🙏🙏🙏
I'm glad I found you again,,,you are such a spectacular instructor and inspiring me to continue!! Thank you, thank you!!
Your tutorials are absolutely amazing. You're such a gifted teacher. I've learned more from you than any other art teacher I've ever had. I love how you explain everything, from form to line and everything else, in a way that makes complete sense. You aren't just here to show off your drawing skills, you are here to teach. Your Pen and Ink Drawing Workbook is also an immense help -- I'd recommend it to anyone who want to improve. It's so well thought out. It's helped me get much more comfortable with so many different techniques. Now I can follow along with your videos and draw what you draw and apply those techniques with much more confidence. Thank you!!
Graphic Design student here... you are getting me through my final assignment in Drawing II :) thank you so much! You are definitely knowledgable and absolutely right on! Everything you talk about is in our textbooks with the difference that YOU make a world of difference for us VISUAL learners! I am more of a monkey see monkey do person :D THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Alphonso, thank you for the way you "teach", such patience, caring and thoughtfulness in your voice and method.
You did an amazing job explaining why you would do each technique to get a certain affect. Thank you for sharing your experience for people who are willing to learn! I commend you for sharing your insight and sharing them!
...you are an incredible teacher... because it all looks so easy. I draw, sketch, paint, (water) I hope to retire in few months... and, I want to leave a whole shelf of books with sketches of what i saw. through the rest of my life... but I will dedicate a volume to you. thank you, thank you, thank you !
I have both your books and have been going through your videos (even ones that are 10 years old!) I find the teaching you provide in the videos really solidifies the learnings in the books. Very grateful for the accompanying videos. Thank you! 🇦🇺
Thank you so much Alphonso, you are an amazing teacher! You explain everything so clearly. Your time and effort spent on this video is very much appreciated.
Thanks much, always glad I can help
What a GREAT tutorial!!! I have an issue drawing the leaves on flowers to resemble the generic shape, they are too perfect looking. You are a genius! Thank you SO much for sharing your skills!! It is appreciated!
You're the best teacher on TH-cam! I love how you explain and draw at the same time..breaking down the steps so simply and repeating the same phrases...using the little examples off the side for extra visualization. Awsome! Thank you so much!
+Tracey Lowe - nee Menzies Thanks much! Glad you find it useful
Your voice is very relaxing, in my opinion, and you make a great teacher! I've been listening to your videos while working on my one point perspective city street drawing for art class, your shading videos have been very helpful and have given me a better understanding on how light works. Thank you!
+subtlerebellion Awesome! Thanks for sharing. I'm glad I could help :-)
I am absolutely and utterly stunning and gobsmacked by how you teach us how to draw, shade, and achieve the stunning results that you’ve just shown us. Alphonso, I’ve subscribed and given you a thumbs up 👍 too. Because I’ve never seen this type of tutorial before. Thank you so much. Stay safe and well too xxx Mags
I love your videos and I've been trying to improve my art skills and I've looked all over TH-cam and your the only youtuber that could help!! thnx keep up the amazing work +ALPHONSO DUNN
Hopefully you have bought the book. To support dunn
I have taken so many art classes and I just found you today and I have learned more in 3 videos that actually makes since and I can utilize than I ever did in any of those classes. I wanted to go to Graphic design school and the teacher's criticism's led to me and another girl resigning because she said we were fine artists and didn't belong...I was so crushed.
I'm so sorry you experienced that. Instructors sometimes lose sight of the impact they can have on their students' confidence
It is like you are filling in all the blanks that ties it all together. I am very impressed with your teaching style, content, and progression. I am looking forward to viewing all that you have and getting your books.
This is always something I struggle with and you have put it into a simple instruction that even I can follow. Thank you for sharing so much
I can't believe I found this gem of a video on TH-cam! This is how art should be taught! Thank you for taking the time to upload this video!!
very welcome
I never leave comments for videos, but I just HAD to this time. For me to sit thru a video this long and not get bored and/or skip thru, it's gotta be something exceptional! You do a great job explaining things. Thank you so much for sharing with us! I'm finally going after that art degree I've always wanted and I begin my first drawing classes next month and just watching this made me get even more excited. Ahhh I can't wait! AWESOME. ☺
Adelia Yanez thanks so much and I wish you the best of luck :-)
Thank you Alphonso. I am doing sketches with thread on fabric and thought learning more about sketches in pen and ink would help me inprove. Your video has been very helpful. Thank you again for taking the time to do this. I look forward to watching more of your videos.
+ThistledownThreads Thanks so much for watching!
You're the best teacher I've ever had!!!!!!!!! Thank you tons for your great pen & ink drawing tutorials!!!!!
:-) no worries at all
New to pen and ink drawing, just spent days trying to find a book to teach me what you just did. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
SimJaTa no worries...my pleasure
I like how you are actually breaking down the line-art, whereas some people seem to use it as a means to an end, so second-nature that they don't explain or describe what-how-why of the line-work. As you say in your vids, you are self taught, and although your lines are sometimes imperfect, your technique seems overall effective. I'm trying to learn crosshatching, and you've been helpful. You have great videos. Subbed.
What a great teacher. Thank you.
Thanks
The playlists are so versatile 💗.
From anatomy to perspective and what not.
Just subscribed.
Definitely going to spend all my time on this after exams :)
Nice and Beautifully Different Vizlistion Flower's with Leaves.Realast Leat And Sheads, high Leats.lmpoerten of the perspective and Anatomy also important.
Time'Drawing Details and flowers Leaves
Filding, Deatails
Seriously, I want to thank you for all the work you share with us all. Great job and much appreciated!
John Doe no problem at all...thanks for sharing that :-)
Alphonso, you are just awesome, plain and simple.
Thank you so much. You have a gift for teaching. Your explanations and the examples that you give together are wonderful. Thanks again
I just love the way you explain everything! Thank you so much. Please keep on doing it!
Hellen Hu :-) glad it helps
You're such a great teacher and you have a nice voice. I feel relaxed watching your videos while learning a lot .Thank you so much.
Thanks much
OMG this is just the kind of tutorial I needed. You explain everything in detaiiiiil. I've been leaning towards pen illustration and shading through hatching and no other tutorial was teaching it this way!!! I love you and your work!!!! I'm so grateful to you sharing your expertise.
+Dominique Vias Thanks so much! And thanks for the support
Great tutorial here Alphonso, keep the good work and keep inspiring the art community
Thanks for sharing. I really liked the idea of picturing cylinder shape, love your teaching style. Works well for me. Hugs
:-)
It is real pleasure to watch your tutorials and follow your instructions. You are a very good artist and teacher. Thanks!
Magda Bardzinska thanks much...am glad they help
Wow, I really like that tip about drawing the basic shape next to the subject matter! (for example, the cylinder can be applied to a flower). It's really practical, but helps to make it seem more realistic. Thanks! I didn't think about that.
Thank you so much, not only you are a great artist, but also you are an Excellent Teacher !
Thank you so much!
I only do black and white art with ink (stabilus or the pens from staedler) and no matter how long I practice, I never get the right shadows, or the right lines (thick and thin, etc.)
But with other tools (aquarell, or pencil - I think that it's easier to bring drawings "to life") it's definitely not my style.
You helped me so much with that tutorial. :) and you are so talented. Keep doing that.
Sorry for my bad English.
Lovely greetings from Hamburg - Germany :)
Wow thanks you saved me from getting a detention at school for not doing my art homework :-) you're a really good teacher my drawings came out half decent, and I'm not the best artist.:-)
Prashant Parmar :-)
I thought you were an amazingly talented artist, but no, I was wrong! You are a magician! Thank you, you are an outstanding teacher, and I just love your work. Regards frm South Africa
Drawing all of these would take me so long lol. He's just whippin' them out. Bing - done!
You are so beautifully talented. I come back to your videos and each time my personal art improves following your instructions. Thank you!
Very welcome
wow, you are a brilliant teacher and artist. Thank you! This is exactly what I needed. I'm definitely subscribing. Peace and love!
thank you, I appreciate that :-)
Happy New Year. And thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills. Much appreciated! If possible, it would be very useful too if you would show and explain how to draw the flowers in pencil before rendering with pen and ink.
H Nygaard yeah, I should, since I started with my pencil drawing already done here.
I've been getting a lot from your channel so I bought your book today. I have no doubt I'll get much value from it, but I would have bought it if it had blank pages just as a token of thanks for the help I'm getting.
Thank you so much for taking the time to really explain & show what your picturing in your mind as you draw. I too would be very interested in seeing how you start from pencil drawings. I kinda practiced backwards with this one. I watched your pen drawing, then began mine in pencil while I paused the video, then watched again as you started the shading. It took a bit, but so worth the time.
Angela Richard no problem. I'll definitely do one. I have been asked several times
Thank you so very much .
If any death persone comes and finds your videos, just by looking at what you do it's enough. You also draw in a way that even without audio, the persone can have and idea and some tips on how to grow in there drawing abilities. You are a magnificent person and you have on of the greates ability to explain that teachers lack everywear!
Thank you!
+Ryuta Misaky youre very welcome
Great videos. I would say stippling is the way to go when shading flowers but it takes lot's and lot's of patience.
What a brilliant teacher, thank you.
Your amazing. Your brilliant . Thank you for sharing your gift with us ! Your Such a good teacher !
Thank you for sharing your amazing talent in very clear yet simple terms. Brilliant tutorials, keep on sharing. Thank you
Thanks much
This is really good! I really appreciate your uploading these vids. Thank you !!!!!!!!!
you are an excellent teacher, thank you!
creagree thank you :-)
I love your videos! Keep doing what you do! Whenever I draw I'm too shy to show other people. I'm also a perfectionist, whenever I draw something that doesn't look good in the beginning, I cross it out (which I know is not a good thing, because sometimes I keep going and it usually ends up good).
+PeaceAwaiz Its find to start again, just dont be too hard on yourself :-)
*****
thanks :). I won't
Hey everyone, I bought Alphonso Dunn's guide on pen and ink drawing and I'm very satisfied with the content. I was wondering if the workbook he published is worth buying additionally i.e. what is in it?
Arnoud I love the book too. Haven’t gotten the workbook yet
Is there are part 2??!! Your channel is a treasure. Never thought I would be learning to draw.
Now you are you
Wow👍
Hey Alphonso, really quick question (Its so nice of you that you read and answer so many comments despite being so popular!), can you explain when to vary pen widths? like, if i was doing a fine detail use a 0.05 and for the general outline use a 0.1? how do you decide when to use a different width of pen, when is it okay to use all 1 pen?
vary the width the match the light and shadow. I should be wide where its in shadow and thin when it in light.. What you suggest about the point sizes is correct
Great video, any chance of one showing us how to draw the flowers in pencil first?
Thank you so much, you are moving at my speed. I enjoy your easy explanations on shapes and lines.
+ky le lol thanks
Thanks, Alphononso, great illustration!
Thanks
hey Alfonso, been using some of your vids for my class, today a student asked "how do you know how to draw a flower if it's already drawn"...good point...maybe in future you can do a couple from scratch...
cheers mate
Great teacher, inspiring.
It makes so much more sense!!
Your a wonderful teacher!! ;D
Bravo the daisy pops off the page!
since today you will be my teacher thank you I don't have any experience drawing but I really want to learn
great drawings i'm learning a lot from you thank you so much .
stunning! 😍🙌🏽🙏🏼 Thank you!
I don't know which I enjoy more, your awesome video's or your amazing voice. You go way beyond the call of coolness😇
:-) Thanks much. Glad they help:-)
subscribed! you're such a great teacher, so helpful and so patient. thank you :)
winterfIowers :-) thank you
outstanding teacher . I can draw realistic but you helped me see better and now I can better draw from my mind.
Amazing!
Thank you, that was the best way I have ever seen shading explained.
Nancy Wentworth glad it helped :-)
You explain this so well. Thanks for sharing your techniques.
G-G- Gaia :-) no worries
Thanks so much for your tutorial,,best of the best of you,,,
You are awesome! :) For me as a newbie on drawing, this helps me ALOT! Keep up your great work!
Mrdeluca666 glad its helpful
Sir you are very very good. Simple to understand. Thank you for doing this.
Youre very welcome
Can you draw flames/fire?
Thank you so much for sharing. Your teaching style is commendable.
Wow.. I learned so much. Thank you, Sir!
I really appreciate you as an art teacher, I never had the chance to go art school. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and work. I have learned a lot and really appreciate it.
Excellent instruction!
it's almost 2018 and i just watched this video lately, how loss i am..... you're good teacher. i follow you on instagram and that's so amazing!!!!!
Thanks so much! And a happy new year to you when it comes!
crazy that your a better teacher than what I had in college . will you make any videos on color theory or maybe drawing comic style ? I'm about to buy your book!
My last two videos are on color theory. Check them out
Wow I really enjoyed this video... and the technical explanations of hard to grasp drawing concepts. So glad I found your channel!
YOURE AMAZING THANKYOU FOR INSPIRING ME TO IMPROVE ME DRAWING SKILLS!!!
Thank you, sir! easy to understand, you are a very good teacher. I mean it!
Thanks much
I’m so very glad that I discovered you, Alphonso! I wish you much success. You have helped me a lot:)
Thanks, And you’re very welcome
Thanks for your patient explanations--learned so much so far. On to the next Alphonso video.
+Susan Widdersheim :-) Awesome! GLad I could help :-)
Very nice sketch drawing
Finally I understand how to shade, it all made sense :) Thank you for sharing, your good teacher. :)
no worries : )
I came across you by accident and thank goodness I did. Thank you thank you
Very welcome
simply thank you for EVERYTHING
Henric Holzrichter no worries at all
so helpful!! OMG!!
:-)
This video literally saved me. 😢Thank you so much !!!
: ) you're very welcome
Thank you for the great tutorials. I've learned a lot from those.
Po Chu Fung no worries :-)
thanks Alphonso love the video .....want more!
You rock Alphonso. Thanx for sharing knowledge.:)
You're an amazing teacher!! Thank you so much, I'm learning so much ch from you!!
yayyy....I'm glad you are
Beautiful artwork, and very helpful to me. Thank you very much!
+Carol Downs thanks much. I'm glad it was useful :-)