Is Pen drawing new for you? Turbo boost your progress with these 8 very practical tips. Watch the drawing at the end where all the tips are put into practice.
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.
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 CZcams 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 CZcams. 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 :)
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.
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.
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!
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 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’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. 😩
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 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. 😀
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?
Fantastic Janet. Never too old is my experience. I’ve just posted a video to celebrate my first million views on CZcams 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. 😀
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.
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.
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 😀
Brilliant. You're not only a good artist but also a good teacher.
Thank you. That’s encouraging to hear as on CZcams I wear my teacher’s hat on top of the artist’s one. 😀
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. 😀
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 CZcams 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 CZcams. 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 .
Excellent tutorial....I learned so much! I can't wait to view your other videos. Thanks.
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 😀
Exceptional teaching and subject matter, so glad I found this channel! ❤
I’m glad too. Thanks for sharing 😀
Always enjoy and appreciate sharing your knowledge that helps my improvement. Thank you Stephen
Kind of you to tell me. Thanks David. 😀
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. 😀
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. 😀
The best course !! I love all the hitns, thank you so much. I will practice them.
Excellent Carlos. Have fun. 😀
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
Directly to the point, thanks for the tips!
Glad it was helpful!😀
Not a second of wasted time in this video. Cheers!
Haha. Excellent. Thank you 😀
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) 😀
Thank you for another excellent lesson!
My pleasure. 😀
Thank you for making this video! I find it very helpful!
Great to hear En. Thanks for telling me 😀
Brilliant ! Thank you so much ☺️
My pleasure 😀
I loved your tips. Thank you very much!
That’s great. Thanks for telling me Rita. 😀
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. 😀
Wonderful help, thanks so much....I appreciate all your tips and videos.
Thanks Glen. Kind of you to tell me. 😀
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
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 😀
Muchas gracias por sus enseñanzas
De nada. Gracias 😀
Once again very helpful thank you ! 😊
Excellent Karin. Thanks 😀
Thank you sir 🙏💖
Just found tour site….love the tips! Thank you .
Excellent Kristin. Please help me out and tell your friends about my channel. 😀
Thank you so much for sharing your amazing talent ❤
Thanks for listening😀
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. 😀
Some fantastic tips for beginners very well explained.
Thanks for the encouragement Paul. 😀
thanks man, you are great 🙏
Kind of you. Thanks 😀
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. 😀
Great video you are a wonderful teacher.
Thank you. You are very kind. 😀
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. 😀
Helpful as usual!
Glad to hear it Milark. Thank you. 😀
Very helpful; thank you
My pleasure 😀
Thaank you
My pleasure
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.😀😀
😀
Some good effects with pen and pencil, tone.
Thanks John. 😀
Nice tips, thank you 🙂
My pleasure 😀
Thank you
You're welcome😀
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
Good 👍 and useful 👍 tank you
Thanks. Hope you can put them to good use in your drawings.
Fantastic ❤
Great. Thanks 😀
Thank you again ✨🎨🦘
My pleasure Marion
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
"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. 😩
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. Just starting out. I'm terrible. But this helps.
That was my hope. All the best John. 😀
Very useful.. 🥰
Great to hear. Thanks 😊
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.
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.😀
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 CZcams 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. 😀
helpful☑
Glad it helped😀
Very nice
Great to hear Jesús. 😀
I just starter.thank
Fantastic. Have 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 😀
Woah if maybe i also listen to my math class i might also undertand the topic
Worth a try!😀
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. 🫣
And fountain?
Yes. Don’t use it myself, so I’m afraid it slipped my mind🫣
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? 😀
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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!