Steven B. Reddy Interview + Demo on Keeping an Illustrated Journal
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2020
- Best viewed in 1080 HD. Seattle-based Gage Academy instructor, artist, author, and urban sketcher, Steven B. Reddy talks about Keeping an Illustrated Journal and does a demo of his technique. Pull up a comfy chair and get ready to be inspired and learn new techniques.
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Really enjoyed this video and being introduced to Steven Reddy!
51:24 Ohhhhh, I got one of those red Mylar squares together with a quilting colour wheel that I bought... I mean, I knew it was for tonal values of fabric, but using it also for seeing just tonal value in what I’m sketching and for how to paint it in just b&w/grey… **mindblown** What a great tip!
This was wonderful. I stumbled onto your website today and am hooked!
Thank you Janet for introducing us to all of these amazing artists. What a heartfelt service to the world!!!
I really like Steve's work! The online courses are gold, and the book is the perfect complement, for me a constant reference.
What online courses if you wouldn't mind sharing?
After watching this video first, a couple of days ago, I took his classes on Craftsy, and I was blown; exactly this was what I was looking for, a cohesive and consistent process. I don't need to watch videos on urban sketching any more; I found the best for me. I love watching videos on urban sketching methods, processes, but this time I intentionally, don't want to watch others, since Steven Reddy's method is complete, nothing is missing. Of course, in some steps I'll adapt to the tools that I love: Platinum Preppy fountain pen with Carbon Ink instead of Uniball Vision roller pen; grey brushpens (Faber-Castell Pit or similar) instead of home-made Indian ink mix when it is more convenient. Or, I love watercolor pencils, especially Derwent Graphiting, which is inherently an excellent match to the color schemes Steven Reddy applies. I am Graphitint fan. Or, in my 12x12 cm 140 gsm sketchbook, watercolor brush pens - for example, the affordable Staedler 18 Design Journey - are friendlier to my paper instead of the heavy water washes.
But, the entire process, the steps are retained and perfect to my liking.
13:35 Canson Montval I cannot find a binder version in my local stores. 14:03 That is the reason, I cannot find Montval, Steven Reddy and his students stock them all.
I just found this video and insightful comment! I have been impacted in the same way! But you have some excellent tips! Headed over to Craftsy!🙏🏽😂
Steve ”be” Reddy - what a charming, talented and lovely person! I learned a lot, not only about art and sketching but also about life and what I want to do with the rest of it… Thank you so much 💓🙏 I definitely will start a sketching (and some text too) journal and try to draw every day.
I found my some old art stuff from my father who deceased in 2016 and since March 2020, during the lockdown here in France, I started to sketch. But I had no idea how to draw. So my first book I bought about sketching/drawing was from Steven B. Reddy and for me it was the best! I also ordered the other book from him which came in an American journal paper. I love his work. Great interview by the way!
Thanks Steven for sharing your techniques and creative journey. You've inspired me to go out and do some urban sketching. I've done both your Craftsy classes and love your technique and approach to being creative. I like what you said about allowing your creative style find you by drawing regularly anything that happens to be around you. Thanks so much.
wow, steven. your work is fantastic and your teaching made me want you as a teacher. oh, look, your students are here already . see you soon
Watching a year after the post and very much enjoyed. Multiple gray washes so inspirational. Thanks.
Great interview & demo.
Love this work!
Thanks for offering other than ama zon.Totally agree.
Amazing skills and generous interview, thank you so much for the great tips @StevenReddy!
really interesting to watch the process
45:45 Demo time, I love that he is not for fancy and expensive tools, he uses inexpensive brushes, just a regular student grade paint, not even the affordable but very high quality White Nights paints. For Indian ink, he mixes his own pots, even the Canson Montval paper is not regarded expensive vs other paper. He doesn't care cotton percentage :) Brilliant! The actual sketching starts at 49:20. The 1st layer of grey is to isolate the shy highlights, it is not about shadows, not, it is about highlights 50:55. The 2nd layer is to add midtones 51:23. The 3rd layer is to define the darkest areas typically on the front objects only 51:49. Every grey layer is built on top of the previous layer. 51:49 The first watercolor paint 51:50 - 51:59 was some kind of blueish grey, that was applied mostly on the metal parts. The 2nd was brown 52:00 - 52:09, then he continued with a yellowish grey. He always used muted colors, like Graphitint. 52:32 he is done with watercolor and continues with hatching completed on 53:12.
What a great technique and style
Wow, I just this week bought Stevens book and stumbled on this. Thank
Thanks for doing this interview. I really enjoyed it. I have taken both of Steven's online classes at Craftsy (a few years ago). Steven, I love your attitude about drawing.... not perfection... just do it. That really came through in your classes and in this interview and has helped me in my attempts at sketching more than anything else. Also, your dedication to sketching every day. I find that when I set aside a half hour each day to sketch that my sketching really does improve. Now... to just get myself to do it every day... consistently. I'm not there yet, but I'm working on it. I also own your book "Everyday Sketching and Drawing" and refer back to it often. Thank you !!!
Thank you! I bought your Everyday Sketching book in 2019. Love your fun style, it takes the pressure off of being “perfect” and just enjoying the process. And you look much younger than your book made you appear! 😁
Such a great interview and demo!
Thank you both so much! Great Interview, great Demo! So much fun and so much to learn from...
Thank you so much for this! Very insightful and inspirational. I’m a fan of Steven Reddy’s art!
This was awesome. Also discovered Steven via one of his Craftsy classes a few years back. Love his ink wash technique...I wonder how he came up with this idea??
I did that class also on Craftsy. Love his style! I follow him for a long time, have all his books also. Funny that I see him here on this channel!
Wow, Taria was here, too. Definitely, I can see enormous similarity in your, Taria's, and Steven's style.
@@miklosnemeth8566 whew do you think?! Thats a massive compliment!! I love love love Steven's style so much 💚
Thank you both so much so informative and fun
Our pleasure! :)
Awesome!
Thank you for this interview, it was really interesting!
I really love his style, even if the way I like to sketch is completely different, his book "everyday Sketching & drawing" was really useful and inspiring. 😊
That was fantastic, thank you so much for sharing
It looks like Canson doesn't make those Montval All-Media sketchbooks anymore. Can someone recommend a close alternative?
Wow, when 16:00 Steven Reddy is explaining how old masters used greay layers and painted thin layers of oil color onto them, I was surprised since oil paint is not really transparent. Or, did they use trasparent oil paint, if it existed or exists at all? My experience was that even when I used some not completely transparent colors from my watercolor brush pens, the underlining grey layer didn't really wanted to come through.
16:53 ah I see, he didn't go to art school to get formal education? He is then a brutally talented person. In my conservative country, it would be totally impossible to get any teacher position without formal degrees, whatever talented you are, and whatever art career you had.
Where do you start the drawing.
What is your favorite pen/ink?
Is this uni ball pen a call point pen or grl pen?
46:12 As he says, ballpoint
Oops, Brenda. I can’t hear that well
I like you better with beard!!!! :-)