Stephen: there are two types of pen, fiber and ball. Fountain pen: "Am I a joke to you?"

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

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.

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

Not by me!🤣 Haha, thanks Satrick. I’ll put you in charge of my channel marketing. 😀

@AbiNomac

Жыл бұрын

Not really. It’s growing fast.

Brilliant. You're not only a good artist but also a good teacher.

@stephentraversart

7 күн бұрын

Thank you. That’s encouraging to hear as on KZread I wear my teacher’s hat on top of the artist’s one. 😀

Another fantastic lesson. Hope you realize that any type of educating would suit you, even if KZread is the only method of distributing that knowledge. You’d fit right in a classroom as teacher.

@stephentraversart

2 жыл бұрын

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 KZread. I guess I am a bit of a teacher at heart. 😀

@lagartink

6 ай бұрын

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 .

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.

@stephentraversart

9 ай бұрын

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 😀

Excellent tutorial....I learned so much! I can't wait to view your other videos. Thanks.

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.

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

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!

@stephentraversart

5 ай бұрын

How encouraging for me to hear Chris. Welcome aboard my channel and thanks for taking the time to tell me. 😀

Exceptional teaching and subject matter, so glad I found this channel! ❤

@stephentraversart

Ай бұрын

I’m glad too. Thanks for sharing 😀

Always enjoy and appreciate sharing your knowledge that helps my improvement. Thank you Stephen

@stephentraversart

2 жыл бұрын

Kind of you to tell me. Thanks David. 😀

Thank you Stephen!!! Your videos and teaching style are incredible! As someone having recently started their artistic journey, I cannot express my gratitude enough!

@stephentraversart

2 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you for letting me know 😀

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 :)

@stephentraversart

3 ай бұрын

Always worth experimenting. Have fun. 😀

The best course !! I love all the hitns, thank you so much. I will practice them.

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

Excellent Carlos. Have fun. 😀

Only lately find out this wonderful channel, great teacher! Highly appreciated each of your videos. Thank you very much!

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words. Much appreciated. 😀

Directly to the point, thanks for the tips!

@stephentraversart

6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!😀

Excellent, clear, practical and no extra fluff. Great thanks

@stephentraversart

3 ай бұрын

Great you think so. Thanks Karen 😀

I loved your tips. Thank you very much!

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

That’s great. Thanks for telling me Rita. 😀

Thank you for another excellent lesson!

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure. 😀

Every video of yours is a WOW moment for me. Thanks.

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

That’s so great. Thanks for telling me. (And maybe you can tell your friends) 😀

Thank you for making this video! I find it very helpful!

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear En. Thanks for telling me 😀

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.

@stephentraversart

10 ай бұрын

Probably only as parts of other videos. Thanks for the suggestions. Let me see. 😀

Brilliant ! Thank you so much ☺️

@stephentraversart

Ай бұрын

My pleasure 😀

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.

@stephentraversart

8 ай бұрын

That’s great. It can work very effectively. Visit any time. Over 450 videos to see. 😀

@michaelpadden5959

Ай бұрын

I agree 100%. Brilliant tip

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!

@stephentraversart

2 ай бұрын

Sounds great to me, welcome to my channel 😀

The shadowing lines technique made my pieces definitely add more depth and realism to it. This is a great video.😊

@stephentraversart

6 ай бұрын

Glad to hear. Thanks 😀

@SUGAR_XYLER

5 ай бұрын

Right, much better than dark pencil

Not a second of wasted time in this video. Cheers!

@stephentraversart

4 ай бұрын

Haha. Excellent. Thank you 😀

thanks man, you are great 🙏

@stephentraversart

10 ай бұрын

Kind of you. Thanks 😀

Wonderful help, thanks so much....I appreciate all your tips and videos.

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Glen. Kind of you to tell me. 😀

Just found tour site….love the tips! Thank you .

@stephentraversart

2 ай бұрын

Excellent Kristin. Please help me out and tell your friends about my channel. 😀

Once again very helpful thank you ! 😊

@stephentraversart

4 ай бұрын

Excellent Karin. Thanks 😀

Thank you sir 🙏💖

Thank you so much for sharing your amazing talent ❤

@stephentraversart

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for listening😀

Perfect. Hope to start on pens soon. Good day!

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

Get ready to really enjoy the experience. 😀

Muchas gracias por sus enseñanzas

@stephentraversart

Ай бұрын

De nada. Gracias 😀

Thanks for sharing all these valuable tips. Very generous...its a big transition from pencil to ink!

@stephentraversart

10 ай бұрын

It can feel it. But it’s a great way of pushing past fear of mistakes. 😀

@barbarajohnson1442

10 ай бұрын

@@stephentraversart this is VERY true

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?

@stephentraversart

11 ай бұрын

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!

@stephentraversart

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it Milark. Thank you. 😀

Some fantastic tips for beginners very well explained.

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the encouragement Paul. 😀

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?

@stephentraversart

8 ай бұрын

Thanks. I use the same pen as for the object it’s on. 😀

Great video you are a wonderful teacher.

@stephentraversart

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. You are very kind. 😀

Very helpful; thank you

@stephentraversart

4 ай бұрын

My pleasure 😀

Some good effects with pen and pencil, tone.

@stephentraversart

4 ай бұрын

Thanks John. 😀

Thank you

@stephentraversart

3 ай бұрын

You're welcome😀

Nice tips, thank you 🙂

@stephentraversart

6 ай бұрын

My pleasure 😀

I love drawing and your advice is helpful to me-- Sanjoy from India 🙏🙏

@stephentraversart

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful to hear Mahato. Keep drawing and all the best 😀

@shivammahatoclasses

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephentraversart Thank you teacher.😀😀

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

😀

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?

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

I use COPIC refillable pens, and I keep them either horizontal or nib down. Never seems to be a problem for me.😀

Thaank you

@stephentraversart

25 күн бұрын

My pleasure

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.

@stephentraversart

11 ай бұрын

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. 😀

@jandunn169

11 ай бұрын

@@stephentraversart Okay thanks Stephen. I will let you know how that works and if I find anything else that works.

Thank you again ✨🎨🦘

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure Marion

You're such a good tutor SIR❤❤🎉

@stephentraversart

4 ай бұрын

Thank you. Please help me and tell your friends who draw. 😀

@Nonamegaming-gl5zq

Ай бұрын

@@stephentraversart I already share this with my many friends sir

05:44 that! I never stressed about wrong lines as long as I correct it

@stephentraversart

4 ай бұрын

Well done. Once we get used to not worrying about them, we wonder why we ever did!😆

@BushcraftEurope

4 ай бұрын

@@stephentraversart exactly hahah

Fantastic ❤

@stephentraversart

11 ай бұрын

Great. Thanks 😀

Good 👍 and useful 👍 tank you

@stephentraversart

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Hope you can put them to good use in your drawings.

Very useful.. 🥰

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear. Thanks 😊

"There are Fibre nib pens and ball point pens " There there fountain pen, don't cry. I still love you. ;)

@stephentraversart

10 ай бұрын

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. 😩

I wonder if you visualize before drawing something, especially complicated ones?

@stephentraversart

8 ай бұрын

Yes, I always try and feel the 3D shape before I draw. It affects my marks on the paper 😀

Thank you. Just starting out. I'm terrible. But this helps.

@stephentraversart

10 ай бұрын

That was my hope. All the best John. 😀

I love this! I need help! I'm just starting to learn to draw and I'm 68 years old and need help!

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic Janet. Never too old is my experience. I’ve just posted a video to celebrate my first million views on KZread 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☑

@stephentraversart

6 ай бұрын

Glad it helped😀

Very nice

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear Jesús. 😀

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.

@stephentraversart

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Garth. I didn’t realise the lightfast list was so short. Thanks for sharing all this with everyone. 😀

Woah if maybe i also listen to my math class i might also undertand the topic

@stephentraversart

6 ай бұрын

Worth a try!😀

I just starter.thank

@stephentraversart

4 ай бұрын

Fantastic. Have fun. 😀

I held one of those copic pens today. May I also be fortunate someday to own one.....aaaahhhhhh

@stephentraversart

10 ай бұрын

Oh dear, I’m going to end up feeling guilty for using them. 🫣

And fountain?

@stephentraversart

3 ай бұрын

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 ….. 😢

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

I am sorry. I cannot manage subtitles. And then what language? 😀

999th like

@stephentraversart

Жыл бұрын

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