Starting with the large, general shapes and working progressively toward specific details is always a great plan! That's one of the best things about this channel, is that the fundamentals are stressed and repeated in each lesson, in a way that artists at any level of ambition or experience can get something of value!

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

great to watch you sketch.

❤

the way you keep the picture on the page by the big colour shape at the beginning of the picture is a helpful cure to my occasional off centering and edging disappointment - forces me to stay on the page without huge labour while making for a better composition - this video was a good teaching by demo lesson! Thank you!

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

I’m glad it was helpful!

What is nice about this technique is that I could actually do it, I mean, lay down the big shapes, with gouache, which is my medium. And I do wish you would do more gouache demos!!!

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

I hardly use gouache, and don’t have the skills to teach about it

This is such a unique way to sketch outdoors. No sloppy water jars and paraphernalia needed! Would love some cafe/street scenes done in this method.

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Great idea! Go for it!

It’s amazing what you do with a fist full of pencils! You are always inspiring.

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

I love your videos.I like it when you narrated your videos.

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

I love the way you build the trees up.Also its a lot easier to take your pencils out, rather than watercolour and all the paraphanalia.

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Watercolors can be accessible too, if you choose to use a waterbrush instead of a real brush and water, for example. But for some people that’s too much of a sacrifice because of the quality of the brush, which influences the watercolor effects. I think minimizing your outdoor sketch kit is really important to make it easier on yourself, no matter what art supplies you prefer. Just take what you need and leave the rest at home.

Thank you so.much it need not to be an extraordinary place to draw,see you in October❤

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Can't wait!

Thank you for another great video. I appreciate this video as I find it tricky to do a sketch with lots of greenery. This is helpful. Thanks!

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Hey Koosje, usually I dont comment, but I’ve been watching your videos for a while now and I just want to say that they helped me so much to be more playful and less focused on “mistakes” . I love your style and I learned a lot about capturing a scene and especially greens. So I just wanna say thank you for your amazing content.

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for that!

Wow. I love the way you use the broad strokes to place the main structures both nature and buildings. Makes the rest of the work less stressful. Way to go!!

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Um… drawing should never be stressful at any stage. Relax and enjoy the process

I love the way you've used markers to block in the colours and then added so much detail with the colouring pencils, it's always fun to create art outside ❤❤

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

This is crazy, I am sure. But I didn't know you could put colored pencil over markers! This is interesting. Something to try. Thank you.

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Big aha moment!

Coucou Koosne, ton sketching donne de la beauté à ds bâtiments quelquonques. ❤

@KoosjeKoene

5 ай бұрын

Merci beaucoup!

What a wonderful video!! I struggle with greens, especially if they're in foreground and background in the same sketch. I can't wait to try this! Thanks, as always, for all your sharing!

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

How did it go?

For watching your videos I always grab my fave vegan choc bar (rhythm 108 creamy coconut) then after, grab the art supplies! (I like that you kept the process without music so we could just focus on your techniques ❤) Have never tried the combo of markers and colored pencils. I now have a very impressionistic child-like doodle of my baby spider plant! There's a lot of movement in it 😄 I love that freeing sense of letting go and just mark marking! And watching you draw outside somehow increases my courage to do that too! (Not today but this week!) Still also frequently do your single line blind contour thing too! You're an excellent teacher Koosje, thank you! 😊😊😊

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Glad you like the non-music part. It was basically just laziness on my part, hah! I hope you went outside to draw last week!

Very nice thank you!

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Hi sweet Koosje ! It’s always a delight watching you filling up your sketchbook page with so many different mark making , a variety of art materials and you always end up with such charming gems ! Thank you ever so much for sharing and helping us on our artistic journey and giving us ideas on how to fill our sketchbooks with interesting little drawings ! Wishing you a great week and thank you also for taking us with you to that secret spot where you did your drawing ! Hugs…. Lorraine 😁🥰🎨💕

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

I love the way you build up the layers, I’m struggling with trees, I’m over thinking it for sure! Thanks for the inspo 🙌🏻

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Happy to help! When you are noticing you’re overthinking, remind yourself it’s just a piece of paper.

great job creating a sense of depth on your sketch! i would love to go sketch out side, but its too wet and rainy here 😑

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Yuck. You can use this technique also indoors.

I was impressed when you went with perpendicular pencil strokes under the bushes - I realised that I always try to keep stroke direction of marker and pencil the same in same areas which is not always the best solution

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Glad that was helpful!

I loved this so much! I especially love it when you draw with markers and coloured pencils. It's so helpful to see the timelapse as well, very inspiring!

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

I'm so glad!

Another wonderful video, thanks you! I am inspired to go out on an adventure and draw outside today. Evenings are the best time here in Florida this time of year. I like the idea of using markers to fill in the background a bit, and color pencils are my favorite. 😊

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Sounds great! And maybe you could include a colorful sunset sky then too…

@MaryPothoven

11 ай бұрын

@@KoosjeKoene Yes! 🩷

It was super helpful, useful, and entertaining ☺️. A recent tree I drew, I tried drawing everything on the tree…not the best idea. Will try mark making next time. I hope the person attached to the hand has subscribed to your channel.

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Haha yes a subscribe would be great but I’m not sure they use KZread…

Such a great video again. Love to watch you work and be inspired to go out and do the same . Thank you, Koosje.

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

Amish fort 😂. Maar mooi daar hè bij Elisabeth Groen.

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Heel mooi!

As always, I find the videos of your process so helpful and inspiring. I have a question, not drawing related but about your carry bag. i am finding it hard to find the right one for me. Can you reveal what type of bag you use and any details? Would be much appreciated. Thank you.

@KoosjeKoene

10 ай бұрын

Hi there. I like backpacks because they are easy to carry. They need to have broad shoulder straps so they are comfortable. And they need to be able to stand on their own, so the bottom part needs to be broad enough. A few months ago, I bought a really great backpack from IKEA which is very affordable and has enough compartments to put your stuff in (but not too many so you are constantly searching). Plus it has a very friendly price. The name of the backpack is Världens. I hope this helps.

@KoosjeKoene

10 ай бұрын

The backpack I have and mention in my previous comment is the version that is 31x15x49 cm

@fabtext

10 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Koosje! I never even thought of Ikea! Will take a look. Thx again!@@KoosjeKoene

@KoosjeKoene

10 ай бұрын

Me neither. A friend of mine had done a lot of research to find her perfect sketch bag and found this one. So I can’t take any credit for this little gem!

Thanks for your video. It’s great to watch how you approach the project - start to finish. A great teaching process. How do you video the process? I’d love to see your setup! Surely you aren’t holding your camera all that time.

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

I have a flexible arm that I clipped on the back of the bench, and then my phone clips on the other side so it films over my shoulder

@stewmaine2

11 ай бұрын

@@KoosjeKoene thanks for your reply and the information. That makes sense and work’s really well in your videos.

As we can now order pens and crayons etc. individually I wonder if you could give the specific colors of the pens and crayons you used. I do have luminance pencils but they don't have all the colors and the same for ecocline markers. I would appreciate it. I have your book and follow your KZread videos. Not good enough to redo patreon yet. Thank you for these videos.

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

I can’t remember which exact colors they were. Also: I encourage you to choose your own colors. That way you create your own palette and it’ll give personality to your drawing straight away.

Great sketch. Koosje where and how do you place your phone to film yourself? I bought a small tripod but I haven;t figured out how to position it :(

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

I use a flexible arm that clips at the back seat of the bench and then my iPhone looks over my shoulder.

Why are workshops soooo expensive? I am far from poor yet I cannot afford them.

@KoosjeKoene

11 ай бұрын

Do you really want me to answer that?