"A brush pen is like a brush in pen form", mind blown lol. Good vid though. Do like using brush pen for practice every now and then but it isn't very forgiving.

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+person8203 lol i know

@Stoppplayin

7 жыл бұрын

person8203 is

@ashkhri

6 жыл бұрын

lmao im a year late, but i think brush pens are much more forgiving than micron pens or whatever. most mistakes look intentionally artistic with brusg pens. atleast, in my experience.

@thomash.9435

5 жыл бұрын

@@ashkhri omg yeah couldn't agree more, love my pentel color brushes more than normal fine liners and stuff

You wouldn't believe that I bought two brush pens less than two weeks before, and this tutorial is just what I needed, in slightly over 24 hours after when this was uploaded!

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Pookaball lol the stars were aligned just for you :-)

You draw like a master jazz musician because your feeling of improvisation. I say: you are the god of sketch.

You're a pro! Thanks for the inspirational examples. Now off to try this with some watercolor.

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

The Mind of Watercolor :-) have fun

Your work blows me away AND You're a GREAT teacher. I subscribed quite a while ago, and watch every video, often, more than once. Can't WAIT for your book! Thanks so much for doing these videos for all of us.

@thepurpleman119

Жыл бұрын

His books are out!!!!

This is my favorite style of drawing and I just got my first brushpen so I'm enjoying it.

Thank you so much, Alphonso! I've been watching your lessons for a while and just ordered your book. Can't wait for it to arrive. You are an amazing artist and instructor.

@alphonsodunn

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks much and thanks so much for supporting it. I hope you will really find it useful : )

The gesture drawing series you've put together has been very helpful for me. Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos.

@alphonsodunn

6 жыл бұрын

+Nunya Fishness very welcome : )

Thanks for the video, I think you found a great balance between keeping it simple yet expressive and appealing. Your videos are helping me grow in my drawing!

I really appreciate that you encourage and are not afraid to work through the creative process of letting a drawing develop without being too rigid. For example, brushing a line and trying to visualize what that line looks like or can represent, and exploring that. It is a part of art that is often neglected.

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+contactmeghan Yup, and the part that makes it alot more fun, for me :-)

Absolutely brilliant!

I love these drawings... humor and whimsy with a nice relaxed energy

Pentel pocket brush is my favorite brush for years!

My kid is getting into drawing in a big way and is mesmerized by your technique. Such confidence and ease. It has prompted a really good conversation about the value of applying oneself to their work. THANK YOU.

I seriously love the way you explained and expressed yourself to your explanation (drawing with the brush pen) . KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK !

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Manuel Gopan Thanks so much :-)

Hey Alphonso, thanks for taking the time to make those videos. I find them incredibly helpful!

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Andre Nygen no worries. Glad you find them useful

Your drawing videos are very useful in everyday sketches. Love your work!

This is so relaxing to watch. Great job as always. Thank you for the video !

I loved how your freewheeling approach encourages others to explore their owners

Love this video! The examples are so expressive and abstract making it easy to understand👌 thanks again alphonso 🙏

You could let us decide what rough is. Your talent comes through brilliantly. You can't fake that. Your at a very desirable special place in art right now. Very cool Alphonso Dunn.

What's up Alphonso your a great teacher man thanks you so much for all your help

I like the fabric part and studying things to see how they move and the way light hits it. You make me see things with an artful eye... more aware ...TY

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

effie924 glad I can help :-) keep growing

Thank you for the very inspiring and wildly articulate lessons. You are a lovely and lively instructor. I've used brush pens for years for calligraphy, but now, suddenly, have this urgent need to draw with them. I recently stumbled upon a little book: "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" by Charlie Mackesy, and am utterly smitten.

You're incredible, and these series of videos on gesture drawings have helped my animation and figure drawing skills immensely. Thank you so much for doing these videos, they're much appreciated :)

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Marcie LaCerte very welcome :-)

these lessons really help me -- ive never taken a formal art class nor have been technically taught in anything, so your videos are so important and useful to me; thank you.

@alphonsodunn

4 жыл бұрын

🙂🙏

Your videos are absolutely excellent, alphonso. Thanks for this.

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Tripp Arlington very welcome :-)

Been learning how to draw with a brush pen lately, and it's really fun but also very challenging! Sketching gestures with it looks fun and puts a ton of energy and flow into the drawing. Really great video explaining your process, loved it! :)

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Jesse Jay Jones :-) thanks

@domsayerr

2 жыл бұрын

JESSE J JONES DETECTED. INITIATE PRAISE PROTOCOL.

LOVED THIS VIDEO...THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE🙏

I started drawing again last year and you are by far the most helpful channel to me!

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Scott Flores So happy to hear that. Keep going! I hope you'll never stop

The brush pen really sets me free! I had a huge problem with being so tense while figure drawing. This helped a lot! thank you!

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

Youre very welcome. The brush forces you to be loose and let go a little

Love what your doing.

I admire your work so much, you do it without it looking like a struggle. I’ve always been a pencil person but now quick drawings similar to these are what I want to learn to do. I’ve been obsessively agonizing over every mark I put on paper my whole life and feel I’m missing some fun and not learning much from my tense, overworked struggles. I bought some brush pens to see if that helps me loosen up.

@alphonsodunn

Жыл бұрын

I completely understand. Try them out and challenge your way of thinking. It starts there first. Don’t feel things much be exact, try to focus on suggesting and less on saying explicitly. Embrace the abstract

Thank you Alphonso for your generous videos. They have given me a clear direction in which I wish to proceed. Good stuff. Debbie (New Zealand)

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Debbie Matthews Very welcome! So awesome to know they help :-)

Alphonso, I truly appreciate all of your drawing videos. Thank you for producing such a wonderful service. No worries here waiting patiently for your book, it's great that you're taking the time to do it right amidst all your other responsibilities. :-) All the best - Mitch.

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

BSi AR :-) I appreciate the support...thanks

Excellent video Alphonso. I bought a brush pen but had no idea what to do with it. Thanks for the inspiration.

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Carlos Treviño lol thanks. Go find it and start drawing!

I like the way you show how things work. You deserve a lot of success

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much

you're growing so fast!! not long ago you were half the size it just shows the quality of your content!

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Dans Vlogs thanks so much for the support. It means alot

love your tutorials man, brilliantly explained

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Lowga Rythm thanks much

Alphonso, this was well done and useful. It brought back things I learned a half century ago.

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you

i love your works men....just awesome

You should get the Pentel pocket brush pen. it's awesome... also thanks for this!! I quit drawing this way and started being precise and always planning ahead.. thanks for getting me back to what I used to love.

Alphonso. Your tutorials have help me start my long lost drawing skills! Thank You!! All the way from India.

@ohmygodpleasehalp3984

8 жыл бұрын

+Sinlo Kemp No drawing skills are ever lost that you gain throughout life. It's just like an engine, self evaluation for a tune up is always a must if you are to ever improve your performance! *AKA evaluate your work and get honest critique to improve you skill*

@sinlokemp

8 жыл бұрын

Zachary Clouse Thank you, appreciate it. will do that :) happy holidays mate

@ohmygodpleasehalp3984

8 жыл бұрын

No problem, happy holidays to you too! :D

You are SO talented and kind! Thank you for sharing your knowledges 👍😘

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

No worries : )

Hi Alphonse ,love your vids,and can watch them over and over.Oh Yeah I just ordered your book last night from Amazon and can't wait to get it. Keep doin' what your doin' I also use the prismacolor brush pens ,but find them challenging to master,but the colored pencils ,especially the blk. are excellent to work with. I don't know if you were around when they had a guy on TV that drew 5 random lines and someone in the audience would tell him what to make out of them...That was what really got me into drawing and have been ever since.I just didn't stay with it,now I will but haven't in a long time and you inspire me back to what I want to do..so I say thanks P.S. I really dig the music you play in the background....

Thanks for the great videos Alphonso, I am learning a lot!

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Glad you find them useful : )

Looking forward to the samples for the upcoming book. Thank you for the tips. This pencil guy is becoming more comfortable with the pen.

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Steve McCracken haha...progress progress

@MrAaron1503

9 жыл бұрын

Steve McCracken pen is more fun that pencil sometimes :D

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

agreeeeed xD

I love all your videos!! Thank you so much!!

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

Very welcome. Glad you find them useful 😊

This has helped me more than you know. Thank you so much!

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

very welcome : )

Your teaching method is really good in all your videos and I'm learning a lot. Thanks !

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Gökhan Çınar Thats awesome! Glad I can help

Excellent advice and video! Keep up the amazing work. 😎🤙

These are old videos but still so relevant. Thanks 😊

Hi, Alonso. Your videos are instructive and motivating. I need to get me some of those brush pens and start doodling. 👍😊

Hey man just wanna thank you. Gotten really better at gesture drawing , bin draw for sometime but wasn't improving until you're videos. Keep it up.

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Dameion dowe thanks so much for sharing that...love hearing of progess

this is a really aamzing video and opened up my mind a lot :) thanks!!

Just wanted to throw in a thanks. I felt a little bit frustrated and not in control with my new brushpen at first, but your video had a lot of good pointers and tips! Very helpful!

I loved this video! it helped soo much, I am a bit of a perfectionist, and this showed me what can happen with being abstract and simple. Thank you!

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Babs Young Yup, just have fun a lil :-)

Your drawing style is awesome! Thanks

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Josue Gonzalez Thanks

Nice learning tools to expand drawing possibilities! Thank you.

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

Very welcome

This is exactly what i was looking for, thank you.

Great video! Turns out I've watched some of your other videos in the past, but now I've seen all your other ones, so you've definitely earned this subscription. Great work. I'm thinking of getting into brush pen drawing perhaps :)

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

Beanie Draws thanks much

Wow I really enjoyed watching this video. Very inspired to start gesture drawing.

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Anwar Allie glad it helped :-)

you are right, I have never tried this kind of abstract shading. I did it and it was amazing...

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Ablimit Ablet its fun

your video was awesome, I really gto inspired after watching this, i've learned more from this 22 minutes that from watching multiple other videos. Keep it up.

@alphonsodunn

5 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

New subscriber here! I like how you actually explain and give examples in your videos. You don't just draw something and title it a "tutorial". Thank you and can't wait for your next video!

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

FarlyCreates thanks for sharing..glad you find them helpful

Hola, excelente, voy a buscar ese lapiz pincelado, quiero hacer un comic, asi que nuevamente gracias por tus consejos. saludos Alphonso

I only ever used the pentel brushpen, and had a hard time with it. Might go with one of those harder ones, seems a bit simpler! Thank you for this video, very insightful!

@alphonsodunn

5 жыл бұрын

The harder ones give a bit more control

Brilliant!

I love your videos- they're so helpful and encouraging! People are my worst subject and I'm trying to improve

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

4footedshadow hope this helps :-)

@4footedshadow

9 жыл бұрын

***** It totally does! Thank you!

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

:-)

Oh how I love the brush pen..it made me a better artist.Its exactly like he said. I used to try to use it in a precise way and it drove me crazy! Then I just stopped being so serious about it and just filled pages with "nonsense". Completely changed my way of drawing and helped me when I was frustrated with proportions and accuracy.Gesture, expression and flow are just as important as anything else! Sometimes when you hit a wall go back try something new and don't care about the results.That all being said I have to try to find refillable pens, using up brush pens seriously hurts...right in the wallet!

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

InkMink lol theyre worth it though

While listening to this video, I was doodling on a page. I was trying to take in your advice, about being loose and just that "subconscious" level. I made this weird jumble that for some reason was the coolest thing on my page, all I was doing was wiggling the pencil while sort of following a pattern. Thanks for that man! Subbed!!

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Noah Alexander THanks so much!

i think it's very interesting, definitely will try it

I just bought a Pocket Brush and was like omg, this is not good… 😁 Thanks for ideas and enlightment of how to see and use these pens!

Nice video! They sell brush pens at Flying Tiger. It's a set of two, one with a fine tip, the other with a broader tip, for only €2/$2. They're great for sketching. I also have a Pentel brush pen, which is more expensive, but that one actually comes with a brush tip (i.e. with individual hairs) and refills.

Love your videos… use them in my classroom! Will you share what kind of camera you use?

I found a brush pen on the sidewalk the day this video uploaded!

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Joshua Brown lucky you!

@inkella3720

5 жыл бұрын

hah that's great!

@thecentralscrutinizerr

4 жыл бұрын

IT'S AN OMEN!

@kaguya6482

3 жыл бұрын

CORONAVIRUS

@Victoria-so1in

3 жыл бұрын

savannah banana smoothie that was 5 years ago dude lol

Thanks so much for this tutorial!

Really great video, I learned a lot more than how to use a brush pen!

Alphonso, thank you so much for your great work!!! I've just commanded your book, will study it with the greatest pleasure. I wish you all the best :-)

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Nice tutorial, great supplement for my ink-fury!

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

shaizerbaizer657 glad it helped

I love your style. I hope you will load videos in the future too. :D Don't stop please I'm waiting for your new videos. You are so good at drawing I mean you are one of the best I have ever seen

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Atakan Gögen thanks much :-) that means lot

I love using brush pens they're very relaxing to use, I like using them for my Chinese brush art, normal ink pens just don't have the same effect of getting the smooth and relaxing flow of the lines (as Chinese art demands) as well as the brush pens do. It's nice not having to worry about buying ink and brushes separately from one another, getting brush pens is like getting everything in one, with out all the mess. And we use the same pen brands so that's cool! ✒✏

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Seth Leblanc agreed

Merci Beaucoup Alphonso

@alphonsodunn

6 жыл бұрын

Very welcome

Thanks! This brush pen came in a set and I hadn't used it much. Lots of fun :-)

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Rebecca Page yup

I must say with the faces, I never thought about the M trick. I am for sure going to try that

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Rebekah S. :-)

not sure what the reason some people unlike the video. You have amazing lines in your drawing.

@alphonsodunn

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

"M for the nose, and wider M for the lips." Will remember that forever.

I just discovered your channel and already subscribed! You're very informative. Thanks for the videos.

@alphonsodunn

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, very welcome

...OK..nuff said..YOU CAN DRAW, extraordinary skill mineachingh your skill...thanks, .....love your books, like your voice,

@alphonsodunn

5 жыл бұрын

🙂🙏

All kinds of epic in this video.

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Bartholo Clumpdink thank you :-)

YOUR THE MAN ALPHONSO!!!!

@alphonsodunn

6 жыл бұрын

😄

I used to be more comfortable with "letting go" and being abstract in my drawing; I'm not sure if going into a different major instead of Art changed that (but now that I've graduated I'm all in "art mode"). I'm used to drawing without pencil sketching (for myself at least), I tend to stick to technical or ballpoint pen. The brush in general intimidates me but this tutorial really helps; thanks. =]

very helpful video i plan on applying this to my urban sketches

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Alfred Pisco should be fun

I am so glad I came across your videos. Thanks so much for your time, work, effort, and the sharing of your knowledge. Maybe a little off topic, but watching these videos on gesturing I find many parallels to freely improvised music. :0) Thanks again.

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

Glenn Michael Thompson Not off topic at all...Same wavelength my friend :-)

@GlennMichaelThompson

8 жыл бұрын

That's true, isn't it? Good point! Different forms yet so many similar concepts. Take care.

Great advice. I find it very difficult to improvise when drawing; always want to control everything. Will have to give this a try and see if I can break some of my inhibitions.

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

Try it out. Let go a lil

I like the concept, never understood it and how easy it is . . .thanks for showing it. Opened the door for me ;)

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

Very welcome : )

ah good to see your channel finally growing! your certainly deserve the fame :)

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

netdisaster12 thanks much

Love your videos man! Really helped me out Alot! I just wanted to know, what would you recommend? A Pentel pocket brush pen, or your Prismacolor brush pen? Besides that, keep doing what you do! Can't wait for your book!!

@cheddarcheezit2647

6 ай бұрын

What brush is best for you probably depends on what you're looking for! Do you prefer stiff tips, soft tips, or somewhere in the middle? How waterproof do you need the ink to be? There are art/calligraphy supply reviews on youtube too, that go in depth comparing and contrasting brush pens with their pros and cons. Alfonso's favorite is one of my favorites too, but I prefer stiffer, water-resistant brush pens, so that's probably a coincidence lol Sorry for the wall of text!

Thank you so much for sharing such a great talent. I lurn a lot from you.. thank you, Thank you 🙂

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

Very welcome

this why i like brush pen