1. 6:05 Use a limited set of 2 to 4 shading directions 2. 8:15 Practice on simple 3D geometric forms 3. 14:07 Use the same technique on simple 3D shapes 4. 16:33 Applay it to shade more elaborate ink drawing

Would love to see more 15-20 min videos from yourself. You express your thought process in a way that I greatly appreciate.

So glad to have you back...

@alphonsodunn

2 жыл бұрын

🙂

@southpaw1399

2 жыл бұрын

I was 108 and the 18th like! Just sayin..

Shading is my strongest opponent currently. Thanks for this, Alphonso!

Alphonso, your choices of language and structure throughout videos are S-TIER amongst the tutorial world. Great stuff.

The Man is back! We missed you!

@alphonsodunn

2 жыл бұрын

Missed making content for you all 🙂

I loved the way you demonstrated shading by putting a piece of tracing paper over a more complex drawing. That was very helpful. Sometimes it's easy to grasp a concept on a simple form but get a little lost when trying to apply it to a more challenging subject matter.

It would’ve been an interesting aid/demonstration for you to have a sheet of paper as the two dimensional front-facing object, add a shade gradient in vertical and horizontal lines, and then bend the paper itself into a tube and show it from different angles so we could see the line orientation change.

@gat-susama7409

Жыл бұрын

Nice idea

I really appreciate your teaching gift. Thank you for being on You Tube!

Ive had your books for ages. Its so good to have you back doing tutorials. I really found your teaching style works for me.

Brilliant tutorial! I have always struggled w with choosing the direction of the lines. I will use your tip to improve my pen drawings. You explain everything in the most comprehensive way. Thanks. Please do more short tutorials like this. 👍

Thank goodness you’re back! I just bought both books and all I can say it AMAZING!! I’m new to pen & ink, I bought a few other books before I found yours, they do not compare. Thank you 🙏🏻💖

I'm in the process of getting a better understanding forms so that I can tackle Human anatomy. This helped so much! Thank you!

@darth_hylian

2 жыл бұрын

Watch his anatomy videos and practice gesture drawing often. Use lots of references

The best unintentional asmr

Thank you, Alphonso, for the clear and lucid explanation. Have a great week.

I've been inking for years and never had it demonstrated better. You taught me something today... thanks 😊

Have been searching forever for an explanation like this. Literally a couple of years, it never clicked until you broke it down. Much appreciated.

I just finished a pen & ink assignment at school. I wish I would have had your video to help guide me. My lines were all over the place 😂. But, it sparked my interest in continuing to use this medium and style and to practice more on my own. My birthday is coming up this month and I am putting your books on my list as must haves. Your art is beautiful!! Thank you for your tutorials.

Hey hey, I've been drawing for year's. In fact, it was your guides that got me into drawing with Fineliners/ technical pens. So I want to say thank you.

You have an amazing way of teaching. Thanks a bunch because of you my art improves a lot! I appreciate you a lot

Thank you so much and super happy that you’re back! 🌈

Clear and super helpful, as always. Thanks, Alphonso.

Tracing over your completed hands really helped lock this down for me. It very starkly contrasted the "keep it simple" concept. Thank you!

Thank you so much Alphonso, this explanation was so helpful!

Alphonso; once again, you are an amazing teacher. You help me so much by the knowledge you have of drawing, but more than that by your practical, lucidity with which you teach. You are a true master not only of your craft of drawing, but even more so with your craft of teaching. God Bless you, dar man.

I finally learned how to shade with ink pens with your technic, i have been suffering for a whole year and i finally learned how to to it, thank you so much man you rock!!

Coming back again to refresh my memory. Alphonso, I apprechiate your teaching immensely. Thank you for sharing. 💛

So simple, but extremly helpfull! This really shows the simplicity - and that you dont have to get intimitated!

Most excellent lesson Mr. Dunn !

Thank you so much! This was VERY helpful. I've been looking for this kind of instruction for quite some time and haven't been able to find it in shading videos. The hand example really helped to bring the instruction on direction lines to life. Thanks again!

I am glad you made this video because I learned something new the other day that confused me even more contour hatching which I noticed those types of lines were in your book. Doing hair in ink still boggles my mind, especially really detailed dog hair.

It's so good to hear from you and thanks for the video I've been drawing in ink a lot more lately so I've been very curious about cross hatching

A masterful explanation, by a master draftsman, and a master teacher. Thank you!

I think this video just changed my life

I'm very grateful for these lessons. Thank you, friend.

Would recommend using a fountain pen for ink drawing because you can get various thicknesses if you use it right

This video is wonderful, Alphonso! Well done! I recently bought a glass dip pen - it can only do hatching or stippling (unless a brush is used.. but I really only wanted to use the pen alone) - and this is just what I needed! Thank-you so much for this video!! :)

This is brilliant it is the best ever I've ever seen hatching and shading explained so simply. I will get to work on it right away. Thank you for this video it's just brilliant

One of the best videos I've ever stumbled upon....thanku alphose

This is great! Thanks for being so informative and also for coming back

WOW!! This is SO helpful. I feel like you've given me the "magic key" I was missing. Now when I practice, I will have a good mental map to guide me, so practice can lead me to improvement (instead of frustration). THANKS SO MUCH! I have your books and am looking forward to working through them.

@dintoons1

Жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY!!! 😍🤩😇

Awesome video, thanks man. Explained it perfectly for me as a beginner in hatching!

You’re a really great teacher! Thank you

This was so helpful. Thank you a hundred times.

Artist and Teacher Extraordinaire!

So easy to understand and yet so hard to accomplish, great lesson

Sir Randall, you cannot imagine the happiness I felt seeing your notification. You’re the reason I started doing art in a place where no art schools are available…

you're such a great teacher!! this was so helpful, def checking out your books

Thank you. I'm watching this to improve my linoleum carving. I'll practice.

Super video explaining three spacial directions for hatching. Simple. Keep it Simple. Loved this easy way to look at hatching. It seems so daunting before this video to me.

This simplifies very much! Thank you

Point brilliantly illustrated !

Excellent lessons! Tyvm mr. Dunn! Helps allot! Cheers from Romania :)

Great explanation. Clear. Helpful.

So glad to have find you!!!

This unlocked something in my brain. Thanks. You're a genius.

This is so helpful! Thank you for putting out this tutorial.

Good to see you back. Believe it or not, horizontality is a word!

@alphonsodunn

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, as weird as it sounds lol

Awesome. Been waiting for this since I'm always confused about the direction. Thank you!

Thank you for this. I've brought your books early in the year but didn't start it yet. I need to get started on it.

Fantastic teacher.

Wonderful instruction; thanks so much for taking the time!

This almost looks like math graphs

Holy moly! Amazing video! Thanks Alphonso! ❤

Thank you! I've been wondering how to this for months now and never did understand it. This has been such a huge help! 😭

This concept was so helpful thank you very much

Great video, thank you. I haven’t crosshatched ever before & I understood this completely.

Priceless information. Thank you

Thank you you art is amazingly beautiful

Very cool, I need to pick this up. It will calm my nerves down a little.

That one is goldust! Thank you!

that was such an informing session! Thank you.

It's good to see another video from you again.

Thank you for an awesome video! I've been looking for this 😁

Thank you so much for this video. Help me a lot in my drawings!

Yes, I was practicing this last night but I was struggling. Thx 😀

I love your videos, they really help me a lot. Thank you

I was just thinking about this earlier on how to do cross-hatching, thank you for this.

Love the books. But I also like the videos because I get to watch you do it.

Excellent! Thank you!

These little nuggets are SO good. Simple concepts that can be endlessly applied. Please keep them coming! PS love your books!

Thank you Alphonso 🙏

@alphonsodunn

2 ай бұрын

Youre very welcome

Thank you, I understand shading much better now.

This is wonderful advices! I will use this knowledge in my drawings. Thanks a lot! 🙏😃

I hope someday people ask me if I had a mentor when I started drawing and I will be so glad to talk about you to them

Yay so happy when you post!!!!! 😊 Hope you’re doing well.

Thank you Alphonso! This cleared up a lot of confusion that I had :)

This method same with pencil? Great tutorial thankyou..you are best teacher on KZread easy to understand I am a complete newbie at drawing and have watched lots of videos to learn .

I just bought this book I am really enjoying the process 💗

I have both of your books. I'm waiting for a third one (smile). This tutorial was so helpful.

Oh my, very useful tutorial 💕

Excellent!!!!!!!! Very clear Thank you so much

I just missed one lesson in my art claz and this video of yours covered all nicely. this worth a WOW!🤩 and thanks a lot🥰

Perfect idea for a video.

Exceptional training!

Thank you! Thank you!

Oh wow so good to see you again You ok? Cant wait to see some more of your excellent videos

Thank you so much sir. Really appreciated.

What a great lesson

I was looking for this information for a while, thank you for great explanation!

@alphonsodunn

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!