I get hatching and all, but some people can make it look like art without effort. Every time I do it, it just looks like just a bunch of criss-crossed lines on paper.

@AndreKatov

6 жыл бұрын

James B I can truly feel your pain! Every artist went trough that. Be patient my friend. It takes time and dedication. Believe in the progress you make and you will eventually improve. Just don't quit!

@killagoon8029

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@artheaux666

4 жыл бұрын

Copy other artists crosshatching. Don’t copy the drawing, just the technique used. For instance when crosshatching around an ear or a finger or animal, refer to a pros use of shading. All it really is is replacing color with ink to demonstrate value.

@suryakiran3085

4 жыл бұрын

Same 😐😐 some random lines . It doesn't behave like light .

@felipe-felipe404

4 жыл бұрын

I've learnt this way: - train at least 4 degrees of hatching from light to dark, - take a black and white picture of something easy and angular like a chair and increase its contrast. - try to identify the 4 degrees of shading on the photo, and draw lines to separate then - copy only the lines of the drawing and try te recreate the image using the 4 degrees of shading - repeat

I'll take nine dragon eggs please.

@sophiascott2982

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

I've been watching some of your videos, it's been almost 30 years without drawing and I want to try your techniques, and start over, but in a more professional way, thank you so much for sharing!

I really understand how shading works after watching few of your videos :D I hope more people will find your channel because you're great!!

Thank you! So helpful. I'm getting into drawing for the first time. At school I always felt discouraged and like I couldn't do art, but this makes me think differently. Thank you!

@alphonsodunn

6 жыл бұрын

Yes you can! yes you can! yes you can! you know what you're capable of

I watched this video a lllooonnnggg time ago and just now found it again. Thank you for sharing your techniques in this way. These methods of shading have helped me so very much. Blessings to you!

So glad I've found your channel, trying to see if I can learn using your excercises!

I'm definitely going to practice these techniques, thank you so much 👍👍

This has been exactly the lesson that I have needed. I am working with pen and ink. Thanks!

You’ve been the most useful tutorialist I’ve crossed om yourube so far. Also so cool to finally see a brother do tutorials. Thank you 💪🏽🔥

Going through all your inspiring lessons Alphonso and im buzzing.Got into town and got myself back in the artshops for materials.All the best and many many thanks.You really have a knack and the gift for teaching.

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

Very welcome. The pleasure is mine

I’m a total noob and know zilch, but I love to doodle in ink. Thank you for these videos! I learned a lot from this one in particular.

Your tutorial is perfect for beginners! I hope I found them earlier! Thanks so much for sharing

Thanks. I've really only done shading with pencil and other smearable mediums. Pen is much different, but an important medium since I've been thinking of scanning my drawings so they can be uploaded and printed.

In a big sketch can we use all of them on different things or do we just have to follow one

@palakswami3481

4 жыл бұрын

If you do different it will look amazing trust me because I am a professional sketcher

@valentine2411

4 жыл бұрын

@@palakswami3481 thank you!!!!!

I love seeing the different types of strokes applied to the same egg shape ... very effective teaching technique!

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

:-) thanks

This has been the most perfectly structured drawing video I have found so far

Very well demonstrated. Thank you very much!

in the presente there are a lot of videos teaching how to draw, but you are the best!!! I just bought your book in amazon

Very informative and simple to learn! This is helping me with recreating (still in the process of) Berserk Manga Panels, thank you!

This is a brilliant idea as I never thought to practise these techniques in this way i.e drawing small shapes. I'm currently re-learning how to shade using lines, so I know what I'm doing tomorrow. Thank you for breaking it down and also giving me new ideas about how I am going to continue to practise and understand this process. x

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

MoominBetz Glad you found it...it has helped me alot so I hope it will for you too

I've been learning from all your videos all a big help. Been drawing and practicing for a month now improved so much

@alphonsodunn

6 жыл бұрын

Thats so great to hear. Keep it up! Lets make 2018 a big one : )

I enjoy drawing with a pen because it makes me live with my choices and forces me to accept my mistakes and move forward. I am trying to do this in my life as well. I am in chapter three of your book and taking my time.

Thank you very much. This has been most helpful.

Thank you for this video, looking for something like this now for ages

Dear Alphonso: I didn't realize there were so many ways to shade an object. Thanks for enlightening me. I appreciate your lectures very much. So glad I found you.Shading is very difficult but you make it seem doable.Love Elsa.

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Elsa Geldhof It definitely is doable :-)

Omg I am loving this channel . Once I underestimated power of simple ink pens but I was so wrong . It’s so fun medium and this channel is gold . I am glad we live in an age where there are platforms to learn things from masters like this channel for free . This is why technology was made for and KZread too . I wish I could subscribe to this channel a thousand times . I am loving these videos .

@alphonsodunn

5 жыл бұрын

😊 thanks much. Happy I can help

Just subscribed to your channel. After a few years of wanting to restart my love for drawing I think I'm finally inspired to take the plunge! Thanks for the inspiration!

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

:-) I love that...glad you are..keep it up now

Number 7 is outstanding! Number 4 is the one I like the most. Thank you for the VERY IMPORTANT point you make about where the shadow is the strongest.

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Veronique Aglat no worries :-)

OMG THESE VIDEOS ARE SO HELPFUL have this project in art class only inking and we need to so depth and perspective with lights and shades i was so stressed because im not that good with only ink and other shading other than regular old shading with pencil these are so helpful thx

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

Very welcome

I love your videos, thank you!

Another for my favorites! Thank you Alphonso!!

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Lisa Gods Girl :-)

very good representation of rendering in different styles

This will help me how to shading properly!!! Thanks man 😆😆😆😆!!!!

This is very well practise for me! I'm highly enjoying your videos, thank you so so much!

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

kiyomimaro no problem....just keep practicing, you'll see remarkable results eventually

Found you just in time for my ink assignment this is super helpful

Alphonso I get so much out of your videos, wish you the best man!

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

TheProtole glad you do and thanks for sharing that

Also I really like the way you reply to the comments!

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Paul and Dan :-) my pleasure....whenever I can

Fyi, i found your channel when i searched up "how to draw with ballpoint pen?", and i found your tutorial videos to be incredibly helpful to watch.

you really deservs more views! This is gold, and it is free.. amazing! I wish i had more time to practis this.

Thank you, I appreciate your generosity with all these videos. I read all the comments, curious if anyone else noticed that you do all this without turning the paper or angle of your hand. I guess it is a crutch that I turn a lot to draw the lines mostly horizontal.

@alphonsodunn

5 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily. Its something that comes with practice

Thanks so much for this. I'm experimenting with ink drawing, and this is really helpful.

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Alicia C very welcome

Realy useful technical ,thank

Gracias, por su EXCELENCIA... es usted un gran maestro

I Have recently rediscovered the joy of drawing , thank you Alphonso Your guidance is priceless,

@alphonsodunn

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks much. Thats exciting

Very helpful, man. Very helpful indeed. I'm trying to teach myself to do scratch art but have problem with the shading. I've searched and searched...and this is the most clear and easy to understand. Sleep well tonight in the knowledge that you have done a good thing for some one. LOL Thanks.

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

haha I will : )

Thank you for sharing your knowledge! I enjoy your videos

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

Very welcome

Love your skill and talent and thank you for sharing it with us. I understand the shading part in this video and the various ways of doing it. But where I am confused it knowing when to use which method. In a drawing of urban sketching, how do you know which method to use?

great job. good work, tight, very useful, very helpful, short and sweet.

@lucaspasquinetti

8 ай бұрын

yez

Great work on all. .thanks. will try them. Keep on Drawing.

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Charles Milbourn have fun

DIMAIS Aphonso. seus videos sao sempre muito instrutivos...

Thanks! Drew along with you.

AS with all of your videos great!

From the thumbnail I definitely thought that you were shading baked potatoes.

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

Lol

@guzuludeva5412

6 жыл бұрын

Funny 😂

@Its_A_Gundam

3 жыл бұрын

I thought they were walnuts.

@lalloooshehasan4944

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

Thanks for sharing this. I'm a private art teacher for home schooled students. This is an excellent tutorial. I'm going to use it in my value lesson plan.

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

thanks. I hope they find it useful :-)

I'm a total beginner when it comes to drawing. Thank you!

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

No worries! You'll get better pretty soon

Great!! Thanks!

it took me a bit to realize that I needed cleaner lines when shading (or even drawing) smooth surfaces like these. they kept looking funky b/c i was being rough, quick and useing sketch lines. thx, this helped :)

@alphonsodunn

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad I could help : )

@gremlincomicsllc3126

4 жыл бұрын

I need to learn this so I can add this too my superheroes .how do I use this in a comic book style

This is great for inktober, thanks!

@alphonsodunn

5 жыл бұрын

🙂

awesome tutorial

Thanks bro this was real helpful . It's really improved my drawings

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

glad I could help

amazing great demonstration love it looks really artistic wonderful great for beginners and learning and getting in the process students wonderfully explained great how about shading mangoes yuour tutorials are great i tried one and my teacher enjoyed it

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

thanks much. Glad it helped : )

Thanks. Very nice video. It was useful for me.

@alphonsodunn

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

VERY helpful!!! Thanks!

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Art by Alex thanks.

The video is very useful and clear thanks

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Sakina AlGharib thanks

btw, I love your videos. I only just found you and I've probably already watched an unhealthy amount of your videos for one day lol. Please keep up the amazing work.

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Christian D thanks much! :-)

i learning so much already!!!

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

: )

Great video. Just what I was looking for. Thanks! (Now I'll get caught up on the rest of your videos.)

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

lol there's lots and lots

@lhastingscfa

10 жыл бұрын

***** I know. It's great! Thanks so much for taking the time to put all this together.

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

no poroblem

Thank you excellent as usualy,

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

Richard Soulier thanks

Really helped me a lot I am trying to do portraits in cross hatch

@alphonsodunn

6 жыл бұрын

No worries : )

Thanks for the great videos. I feel I have learned quite a bit from the them. However, I do have a request. I am a blacksmith, and I like to use pen and ink for my design process. Could you show how to indicate metal with pen and ink?

thank you very much!!!!very helpful!!!

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

Very very welcome!

This's helpful , thank you

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

aziz faisal glad it helped

Thanks for the help, needed that for homework!

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Paul and Dan hope it helped

@PAL2001

9 жыл бұрын

***** it did! :)

Channel subscribed 👏 gr8 videos I have learned a lot in less then 12 hours 😉

thanks for this tutorial! ^^

@alphonsodunn

6 жыл бұрын

very welcome

perfect! does the first pattern in the last line have a name?

Tha't so helpful thaks ..

Hello 👋 I just wanted to say that I love your video and I also wanted to ask which shading do you think is best for a raven? (You don’t have to answer if you’re busy)

Hey man love the video! I had a question, on the classic California Republic flag the bear uses a very specific technique for shading that I can't pinpoint what it is, any advice? :)

I will watch all of your videos

JUST subscribed to you and you already uploaded a new video. Brilliant! Doing a good job, thanks =)

Watching this is strangely relaxing

@alphonsodunn

4 жыл бұрын

🙂

Impressive stuff sir. I shall learn from this.

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

Glad it helps : )

@Aworology323

7 жыл бұрын

Learn you shall, child.

Amazing!!

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

moviemagic233 thanks

Thanks Alphonso. I had never actually noticed that the shadow doesn't always get darker further and further away from the light. I'll experiment with the light / dark interface. I must also have patience!!!

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Fred Preston definitely be patient :-)

@PAL2001

9 жыл бұрын

Fred Preston same here NEED PATIENCE!

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

lol

feels like art class all over again. :) my profile is my drawing with ink with 3 shading textures.

omg, it took me so long! You are hatching the egg :D

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Kawthar Jeewa lol

That's spectacular. may I ask to label each technique with its name, please.

nice video！

AWESOME THANKS AGAIN

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

yw

lovely!!! :) i subscribed

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

Awesome video...can you make a video similar to "The busy city" one....and one with the cars in perspective...

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

most definitely on the list

excelentes dibujos. saludios desde venezuela

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

Gracias

Thanks for the vid. It helps a lot. May I ask, what number was your pen in this vid?

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Nita Sellya glad it did, thanks

What type of shade style is on the second last circle?

what kind of pens and other stuff are needed for this??

360 p is illegal for tutorial !plis quality, you are very good teacher

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

Lol

Is there a name for the stroke in the top center? I've never seen that before.

Still watching in 2021, Thank You!