Charles Schulz Drawing Peanuts

Charles Monroe Schulz (1922 - 2000), nicknamed Sparky, was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Peanuts (which featured the characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy, among others). He is widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists of all time, cited as a major influence by many later cartoonists.

[@raggedyanarchist]

Sure, Charles Schulz is good, but can we talk about Charlie Brown's artistic skills for a moment? Dude straight up paints a photorealistic picture of Snoopy at 0:40

[@jmedia1102]

Without Charles I never would have been drawing cartoons.

[@zidan6015]

jmedia1 me too

[@katana2665]

He drew the characters so many times that he didn't even need a rough. What a rock star!

[@gecfes]

I think (from personal experience) that when you have a simple cartoon style, eventually you get to the point where you've drawn characters so many times that you don't need a rough sketch first.

[@Da.Liar-Pig]

@@gecfes i think from my also with personal experience It happened to me when i draw a dragon head That i when from rough sketch (still do sometimes) to just draw the head all together with no using rough sketch And also I draw it every day so it happened sometimes Also in my art style it's not a simple as you think But my art style is kinda like mixing with a style of cartoon drawing but a little realistic style like I just did with a human head But sometimes I just draw a human head with a cartoony designs

[@zidan6015]

Without Charles, the newspaper would be trash. He and Jim Davis inspired me to start my own comic strip, but as a kid, I have to wait to get it published

[@icecreamhero2375]

Good luck.

[@coltonk.3086]

I hope you achieve your dreams!

[@feliphexavier9735]

God bless you

[@migueltani3549]

how's life at your end, mate?

[@zidan6015]

@@migueltani3549 thanks for taking me back to this moment of my childhood. i could say I became a millionaire from my comic strip, but that isn’t true. it was a phase that I grew out of by the time I entered high school. but I still appreciate peanuts and Garfield! how are you mate?

[@airt698]

I am simply amazed at how he gets the proportions right in one stroke. I am a big fan of Schulz and have drawn Charlie Brown and his pals lot's of times but I always need circles, squares and crosses to get the proportions right.

[@neumoi3324]

The creator always gets the proportions right the first time.

[@Cml725]

Simple yet so complex.

[@EleanorPeterson]

For anyone who's never tried it, or is thinking "Yeah, so what?", drawing perfect lines in black ink with a bare (scratchy!) pen nib like the maestro is doing at the start of this video is not easy. Mr Schulz makes it look simple - it's almost like magic the way the characters are formed (and they really are 'characters', too) - but don't be fooled: it's VERY DIFFICULT! :-)

[@MrRichulan]

Yes, indeed ! Ingenious wit just a few lines . . . the right lines !!

[@HarpoSpoke]

Agreed. I've tried drawing his characters and it's much harder to make them look right than most would assume. He breathed life into those lines.

[@AlitoBros1]

Well, I already drew peanuts art style and they look lime how Schulz could make them... Im really proud for make an honor to Mr Schulz ✌️👍

[@SecondValveSteam]

No matter how hard you try, the only people who can draw the characters properly are Charles Schulz and Tom Everhart.

[@paloalto5965]

@@SecondValveSteam Including, Bill Melendez.

[@jasobres]

There's not a single day that I don't miss Sparky.

[@madkittyjoey70]

I feel the same way.

[@Moshugaani]

I love his organic and effortless style. :3

[@eduardo_corrochio]

❤❤❤ Sweet childhood memories from the 70s ...... he brought so many smiles to the whole world. I know he's not creating the actual comic strips here but it's still so cool to watch the legend doing his thing. Thank you for the laughs and entertainment, Mr, Schulz.

[@Keaks_]

The amount of skill it takes to make something so expressive with so few lines is incredible. I absolutely love this type video.

[@magnussherpa2873]

I wish I was a Peanuts character and live in the Peanuts universe.

[@fromthesidelines]

This was filmed in 1964 for a documentary.

[@Mark-fv8vt]

Is that documentary still extant?

[@themanthelegendjmw]

@@Mark-fv8vt It never aired.

[@alanr4447a]

Some range of dates is covered here, starting a bit earlier, I believe, for the 1963 unaired documentary "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" (ones which were later re-drawn for the aired 1969 program "Charlie Brown and Charles Schulz", with the new versions included in the similarly-titled tie-in book, as well as again in "The Complete Peanuts vol. 26: Comics and Stories") and extending to at least late 1965, probably 1966, for the drawing of Snoopy as the World War I flying ace.

[@twistedbadboy3293]

I'm a south African and I feel like I'm the only one who wants to write american cartoons and I live in south Africa

[@twistedbadboy3293]

Sorry I mean draw

[@spookyshadows]

A true artist I have almost never ever "seen" anyone doing his job with such a passion and love in my life ever since. I especially love him for his altitude concerning copycats, he said he would never take ideas from anyone else, never imitate only what arose out of his mind came to life.

[@alanr4447a]

A lofty stance, to be sure!

[@nightisright1873]

He did Everything him self meanwhile other cartoonist hire people to do the writing and drawing

[@christopherkalble4373]

Every day for 60 plus years I start my day by reading the daily PEANUTS in my local newspaper. That's even b4 the coffee is brewed.

[@Lt.GonvilleBromhead]

He had such a beautiful style.

[@Cartoonist113]

Rip sparky your one of my heros

[@williambarnes7133]

I remember the day I found out that Charles Schultz was from Minnesota I almost flipped my lid and I believe that was the moment in time that made me want to be a cartoonist

[@5cloudwalker]

pure joy to watch

[@doloreshuntoon7698]

I love it!

[@williamparker1085]

fascinating man this Schultz character.......perhaps a real life Charlie Brown

[@Maudit1972]

pure genius!

[@thetwistedsamurai]

Is it just me or are his pencils FAR darker and cleaner than the ones today?

[@thetwistedsamurai]

I think it’s actually a dip pen/quill now upon watching this back!!!

[@mikerobertson4041]

Amazing talent!

[@twistedbadboy3293]

Thank you charles

[@beaterbreakz1810]

It crazy to see my child hood being created

[@nickscaring4344]

One of the greats

[@KendrickHarrisKenfinity]

Way to go Mr. Schultz! It's awesome to watch our unique comic strip lesson-teacher/artist draw Charlie Brown, Snoppy and the entire Peanuts gang.🧒🏼🧒👧🏻🧒🏿🐶🐥🏠✏🌅 Stay safe everyone!

[@valeriozecchinelli2555]

Onore alla più grande leggenda dei fumetti di tutto il pianeta. Riposa in pace Charles, con i tuoi personaggi hai fatto divertire generazioni di ragazzini

[@andreaneymar]

ALLORA NON SONO L'UNICA ITALIANA! Anche io adoro un sacco i Peanuts!

[@twentymill318]

I love Charles M. Shultz

[@frankiecardona1656]

akira toriyama is my hero

[@tinytidytide]

legend!

[@Metrovisual]

Me impresiona como un hombre con poca creatividad llego a tener el éxito que tanto esperaba :D Hoy en día Snoopy y Charlie brown quedan marcados en mi infancia

[@johnarbuckle3406]

Charles Shulz, Bill Watterson, and Jim Davis are the greatest comic strip creators of all time.

[@Berniewahlbrinck]

Sparky is, quite simply, the best

[@lewisc215]

Genius

[@galimirnund6543]

He was so good...

[@mirandavalentinagarciacont7594]

SON PERSONAJES QUE JAMAS PASARAN DE MODA, HOY CON ESAS HISTORIAS ARRULLO A MI PEQUEÑA HIJA. GRACIAS CHARLIE BROWN.

[@Mark-fv8vt]

Drawing with a 4B pencil maybe? And inking with an Esterbrook 914 Radio pen nib.

[@DarthVader-no1cm]

Maybe Charlie Brown should draw Schulz himself.

[@madkittyjoey70]

SUPER cool!!!😎😎😎

[@demamarques9171]

\o/ unic!!!!

[@reaganwiles_art]

Master

[@Lo1the_one_and_only]

i kinda cried

[@MrVimtomelon]

Fun Fact: The drawing at 1:21 is a reference to how schulz got rejected multiple times before he made peanuts.

[@xf4628]

❤❤❤

[@fanir.325]

Cuando estaba muy chiquita tenía un libro para colorear de los Peanuts 😊 Me gustaba mucho! Y me acuerdo que les dibujaba ojos o cabello a los personajes jeje, y de hecho Shultz también influyó en mi vida desde mi infancia sin saber quien era él :)

[@therealmrmago9077]

as a kid i would look at peanuts comics and try to mimic the way Charles drew i have been drawing since a kid and i still cant draw the peanuts gang perfectly you would think it be easy but its not

[@liliancastanheirocamara9129]

What year is the footage came from?

[@Macalaka]

looks so simple right?

[@sphezik9690]

Imagine if he lived to see the peanuts movie.

[@hulureacts4801]

I Think Peanuts Did A Better Job Than Garfield Did ‘Cause Garfield Is Too Lame Peanuts Wow 🤩

[@mika849]

music's title please !

[@Berniewahlbrinck]

Here is the link to an interview by Dick Cavett where you can see Sparky drawing Snoopy (at 14.30) . The whole interview is fantastic too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/imTIe2mNiruAfMU

[@AquaSniperVA]

No way I thought I knew all about him but apparently I didn't know he was born the same year as Judy Garland and Betty White. Dang.

[@timrobinson7373]

Wish i could have the drawing of Snoopy as the WWI ace

[@oldhollywoodfan7357]

😍😍😍😍

[@magnussherpa2873]

I drew myself as a Peanuts character and put it on Facebook.

[@forthecreative_]

Love to watch my Grandpa draw! Check out my channel I recently did a video of a long lost drawing he did 20 years ago at our house in Utah. Its a cool story!

[@forthecreative_]

his Grandson, yes

[@kantovirtualstudio5110]

What you cannot be the grandson of Schultz?!!! He's one of my greatest legends, that's amazing! Do you draw cartoons yourself? Have you seen many original drawings by him? Jeez I didn't think I'd find Charles Schultz's grandson in a lonely corner of KZbin.

[@forthecreative_]

Toe.Productions ha no I cannot draw at all

[@fromthesidelines]

Well, not every member of the Schulz family can draw.

[@orlandophenomenal9590]

Frwd Films REALLY!!!!! I hate to fan boy all over you ( you probably get this a lot, and I bet it's annoying) but I, have, a, TTTOOONNN!!!!! of questions for you !!!! but first off, who's your parent that was shulz's kid. (Like Monty, ETC.)

[@KENSHIROH1987]

貴重！

[@stadiaglobal8437]

Peanuts Motorsport is coming!

[@robertthompson3941]

(About Twenty three years ago!

[@robertthompson3941]

I’m SURE as HECK Glad that I was NEVERI nvolved ALSO (I was a Musician back then!)!

[@goldenhog]

i wanna be an animator like charles schulz!!!

[@wavethewolf8576]

Me too

[@nightisright1873]

He’s not an animator he’s a syndicated cartoonist to completely different things

[@545i44]

What pen is he using?

[@briangodinez6267]

His favorite pen nib was the Esterbrook # 914 Radio Pen. He bought up all that he could find when they ceased production. I'll bet that's the pen he is using in these clips.

[@545i44]

@@briangodinez6267 thank you very much!

[@ericmaumaryjr8344]

Good grief

[@lowlightpiano7110]

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