Mini-Lesson: Crosshatching in Pen with France Van Stone

[@ricardmilos4308]

Not only is your drawing amazing and inspiring, but your voice is absolutely wondeful to listen to. I appreciate that you talked while drawing as opposed to a voice over recording, and that you didn't put any background music, so that we also get to hear your hatching. Love the authenticity!

[@Sktchy]

Thanks for the feedback! So much more here: shop.sktchy.com/products/drawing-faces-with-france-van-stone

[@vincentabner2489]

During my military career During the Vietnam War Era, I was fortunate to draw for the Stars and Stripes publication. I too enjoyed using what was reasonably like the modern day Sharpies & what my precious daughter bought me, Prismacolor Premier markers. You are wonder teacher. God bless you always.

[@kelguy2002]

Thank You Vincent 💪🏼🎨 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@flipthrough6806]

Good for you. Thanks for your service. God bless👍🇺🇸

[@hulguiniiiadolfo]

Such a good memories of your Pastime 😊😊😊

[@sclogse1]

I wanted to start a comic military paper for our base, Ft. Ord. Instead of the banner with an eagle, y would be the Kiwi bird, from the shoe polish tins. The name of the rag would be, The Honorable Discharge. This was around 1972.

[@ashleyconnor8891]

Thank you for your service, Welcome Home

[@DoubleTrouble3145]

Legit, I just subscribed for the very reason you're not flexing on fancy paper and pens. Some artists draw most on what's common around them. Thank you for keeping it real.

[@monktv4090]

I use cheap material because I also want to emphasise that to achieve good results you don’t need to spend a lot money. Wowawsome Miss Van Stone

[@monktv4090]

The price of your equipment has no impact on the quality of your art.

[@sixmercer2504]

Absolutely stunning! I wish so much to take your course. Unfortunately I am medically disabled and have absolutely no income. I am so happy you have given us some tutorials to show us your process. I want to learn so much from you! Working strictly in pen is how I started my art journey only a year and a half ago. I'm so happy I did that because I have learned not to fear it and to work my "mistakes" into my piece and not get hyper focused on tiny details. I also jumped off by drawing 100 hands in 30 days. I knew artists tended to complain about how difficult hands were for them so I took that as a challenge and am confident in that area. Depth and values are very different me. I wa born without depth perception so I have really struggled with creating it in my art. I have really loved seeing how incredible people can make something with just a ball point pen! I love scribble art and cross hatching and stippling. Funny, for someone without depth perception you'd think I'd be more drawn to cartoons or comic book type stuff. But I hated cartoons as a kid and haven't found that genre interesting to me at all, although I have a great deal of respect for it now. I truly love your work and the way you stop when you feel you have captured the likeness and are happy with it which keeps you from overworking it or making it like everybody else's art. Thank you for sharing some of your process here.. I wish so much I could take your class. But I am stuck with KZbin and IG which have been wonderful in my study of art and the tutorials are absolutely fantastic! I know your class will do amazing things for many artists out there. It's wonderful when an artist of you caliber offers to pass down their knowledge and experience to budding artists like me.

[@samuelalemie1139]

I have watched it several times and inspired me to learn crosshatching techniques. What an amazing skill . A stunning piece of artwork!

[@Sktchy]

Great news! Here's her crosshatching class: shop.sktchy.com/products/crosshatching-with-france-van-stone

[@andrewlloyd4117]

very interesting and accessible. Not overcomplicated. Like it.

[@onose10000]

early on when I started picking up sketching again, I did fall into the trap of thinking better equipment = better skills. I spent a bunch and realized that I preferred the simple pens/pencil that I had used to draw casually all throughout highschool, college. haven't spent a dime on pens since... but sketch books, oh, i don't cheap out on those. 😂

[@Tobazhniazhi]

Marvelous video thank you, i appreciate your direct and uncomplicated approach to drawing! I've been making flat crosshatching but never thought to curve the lines and leave the highlights absent of ink :-) Merry Christmas from the US and have a wonderful year ;-)

[@joebeamish]

It’s interesting that you simply started drawing features without blocking out the larger picture. Looks good.

[@teachisailovic8889]

Unusual beginning to drawing, but turning is what i do... I love it...😊

[@aloquin777]

Phenomenal- thank you for the inspiration!

[@paulavish5482]

A hands-down WOW!

[@davidwang3222]

Love your tutorial! unlike other channels, you just come to point of drawing demo , so we can follow you step by step until the drawing ends. Of course I know we are not good enough to reach your level , but through such practice we can find our problems. Well done ! Thanks !

[@wademfp61]

I like the way that the gel pen actually adds ‘character’ with the blotches and skips. Im left handed, and most gel pens simply quit on me when ‘pushed’ too much, however that’s when writing. With hatching, i should be able to continually pull… will give it a try. Thanks for this mini- lesson.

[@joseluiscastanorestrepo]

Amazing work. Magnificent.

[@loiseldridge5701]

Fascinating!!!

[@Sketchyminds]

Brilliant.

[@subhashgawarikar3396]

Really very impressive work, I have never tried this technic, but appreciated often. Seeing your video, I am now encouraged and will definitely try. Thanks for sharing. Namaste.

[@KazimirArdekanian]

I appreciate your assertive lines. I enjoyed the presentation. Thank you!

[@robbedontuesday]

Frances is simply amazing... she has the necessary patience to cross-hatch and her drawings come so realistic.

[@shimbahram]

A real Artist ❤️

[@misantropique1488]

Just found you - and I felt immediately in love with your art!

[@cleopatra22222222]

Beautiful!!!! Woooooooow you are so talented and an amazing teacher ! Thank you ❤

[@yannicklebreton4683]

Très beau travail, une belle réalisation et tellement précise. Bravo.👍

[@mrwalez]

That was amazing and truly inspiring I’m definitely going to put my pen to the test

[@dianecharest8365]

Beautifully done.

[@Taka_Takata]

Masterful sense and execution of light and shade and shape. Bravo !

[@vennymedinalorenzo995]

Amazing work

[@leakypeach6250]

Thank you for this! I've only picked up drawing about a month ago, but I've been experimenting with cross-hatching. This helped to show me that I need to put some distance between my lines.

[@menelvegor]

Wonderful video!

[@Draw_together]

Cool drawing technique! I want to try drawing like this too.

[@racerx6]

Thank you!!! Great lesson.

[@KidHuevotes00]

Amazing, inspiring, just awesome

[@machitect]

i love the feeling of using cheap stuff because it takes away any fear of making it perfect, but then i realize afterwards that non of it will be archival LOL. the solution therefore is to practice not caring, even if it is special paper or media

[@antonioquijas8033]

Those are some of my favorite pens. You can also use different gage's to get different results. Great tutorial.

[@2degucitas]

Those contour lines on the nose bridge reminds me of the printmaking drawing style used on American paper money. Always wanted to try that method.

[@mohrkatja8923]

Thank you for your skillfull relaxed explanation....you re very inspiring and motivating for me to try it. 🙏🏽👍🦋💚

[@michellekoch1521]

That is amazing

[@gabriellagabry6633]

thank you very much from Italy

[@topenterclips]

I like your black nails, it really comes forwards in this tutorial

[@art_forever_32]

Beautiful work ❤

[@hr7452]

Really l like to watch your beautiful art Thank you

[@VuongAnime92]

amazing technique

[@patriciofreire7383]

Hermoso el arte me gusta el dibujo una admiración para ti tu destreza la expresión de cada trazo de las líneas que van dibujando la forma del retrato saludos desde ecuador y seguiré mirando tus videos

[@diyorki-fz9oh]

that is great, brilliant.

[@michellerichert8225]

c'est très beau, merci !

[@gerardrubiano714]

Bonjour et merci beaucoup pour votre cours fort intéressant et bien expliqué. ❤ From France 🇫🇷 Menton

[@aradhyabiswas5050]

Just awesome.....❤️. Very happy helpful 😊

[@Kathy-kr1sv]

Brilliant. Thank you for sharing this with me 💜. Going to give it a go 😊

[@joycedimaggio3816]

Love pen and ink! Thanks for the lesson.

[@Sktchy]

You're welcome! You may be interested in our new pen/pencil drawing challenge starting Jan. 1: shop.sktchy.com/products/30-faces-30-days-pen-pencil-0123

[@角舘百合子]

素晴らしい❤

[@muhammadikram-vz5jg]

Thank you.. I learn so much here..apreciated.done subscribe.. Keep uploading your artwort please.. Love your hatching. 👍

[@philaman1972]

Great work! Thanks!

[@cloudjolie]

Thanks for sharing❤❤❤❤

[@thihuedinh2842]

thank you

[@dumitrucatalin1192]

Thank you very much for share this ! Very useful for me , im sorry that i didnt see this lesson 20 years ago but is okay , is not late at all ...ty

[@Sktchy]

It's NEVER too late to begin drawing. This class will help: shop.sktchy.com/products/drawing-faces-with-france-van-stone

[@meeraahuja1594]

Great video. Thank you for sharing

[@mycelium8]

Amazing 🎉

[@onzkicg]

awesome 👏

[@LordZontar]

The gel pen creates some interesting effects. As far as straight hatch lines "flattening" out the face, both Bill Sienkiewicz and Sergio Toppi use nothing but straight hatching, changing angles as necessary, and still manage to create the illusion of a curved surface through building up value.

[@MoniqueBourgeois]

Love your work

[@mudassar84]

Your hatching one of the top ! I saw yiur work on ig

[@essveekaye]

Beautiful.. n really good tutorial.

[@nurturaanimae]

Ich werde etwas neues und wichtiges lernen. 😊 Viele danke. Frohen Weihnachten 🎄🎁😊

[@vin4216]

That mini bell sound kinda sounds like there's a radioactive material detected.

[@sarachauvot339]

Thanks great demo

[@billyeast6819]

Excellent. Have you tyried using an oil based ballpoint pen, I like it at .28 mm the lines are fine and sharp

[@muffessional]

Wow! ❤

[@skipragsdale3565]

Just discovered your channel, love the idea of using a "cheap" pen to create. Pushing the pen to its limits is like when we get our best results by pushing ourselves to our "known" limitations. I do classic and race cars, cross hatch and stippling are a big part of the process to for texture, depth and dimension. My normal pens are the Pigma Micron 0.005, 0.01 - 0.03 and 0.08 and Bic Intensity.

[@xavierperu6159]

Saludos cordiales de Manaus Amazonas Brasil muy interesante ! Nuevo subscriptor!😎

[@Moghesinstitute]

Yor sketch is Very very good ❤

[@cartoonpete407]

I use photocopy paper for my artwork all the time too 😅 I also have that exact same pen!

[@peteschreiber9517]

excellent

[@CaBLEindUSTRIAL]

hermoso trabajo

[@RoutCreations]

Superb

[@secondtulip6242]

Great tutorial, Thank you! Did you really draw this without pencil sketch underneath 😳? Like me you hold your pen quite flat against the paper. While this is good for fountain pens, dip pens or pencil, it doesn’t work well with gel pens or ballpoint pens. Holding the pen too flat (

[@RaghuV-ki9oo]

🎉 excellent

[@henrymach]

This is beautiful. Have you heard of Matthew Weldon? He's a comic book artist that works exclusively with gel pens. Gel pens are really underrated

[@eugeniabotezatu2557]

Complimenti iiiii!!!

[@joelitalolita-zz1lp]

Been using inexpensive gelly ink or pilot like the one you are using. I try to barely Nick the paper with every line I do because as soon as the pen touches the paper it absorbs the ink making less controllable.i always start every drawing with a small cross hatch sphere.

[@M_m.aang.uxz.1902]

very good

[@ab-hx8qe]

I’ve spent so many years drawing almost exclusively with a ballpoint pen on copy paper it is now my medium of choice 😂

[@moldingsaronarsoy]

🎉❤very nice

[@jonataleite]

Olá... Quero muito aprender corretamente essa técnica que amo também!

[@filif_key]

It's good lesson, thank you

[@TRBLMAKR777]

Drooling pen? You have my attention now lol ..nice video.

[@abacdse]

Do you prefer smooth paper and do you like normal biros? I am not leaving enough spaces between my lines and it looks messy, learning a lot

[@audiovalet]

Спасибі Вам! Мені подобається Ваше заняття.

[@lizzymoore54]

So sad that Gel-pens are not waterproof. They are water resistant but only if in contact with a liquid for a very short period of time. Great tutorial and your grandmother looks very sweet. 🖊️✒️🖌️🖋️❤😊

[@Imrakin7]

Very good skill

[@SuperMewKittyKatGaming]

coucou~! tu dessines très bien !

[@Ron_DeForest]

I have to ask. New subscriber by the way. You said you were self taught. How? Did you learn from a book? How long did it take to get this good?

[@Sktchy]

Learn all this and more here: shop.sktchy.com/products/drawing-faces-with-france-van-stone

[@selimgur7239]

Çok güzel resim Teşekkür

[@AppelmoesArtandPhotography]

Da’s mooi geworden!

[@K.ART_vlog]

so nice ❤😍 new subscriber

[@СейфСергиенко]

Thanks you very much. Unbelievable

[@thesilverunicorn9384]

Have you drawn animals like horse or the classic mideval unicorn?

[@markstevenson3880]

A face does not 'travel', it accumulates and reflects experience.

[@jordanmelnick1517]

Look up "metaphor"

[@markstevenson3880]

I am an artist not a literist.@@jordanmelnick1517

[@antaresqamar]

Wonderful! thanks for sharing. SUBSCRIBED!😍