Pen & Ink Drawing Tutorials | How to draw rocks, stones and boulders

[@keiththompson5228]

Your technique of reducing complex items to basic shapes has been most helpful. Thanks you for taking the time to produce these tutorials. Awesome!

[@alphonsodunn]

+Keith Thompson no problem at all

[@jahvonwilliams2203]

+Keith Thompson yessssss frrrr

[@bossgodfrey4841]

That tutorial really rocks!

[@tiffles3890]

+Boss Godfrey I see what you did there. :)

[@kwasib-r2434]

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[@nynkeschreurs3421]

I personally dislike you now

[@mackdreemurr7166]

Ayyyyyyyy, nice pun mate. At least I think its a pun

[@architexturalchaos1862]

2021 and it's still solid.

[@EarthAngels716]

Thank you! What a great teacher. You are so calm, consistently and you simplfy things so that people can really grasp it. Fabulous. Glad I found you.

[@alphonsodunn]

thanks so much : )

[@menostotele2287]

couldn't agree more!

[@mackdreemurr7166]

I don't think anyone to disagree with fat :3

[@addas1392]

I never thought I could draw. But after just watching the first five videos, I have a really fair amount of understanding of what it means to communicate through art. Thank you so much Alphonso. Thanks for making everything so clear and easy to follow. We love every second of it.

[@larryestrada5418]

Alphonso, It has been 8 years since you did this vid.Today is 8/22/21,you touched a general contractor today.I am getting ready to do pool or yard rockscapes.Just letting you know,you are a key to my progress.THANK YOU.

[@waterybarfilms2658]

This is definitely one of the best drawing channels I've come across

[@SnowyHil]

This video was incredibly helpful, you ACTUALLY explain the concept, and how it can be done from the most basic way unlike some others who just jump in, and start shading and doing all those stuff, it almost looked more like a speed drawing rather than an ACTUALLY TUTORIAL. Good job.

[@1mataleo1]

I have been drawing for a while now, for my own enjoyment, not professionally. Sometimes my drawings come out very well, but other times I am very dissatisfied with them. What I mean is that I am not consistent. I couldn’t really figure out why, until I watched some of your videos on shading. I never considered the idea of using basic forms as the foundation of my drawings. After practicing for a very short while, I can honestly say that I am consistently turning out better work with less effort then I ever have before. Especially with drawing mountains. You provided me with the key that I have been searching for. I know it is a simple concept, but it is something that I have somehow failed to realize on my own. Thank you. These videos are a real godsend to someone like me. You are helping a lot of artists with your work and it is much appreciated. I wish you the best

[@alphonsodunn]

thanks so much : )

[@soniad4]

I have watched many different drawing tutorials, and your teaching videos are by far the best that I have ever seen. You clearly are very talented as an artist, but you are also a great teacher. I like the way you break down a complex task into simple steps. Keep up the, great work! Thanks for sharing!

[@Igorsantos-qi8ml]

I'm from Brazil. I've never seen anyone teaching this way. You are an incredible teacher. I love your drawings and teachings.

[@parths8605]

This helped helped a lot it made my drawings much better and realistic pls keep up the good work

[@alphonsodunn]

most definitely will..glad it helped

[@saintsundere]

Best tutorial so far. Straight to the point, very clear, if you follow from beginning to end it’s surprising how much you’ve progressed!

[@themfu]

Nice job explaining it so easily! I love rocks and boulders and hills and will use this technique to play around with drawing them.

[@hilary729]

Best drawing teacher. You take the mystique out of drawing and make it understandable. THANK YOU 🙏

[@jeremydiaz9642]

*_Thanks,_* I was struggling to draw rocks but now I actually draw them way better now.

[@Ryoushi_Akanagi]

Thanks a lot for the tutorial! I'm trying to draw a Manga and quickly realized that rocks, trees and textures have to be drawn as frequently as faces and figures. This really helps.

[@4vinos]

Your examples and explanations are those of someone who processes the skills of a teacher. Thank you for sharing your skills.

[@alphonsodunn]

+4vinos Thanks and you're very welcome :-)

[@carriecardwell608]

Okay, I left a comment on a different video earlier explaining how I had been trying to learn to draw for over a year andthat I still wasn't "getting it"... and I felt so frustrated!. I've gone back to these more basic videos again and now after her re-watching them, I'm feeling a bit more confident. I feel like I'm getting it more. I have stuck with your tutorials and I think your work is just brilliant! I want to thank you for making these tutorials and helping me do something I've wanted to do for years, and that is learning how to draw.

[@a-veteranlandscapesitework2413]

This is a blessing, I'm a landscaper learning how to draw and this tutorial is my favorite. If you have any more regarding drawing rocks and boulders I'm all for it. Thank you so much.

[@alphonsodunn]

Youre welcome : )

[@chrish.7083]

Wow!! This tutorial is old, but I am very pleased with your teaching and calmness. I could Not draw a rock B4, to save my life, but your breaking the steps down into shapes and showing how to apply an understanding of light source principles REALLY HELPED...NOW, my rocks look like rocks...thank you so much Alphonso!!

[@mineiro2377]

One of the best tutorials I have seen. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@kerryschrage]

Great video on light, shadow, basic hatching, and a more visual understanding of the contour you are drawing! Thanks for giving me more perspective on my work!

[@stephenwilson7865]

Thanks Alfonso, great tutorial. I think for a newbie like myself the greatest danger with complex/organic shapes would be over working it. I guess a competent artist knows when to finish and not spoil what they have already done. Thanks once again.

[@JA-is2dj]

I have watched tons of videos on how to draw / paint rocks with no sucess and because of your tutorial I finally got it !

[@sherlockablity]

great advice, i had trouble drawing rocks. thank you

[@bsa615]

Buddy , this has to be the best tutorial ever! When you don't know it is overwhelming........

[@alphonsodunn]

You can do it

[@kateabbe5458]

Just discovered your tutorials. Great and so helpful. I really like the way you are teaching. Thanks.

[@alphonsodunn]

Kate Abbe thanks. Glad you enjoy them

[@hanamelinda8675]

I'm so glad I stumbled into your channel, amazing skill, easy to understand! thank you!

[@Srishen1]

Extremely marvellous way of teaching

[@azizalaliq8]

wow id never drawn rocks in my life but 20 mins with this and i made some cool little boulders!

[@lukeweatherstone903]

Hey Alphonso, That's the best tutorial, I have always been crap at drawing rocks and now you have given me the skills. Thanks

[@alphonsodunn]

Glad I could help

[@adeleabrams1207]

Thank you so much. You're a great teacher. Your explanations and demonstrations were extremely helpful and important concepts.

[@monikaroos8338]

I live by the sea with many rocks and love painting seascapes but have trouble with painting rocks. So glad and thankful for your clear and excellent teaching and can now start with a different approach. You are the best! Greetings again from Lamberts Bay West Coast South Africa!

[@alphonsodunn]

awesome! Glad I was able to help. Enjoy your drawing. I hope you'll be able to create satisfying and wonderful drawings : )

[@RavenFalore]

Thank you so much Mr. Dunn, your tutorial helped me to finally grasp what I was having a hard time with.

[@agold1702]

Thanks again, Alphonso! Great demo.

[@Lisa-sy3id]

You are the best teacher! So easy to listen to!

[@alphonsodunn]

🙂

[@GrapeGuts]

Thank you! This video was very helpful and taught me a lot.

[@dinkydog56]

Good teacher!

[@alphonsodunn]

Sheila England thanks

[@dinkydog56]

I really do enjoy your instruction. I work a lot in pen & ink, and when I get stuck or just need a little reminder or something clarified in my head, your method is really clear. I like the way you draw as well. Good job, and thanks!

[@alphonsodunn]

thanks :-)

[@Dtokyopop]

This was wonderful Mr. Dunn. Exactly what I needed to know to draw my rocks accurately. Thanks for making this!

[@FernandoLima42]

Always wanted to draw with pen and ink. Love the stile. But never had any skills or technique. I work with wildlife in Brazil and keep a "naturalist journal" for many years now. Always wanted to draw in it. Saw this video and these tutorials starting from the very basic (a cube!!!) called my attention. I gave it a try and in half an hour following it step by step I was able to draw a rock I never thought I would be able to. Many, many thanks!!! Your tutorial stile is amazing!

[@alphonsodunn]

I love hearing stories like this. Thanks so much for the feedback! :-)

[@piprichards957]

Another supurb tutorial man. Only half way through the scenary course and its already improved my drawing something crazy!

[@alphonsodunn]

cool! Keep progressing!!

[@joseluiscastanorestrepo]

Great technique, very simple and accurate.

[@mybrass41]

I bought both of your books and will buy the next one also. they are beautiful works and very helpful, thx!!

[@jackbjerregaard5453]

You are teacher who possesses the skill to teach people perfectly thanks your great keep it up

[@alphonsodunn]

+giacomo bjerregaard thank you! WIll do

[@darkwolf2226]

so a rock is just a block on steroids?

[@alphonsodunn]

haha

[@darkwolf2226]

but dude! nice commentary 😀

[@alphonsodunn]

Lol thanks

[@greggreed723]

No! a rock is a block in a bad relationship. It's been broken and crushed!

[@stormyeffects4795]

@@greggreed723 Or me after my math teacher gave me 30 pages of homework in one night

[@mihaimilan9598]

Thank you so much for your videos, they are very good and helpful. Keep bringing them in!

[@emanuelestillitani906]

Just to spend a few seconds, thanking you again for your tutorials, it's the bare minimum I can do!! *****, you rock!!! (pun… intended!!!! lol)

[@alphonsodunn]

Lol thanks for taking the time to comment

[@abenito206]

Ahhhhh, this makes everything so simple! Thanks a ton, sir! I can finally draw rocks. You've earned yourself a subscriber!

[@alphonsodunn]

+abenito206 very welcome :-)

[@ilpee]

Alphonso, you are brilliant. Thanks for the lesson, this was a huge step for me.

[@alphonsodunn]

Glad I could help. Now continue to make more steps : )

[@lukeboudreau5047]

Mr Dunn Thank you! Your commonsense approach to teaching the subject of art really clicks with me, it is clear and easily understood. I can see my skills improving rapidly as I watch your videos and practice your demonstrations. I will order your books today; I could not find it at my local B&N Store. Thank you again for passing on your knowledge and experience with your you tube followers. Cheers and Happy New Year! 2022 LL Boudreau 👍😎

[@Kaustubhdasdehlvi]

These videos are so awesome... i feel like im learning something useful about drawing for the first time

[@felipebello8488]

This is a gem of a tutorial, Thank u!

[@CuteArtTreasure]

Fantastic presentation Thanks for sharing Look forward to next one

[@pauldevinny1038]

You break it all down and simplify. What better teacher is there?

[@alphonsodunn]

+Paul de vinny thanks so much

[@aronnax898]

This is genius. Thank you for this simple tutorial!

[@hoan8520]

This is the most helpful tutorial of rocks I have seen! You are awesome!!!

[@alphonsodunn]

🙂🙏

[@cheriewi7874]

You're such a good teacher...many thanks...

[@lymantriip5185]

helped me a lot!!! hugs from Brazil!!!

[@leeannb46]

this is an excellent demonstration. Thank you so much!!

[@huios100]

Can you please do a tutorial on small waterfalls in creeks? And how I could incorporate rocks with water flowing over them? I would love that!

[@salauddeensyed5295]

Thank you Sir, the best tutorial ever on how to sketch rocks...

[@maxrequisite]

Wish school would have taught in such a simple way. My drawing went from a bad with random shadows to something with actual form. Needs a bit of improvement but nonetheless it's much better than before. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@christar999]

Agreed. Define the light source and use consistent lighting. Also, don't make the blocks too small. A rock comprised of hundreds of tiny blocks doesn't looks as realistic as a rock with larger chunkier blocks in my opinion.

[@chickknightgreenleaf820]

master Alphonso ! can u give some tip about render cloud, mountain and rock cliff

[@kathleenhancock6425]

Hi Alphonso, love your tutorials (and your book, which I have). I'm practising rendering rocks but then wondered how I would render rocks slightly sunk in say, wet sand! I'm not having too much success with that, wondered if you have any tips for objects slightly submerged into soft ground? Thank you.

[@alphonsodunn]

+Kathleen Hancock hmmm....wish I could see some of your drawings to really tell. Try sending them to my FB. In the meantime, try to think of the sand like water or a soft blanket wrapped around the rock and render it just the same except with alittle variation in the texture. Let me know if that helped

[@ArtisticLinguistpainter]

Thanks so much, it's just so simplified and so nicely explained, in such an easy and friendly way. Cool stuff.

[@alphonsodunn]

🙂🙏

[@Ricka_seven]

We had a geometrical nonsense to a artwork of rock. Just splendide

[@amyh2943]

This was a great tutorial. Off to the desert next week. Thanks!

[@alphonsodunn]

+Amy H Thanks. Have fun :-)

[@taliah2051]

This is amazing!! Drawing rocks was part of a big project of a club that I was in at school, so I am practicing Mountains and Rocks so I can get more details about them. I just want to say a big Thank You! (:

[@alphonsodunn]

Very welcome : )

[@mariannepaumelle3981]

Thank you for these explanations. Even if it's logical and in the end not that complicated, I struggled a lot and started to become crazy😄

[@yazidzed1113]

Well u make it so simple ..it really helps for beginners .thanks bro

[@mastanarts]

made the rocks so simple for me. amazing tutorial

[@alphonsodunn]

🙂🙏

[@barbarabunn86]

This has been very, very helpful!!!

[@Droemar]

Very cool tutorial! Thanks for breaking it down.

[@alphonsodunn]

Droemar :-) no worries

[@gabby10gn]

You're so talented! Thank you!

[@alphonsodunn]

thanks much :-)

[@joshlucas5993]

May I ask which books of Pen & Ink Drawing series contains the drawing of mountain, rock?

[@vovo8485]

Wow, thank you so much. I actually understand rocks. Amazing video

[@HoshikawaHikari]

This is very helpful for manga style also, much appreciated for making the tutorial, thanks

[@mackdreemurr7166]

I've only watch one vid of you (this) and it helped me with rock, just for that, I Liked, Subscribed, and Clicked to Notification 🔔 (and click all for da bell) anyways tysm

[@curiositydrawsme9180]

This is o so very helpful. Thanks for helping me up my game!

[@williambarrett1234]

proko for anatomy dan beardshaw for perspective alphonso dunn for shading

[@hugoltdo]

ur classes are amazing, man. Awsome stuff.

[@alphonsodunn]

+Hugo Maia thanks much

[@alexandreaffi4165]

Thank you soo much now I love to draw more than before

[@qpix7427]

Thank you so much really needed this

[@drawdraw312]

Uff, often I'm really bad in learning and understanding draw techniques, but gracefully you explained it so good that now I can do it too

[@alphonsodunn]

🙂🙏

[@philippboetcher9959]

Your a brilliant teacher, thank you!

[@alphonsodunn]

thanks much

[@artdinhxuanquynh]

wow.. drawing stone great

[@BIGNESS0]

Amazing teaching!

[@williambrady1192]

Great tutorial! Subscribed

[@cecileeaston3052]

Very useful ! You are a good teacher 👍

[@alphonsodunn]

Thanks

[@sharona4274]

wow! Such a helpful video!!! Subscribed because I learned a valuable technique that will be forever in my toolbox. Thanks.

[@alphonsodunn]

Sharon Berkowitz yup. Put it in your toolbox and lock it away :-)

[@mizo2452]

thx for the video do you recommend any book to take the rocks study further ?

[@alphonsodunn]

hmmm for rocks. None that I can think of now

[@hanhoang7883]

What size of the pen youre using

[@Zectari]

Nice tutorial! Thanks

[@mistypowers9290]

Very helpful! Thank you so much!

[@suecook5416]

Thank you for your excellent tutorials, they are so helpful.

[@alphonsodunn]

Thanks

[@roseoverdrive]

Learnt so much from this one guy.

[@alicemalice3819]

Hi, Alphonso! Im really thankful for this tutorial. Gonna watch more)))

[@alphonsodunn]

🙏

[@COLORPAPERPRINCESS]

awesome! what brand of colored pencil do you use?

[@alphonsodunn]

+colorpaper princess (colorpaperprincess) Caran d'Ache

[@Headshothorror4488]

how do you do bumpy texture, like a bumpy wall or rock without crosshatching ? please help, like a street