How Not Get Entangled in Detailed Drawings!

[@mykkur]

I have learned more drawing skills through your videos than I have learned in 5 years of art school 😆😆😆

[@stephentraversart]

What a tremendous thing to be told. Thank you for such encouragement Mya. This has all been a challenging journey for me. All the best for your drawing. Glad you kept at it. 😀

[@mertsbelmes3209]

Yep, it is a challenge to convey depth on a subject like this with a pen ( specially technical/felt tips due to uniformity of line width and opacity). My go to method to subdue background foliage is to render them with as sparse line work as possible, otherwise they'll crowd/ overpower the foreground details. But man, your architectural sketches blows my mind - much respect!

[@stephentraversart]

Sounds like a great strategy. Appreciate your kind words. 😀

[@Otaku_Reaper]

Your videos on the effect of detail and not getting lost in them helped me so much with simplifying and reducing in my sketches. Really improved my process.

[@stephentraversart]

So good to hear how helpful they were. Thanks for sharing this with me 😀

[@eugenetswong]

Thank you, Stephen. I agree that it is very challenging. I think seeing you draw is helpful, but hearing why you made your choices is much more helpful.

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks Eugene. Yes, understanding reasons is key. 😀

[@sinydedeugd6989]

Let me be honest: I thought this was going to be a really boring class. But it was just the opposite, I loved every second! What a great explanation and how wonderful that a piece of wild nature is drawn so beautifully. Thank you Stephen🤩

[@stephentraversart]

Well, I’m really glad it turned out that way for you, and that you found the drawing so effective. 😀

[@LuckyDayWorks]

Really love the attitude you have around drawing, it's very relaxing watching you draw and hear you talk about your process. I always feel the itch to pick up a pen after watching one of your videos.

[@stephentraversart]

That’s so great to hear. I hope you do pick up the pen. All the best with your drawing😀

[@kattenihatten]

I learned so much watching this! And it was like magic near the end where it came together, and really showed the scene. Thank you for putting time in to this, it is a genuine blessing for many of many of us ❤

[@stephentraversart]

Thank you for such kind words Catarina. And remember that you have the same magic within you. I hope you have fun drawing a bit of Australia. 😀

[@dom_kon1500]

Been watching your videos for about a week now and the have helped tremendously! Thank you for your knowledge❤❤❤

[@stephentraversart]

That’s so great to hear Cade. Hope you can put them into practice in your drawing. 😀

[@neeraraheja2868]

Wow. What a relief. To understand how this mess works out so beautifully. Ill never be able to draw like this but I now know how it plays out and can enjoy such drawings way more without getting overwhelmed😂

[@samiyrah4244]

I watch your videos every morning now. Thanks for sharing your insight. It's truly priceless. 🙌🏾💐💐💐

[@stephentraversart]

I’m really glad that you’re finding them helpful. I hope you manage to draw every day as well 😀

[@kdcraft89]

I'm not currently working with pen, but with watercolor. I'm gaining some ideas from these drawings, about depth, etc. Thank you for your excellent explanations/demonstrations.

[@stephentraversart]

That’s great to hear if a wider relevance from what I’d envisaged. Thanks for telling me. 😀

[@dete9324]

Dear Stephen. Your tutorials are incredible. Thank you very much. And I had to laugh because at this very moment I'm sitting at a forest scene and I'm a bit desperate about the details. So I thought I'd see if I could find something on KZbin about it - et voila! 😅

[@stephentraversart]

Thank you. Aren’t search engines amazing! Really glad you connected with my channel. All the best with your forest scene. 😀

[@SonicPhonic]

Very impressive. I suggested the Fibonacci sequence to an artist I saw painting a flower scene. Da Vinci used the sequence to paint trees. Apparently most flowers have 5 petals, which could be useful information.

[@wendybarrett9806]

So stunning! What an inspiration you are!!

[@stephentraversart]

Very kind of you to say Wendy. Much appreciated 😀

[@sadiebyers9980]

This was SO helpful thank you!

[@stephentraversart]

Wonderful Sadie. My pleasure 😀

[@boephco]

I am new to sketching, and this helped me tremendously!❤

[@stephentraversart]

That’s what I’m hoping for Boyd. All the best with your drawing journey. 😀

[@KGBT-PLUS]

Thank you so so much for sharing your skills. Your channel has been an absolute eye opener for me. 🙏

[@stephentraversart]

That’s great to hear. All the best with your drawing. 😀

[@TheRutefly]

Sometimes i love the raw sketch more than the final piece.

[@stephentraversart]

I often do. What can we learn from that?😀

[@lxlMrSatan]

Hello, I'm kind of new to taking art very seriously. When people say to look at someone's style to discover what style you would like to do, I look at yours. I love it so much. I was wondering though if your style could only really be applied to illustrations or if you could use it in animation. Thanks for these videos!

[@stephentraversart]

Thank you Justin. That’s very kind. I’m afraid I don’t know anything about animation or the particular illustrations you have in mind. But there are no rules. If you think a style is suitable, then give it a try, or adapt it until it is. All the best with your art. 😀

[@SoiBoi_Kelda1059]

I for my part will utilise it drawing manga. It feels very familiar to the works of “made in abyss” ❤

[@stephentraversart]

Excellent I hope it works for you. 😀

[@pandapuffzee8255]

You teach exactly what I have the biggest issuez with. Thank you for your videos!

[@stephentraversart]

Great. I love to be relevant. 😀

[@desmondmilesful]

Im no where near your level, but since Ive subscribed I watched your cross hatching tips video and noticed. I feel as though your method in that video couldve helped with this to show depth of field and the trees further in the back. the vertical lines even though they work to show a little mid ground, hurt the back ground depth (if that makes since) I dont know if adding circles or different variations darkness to lightness couldve helped make the foreground and background so much different. especially since youre dealing with a pen and lack of colors 😂😂😭😭. but then again this challenge is very CHALLENGING and the point of your video was to not get entagled in the details which is the pitfall of many artists. DEFINITELY ME. thank you for your lessons teacher.

[@stephentraversart]

I was trying to restrict hatching on this drawing, but of course I was free to use it. Why not try to draw it yourself with more hatching in the mid ground and distance? It would be an educative exercise for you. 😀

[@desmondmilesful]

@@stephentraversart I definitely will. This is a very challenging method 🔥🔥💪

[@stephentraversart]

@@desmondmilesful All the best with it.

[@rosalalee]

I've learned so much through this video, thank you so much

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks Rosaleigh, that’s exactly what I was hoping. Have fun using it in your drawing now 😀

[@Groinattack1]

Fantastic information. Thanks Stephen :)

[@stephentraversart]

I’m really pleased you’re finding it helpful . All the best with your drawing. 😀

[@不死原飴羽]

God bless, this is what I always wonder, how to manage details especially in forest etc scene.

[@stephentraversart]

That’s very kind. Yes, the detail can be overwhelming, but we can work our way through it. All the best with your forest scenes. 😀

[@garsyca]

Excellent class !! Thank you !!

[@stephentraversart]

My pleasure Juan, thanks for telling me. 😀

[@ricardmilos4308]

So cool! I d love to see you drawing at normal speed

[@stephentraversart]

I have a playlist with some real time videos. And, you can use the cog icon to slow KZbin videos to half speed, which would make some videos approximate real time speed😀

[@Viktoriasculpture.art.teatre]

Very good!!!

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks. Glad you found it helpful 😀

[@Viktoriasculpture.art.teatre]

@stephentraversart hello!

[@deborahbarbaccia6813]

Hi, I really love watching your videos! I've done a few line and wash paintings but want to define my drawings more. What do you feel are a few of your tutorials that I should start with. Thank you for sharing your talent 😊 have a wonderful Sunday 😁

[@stephentraversart]

I think the ones that have beginner in the title are generally helpful (in the black and red thumbnail ones) and ones that explain my freehand drawing techniques. Even if the subjects are complex, the principles are the same.

[@deborahbarbaccia6813]

@@stephentraversart ok , I'll check them out. Thank you so much 😊

[@heidid2346]

I’m loving your videos. You mention having done oil painting for 10 years and missing it. What made you switch to black and white line art?

[@stephentraversart]

I started drawing a trip to Paris in 2018 and kept it up when I got back. It became what I did over the next year. 😀

[@heidid2346]

@@stephentraversart You do beautiful work so it was obviously a good choice. I bought a whole collection of pens and have started to draw a few. I’m learning so much from your videos. Since I’m such a newbie at this and likely missed this elsewhere in your videos or comments, what is your preferred drawing paper?

[@silentwitness9255]

Do you make notan sketches? I always strive to observe the largest shapes before the final details. I find that the longer I spend on the large, vague shapes, the more time I have to make corrections before committing to dark lines. If I do this long enough, the details begin introducing themselves to me! 😂 Regarding details, working on small, or even tiny pictures can be a first step; tiny squares in your sketch book with sight-sized subjects drawn in them. Or a study of the details within a parallelogram created by some branches.

[@stephentraversart]

I don’t use a notan framework deliberately, but much of how I’ve developed my observation and thinking when I draw does overlap. 😀

[@nandozx3516]

Hey Stephen, nice video and now you got me curious, what were the reasons that motivated you out of the painting to go into this long inking endeavour?

[@stephentraversart]

It wasn’t planned. Some chance street sketching of Notre Dame on a trip to Paris in 2018, and then the discovery of this huge urban sketching world and genre through my Instagram account all seemed to help it become a larger and larger part of my art practice until it took over completely. I’ve always loved architecture. Perhaps also after ten years intense oil painting of tree canopies I was ready for a change. 😀

[@nandozx3516]

@@stephentraversart That's insane mate, thank you so much for all of this quality content you provided to us and you're a role model on inking for me

[@stephentraversart]

I’m honoured Nando. Thank you. 😀

[@jasonbourne4784]

Final product looks a bit messy tbh (I see too many scribbles, why not make more solid shapes?), but the tips are accurate.

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks Jason. For me, capturing the spiky profusion of the Australian bush was the aim in this drawing. I think my marks are more intentional than scribbles, but there are a lot of them, certainly. This is the effect I’m after, but I can see it might easily be too ‘full-on’ for some people. I hope you have a go drawing the scene yourself and use my drawing to help you find a more restrained technique. Have fun. 😀

[@l333on]

You should use camera stabilizing software in post if you ever have jitter on your video like this. I love this tutorial but watching for too long makes my head spin lol

[@stephentraversart]

I’ve not heard of software like that. I’ll look into it. Apologies 😀

[@larryalexander4639]

This could be useful in drawing hair.

[@stephentraversart]

Definitely!

[@JordanFleming-jm4zp]

did matthews score tonight?

[@robot7759]

Would have stopped much earlier, about halfway.

[@stephentraversart]

Do you mean you would have, or I should have!😀

[@robot7759]

@@stephentraversart I would have. Let the imagination of the viewer fill in the blanks. Keep them guessing, keep them interested, make them work for it. But I would also have included just a few spots of the lightest colorwash. You do you, I do me, and it's all good. And as a result a single drawing can become a thousand drawings, to each and everyone personal.

[@stephentraversart]

Absolutely. In my post-drawing critique I decided I should have switched to a lighter pen towards the top, and had a little less line in parts of the centre. I would have enjoyed painting this in oils, quite a different experience than with watercolour. 😀

[@robot7759]

@@stephentraversart So what's holding you back?

[@stephentraversart]

Still trying to squeeze 25 hours into a day. But I’ll get there!😆

[@ruslopuslo]

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[@stephentraversart]

Love your enthusiasm. Thanks 😀