Beginner Hatching Techniques and Tips For Pen - How to Know What Sort of Lines to Use

[@gautambarua8260]

This was the best video on pen sketching I have seen on KZbin

[@stephentraversart]

Wow. So encouraging to hear. Thank you for telling me. 😀

[@usetherightbrain.]

yep, that 4:11 hatching is certainly a Stephen Travers exclusive. The best tutorial on x-hatching I've ever seen Thanks so much

[@stephentraversart]

I had to look up my video to check what my wisdom was! Haha. Thanks for your kind words. 😀

[@changemymind06]

WOW! the perspective hatching example immediately made a light bulb go on in my brain! Hands down the best hatching overview video on YT! Thanks 😊

[@stephentraversart]

Thank you. Check out my hatching playlist. My latest videos develop this further. 😀

[@tnbella7]

I understand crosshatching, but I only sometimes understand what hatching to do - how long are the lines and how to use them to suggest shape. I’m doing mostly trees, and this video has given me a better understanding.

[@stephentraversart]

Encouraging to hear. I have 3-4 videos on drawing trees and foliage which also show how I hatch those in particular if your interested.

[@notenoughstars]

I struggle with this too… knowing like how long or the direction it should be

[@Thekettlebelldude]

I learned a tremendous amount in just the first 4 minutes 🙏🏼🙏🏼. I am thankful for your videos.

[@stephentraversart]

That’s great Dude. I have a hatching playlist if you’re interested in more on this topic 😀

[@Thekettlebelldude]

@@stephentraversart Thank you very much 🙏🏼

[@000CreamX0]

Been looking for videos that would made me understand for ages! Now, the search is over!thankyou!😊

[@stephentraversart]

Great to hear. I have a hatching playlist if you’re interested in more on this. kzbin.info/aero/PLwjv2r1KZs1SDR-dDw8PWMe8GzGjPuK_n 😀

[@menorah111]

Thanks so much for your wonderful videos . Love from nigeria❤❤

[@stephentraversart]

My pleasure 😀

[@sutil5078]

5:55 firstly, Dear Stephen thanks for all your wonderful videos. I will try to give you back some perspective as you have enriched us with instruction. if you look at the last 2 boxes, the shading had strange effect, in fact if you look it them it seems like the shading on them distort the image, and the shaded side does not like side anymore rather look like a door open (but shaded wrongly especially the last one).. now you can see it in 2 ways, a side but also the perspective change and it seems like a door (but shaded erroneously) I know maybe because you drew them quickly but from my experience, I notice hatching is more effective than cross hatching (in most cases ) especially if it is done slowly and following the form. Your thought is welcome I am trying to give back a bit.. but you are great teacher, and teach in an attractive yet simple way.. very calming too. thanks

[@stephentraversart]

Thank you. Appreciate your comment and thoughts. 😀

[@sutil5078]

@@stephentraversart by the way brother, I read what I wrote, (not native speaker here) and I did not mean that it was wrong shading per se, rather how illusive shading can be, that it can be seen as shaded door.. the optical illusion occur in many of our sketches.. so it is fascinating how little angel can change the perspective.. that what I meant.. about these last 2 boxes..thanks a lot.. you are good teacher. Ink drawing is attractive (the contrast of the tone of the white or sepia page against the black ink) the only thing that make me use less this medium, is this medium lack the ability to graduate the tone (as in pencil but riddle with fading issue) or in ball point which can offer gradation in tone .. toning in ink is through lines (one can argue you can use water soluble etc.. but it is not the same).. just a thought. I wish you the best, lovely day

[@S.K-z8z]

Thank you for the video! I searched for ages because I was unclear about a lot of things about hatching and tonal values ​​with ink. And drawing in general. Now I can stop searching. I'm really excited about your channel because the videos give me answers that I haven't found explained so well anywhere else. (I use Google Translate, so please excuse my mistakes ). Greetings from Germany

[@stephentraversart]

Fantastic. I think my most recent hatching g videos are the most helpful - more developed in thinking and scope. You’ll go find them easily on my hatching playlist. 😀

[@S.K-z8z]

@@stephentraversart Thank you very much for your answer. I'll take a look at the playlist right away.

[@MaxBeaulieu]

Brilliant. Just a joy to watch. Love this style. Nice clear exploration!

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks for your enthusiasm. Appreciate your comment 😀

[@iammoog]

I love the way you pass information. So glad I stumbled across your channel.

[@stephentraversart]

That’s so encouraging to hear. Thanks. Please do me a favour and tell your friends about it if you think it may help them. 😀

[@iammoog]

@@stephentraversart I certainly shall.

[@_bad_child_8038]

Love from India 🇮🇳❤

[@stephentraversart]

Greetings back from Australia 😀

[@Anchala-pb6xy]

Amazing video Please make more videos on this topic

[@stephentraversart]

Done already. I have a playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLwjv2r1KZs1SDR-dDw8PWMe8GzGjPuK_n&si=QYBjNVCmG3sIVA18

[@GameplayVidHub]

This was a very straightforward lesson and easy to follow. Lovely video. Thanks! 🤝🏻❤️

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks Le😀

[@joseluiscastanorestrepo]

A clear and accurate explanation, thank you very much

[@stephentraversart]

You are welcome!😀

[@jecolaco]

Hello stephen, Thanks for for the wonderful video on pen and ink art. I can relate absolutely the way you explain!

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks Eddie. That’s great to hear. Please tell your friends who draw for me. 😀

[@tech.gadwal2126]

again i say really i see magic in your fingers ... sir

[@stephentraversart]

Haha. You’re very kind. 😀

[@PauloCesar-oz6dy]

Very very good tips. Much apreciated 🎉

[@stephentraversart]

I’m glad you found them helpful 😀

[@sutil5078]

9:00 beautiful tree drawing Stephen, thanks, last drawing of a building is great, but it gives the impression (without knowing the reference) as very "ancient" building due to the shading? do you think?.. lovely video as usual.. thanks

[@stephentraversart]

It’s probably only about 120-140 years old. Snapped the pic as we passed it going out of London to Heathrow. 😀

[@sutil5078]

@@stephentraversart thanks.. 1. do you you think if you have done the last photo with ballpoints is more successful in shading than ink (which as you know has less margine of changing tonality) I mean if your aim is accuracy would ball points provide more accuracy in shading. if yes, just curious, why you prefer Ink (knowing it has less range of tones) than ballpoint.. (I love ink too, but prefer ballpoints because it has more range of tonality when shading) thanks for your wonderful videos Stephen, have a lovely day

[@virginiabusch139]

Thank you so much. I was searching for urban sketching "drills" for beginners. Your channel popped up. This hatching video is so informative. Definitely watching more. I think you mentioned windows. My favorite.

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks Virginia. Welcome aboard the channel. And keep drawing. 😀

[@jeromebonto8680]

Thank you Stephen. This is tremendously helpful for me.

[@stephentraversart]

Excellent Jerome. 😀

[@seka1986]

Great lesson!

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks Hugo😀

[@aminjafaridehdari4769]

Great video!! I can see the brand but just to make sure, what pen are you using and what pen you suggest?

[@stephentraversart]

COPIC Multiliners and Sketchmarkers, various Neutral Grey colour markers. 😀

[@autismo5518]

3:58 Arthurs sketch vs Johns sketch

[@stephentraversart]

I have no idea what this means!🤔

[@Ight-u1p]

Very informative video thank u very much ❤

[@stephentraversart]

My pleasure! 😀

[@alexmcd378]

The tree tip is so helpful, thank you

[@stephentraversart]

My pleasure Alex. Have fun drawing them 😀

[@aliceg1226]

Thank you Stephen!

[@stephentraversart]

My pleasure Alice. 😀

[@marionbik2022]

You are an amazing teacher. So easy to understand that hatching can define and give depth to your sketching. Takes it from a flat drawing and gives shape and dimension. Thank you ✨🎨🦘

[@stephentraversart]

Sounds like you’ve really caught on to this well. Thanks for your kind words. 😀

[@arkanoid77]

Your videos and drawings are wonderful and I particularly appreciate how you can be "loose" on the singular line but so effective on the overall effect! About this video at 7:58 you say hatching lines show the form of the tree but I don't understand how apart from the volume with light/shadow, and how you decide the directions of shadow hatching (I think you mention "averall shape" but I don't understand what that means). Then you also say that hatching partly mimic the effect of leaves... but how, do you mean the little "diamond" shapes created in cross-hatching or what else? I think these are crucial points in understanding your reasoning.

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks. No, I’m not referring to the hatching diamond shapes created by Criss crossing diagonals. If you think of the rounded bunches of leaves in a tree canopy as more solid and less as made of leaves, then we can hatch with lines which curve and go up and down or sideways with the shape of the ‘surface’ they are on. Does this make sense?😀

[@arkanoid77]

@@stephentraversart Oooh wow, I get it now. I've been tricked by the relatively straight lines you used to describe the gum tree "balls". That kind of simplifications are the most mind-blowing to me. Because they're counterintuitive.. Thank you so much!

[@efrainjesusuntiverospizzar4955]

I really love your videos they reach a Lot,just like encourage me to enhance , greetings from Perú 🇵🇪

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks Efrain. It’s great they’re helpful. Please hágame el favour and tell your friends about them. 😀

[@karincarter4962]

Very helpful thank you !

[@stephentraversart]

No worries!😀

[@victor1963]

Great video. Thanks mate 😊

[@stephentraversart]

You're welcome! Hope it helps. 😀

[@axistiltproductions]

Love your channel and your work Watching you draw is refreshing like an eye opening cold shower. It wakes me up sort of speak to the most logical way to illustrate with pen. What artist inspired you?

[@stephentraversart]

I have a cold shower every day, so maybe that's also helped my drawing! Thanks for sharing your experience. The travel drawings, particularly in Paris and Sienna, of Australian artist Lloyd Rees were my inspiration - and really were the only drawings I'd seen like this. I was exclusively painting in oils before then.

[@axistiltproductions]

@@stephentraversart Very interesting I will look up Lloyd Rees I'd like to see the oil paintings. I love this subject of architectural illustration/photography etc especially old architecture

[@MCUPW]

Great video! Congrats

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks Rodrigo

[@Environomics.]

When you are hatching back and forth, do you lift up the pen or pencil at the end of the stroke? or do you keep it on the paper?

[@stephentraversart]

My aim is to lift it, though at times if we’re not careful and go too fast it becomes difficult to do. We need to have every line applied with intention, and not become scribble.

[@AgniKost]

Amazing video

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks Agni 😀

[@_bad_child_8038]

This literally help me so much ✨✨

[@stephentraversart]

That’s great👏😀

[@handymotte9937]

Thank you, it´s great.

[@stephentraversart]

Glad you like it!😀

[@franciscamoramira9929]

Amazing way to teach❤

[@stephentraversart]

Great to hear. Thanks Francisca. 😀

[@martyjean]

"this may be a Stephen Travers exclusive" Actually Marc Kompanyets' makes this point on his channel, but you explained it way better and didn't need a manikin and some tape to do so. Cheers!

[@stephentraversart]

I cannot work out the mannequin and tape. Clearly I will have to watch the video. 😀

[@martyjean]

@@stephentraversart kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoHZYYWcdrpgpa8 09:36 if you want to see it. I like your demonstration better. Keeping it on the page makes it more relatable, at least for me.

[@jaceylataire2511]

Thank you sooo much...your architectul drawings are sbsolutely spectacular..I started about 3 weeks ago and I love historical buildings but my biggest problem is windows and the shading🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks. Really glad they’re so helpful. I have a few on drawing windows as well. If you enjoy what you draw it makes practice fun! All the best. 🙄

[@huhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhu22]

Thank you steven sir

[@stephentraversart]

You are very welcome😀

[@sridurga6720]

Thank you very much 🙂

[@stephentraversart]

My pleasure 😀

[@ronfischer8024]

Thank you for the video! I finaly got a better understanding on hatching! Liked & subscribed :)

[@stephentraversart]

Appreciate your telling me Ron. Always encouraging to hear. 😀

[@hsteil]

Love your videos! What pen(s) do you use?

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks. I use Copic Multiliners for the line work, and Copic Sketchmarkers for the tone, using the brush end, not the chisel end. I use Neutral Grey colour for the tone, usually 4-6 tones each drawing. The markers are refillable and the pens can have their ink cartridges and nibs replaced. I mostly desaturate the colour when I post to make the tone look more even.

[@nathantroscinski8659]

i just recently started sketching and am anxious about using pen to hatch (worried that the hatching will cover up and obscure the smaller details). Are there any tricks I need to keep in mind to avoid that?

[@stephentraversart]

Nathan, if you look at my hatching playlist the more recent videos will answer your question I think. Have fun. 😀

[@AbiNomac]

You have know idea how I’m going thru this channel AND taking notes. Oh no Stephen, it’s a veranda not a porch. Lol

[@stephentraversart]

That’s great, but take time to draw as well! 😀

[@AbiNomac]

@@stephentraversart - Yes, I am drawing. However, now I’m applying what you’re teaching where as before I’d rush to finish it.

[@Bloodmoon1969]

What pen are you using please 🙏🏻??

[@stephentraversart]

COPIC Multiliner 😀

[@spreadinglove24x7]

Respected sir Please tell 1. what type of paper and pen should use? 2. Any video where you taught that how /when/where different types of line use?

[@parasdahiya3993]

My black pen doesn't give me light shade the way your does. Why?

[@stephentraversart]

Sometimes by holding our pen at a different angle to the paper we can get. Scratchier line that looks a bit more Grey than black. How heavily we press on the paper can also affect this. But it depends on the pen. It doesn’t really work with ball point pens. 😀

[@nalinsuchak3125]

Nice

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks Nalin 😀

[@abstractbybrian]

What pen are you using?

[@stephentraversart]

A COPIC Multiliner, 0.5 mm black. 😀

[@sasa-nr2ut]

Thank you Sir! It's help a lot!

[@stephentraversart]

Great hear Sasa. Thanks for letting me know. 😀

[@virginiabusch139]

Hi Stephen. If you see this, could you please direct me to the reference photo? I could not find under "community."

[@stephentraversart]

I’m afraid I don’t post every photo to the community page, particularly if it’s not a video where my doing a whole drawing is the focus. But there are plenty there. I think you can only access the page from a desktop, not mobile device. 😀

[@bakrebeila6268]

Thanks, if you can do an Arabic translation

[@stephentraversart]

Sorry I don’t know how to do that

[@ethan_leonardbruh]

👍

[@stephentraversart]

😀

[@vector006]

I came here because i wasnt happy with the unevenness of my hatching, and found myself going back over areas to fill in gaps etc... but this guy shows that it's not that important.

[@stephentraversart]

This guy is glad to have been helpful. 😀

[@viajerillo.]

...Hello there !..Beginners get frustrated when they face this accuracy at drawing and which is being called " for beginners"....Regards...

[@stephentraversart]

It’s the explanation of hatching which is for beginners, although it is really only the doorway drawing which has complexity. I could have illustrated the hatching on bare blocks, but I think even beginners learn more seeing the principles illustrated in a real life context. We can usually understand at a higher level than we can actually accomplish when we’re learning. The last thing I want to do is discourage or frustrate anyone. I have at least scores if not hundreds of comments thanking me from people who have been encouraged to reach higher and achieve more than they thought they were able because I was able to encourage them to try. That’s always what I’m aiming for 😀

[@preepenchant_czt8884]

Awesome thanks helped me a lot 🤍🖤🤍

[@stephentraversart]

Great to hear Preeti. Thanks. 😀