Advanced Cross Hatching - Creating Colour and Shadow with Line

[@AsilemART]

Love this. I could watch you draw all day. You're absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for taking the time to pass along your techniques. It's very generous. You are appreciated more than you know and making a difference in so many artist's lives.

[@stephentraversart]

That’s generous of you to say, thanks for sharing 😀

[@EM-ml8jq]

my father used to put us in the game room with canvas and easel in place and he would say paint, no-nonsense kind of disciplinarian. I just rolled with it and my brother would ask what are we painting and every time same response,"anything you want,make it look nice" Now that I look back on it, that was the best life gift he gave us.

[@stephentraversart]

What a great memory to have and gift from your father. 😀

[@EM-ml8jq]

@stephentraversart your right, paining is a tro gh medium but still carry ir on..

[@madelinegrudens]

I just bought a sketch book to have a bit of fun with my fashion art, and now I have a new technique to try thanks to your thorough tutorial!!! This was fantastic!!!

[@tejomayambharatam5637]

Thank you very much for this tutorial overview of Crosshatching.❤

[@stephentraversart]

My pleasure. 😀

[@jamesplayfair6948]

Phenomenal job! I especially love how you edited out the bit of roadside construction from the reference, well done.

[@stephentraversart]

We’re artists, not photocopiers. We get to adapt the scene for whatever we think works best. 😀

[@theone5576]

I’m an amateur illustrator and I choose hatching and crosshatching for shading, I really enjoyed it. It’s fun honestly, your videos sir are a great help for me and maybe for other rookie illustrator out there who choose this path. I don’t understand such educative and easy to understand explanation video has little viewer. Anyway thank you for sharing your knowledge Sir.

[@stephentraversart]

Thank you. I’m glad the video was so helpful. Perhaps you could tell your friends about my channel. That could help lift the views. 😀

[@arnomrnym6329]

Great work! 👍🏾😎Used this station often. 🙂Greetings from Berlin 🇩🇪

[@stephentraversart]

I finished my last Europe trip alone at the Klosterkirche as the summer sun set behind it. 😀

[@garyroberts3859]

I’m a trained artist, I sketch everyday, I taught art for 36 years. I’m selling a lot if my pen and wash sketches during covid. I like your line work very much…your multiple lines are very effective.

[@stephentraversart]

Congratulations on your success. Thanks, I’m a bit surprised how well my multiple lines work myself. 😀

[@h.e.a311]

excellent, expert

[@stephentraversart]

Thank you. 😀

[@peterwillis4239]

Wow, wow. Amazing. I will try and give it a go. I love pen and ink sketches, I can't always achieve them myself.

[@stephentraversart]

Great! Have fun with it. 😀

[@melissavogelgsang7817]

Excellent! Only by watching the video helped me to get some insights about my own sketches, thank you so much 🙏

[@stephentraversart]

Great to hear Melissa. Keep being thoughtful and developing your own drawing style.

[@davidwang3222]

It’s not an easy job for me, but very helpful indeed! I have ruined every my drawings due to the mistakes in hatching . I think my problem is lack of consistency. Thanks Stephen

[@stephentraversart]

Sounds like you have a plan to follow with it David. Have fun. 😀

[@milehighslacker4196]

This is very nice, thanks! I use pencil and one issue I often have when I hatch is that the hatches all run together such that it looks like I may as well have used the side of the lead and done more of a smear shading. I quickly run out of the "line" effect of hatching. Even using pen/ink you seem to be able to get the proper shading effect, while still preserving the lines of the hatching. That ability eludes me!

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks. Yea, that is both a strength and danger drawing with pencil. I have a hatching playlist if you’re interested in more on it from me. Might be helpful 😀

[@milehighslacker4196]

@@stephentraversart Yes, thanks! Apparently I have watched video #3 in that series, and 5 mins of video #4. I'll check them out again, thanks!

[@dianecharest8365]

Amazing!

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks Dianne😀

[@penmuni3833]

wonderful job mate

[@stephentraversart]

Cheers Pen!😀

[@chambzors1]

Sometimes I just block in solid black for those nice anchors and balance. I find it helps alleviate the noise feel.

[@stephentraversart]

I do as well often. But not in a hatching demo. 😀

[@larryglatt2548]

Thank you very much for this informative video. One request, more volume please, thank you.

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks Larry. It sounds ok on my phone, but my tech knowledge and abilities are pretty limited. 😀

[@larryglatt2548]

@@stephentraversart I do have some reduced hearing due to age, but I think, for me, it could be louder.

[@johanwindhART]

Inspiring! Thanks!

[@stephentraversart]

My pleasure Johan. 😀

[@Ani.me_006]

Sooo good 👍😊

[@stephentraversart]

Sooo pleased to hear. 😀

[@abacdse]

Superb but a bit of real time to teach us would be good

[@stephentraversart]

Sorry. This is an earlier video where I was doing larger drawings which required more speeding up. And I do have some real time drawings now, and sometimes post at least a few minutes of. RT at the end. 😀

[@borismajstorovic4129]

OK, I know this will sound terrible and I could say Good Work or something similar, but you are making so many mistakes for a Pro, I know this may sound totally rude but please conntact me if you want to know more about Hatching, You put great effort in this videos so I hope you are open for constructive critique. Best wishes, Boris.

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks for your thoughts Boris. Not for a moment do I think this is the only way to hatch. I encourage people to experiment and judge the different effects they can create. My preference is to hatch in a direction which either is consistent with the direction and angles of the perspective for the plane, or which reflects the form of the surface. But with clarity of adjacent objects also in consideration. I’m afraid I’m not art trained, so how I draw is how it seemed practical for me to get the effect I’m after (or something of it). Understanding options for hatching is very helpful, but I don’t think there is a ‘right’ way to apply them. Just different ways to create different effects to choose from. Appreciate your thoughts, and as an ex high school teacher, I’m not easily offended. 😆

[@tdmdiaries5612]

You did lose the L lol😂

[@stephentraversart]

Yes!😩🫣