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sketching loose is definitely my style, hope you enjoy it too.
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[@TobySketchLoose]

Check out sketchloose.co.uk If you want to join me in sketching loose :) happy sketching!

[@Valentina-Steinway]

Hi! Thank you for your advice! What pen are you using please? ❤

[@raynacurtis]

@@Valentina-Steinway pretty sure it’s a Lamy (I have several) but I’d like to know what size nib and what sort of ink!

[@HannahFields444]

@@TobySketchLoose will do, thx!

[@parisbreakfast]

Thanks..I don’t see the Lamy Gold pen mentioned ? SOS

[@xRevengeIsSweeter]

This is so therapeutic. “Don’t be afraid” I am very afraid I have such bad anxiety drawing I don’t want to make a mistake or make it ugly. But I’ll never learn 😂. This is motivating me to start drawing again. Coming from super realistic drawing and idealistic “perfectionism” I want to be messy and loose. Like this

[@TobySketchLoose]

Be messy! It's fun 🙂

[@rwilby41]

You have to flip that first pancake. The on😊😊e we always throw away.

[@josephmoore5708]

I know that it can be hard to just mess up the drawing a little bit and try to thing that it’s being “brave”. I would suggest that if you are just trying out a new drawing, if you want it to look good in a sketchbook, draw it on normal paper first. Once you are proud of that drawing, you can draw it in an actual sketchbook and have your lovely, non-messy picture inside the pages of a sketchbook. However if you want to make it messy, that’s fine to! :)😊

[@fathermucker19]

You can draw any time and no one ever has to even know :) just remember, you don’t have to make it a commitment, sometimes it’s just nice to do it for yourself especially when you’re getting back into it! Have fun and happy drawing ❤🎉

[@Harlequin52]

I have really bad perfectionism, too. What helped me was recognizing a need for what I called: Chaotic Energy Art. Its when what you really want is to use art as a therapy for your anxiety but your anxiety stops you from doing even that. So, recognizing this in myself I allowed myself to create "bad art". I mean, doodles and lines and scribbles with Crayola Crayons, cardboard, glitter, glue whatever is on hand like a 5 year old with finger paints. To get out the "nervous tension" about being "wrong" artistically. At first you'll have a blast and then you'll get bored and want to do something challenging, thats when you will have the confidence and relaxation from your "child-like" warmups to create something you really want to! Dont be afraid to do childish things sometimes! We have a stigma against it as adults but there's no one that knows how to relax more than a child, lol! We can learn from them :)

[@EddyV101]

I’ve been drawing trees for over a year. Started aggressively drawing them with pens. I agree with this info.

[@TobySketchLoose]

Thanks 🙏

[@ladennastanley6259]

Thank you, had a couple of brain Strokes and was left with permanent shaking hands like Parkinson's. Love hearing this. I also switched to watercolor painting which crazy loose painting can be beautiful, I wish more artist would let imperfect people can still create beautiful art, it all comes from the heart, ta- da! ❤

[@suspicioussand]

Damn that sucks, I wish you all the best moving forward

[@GuardImagination]

Excellent approach, this makes your art unique. And I do think that this matters a great deal because we get older, injured and sick (hopefully not all at once😅😉) and our craft should develop accordingly❤

[@matthiashorste9854]

There’s so many people trying to make their videos entertaining. Cool fun music. Little humor. Flourishes, whatever. All I want is just somebody to be showing me some art and how to do it. Bro. You’re one of the few. And in this, I get more than just entertainment. I thank you sir. God bless you

[@blinkybli8326]

i absolutely LOVE sketching portraits/faces like this!

[@TobySketchLoose]

Me too

[@senpaisatan3441]

Lmao this comment speaks to me, because I’ve come to KZbin for the express purpose of learning more sketching skills.

[@HarlieHarlot]

I love this because im always messing up with perception. Instead of erasing im just going to keep creating line until my eye recognizes the right perception.

[@TobySketchLoose]

🙏

[@georgesaviour6974]

As an artist myself, I like this chaos.

[@TobySketchLoose]

Appreciate the camaraderie 👍🙏🖋️

[@gabriel.cashez]

This is such a great advice. Since I've been drawing like this I like much more my drawings. It looks natural and organic.

[@kimsang8055]

I like the words "control chaos", will be using that more going forward ^^

[@TobySketchLoose]

Thanks 🙏

[@sielsounds]

Don't be afraid is just the best age old art advice out there

[@LKalkie]

I like this tip. I've slowly started trying to embrace less precision in my line work because I realized it activated my perfectionist streak and would freeze me up a lot.

[@bishsec]

Thanks!

[@TobySketchLoose]

Thank you Ed - you're very kind and generous :)

[@Shteuf]

If you have a flaw then embrace it. Nice lesson sir! 👏

[@holycow4679]

i love this. I started of wanting to perfect lines. my art got so much better when i just started embracing the mess, a bit of mess makes the art more real

[@spiritualmeditation5135]

Love it. I think I recognized through the chat that I need to let go. Thanks

[@TobySketchLoose]

Wonderful!

[@babaatelier]

You are a genius. I tried it and it looks BEA-utiful , more artistic and less daunting.

[@bjk81]

I am mind blown! This helped me so much!!! I'm literally sketching in a matter of minutes! it's so fun & quirky!!! Love this!!! ❤

[@TobySketchLoose]

I'm so glad!

[@faerieofthenorth]

This is absolutely astonishing to me, thank you for the inspiration!!! Pen✨🖋️✨

[@vidumontv9147]

When I first started out, I used to sketch like a finished piece alongside my friend who also drew in this manner. But later I released that type of sketches have a life.

[@queentitan2855]

my problem is just whenever i try to stretch loose i lose the soul and detail of the drawing. i cant tell if it’s a problem with me not knowing proportions or something

[@TobySketchLoose]

Often it's just about trying to find our style. For me, if I sketch tight i lose the soul of the drawing because for me the beauty is in loose and splashy sketching. But it's so personal, I'm not right and you're not wrong!

[@thissunchild]

@@TobySketchLoose What an inspiring answer🙏🏾

[@meliB32]

I’m traveling this coming week and this is exactly their video I needed to see before I went! Thanks so much :)

[@thissunchild]

I absolutely love your style♥️ For me, as a complete newbie, making a mistake is like dying a death🥺 You have officially saved my life with a 30 sec video 🥹My new mantra: *_"Mistakes are my superpower"_*

[@TobySketchLoose]

Great mantra!

[@fallenmango8420]

Make as many mistakes as you can! I’ve been drawing for more than a decade, in fact, drawing is my day job, and I can tell you from experience this advice is as good as it gets!

[@thissunchild]

@@fallenmango8420 & @TobySketchLoose Thank you, both 🥹

[@vger9084]

Mistakes are your superpower!🤣🤣🤣 Love it!!!

[@gast4215]

Watching your tutorials for the first time immediately helped me to let my fountain pen just wander around the paper: I didn't do good sketches in the beginning , of course, but it was a complete different "feeling" to draw lines. I draw, however, in another way when using fineliners. Thank you so much!

[@TobySketchLoose]

Wonderful!

[@Telthecelt]

Loose with character! I like it.

[@lavenheit]

You make it look so easy! Love it❤

[@TobySketchLoose]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@OTTERSandKNIVES]

can confirm, watched this wanting to learn more, but am also already doing this to loosen up and have fun! this is a nice way to go blank! lol

[@awkotawko8975]

Bro I’ve been wanting to get into urban sketching for so long and the first drawing I just did with this technique is my favorite one yet, and I had the most fun during the process too 😭 thanks for the great teachings!

[@TobySketchLoose]

Happy to hear that!

[@XOXO-vd3bg]

Love it… that’s what I love about sketching it’s so forgiving. Now …if I could just stop being afraid …to start🤣

[@TobySketchLoose]

Haha yus!!

[@Iam-sn5hd]

Mistakes in drawings are the start of masterpieces. It reflects who you are as a growing individual.

[@TobySketchLoose]

:)

[@SILCIllustrations]

That was actually beautiful... The sketch and the advice

[@TobySketchLoose]

Awesome 👍

[@aaronminz6355]

Both are looking great 😃👍

[@divyamaanmishra5394]

The depth of his words are only discoverable for those who are willing to grow

[@hugosapiens]

This is so valuable! I try to create a perfect visual sketch, and I think that's the problem. I need to make something that I can visualize and understand so that I can mold and build it into the final project. Even if it seems like a mess, as long as I can understand what I did, it's the right way. Trying to follow methods strictly sometimes can make us feel insecure and it's not always necessary. The sketch is there to help, it doesn't need to be perfect at first and methodical all of the time. We should be allowed to make mistakes and play with lines freely, it's way more fun to me, at least.

[@InkSketch518]

Love it, I'll keep on practicing

[@grlRex]

Okaaaay. I’ll give liberating a go then. Thanks for the nudge 💕

[@labradax]

That’s amazing I been doing this on Instinct not knowing it was a thing. Thanks!

[@artbyblondo]

This is just the advice I needed. Thank you!

[@TobySketchLoose]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Telthecelt]

This could just get me sketching again and painting again after weeks!

[@insideart-]

That was actually beautiful... The sketch and the advice 👍

[@TobySketchLoose]

Thanks

[@sapinyavit]

Love all your tutorials, thanksss

[@TobySketchLoose]

You are so welcome!

[@leifdux7277]

remember, sketching is about finding lines!

[@TobySketchLoose]

It can be! It can also be about shapes or colours or values - though I guess you're still looking for 'lines' or points of contrast between things hehe

[@leifdux7277]

@@TobySketchLoose Interesting! Didn't really pay attention that sketching too can also be about shapes / colors or values! I'll try next time...

[@kathylovesmk]

This is such a brilliant exercise!! I'm so stiff so will be working on this alot.

[@TobySketchLoose]

Enjoy!

[@JohnnyB-art]

Brilliant short Toby love the looseness 😊 you inspired me to do a loose watercolour sketch yesterday.. i posted a vid of it on my channel 😊 so thank you 🙏

[@TobySketchLoose]

Thanks!! I'll check it out :)

[@JohnnyB-art]

@@TobySketchLoose thank you so much ☺️ this is the best thing knowing like minded people doing the same as yourself being there to enjoy support and get inspiration from seeing others create beautiful art.. really loving your channel mate x

[@marlbboro8091]

Truly inspirational. Thank you ❤️🙏🏽

[@TobySketchLoose]

You are so welcome

[@tompaste387]

Thanks for sharing... Lamy pen, love 'em

[@TobySketchLoose]

Thanks for watching!

[@MichaelMaitlen]

Awesome advice! Thanks for sharing!!

[@TobySketchLoose]

You are so welcome!

[@jomanthekiller]

Also I recommend using a bigger sketchbook the bigger the more surface area to move your entire arm

[@abetterfuture4787]

Not gonna lie, that does look very aesthetically pleasing to me. Well done.

[@HannahFields444]

I love this. It looks like you could do that on an etch-a-sketch. Lol if anyone still knows what those are

[@TobySketchLoose]

Haha you probably could :)

[@dipereira0123]

A Cooper Lamy all-star, with a EF Nib?, you sir have a fine taste!! nice!

[@TobySketchLoose]

😄

[@deborahmeyers551]

Thanks for sharing 😊

[@TobySketchLoose]

No problem 👍

[@jdb6026]

Anybody felt like something in them got healed? Because I did. I feel so warm after hearing this. I feel so much hope flowing, I'm feeling like ordering a Lamy Safari right now.

[@TobySketchLoose]

Aww thanks, I'm happy you feel this way :)

[@TerryMcGearyScotland]

Nice. Relax. Sit and try to sketch the view you can see of the room or scenery or street view in ONE continuous line. Don’t fret just do it. No marks out of ten 😊

[@TobySketchLoose]

Wonderful advice :)

[@sueyork7095]

Thank you for the encouragement

[@kellypassalaqua3427]

I love this! Thanks! 🤩

[@TobySketchLoose]

So glad!

[@Nixissus]

Very inspiring! Thank you

[@TobySketchLoose]

You are so welcome!

[@dhirajshetty483]

Absolutely loved this ! Thank you

[@TobySketchLoose]

You're so welcome!

[@emmanuelwolfmusic410]

I've not drawn in years, but at 43 I feel it's time to get back to my first love .

[@TobySketchLoose]

Please do!

[@purplerider2362]

I was feeling to tense the other day as I was drawing. Thank u

[@h8uall66]

I like it!

[@AkshayVinchurkar]

I did a course on domestika for urban sketching which was great

[@Crazydude10001]

Just move faster don't be afraid embrace your mistakes

[@KoOkiEzRoCkz]

At a certain point as we become adults we abandoned the concept of play. Instead always pressuring ourselves to give structure to everything.

[@mikado_m]

I think the scaredy version has it quirks too but it deffinitely depends on the end goal

[@bluefox5331]

Proud to say I sketched the most awfully loose confusing sketch along to this video, things behind other things somehow visible bc I wanted to capture the pose, and hey, the anatomy is awful but I got the pose idea down!

[@SomangSonLee]

Thank you! will try this

[@Humanumikey]

Omg I love this. It’s a great warm up, relaxing. And I think I just accidentally drew South Africa without even thinking about it?!

[@joannmagee7732]

Thank you

[@pdatnc]

Love it!

[@Aloha967-tree-fo-wer]

Looked exactly like my Etch-a-scetch drawings when I concentrated on them.

[@TobySketchLoose]

Yup

[@AwakenTheDawn2004]

My slight - sometimes more - hand tremors... have just found purpose 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🥴😅😅😅❤️

[@TobySketchLoose]

Hehe yes!

[@Piglin-bro]

Thanks 🙏 it worked

[@appleandaria6947]

Congratulations! This tutorial got a 10/10 from SamDoesArts! That's how I got here.

[@TobySketchLoose]

Wow, thanks!

[@drawntoyourstory]

I love this.

[@TobySketchLoose]

Thanks again 😀👍

[@drawntoyourstory]

No worries!

[@Naxiwuno]

I don't see a problem in both techniques.

[@MUM2RKG]

i’m here too. i wish i could do this.

[@TobySketchLoose]

You'll get there if you want :)

[@skywatcher369]

😩This reminds my that I gotta finish my lettering sketches for engineering class😪😪😪

[@FourtyFourCab]

I for one would love to hear you read an audiobook!

[@joegrst]

Thanks for the tip :)

[@petragunther4439]

It's me.. I'm trying hard.. But.. I'll keep on practicing. Thank you, master of loose lines 😊🙏

[@TobySketchLoose]

haha, thanks Petra!

[@patwagner3694]

Thank you!

[@TobySketchLoose]

You're welcome!

[@NaMe-sk5gw]

This entire time I’ve been pressuring my self to make precise drawings using horizon line, point perspective & mathematics and it’s causing me a lot of worry. So it wouldn’t hurt to embrace change right?

[@TobySketchLoose]

Change is never easy... but it can be fun :D

[@AlanWalkerFan1357]

Controlled chaos? I like it (:

[@theeditlegend]

Very underrated! I'm here before this goes viral!

[@TobySketchLoose]

Hehe thanks

[@rockysambrano8435]

I wish I could do this

[@dualshock3]

Sooo. basicly sketch lightly and then retrace the lines you want to keep.. Okay.. what if your pen only had one line thickness, no matter how light you'd draw? what options would you have?

[@TobySketchLoose]

there are no pens I've encountered with only one line thickness... even very fine fine liners have variety. there is also more to variety than just weight

[@kimmcwicked7434]

This triggers me greatly! But i love it!! Like trying to walk down the street in 1890, then doing it naked! How exciting!

[@AbeselomEyassu]

I love your loose sketches. I use lamy fountain pen and talens indian ink but the line weight is the same throughout my sketches. Can you help me out with what fountain pen and ink to use. Thank you.

[@TobySketchLoose]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIbcY5J5qriAeas Those are my favourite inks - if I'm using water soluble inks I just use cheap inks (Lamy, Waterman, etc.) For pens, check out my supplies link in the description I list a few there, and I have a blog on my website that goes into more depth.

[@jennifers9513]

What pen are you using? Love this advice and will try it out.

[@caroletraynor8763]

I tried sketching like this, but it turned into a mess .😢

[@apeacefulworld9095]

Oh Yesss 😳 💪🏼

[@breuthelene772]

Could you tell me what kind of pen you use please ? Thank you !

[@wofoyo]

Thank you 🙏🏾

[@TobySketchLoose]

You are so welcome

[@Nabikko]

Be in control

[@TobySketchLoose]

ha never

[@waltercostellotruth9198]

Gotta LOVE A Brother 💡

[@TobySketchLoose]

Cheers

[@lauriebreda7241]

Absolutly 🙏

[@akitoakito8790]

Wow❤❤

[@Ixoracraft]

Advice for beginners pls, do you suggest to sketch directly with pen or make the outlines with pencil first?

[@TobySketchLoose]

For me I love going straight in with pen - if this feels scary or stops you sketching then start with pencil. But I would encourage people to use less and less pencil :)