Hey everyone! I am back with a new video and this time it
is a real time video! I did mention in one of my previous videos that I really wanted
to try the real time format, but talking whilst drawing is still a bit of a struggle, so I’m
still working on that. I’m also playing around with the filming and the editing of
the video; so let me know if you like this format.
For the video, I’ve cut out some clips, so it doesn’t technically show every bit
of the process, but you do get the general idea of the process anyway. And I’ve seen
other YouTube artists do this sort of format and I wanted to try it too, especially with
the real time format where I need to cut down the length of the footage without having to
speed up the process, because then it wouldn’t be a real time video if I do that.
So it might be a little bit jumpy, I don’t know. It’s still an ongoing process, but
hopefully it's okay. Also you get to see me work slowly on this drawing because I like
to take my time with my artworks, especially when working with pencils. It's actually quite
relaxing and a bit therapeutic to work with pencil and ink so I like to work slowly sometimes.
Plus, this also wasn’t a rushed painting, since it's a sketchbook drawing, so there
really wasn't any pressure to finish it by a deadline or to finish it at all. Since it's
in my sketchbook, it's kind of like the safe place for experimentation and failing at something
new that I'm trying out or something like that. I mean, no one has to see this, tehcnically.
But then again, I have a YouTube art channel, so it will get shared, but I mean, if you
don't have a YouTube art channel, you can definitely use your own sketchbook as what
I just described before: a safe place to experimentation, failure and learning from your mistakes.
And I do that with my sketchbook too, since not all my sketches and drawings look like
this. This particular drawing is porbably one of the best ones in my sketchbook and
I have other sketches that are unfinished, out of proportion, and just something I'm
not overall proud of. But I've slowly stopped beating myself up for not being able to fill
every page of a sketchbook with drawings like this. And you will definitely see that in
my sketchbook tour for this year. So look out for that video soon.
Anyway, recently, I hit a drawing slump where I wanted to draw, but I didn’t know what
to draw. It didn’t last very long fortunately, but it kind of ruined that little streak I
had going on of drawing almost everyday since September, and then October and a bit of November.
But yeah, towards the middle of November, when I actually finished my exams, I just
didn’t know what to draw anymore. Which was ironic because I finally had the time
to draw, it’s just that I didn’t have an idea of what to draw.
So I took that as a sign that I should take a break from drawing. Rest a bit, but at the
same time I was still doing something creative that could spark some sort of inspiration.
So for a while I would just read, and sometimes write, and occasionally I’d try to draw
something, but it wouldn’t turn out right, and when that would happen, I’d just get
frustrated, so eventually I go back to taking a break.
Good thing though, I managed to break free from that little art block with this drawing
because now I am back into the swing of things, which is obviously good, so yeah!
For this drawing, I mainly used a 2H pencil for the line work. Using pencil really gives
it a soft look, and while I like it for this particular drawing, I still very much prefer
the look of the bold black ink for the lineart. It's the cherry on top in my opinion. But
for this one, I did like that I could also use the pencil to add depth to the sketch
because the medium allows you to create a gradation from light to dark whereas it's
a bit tricky to do that with a fineliner. I mean maybe you can use hatching or cross-hatching,
but I particularly don't like that for my drawings and the aesthetic that I usually
aim to achieve. Or maybe I just don't have the light touch to do cross-hatching well
enough. I tend to be heavy handed, so maybe that's the case as to why when I've tried
it before, it didn't turn out so well. I don't know, maybe. But yeah!
As for the flower, I was really happy with how it turned out to be honest. What I did
was I sketched it first with pencil, and even though I've drawn flowers multiple times,
I still don't feel confident when drawing them, not in the same way as drawing faces,
so to kind of try something new, instead of trying to draw a somewhat realistic representation
of a flower or a rose, I just went over my pencil lines with black ink. Hopefully you
can tell in the video that it's what I've done. I mean I really like it, though I think
it would've worked better if I used a brush pen instead of the brush and dipping it into
the ink because the ink would sometimes run out halfway through a line, so it would lose
that flow. So a brush pen would have helped make it look more natural for sure. And yeah!
I think that is all I have to talk about in this video. So I will leave you here and just
let the video finish with music. I hope you enjoyed this video. If you did, please give
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