Thank you Theo so much for your lessons! They are so well done, your explanations clear and detailed and I have really learn a lot from them. Thank you also for sharing your tips, so useful and important for me. You are a wonderful teacher !!!!
Thank you for all you have taught me! You are so very practical. Keep providing all of the little details that you do. It really helps. Best wishes, Lin Joyce, northern Virginia, USA
Ur way Of simplifying is so encouraging .. u got me lovin’ to create in my sketchbooks moore !! U are a beacon , eye wheel video my creation & share w the world like u cause keeping all this creativity bottled up isn’t good love
+Prismatic Just focus on the proportions when it comes to perspective. Another tip is to hold your pen to your sketchbook and lift them to compare the angles to what you see.
in the next week since I will write this, I'm going on a cruise to Singapore abd Malaysia and I do hope I can do some sketching while I am on my trip. Thanks for the tip. I will definitely try the blind contour technique and take less pics of people (reserved only for refs)
+Mari Akutsu That's great. Have fun! You may find that you'll remember more of your trip if you sketch. Just don't rush the sketch and enjoy the process.
Hey Teoh, thank you for your uploads. I've really learned a lot from your channel in the 9 months I've been sketching. About the people noticing question; it's dishonest and disrespectful to be too secretive. I jokingly call these 'stealth portraits' on Insta. I try to sketch people more openly, if they see me I smile and say Hi, if they object I stop, I suggest they take a pic of the sketch if they like and offer the actual sketch or another one if I can. Offering a pic of the sketch was suggested by an American sketcher I met briefly in Bangkok. Sketching is a lovely way to meet people and it's a shame if our hobby makes others uncomfortable.
Hi Teoh. All excellent tips. I always get nervous when I take out my sketchbook in public and try to draw people. I usually end up with scribbles instead. LOL. 😃
dear teoh, how much time does it takes you to draw fast people sketch? sometimes i feel i put so much time on a sketch and get too much details and loosing of it losseness a little bit. is there a time limit for fast people sketching? also for landscapes for especially for people because they are dynamic. thx.
Try to draw with as few lines as possible while making sure the shape you draw can still read like a human figure to anyone looking at it. Even without details, the shape must look like a human, and when you add details later, it will provide more information about the human figure. There's really not much rule except to practice more. The more you draw, the more you will be able to recognise the subject, and in the future even when your subject move, you will still be able to fill in the blanks because you know how each part of the body is suppose to look.
Question! Do you ONLY buy watercolor sketchbooks so that you can add watercolor to anything? Or which would you recommend that aren't necessarily watercolor but cam handle it?
Watercolour sketchbooks are very different from other sketchbooks because the paper is treated to handle water. If you're using normal sketchbooks, the water will just soak the paper and there will be very serious buckling, or the colours just don't look right. There are sketchbooks with non-watercolour paper that can handle watercolour to a certain extent though, e.g. Stillman and Birn Alpha sketchbook. In general, if you want to use watercolour, it's best to get a sketchbook with watercolour paper. A good economic one is the Global Art Material's Watercolor Travel Journal (sold mostly in USA).
+Richard Cedillo I actually don't sketch that much. Usually I would sketch while traveling on public transport or while waiting. Maybe once a week I will join my friends for sketching session at a cafe or outdoors. That's about it.
+aspeechlessness Depends on how detail you want it to be. The more time you have, the more details you can put in. For my simple sketches that I draw on the train, usually a few minutes for each person.
Cool, helpful. Time to practice now...!
Thank you Theo so much for your lessons! They are so well done, your explanations clear and detailed and I have really learn a lot from them. Thank you also for sharing your tips, so useful and important for me. You are a wonderful teacher !!!!
Thanks ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪
learned so much from the short contour sketch. thank you
tom
Best teacher ever!!!!! Thank you so much!!
Thank you for all you have taught me! You are so very practical. Keep providing all of the little details that you do. It really helps. Best wishes, Lin Joyce, northern Virginia, USA
Ur way Of simplifying is so encouraging .. u got me lovin’ to create in my sketchbooks moore !! U are a beacon , eye wheel video my creation & share w the world like u cause keeping all this creativity bottled up isn’t good love
+Abnormal dark Serpent The more you draw, the better you get
Good adive. Thanks you as always for sharing your talents, it's very helpful.
+Red Gemini Arts Thanks :-D
+Teoh Yi Chie I meant ADVICE - LOL I was so excited to be the FIRST to add a comment, I just couldn't wait. LOL
Great video and advice. I want to start sketching people but I think my greatest problem is perspective. Need to practice on that.
+Prismatic Just focus on the proportions when it comes to perspective. Another tip is to hold your pen to your sketchbook and lift them to compare the angles to what you see.
+Teoh Yi Chie Thank you. I've heard about the pen tip so I will try that.
Thanks for the video tips!
in the next week since I will write this, I'm going on a cruise to Singapore abd Malaysia and I do hope I can do some sketching while I am on my trip.
Thanks for the tip. I will definitely try the blind contour technique and take less pics of people (reserved only for refs)
+Mari Akutsu That's great. Have fun! You may find that you'll remember more of your trip if you sketch. Just don't rush the sketch and enjoy the process.
+Teoh Yi Chie okay! thanks ^^b
Hey Teoh, thank you for your uploads. I've really learned a lot from your channel in the 9 months I've been sketching. About the people noticing question; it's dishonest and disrespectful to be too secretive. I jokingly call these 'stealth portraits' on Insta. I try to sketch people more openly, if they see me I smile and say Hi, if they object I stop, I suggest they take a pic of the sketch if they like and offer the actual sketch or another one if I can. Offering a pic of the sketch was suggested by an American sketcher I met briefly in Bangkok. Sketching is a lovely way to meet people and it's a shame if our hobby makes others uncomfortable.
Hi Teoh. All excellent tips. I always get nervous when I take out my sketchbook in public and try to draw people. I usually end up with scribbles instead. LOL. 😃
Practice at home first
dear teoh, how much time does it takes you to draw fast people sketch? sometimes i feel i put so much time on a sketch and get too much details and loosing of it losseness a little bit. is there a time limit for fast people sketching? also for landscapes for especially for people because they are dynamic. thx.
Try to draw with as few lines as possible while making sure the shape you draw can still read like a human figure to anyone looking at it. Even without details, the shape must look like a human, and when you add details later, it will provide more information about the human figure. There's really not much rule except to practice more. The more you draw, the more you will be able to recognise the subject, and in the future even when your subject move, you will still be able to fill in the blanks because you know how each part of the body is suppose to look.
and do you put a time limit for a fast people drawing? or landscape sketching? like 30 sec per sketch? 2 minute? morr or less?
So none of these people saw you even when you busted out the watercolors🤣
He did mentioned that he adds the water coloring at the office or at home.
Tips and techniques 👌👍
Question! Do you ONLY buy watercolor sketchbooks so that you can add watercolor to anything? Or which would you recommend that aren't necessarily watercolor but cam handle it?
Watercolour sketchbooks are very different from other sketchbooks because the paper is treated to handle water. If you're using normal sketchbooks, the water will just soak the paper and there will be very serious buckling, or the colours just don't look right. There are sketchbooks with non-watercolour paper that can handle watercolour to a certain extent though, e.g. Stillman and Birn Alpha sketchbook.
In general, if you want to use watercolour, it's best to get a sketchbook with watercolour paper. A good economic one is the Global Art Material's Watercolor Travel Journal (sold mostly in USA).
+Teoh Yi Chie I have a few of them and they're great! The ones you used in the beginning of this video were watercolor sketchbooks? Orrrr. . .?
The few sketchbooks that I used when I was starting out are not watercolour sketchbooks.
+Teoh Yi Chie Ahhh.. okay. Thanks Teoh! You're an amazing mentor!!
What is the name of that pen again?
+Carlotta Fontes The one I used for the demo? A Kaweco fountain pen. www.parkablogs.com/picture/review-kaweco-classic-sport-al-sport-raw-fountain-pens
Thank you so much for your humble tips. You have help me kind sir!
+Keith Robertson Thanks :-D
on a productive day, how many hours do you sketch for.?
+Richard Cedillo I actually don't sketch that much. Usually I would sketch while traveling on public transport or while waiting. Maybe once a week I will join my friends for sketching session at a cafe or outdoors. That's about it.
+Teoh Yi Chie your channel is so awesome, I liked this video very much. one day you will have a lot of subscribers.
+Richard Cedillo Thanks. That will be great. :-D
Is that a 180g skechtbook???
I can’t remember
Wonderful video. How long does it take you to draw one person?
+aspeechlessness Depends on how detail you want it to be. The more time you have, the more details you can put in. For my simple sketches that I draw on the train, usually a few minutes for each person.
I suck at drawing people! I think I'll trace them first, from a photo.
Draw the head shape, the location of hands, the join the lines to form the body
@@teohyc I'll try that. A good start would be sketching people waiting for the bus or train, looking on their phones. They don't move so much.
I got caught sketching up a girl's skirt