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I’ve gone round the sun 75 times and you’ve just given me one of the most important pieces of advice - “Don’t count the windows.” That’s more profound and pertinent for me than you can possibly know. Thank you!

I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I'm far too critical of things I do and after a while that can start to have a negative effect on you. I'm hoping that taking up loose sketching and watercolours will help me let go of perfection. I think your videos are going to become very useful.

“Now it’s just an apple with character” is probably my favorite little teaching tool I’ve seen in these sorts of videos. Really really well done, and thanks for some tips that seem really fun.

Loose sketching is certainly a more comfortable way to start for a beginner 🙂. It also makes sure we remain within the parameters of a true "sketch" and not extend ourselves into a painting, architectural drawing etc. Thanks Toby for sharing as always !

Thank you so much for showing that large stack of sketchbooks! Everyone tells us to just do more sketching, but seeing those books made it real!

Thanks Toby....needed this today🙏🌄

I cannot thank you enough for these videos. You have instantly transformed me from a procrastinating perfectionist who never paints out of fear or failure to actually enjoying this whole process. I love the way you think and how well you communicate your thoughts.

Thanks for the tips, your loose approach is so so refreshing. Often when we try to get that vertical line super straight just takes the fun out of drawing. Always reminding myself enjoy the process which is far more gratifying, the outcome is just in that one instant.

Toby I am 76 yo. I love your work and compassion. Thank you for the lessons

Tried, again, the continuous line technique but hold the pen much higher. Wow, wobbly indeed. So, it seems as if the later tip re PRACTICE is central to getting the loose sketch going. TY

These tips might help me loosening up and get rid of my perfectionist mindset and resulting art block. Thanks!

Thanks.

This is so helpful. Thanks 😊

Thē Bést drawing lesson ever I have watched!!! 😃 Thank you so much! Subscribed!!! 💐🤗

Hey Toby, if you don't like a sketch you do, don't put it in a frame, but send it to me 😄as I love all you do! 🤩Thanks for all your videos!!

Thank you So much! You shared what I needed to hear from an artist to remove barriers to starting!! I’ve been acquiring supplies, watching art, but now it seems I’m open and ready to go for it!! 🥰🎨

Thank you... And YES, just try and have fun 😊

You are a minimalist and a wonderful artist. You put back the fun into sketching, my friend. I have a nineteen-year-old niece who has loved art since she was five. Somewhere she has lost the joy in art. I took up art in the last 2 years and have never found such satisfaction in a medium as I have learned to sketch and create. My father was a top-of-the-line landscape artist, he sold his work, but I had never found the skills. I am a photographer, a film videographer, and even a skilled writer. It wasn't until the last year or so that I sat down and seriously considered entering this field. So my conversation with my niece is centered with a small amount of knowledge and experience. I believe she spent too much time drawing what she enjoyed, forming habits critical to her journey of maturity. I believe criticism whether good or bad influenced her decision to fall back. I routed her towards photography, which for an artist with her understanding will learn plenty to bring her around to the arts. Just a long-winded note, but I hope you find it interesting.

Cool voice, coll tips. Exactly what I need to give me confident. Thank you so much for all you're time you spend for us.

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I think you cured me of my fear to make a mistake. It has improved my existing style and I discovered a new joy in my art. God bless you!

Thank you, Toby!

This reminds me of Quentin Blake's artwork and I adore his style. Up until recently, I wasn't familiar with the terms 'Urban Sketching' or 'Loose Sketching ' at all. I just used to see paintings made with ink and watercolor and something about the style would feel really lovely to me. Now that I am exploring it a bit more, your channel is one of the few I have found to be encouraging enough to not feel intimidated by the thought of maybe giving it a try myself instead of just appreciating others' paintings haha. Thank you so much and please keep up the good work! :)

I'm loving your vids on urban sketching basics, def trying the continuous line method! Thanks a bunch! :D

I just love this style of sketching. Thanks for the tips !

Wonderful bunch of tips especially showing us your sketchbooks that as you say are full of fun.

Real golden nuggets of information in your vids, thanks for sharing! Love your work too.

Love your videos Toby. Thankyou very much !!!!!

Hello Toby! Your creations are beautiful. Thanks for sharing your tips and interesting perspectives. I need to loosen up a lot and appreciate your good advice.

Thank you!

Thank you!...You just...improved my sketching...by light years!!.. :)

thanks for sharing the technique

Thanks for these precious tips!!! ❤

What a great approach for anyone starting out. Thank you!

Thanks so much for your videos! I've been watching so many urban sketching tutorials over the years but none are as good as yours!

Really great advice and much appreciated. I really enjoy your style and I hope to imitate it and make it my own.

This video is great! I love learning presented in this way!!

thanks for sharing - holding the pen etc., such a difference!

I can't thank you enough for your videos, I have been watching and practicing what I have been learning for the last couple of weeks. My wife and I are planing a trip to Crete and I am wanted to keep a pen and ink and watercolor journal of our trip. I love your style and I love how your break things down. Thank you!!

This is so helpful. I love your work and tutorials. Thanks so much!

Thank you so much Toby!

Thank you for the tips! Exactly what I need to break my perfection habit!

Thanks. Appreciate these tips. Wrote them down and loosely sketched you next to them.

Toby, love your approach and attitude. Now I need to embrace it! 😀

This is everything I wanted to do in art. many, many thanks, I'll get to work right away. Love the bit about the advantage of a fountain pen and how to hold the pen, which is an important key for me. I always struggle with applying the wash just to ruin the drawing. I would love to see a video on wash colouring a drawing after you have finished the loose drawing. Now subscribed.

thank you, exactly what I needed to hear. Great advice!

Best advice I've ever heard on the matter. Thanks!

Brilliant I love your laid back approach, I am striving to emulate your “loose” style. And make my own version

Great instruction for loosening up my sketches. Thanks!

Thanks!

Greet video. You help take the serious out of having fun. Thanks.

Wow. The most valuable tips to sketch loosely

Great tips. I will surely practice a lot to be able to sketch loosely. Thanks.

Beautiful! You are an inspiration.

Really good advice, thank you!. I do struggle with rules 5&6, but getting better!

Thanks. I needed this. New to art, I’m starting by teaching myself to draw from observation. And frankly, while fun at times, it’s been discouraging that drawing even simple objects that I think I know well is surprisingly challenging… Plus I’m learning to draw in pen to build that muscle memory. Which results in lots of paralyzed moments in front of the the paper trying to work out the proportions and shapes and lines and even then making lots of mistakes. They say thinking while drawing trains you to see things right but I could use some loosening up too

Great tips. Thanks!

I love drawing animals, and I'm getting better at quick sketches of people, but I struggle with buildings. Your tips actually make it look fun - especially the continuous line idea - so I'll definitely not give up quite yet. Thank you.

Very nicely done!

subscribed right away, fun and I'm in

Awesome thx

THANK YOU!!!

Great video. I love using my sailor fude, because it has really loosened me up, and I like the different lines I can get. I also like how I can fill in dark spots quickly. But, in my quest to have the smallest, lightest sketching kit to carry on urban sketching journeys, fountain pens are a bit problematic. I didn't like having to pack the extra ink on my latest trek, and sometimes the fountain pen got clogged which interrupted my flow. Following your tip to hold the pen further back... I just tried a few other pens I have to see how they would work. My cheap and simple bic pen worked wonderfully! But of all the pens I have, I personally like the feel and flow of the uni-ball eye micro. Please keep the videos coming!

Muy buenos consejos

Thank you so much, I have a lot of trouble getting loose sketches. My hand just wants to do it's own thing, and then I'm unhappy with the sketch. I have made notes of your suggestions and will make a poster for my studio. Subscribed, thanks.

Toby what a wonderful tutorial on loose sketching. I really needed it since you couldn’t pry the pen out of my fingers with a crowbar. My grip is way to tight and it shows in my work.😊

Very inspiring ... and the tip of holding the pen almost at the end surely gives a looser look. And funny enough ... after giving this tip you hold your pen from 25% to 50% from the nip!! 👍

Sangat bagus dan menginspirasi

I have a collection of fine liners, but I’d like to try a fountain pen, can I ask the make of the one you’re using . Loved the tutorial 👍🏼

Hey buddy just discovered your channel.. I love it,, iv subbed and will look forward to watching more of your vid.. 😊 I’m just starting out with my channel.. been a slow start.. anyway all the best 😊

Hello Toby. It's amazing how inspiring and motivating this video was. What do you recommend for a sketch, pencil, or pen for acrylic painting? Thanks

Great tips, having been trained as an architect getting to draw straight and firm lines is built that also is pleasurable and fun way to draw too but will try to make it loose and add your tips into my sketches.

My biggest psychological barrier to drawing more is that I'm always looking to create something perfect... I can't bring myself to loosen up. Thanks for the tips here.

LAMY nice choice

I love this technique. I have a few Lamy pens- which ink do you use in them when using them before adding the watercolour, so that the ink does not run. I inject ink into the cartridges, and use converters, but haven’t used waterproof ink yet. Which would you advise please?

Hi Toby, I love your drawing style and I also use a fountain pen like yours but what type of ink are you using? Presumably something waterproof?

Hello, Toby. First time here. I love your approach and suggestions. Is that an extra fine nib you're using on your Lamy pen? Thanks for this.🙏👏

Just happened to chance upon this video whilst having breakfast. Great tips. I have written them down as a Mantra to remind me whenever I am tempted to get too fussy or detailed. Do you have a similar video for getting loose with your painting? I find I do a nice sketch and then spoil it by painting it. I put on too much paint, trying to cover every inch of the paper. I try to be too literal with colours - sky is blue, grass is green, shadows are grey etc and I worry about going over the lines like a 7 year old with crayons! In essence I sketch loosely but then try to paint 'tightly" ( if that's the correct term?). Thanks Martin 👍

hi, does this drawing apply to the perspective you mentioned before ? thanks for your reply .

Great video! Just wondering what ink you use in your fountain pen? Does it have to be water proof? I worry over ruining my more expensive fountain pens 👍

Great video. Absolute beginner to watercolour ( 69 too) here. Would you suggest ignoring brickwork on buildings and just sketch them as a plain wall? Cheers.

Toby...I have a comment/question. I do most of my sketching in a little 6x9 sketchbook from Barnes & Noble (though I can't find another like it). It's just the right size. The paper is not meant for water media, but I use it anyway and I like the way the pages of the book are all slightly buckled. The issue, though, is that paint dries differently on this paper--far different from how it does on watercolor paper. There is very little time to "adjust". I keep searching for a sketchbook that will work well with pen but also have a bit of texture like cold press. Your thoughts? PS Really enjoy your videos. They get me/keep me sketching.

What pen do you recommend? I'm heading to hobby lobby...

What kind of little camera is that on the shelf?....I like the way it looks..I'm a photographer.. :) Let me know, if you will.. :)

Which pen si that? Brand? Regards from Argentina

I want to desperately learn to draw but my mechanical background drives me to perfection. I have never heard of loose drawing before and appeals to me because exactness is not required. Can this style be done in pencil?

Do you need a special type of pen?

Let’s not forget you’re an artist. I’m TRYING to be one. (Not that simple)

It looks hard

Another loose drawing tip: draw with your other hand 🤪🤪

Art has a way of showing your ugly side and how to accept it.

Your recommendations are so helpful and inspiring. Your diction and pronunciation are almost impossible to understand. Please try to speak more slowly and clearly. Thank you. I enjoy your videos , otherwise.

Your spelling needs improving, too.