One of the best tutorials I've seen.

5:59 thank you for confirming the mouth's alignment. I have recently started learning how to draw using the Loomis method and noticed this. I have watched a handful of tutorials and I think you are the first one to mention this detail. 👁️👄👁️

The tutorials are an absolute pleasure to watch. Thank you very much for this fantastic content!

I am still new on the "I want to learn how to draw" curve,. After a year of trying just to be able to let my hand move with freedom, I think I am getting there. Now I am keen to learn how to make things on paper that resembles real life. You tutorials elsewhere on shading was a my first real AHA! moment. How you teach is what resonates with me. Thank you for the hard work you put into making these videos

I enjoyed this video so much that I watched it twice. I like to draw, but I’m not very good. I do get a likeness, but after I try to shade , it doesn’t look like the person anymore. I think I’ll try to render with pen and ink. I’ll for sure watch this video again for inspiration. I hope you make more of these. Thankyou for them. 👋

Very informative, Marc. Appreciate the time you put into this: Key Takeaways: 1. Value is the meat and potatoes. Lines only for sharper accents 2. Be a sculptor. Chisel away at the form. Change direction per the plane. 3. Lesser detail conveys distance 4. Strong lines have an ageing effect 5. Bad drawings are not a waste of time... As long as you learn from them!!

Super stuff again! :D

What a talented and inspirational tutor you are ! Even on first viewing I was able to identify the reasons why some of my drawings work and others fail. I especially appreciate the examples and suggestions for further practice. Many thanks for this excellent video.

just 10 minutes in but I have to tell you how much I enjoy every single tutorial of you. I paint a lot with gouache and oil and because of that I got into the bad habit of just not caring about precision in my underdrawings (because I can just paint over every mistake), so I am currently trying to relearn drawing. Your channel has been so helpful! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

Clear and enlightening instructions from the perspective of a sincere learner. This video proves how meticulous and time consuming is pen and line drawing.

You would have to be the first artist I've come across on KZfaq that explains the intricate details in how you do a drawing with a reference and ink. This is superb teaching and very clear and concise explanation. Thank you for sharing this invaluable technique. I'm getting into fountain pens and want to try this. I do a lot of stippling drawing but not enough cross hatching like this. I do illustrations (mostly fan art) using a brush or quill pen or digitally using Clip Studio Paint EX but I love how you've used the fountain pen to do your drawings.

Marc I am very grateful for your great videos. Thank you very much also for introducing me to Käthe Kollwitz. What a phenomenal legend.

love your videos, for anyone like me set speed setting to .75 so you can follow along if you thinks he speaks too fast and remember to like and comment so he can get paid and make more videos👌

I like your approach to teaching. You always provide background to your methods.

Very very informative... Thank you sir...

Just found your tutorials! As a Dutch art historian, with a passion for drawing(s), I love your focus on the old masters. My tip: If possible go to a printroom and ask to see original unframed drawings. A so much better experience than in a hyped, 'once in a lifetime' crowded exhibition or looking at reproductions.

Another great video Marc. You make an important point at 51:43: artists should stop expecting proficiency if they have not put in the work and practiced. Dozens of crummy drawings will accompany a few good ones, but you gotta keep working. Everyday. Draw everyday and you WILL get better.

Thank you again for another.wonderful tutorial. I learned so much I’ll be listening to this several times. I love the blend between the style of the technique and the suggestion of reality. Watching you work is so helpful.

You've truly impressed me-well done!

Thank you so much.

Amazing! I always wondered how to apply cross-contour hatching. The second part of your video was very inspiring and instructive. Thank you for sharing. I was at the point of giving up my approach of ink drawings. Now my motivation is back and I am confident to master it in the end. 💛

Amazing lesson I wish I found this years ago 👏🏻🫶🏻

I've only watched two of your videos so far, but I think they're great! I will be applying these tips for the next couple of weeks to see if I can improve my meagre skills. Some of the other methods for drawing heads I've tried so far are good for creating a sketch from imagination, but your way of shaping the head looks much better for capturing a likeness, which is what I want to try.

Very usefull Thx

One of my favorite ways now to add color to sketches is using permanent black ink for eveything. Then adding a little water soluble ink from one of my other pens to give it shade and color! Pentel waterbrush is a gem.

Brilliant. I haven't seen this topic covered before. Lots of information packed into this video, very helpful indeed. Liked and subbed. What an awesome discovery.

Wow! This video is awesome. Very instructive to me, especially on the head construction. I draw using ballpoint pen but I think I can try to adapt it. Thank you for sharing the lesson.

Excellent tutorial! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and techniques. Very helpful!

Great channel, love it. You have a fantastic way of explaining things

Awesome, just found you. Can't wait to study with you 👍😃

Thanks!

Wow it was a nice journey.

thank you for the tutorial it's very useful

Thanks for a fantastic demo. I enjoyed your videos a lot and started to learn the techniques. I feel pen-and-ink drawing has its unique challenges simply I cannot make changes like pencil or charcoal drawings. But I love pen-and-ink because it gives people a classic look. One minor video suggestion - the focus must be set in auto so your hand gets in the way making focus hard. You remove Auto Focus and set it manually.

Great teacher and great content.

This is great 🎉

Shading to show shift in plane - massive penny drop moment TY.

Very inspiring content, Mark. All I wanted out of a fountain pen was a versatile tool to replace my microns and you've sucked me down this rabbit hole of fountain pen sketching, ink wash and even tinkering with flex nib setups. It's awesome to find such thorough fountain pen content geared toward artists in the sea of typical fountain pen writing content. I was looking through your videos for some ideas of what inks to try. Maybe an ink recommendations video would make for good content. Personally, I'm interested in waterproof inks for my watercolor sketches, water-resistant inks (like the Noodler's Brown in your ink wash skull video), lightfast inks and then all those types of inks that could work with the ultra flex nib or further advice on how to shop for inks for specific purposes. Either way, I appreciate your content and look forward to more!

Just FYI Marc, that portrait looks nothing like the thumbnail. 😳😁 Is there a video drawing that thumbnail? Thanks. I love your instructions.

I saw R,Schmidt block in alike this.

Random curiosity, do you not sharpen your 2mm lead?

Great video! I think that pencil is a Kaweco but not sure, mind sharing the make and model?

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Hello Marc! Big questions unrelated to the video: Do you use sketchbooks at all? I find it problematic to find a sketchbook reasonable enough for both watercolors and ink

Think taking your hands out of the picture would be helpful when you are just talking so the subjects can be seen. thanks!

What do you mean by 90 degrees? So the hatch has to be more vertical?

Can you make a video drawing with cheaper pen like pilot kakuno or metropolitan please, just to see how far can those pen go

Hi Marc, I love your art so much!!! I checked online to look for your nib but there's so many, could you tell me which one exactly you're using?? There are many 14K in different sizes... Thanks a lot!!!!!

Hi.What ink brand are you using doig this drawing? Could you get the same efect and work the same way using a Platinum Carbon Black ink on that fountain pen?

The first drawing looked odd because the left side of his face is darker than his right side. Need to go over the right side a little more to catch up with the left side.

Very enjoyable and informative - but you made her face more squat and wide?

Thank you, so much