It never occurred to me to draw a single direction of crosshatching for the entire image before changing directions ... but it makes a lot of sense now that you show it. Whenever I used to do crosshatching, I'd do it by zones or at random, and that got real inconsistent real fast. The method in the video is a by far more consistent ... 'can't wait to try it out.

As a Pen and Ink Artist, it's hard for me to comprehend how most collectors (and publishers), do not appreciate this medium at the same level as oil paintings. Both take considerable time and effort to achieve realism. Similar to Black and white photography compared to color.

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Cross hatching is one of those things I love as an artist. There's a strange satisfaction spending 4+ hours just making lines that can convey darkness, light, hope, tension, action, weight, depth, form, and a bunch of other things.

this is somehow very satisfying .....

Slick line work. This is kind of trance-inducing to watch.

Hey, gang-- I keep getting comments about my NAILS! :-) Quick explanation-- I am a fairly serious classical guitar player. The way to spot someone like me: Right hand LONG, Left hand SHORT. And if they play flamenco, the pinky will be VERY long. There ya go . . . a little bit of culture to add to your day!

Why is this in my recommended 7 years later? Not complaining doe

I've taken a LOT of art classes and even know a few professional cartoonists, but none of them explained crosshatching as well as you just did. Thanks so much! Great video.

I am so grateful to you for demonstrating and explaining your technique. Absolutely fabulous ... I am in awe

this is one of my favorite techniques! i love to listen to music while i draw because it helps add rhythm to my work :)

I’ve come back to this video so many times over the years and I still learn something new every visit. Truly one of the most wholesome tutorials on here.

It's amazing how you can read about something over and over and not get it -- until that one moment when it all clicks. Thank you for that moment.

From one artist to another, brilliant. I've always loved the clean lines of pen and ink much to the criticism of my teachers who would always say "add colour". The crispness and definition to me was always the goal. I see artwork in black and white, it's finished when you put the pen down. Had to add how much I enjoyed how close you get the camera to your work. I can almost smell the ink, so tactile to watch if that makes any sense. Subscribed to enjoy watching you work. I've long since fallen out of the love of drawing but you really do inspire. Love it.

I just came across your channel (even though this was done in the year 2013) and this was a marvelous piece of artwork...the crosshatching was absolutely fabulous to watch. I have been trying to improve my crosshatching and this was an absolute help. May I also say that the word “Trust” was conveyed perfectly with the drawing. Thank-you!

As an artist who revived my passion for drawing during these past couple years, I stumbled across your video, and for the first time in my artistic journey, I've never thought about trying crosshatching! I am so excited to learn and practice crosshatching! All thanks to you, @DanNelson - Thank you!

I've watched this at least 5 times in the past and it's been in my recommended for the past month or maybe more.

Remembered having text books and children's reading books when I was a kid with this style. So amazing! 💗💗💗

It is great to have an artist explain and reveal his/her process in front of our eyes. Thank you so much. The brilliance of course is not mastering the technique of cross-hatching but rather the ability to visualize a scene as light and dark areas and knowing where to put them -- amazingly hard unless you have mastered that IMO.

Incredibly beautiful! This one layer at a time is brilliant!

thanks for such a great tutorial on cross hatching. i never realized that you go opposite angles and scribble before. thanks bro.

Oh the fluidity and smoothness of your strokes, how utterly captivating they are! My how talented you've becomed. How much I admire your skills is simply unmeasurable. I simply cannot wait for your next art video. Best of luck my fellow. May life be great to you.

I love the vellum you use... it makes the piece have this elegance about it. Plus the thousands if not millions of wonderful straight cross hatches

I love how the brain does that, a concrete knowledge that it's just lines at different angles, but done right, and given a little distance, everything looks like it it textured like it's supposed to. Really stellar work

I wish you'd do some more cross hatching tutorials. You have such a fabulous skill in all media that I'd like to learn from Cross hatching is one I'm trying to learn and understand. You're work is beautiful!!! Thank you for sharing your videos!!

i love cross hatching and this helped me so much. Thank you, i am very grateful. :) I've seen it so many times.

KZfaq again suggested this. I guess because of Inktober. Watched this 3 years ago and it still satisfy me. 😍

I've been reading Berserk, and I have a new appreciation for just how much work Miura put into that manga. Thanks for the demonstration, my friend.

thank you so much for helping on shading , this is my favorite tipe of shading because i struggle with arts on point there everyone around me drawing on photoshop or any over computer program while i just want draw on paper also wanting only draw black and white and and still able do things well. Thanks again so much.

I love this technique! Though I've never seen such a simple and perfect tutorial! Thank you, great job!

As someone who does crosshatching as a style in my art, I really appreciate your dexterity and pen control. I have two questions: 1) what do you do to correct mistakes in this unforgiving medium; and 2)What do you do to avoid accidentally touching or going over wet parts of your work? Great job!

When I was a kid I use to love the art of David Trampier. He did a lot of cross hatching and it adds so much texture and depth. This video was amazing.

What a beautiful picture! I never realized it took so long to do a picture like this, NOW it makes sense why they sell for so much, def worth it.

Thanks man! This really inspired me. I kinda messed up my first pen nibs I bought and thought I just can't draw with pen and ink. But I guess I will give it a go and buy a new set of nibs and try it again - this time i will search for clear instructions how to first use nibs :D

Not only his art is something behold but his time and patience is something I want to achieve some day.

Absolutely Amazing. To see how much work, dedication and creativity goes into this style of drawing. I had no clue! Thank you so much for sharing :)

This was a very enjoyable viewing and learning experience. As the observer, I'm delighted to have watched this. Thank you for this upload.

I almost exclusively use cross hatching in my illustrations, be it pen and ink or pencil, and watching a master do it is the best motivation/inspiration I could wish for..Thank you for this video :)

The level of patience and focus to sit there and maintain this level of technique consistently... Just shivers all around, man.

This is so cool. I'm an artist myself, but I can't do cross hatching like you did. Like you say, it takes too long. But keep going man, you're doing great!

Wow gorgeous line work.

I remember in kindergarten some kid accused me of "scribbling" and I retorted with "IT'S NOT SCRIBBLING, IT'S SHADING!"

You have your own style, and you understand it, but not that many people take the time to do these many layers. Kudos.

Your artwork is beautiful, the subject matter awesome. Thank you for sharing this talent with me, as I got so much out of your tutorial. I've done penwork infrequently but enjoy it. I actually did a complete drawing in "scribble," not realizing it was a form of crosshatching. I liked the result. You encourage me to do more!

Godlike... Chaos that creates life. Absolutely amazing!

So elegant and complex. That's great work

Wow I actually sat through and watched the entire video from start to finish. Great video. And great tips you provided

I've done 2 crosshatched pieces, it is an insane amount of time and work...this is amazing

This was pretty awesome, your explanation wasn't confusing like some of the other artist's here on youtube.

Whenever I want to look for a reference to draw, I'm fascinated to subjects that looks like I have a lot of lines I can draw into that. So, obviously, I'm fascinated to lines. And I badly want this artstyle. Hope to learn and master it someday. 💕

Beautifully done. Thank you for letting me watch.

mind blown.. love how you showed the layers--i just want to drop my work and try it!!

so mesmerizing watching the details begin to slowly merge and fall into each other creating this beautiFUL PIECE OF ARTWORK fgdkggd

this makes me understand why Kentaro dropped the manga "berserk". Making a whole comic with this level of cross hatching is a pretty epic challange

Beautiful work sir... The effort you take and the way you narrate deserve a big salute...

So beautiful, Dan. I am amazed at the work and result. I have learned about a process.

Great tutorial Dan, I will be sharing it with my students! :)

Very inspiring. I remember doing these back in art school. Good times. I should make one now, even if it comes out badly.

You’ve really mastered the technique. Beautiful result.

this is the amount of sheer skill and dedication that i can’t help but smile at :)

Your precision and technique is amazing! It's relaxing and low effort to watch, yet I feel like I'm learning so much that I can use next time I draw.

I had never seen anyone do crosshatching. Your method and explanation was delightfully explained and executed. Thank you so much.

Brilliant! Such a lovely calm voice and clear explanation of a tricky technique.

Beautifully done, love the end result of the picture. Thanks for sharing.

Aside from being a very calming video, that was very interesting to see from start to finish. I absolutely strive for realism, so crosshatching doesn't come into play in most of my work (not that I have all that much). All the same, it is fascinating to see how the technique creates such a great illusion for it!

Thanks.. straight to point.. understood everything.. now it's time to practice

Super demonstration, gorgeous illustration style - thank you so much for your detailed explanation :)

so helpful. you reminded me of how my dad and I talk about drawing art with the way you talk about cross hatching. nice video.

you my good sir are a master , i feel inspired

if you look closely at the very end of the video you'll notice something written at the bottom of the cliff and it says "TRUST" that shit gave me goosebumps.

So much patience! I am very impressed!

Amazing...I'm getting back into inking....and this is on another level.... This is epic

If i understood how to do this and invest my time more into this i hope to do this. This really calmed me down.

I've never done this and should try it. I typically only do 2 directions mixed with scribbles as he put it. And I usually work all parts in a section then progress across the image. Granted my crosshatching is no where near this level. So it's a process I'll try next time I get into it.

that's the most professional and satisfying crosshatching video ever made...tnx for sharing with us

I love coming back to your videos when i need a reference.

i've learned more about crosshatching watching this 5-6 times then i've learned in 3 years from my teacher

omg! this is amazing brother! greetings from Chile and this is art in its pure state.

More of these pretty please. So satisfying to watch.

thank you for sharing your knowledge about crosshatching. is a very complex topic for me!

please start doing more of this some how i learned a lot of stuff

This video is amazing!! I don't think I've ever seen such a satisfying and pleasing tutorial haha. And your skill, incredible. I'm becoming slowly obsessed with old anatomy and botanical drawings, and though I'm not sure if they use this depth of cross hatching, their precise linework is just drool-worthy, thank you!

Awesome work! Very instructive and beautiful art. Thanks for sharing!

Amazing work. Too clean and perfect. Nice job!

Bruh I learned so much about cross hatching. "Scribble cross hatching" should also simply be "Scribble hatching", since it has no crossing.

I think the 2nd layer is already beautiful

Thank you for posting! I am actually practicing with a lot of pen techniques right now (because of inktober) so this inspires me to give this a try!

Hello from Maine. Great explanation! Thank you for sharing.

Beautiful work. Reminded me of the artworks of an old 19th century English story book.

Don't you just love the satisfying scratching noise of the pen?.. im not being sarcastic, it really is a gratifying sound lol

Love your representations of these spiritual themes. Beautiful work.

Hi, Dan. I am a brazilian man. I loved this video, i loved this work. Beautiful, beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing.

The song name is Lamento by Gintautas Abarius

The first/lightest crosshatching will imply/emphasize direction of light origin if angled in parallel to it. Traditionally, second layer should not be at right angles to first, as it creates a mechanical screen look; 45/60 angles avoid this. Parallel hatches in mass we see as a neutral tone; variations we translate into texture or outlines, which all can work in harmony or contradiction, depending on desired design and style. Discipline is paramount in this type of work.

Wow! I love this painting what you draw! Thank you, man!

Oh why did I ever stop drawing? I used to be not bad at all. I'm motivated to unearth my pens. Thank you. Such a useful, clear and modest presentation. Irena

So talented! Thank you. This tutorial will help me with my ink cross-hatching :)

Old woodcut of the 21th Century...

Beautiful. Stunning. And completely intimidating.

This was so freaking awesome!!! 🤯🤯🤯 I love ink and I draw with it all the time... Watching this level of hatching is just beautiful! 🖤🖤🖤🖤 I learned something new today! Thank you 😊🖤✌🏻✌🏻