We used to have to hand in our sketchbook monthly and we were graded on completely finished pieces - no room for unfinished, risky, wonky anything! You made me realize that being graded in the sketchbook has actually made me terrified to take risks and make mistakes in it now. Will work on this, thank you!

This is really pure genius worth listening to again and again. I only wish somebody had taught me this 30 years ago in art school. You're making a huge difference and I thank you ❤️

Amazing that some of us need reminders not to be afraid to make mistakes when it comes to art, but we do! I need that encouragement just to get started. Thanks, Danny! I’m glad to be here.

Thanks for the motivation, Danny. Just fixed my breakfast to eat as I listen to your video, but then stopped myself from eating it right away. Instead, I grabbed one of my least intimidating sketchbook and sketched that yogurt and fruit bowl. Now, that was even more satisfying than my breakie!

I follow all these points! Especially agree about drawing from life... once you start you can never go back to drawing from photos. The sketch from real life just has so much more emotional charge!

You are a great motivational speaker. After I’ve listened to, or read, your thoughts on drawing/painting, I can’t wait to get started.

Am trying to build a "frankenplanner ", part bullet journal, part deep thinking , part commonnplace book, part schedule AND part sketching book- so I'm trying a mix of different papers and templates in my ring binder/ disc binder. Blending all the different ways of capturing information and experimenting about what works for me 😁

I don't worry about my bad art anymore. I use to want to throw it away, now I start again and fogure out whay I liked or didnt like snout it. It really lets you see your progress

Hi Danny. Thank you so much for your content. I've been in a kind of drawing hibernation for a few years, and full of self doubt. You're gradually breaking that down. It's like you're in my head. Got a couple of your books on the way, too. Both yourself and Koosje Koene have got me looking at the world with fresher eyes. I'm in my late 50s, and in a bit of a rut, so that means a lot! There's so much more than drawing to be taken from these videos. 😊

Love your channel. Awesome tips, I've returned to Art after a long hiatus and I'm loving it Been getting back into my pencil drawings, and enjoying the process of learning again. Thanks for sharing and keep creating and inspiring us. Have a fantastic day 🙏🌈📕🎨📜

Danny, I could not agree more. I always have some kind of notebook or sketchbook with me…”just in case.” Just in case an idea hits me. Just in case I want to scribble down a fragment of a scene or jot down a reminder. Just in case I have to wait around for an appointment or my plane or the rest of my friends haven’t yet arrived. And just in case I have to do something that drains my energy-I pull out my sketchbook (blank pages or lined notebook) and I entertain myself. All of your advice is spot on.

I used to draw people from on the bus to wandering through the mall. I don't know why I got out of the habit. I still people watch. Maybe it's time I start sketching them again. I've learned so many things from people interacting and speaking to each other, like matching facial expressions and posture to moods.

I started a sketchbook habit four years ago and it gives me such delight to look back on the journey… it’s funny how each year is so very different from the years before… first one was more or less weekly, now it’s calling me daily. And the first one was very cartoony but colorful while this year is more writing and drawing. Who knows how I will see the world next?

So glad I found you… I used to sketch at faculty meetings, mostly feet, legs, hands rather than faces as that felt too obvious. I’ve sketched at church, sitting in the back row & drawing profiles, backs of heads and people on the stage preaching, singing, praying. I’ve sketched musicians at small local events. I’m retired now and this reminded me how much I love to sketch people just doing their thing and wondering why I stopped. It just seems I got out of the habit. I started sketching people’s faces during zoom meetings a while ago, also just a few things around my home. Now I’m feeling a pull to sketch out in the world more. I take daily walks - next time I want to remember to bring my sketchbook and sit a bit before heading home. Instead of taking photos with my cell phone, sketch what I see. And I agree - I’ve told my students the more you draw the better you get at drawing (wasn’t an art teacher, but I always encouraged illustrating their work). It’s so true. Thank you, great appreciation for you!

I love listening to you and your advice. You are an excellent speaker. I look forward to restarting my drawing again. Thank you.

Thank you so much Danny🫶🏻🙏🏻 I love your videos and watch each of them many times! They inspire me and help me act whenever I lose my confidence! Thank you again and again …😍🙏🏻🍃🌸

I’ve always been interested in drawing but gave up in an early age. Now I want to start again and this time I’m more serious about it. While searching for videos about drawing I found your channel and wow it’s absolutely what I needed, your videos are wonderful and I enjoy watching them one by one Thanks Danny

14:38 ...THERE'S NO !!!! Thanks, that takes the pressure off, I think. Going back to childhood, a kid will produce the most abstract scrawl and present it to a parent as a gift... Absorbed in the moment & beaming with pride of the magic of expression & creation, of mastering the tools (in their perception). Not a flicker of performance anxiety or shame of failure or competitive anguish... Then 5mins later they are doing something totally different, moved on to new experiences & sensations. Art should feel like that.

I love to listen to you talk about sketching. You make it alive and exciting. Thanks!!

Here's another tip: set the stove timer while sketching and cooking! I keep burning/over cooking meals! Ah haha or better yet, maybe I should sketch the thing I'm cooking 😅 Thanks for the encouragement and inspiration Danny, always look forward to your posts 😊

Thank you 💕 Tomorrow morning m'y sketchbook Will be in my bag😊

Great tips. So inspiring. I love using sketchbooks.

Danny Do you have a sketchbook that you gravitate to the most? And why? I’m also curious how often you refer back to them. You have so many.

Thank you Danny, you are such a great support, your enthusiasm and tips are very helpful! 😊

This is one of my favorites of your KZfaq videos, Danny. Great content and I love your sketches.

This is my favorite video from you. Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for sharing all these tips, you inspire us. ❤

Thank you for the motivation, inspiration and encouragement!!!!!

So much motivation. Feeling little stuck nowadays - this is exactly what I needed to hear. Thanks, Danny❤😎😃

Loved the tips! Thank you!

Thanks Danny .... all your tips and suggestions are motivating!!

Thankyou for all that inspiration, and good advice, you have encouraged me to draw in my sketchbook.

Always inspiring to hear you! Thank you!

Awesome tips and motivation ❤

Great collection of advice. Thank you

So true and so motivating!

You are such an encourager ❤ Thank you.

I’m so thankful I watched your video ☺️ I needed to be reminded to just art . So encouraged getting a smaller sketchbook no excuses. Thank you

Thank you for this inspiring advice.

Thanks for the pep talk! I needed this today!

Awesome video, thanks Danny

So inspirational. Thank you.

Great presentation. Loved the tips. You have inspired me to start drawing again.

Hello, I’ve been inspired by your podcasts, and refreshed by your relaxed demeanor for almost a year now. I live in central Wisconsin, and am an artist rediscovering the joys of drawing. Your podcasts have been invaluable to me, and I probably owe you the same dollar amount that I paid my alma-mater as an art major ; because your empathetic approach to keeping people motivated and cultivating a safe online atmosphere to explore artistic mediums is remarkable. Hats off to you for that ! Please keep doing what you're doing ; and please don’t stop, because thousands of people depend on you for the reasons mentioned above. I don’t make very much money, but I’d like to donate just a little bit. What site do I go on to do this? I don’t see a “Donate” button anywhere. Take good care, and thank you again. Joe Arts

I've only done one sketch, outdoors, sitting at a cafe on vacation. But, you know what?, it was one of the most memorable artistic sketchbook moments I've had. What's stopping me? Fear of not being good enough, producing a crappy drawing...who cares! Thanks for the motivation Danny, as always.

This was sooo inspiring.🌠 Thankyouuu Danny 😄

Love it! Thanks!

Great advice Danny

Hi there:) I do feel there's a lot of depth in what you say and a lot of wisdom about life, too! That's why I really very much enjoyed listening to your explanation of each tip and how you talk from profound experience. Great thanks as well for taking so much care to give tips that will keep up the fun plus help improve one's skills at the same time. Best wishes and greetings from Germany!

Thanks for this video...Inspiring

Thank you so much for this inspiring talk! Everything you said is very motivating and longs to be put into practice. I learned some important mindsets that I have to adopt when I work in my sketchbooks. 💜

Thank you so much, you are an inspiration for me today, I just subscribed I just discovered you💕🙏

4:07 Message is inline with The Artist's Way workbook and messaging from Rick Rubin. Certainly something I've been focused on implementing. Gotta take action on those ideas as they come or they'll find another vessel to be materialized.

So awesome, thank you so much.

Thank you! This helps me a lot.

Love the advice. Thank you for the motivation. ❤👏👏

Merci beaucoup, vous êtes très motivant, chaleureux, positif, merci de partager, il faut faire face à la vie quand c’est difficile, avancer, le dessin est un moteur, merci, et belle journée à vous 😀 Christiane, de France.

Thank you Danny. I have to tell myself that my art is first, for me. If someone sees it, thats fine. But it is a journey for me. I am expressing myself.

You rock. Great tips. I have started so many sketch books. Not a daily habit yet!

THANK YOU 🙏🏾

Dear Danny I learn and get inspired by you so much. I do have a question. Although you mostly draw from observation of live people, things and places, do you also draw from pictures? Because I was looking at some of your drawings in your sketchbooks in this video, for instance the frogs, or faces of people that you drew really large that take the whole page and almost seems that they might be pictures of famous people, or some of your very detailed drawings of places and things. Are these sometimes from pictures? Sometimes also if you are with friends or family and you see something or someone you would like to draw but you can’t stop and do it, do you photograph that and then draw it later from the picture you took? Also does drawing people that you are looking at on your TV or some other kind of screen, is that comparable to drawing people that are around you in real time? Thanks. I am just trying to draw people from real life but sometimes there is nobody around me in the house or even outside on my street and around where I live and I don’t want to necessarily drive somewhere to do it. Thank you again for all of the inspiration you give to everyone.❤

I'm relatively new to drawing and watching your video has inspired me to get out that scary empty sketchbook and try some drawing. I noticed all the writing in your sketchbooks as you flipped through the pages. Do you use them as a sort of journal or do you write about the item you're drawing?

I really love your lettering. That is a syle you created, right? Do you have any videos or classes on how to letter or create a similar lettering style. Thanks, Danny!

I got all kinds of supplies I just suck at drawing I don't even write that will because I'm blind in one eye and I'm going through cancer so my hands shake constantly I drew a little bit when I was a kid and enjoyed it but it's getting harder and harder

Excellent ideas! And thank you for sharing this with us. It has been so encouraging and inspirational. Though I do need some help, the problem is there is too much around me and I need help focusing in on specific things. Are you able to do like a 12 month prompting video? each week you choose a prom for 52 weeks something like that? Or each month have a different prompt to focus on. That would be super helpful because I just don’t know what to choose. I get so distracted and overwhelmed by that.

What brand of sketch book do you recommend....I like to paint watercolor and ink

Thank you, I needed this. I am very new to this and i get a little frustrated.

Thank you! You always inspire me!

Which sketchbooks do you use?

i have made myself so many art journals ,i just paint at my kitchen table everyday

Easy to say when you're an artist...

thanks

I admire your discipline Sheets of paper half filled sketch books drawings on newspapers There's got to be a publisher who'd print your sketch books Brilliant and inspirational Mesuline we promise not to draw you Wonderful

My sketchbooks are a mess. Now I prefer working on single papers this way I only keep what I like and throw the rest 😅.

My problem is that some days I’m brilliant and other days it seems like it’s the first day of learning to draw. Not sure how to get past that

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What if you don’t sketch that good.

I thought this was going to be learning by doing, pfff

Hmmm as someone who is a waiter, please don't draw people without permission- the idea of someone observing and drawing me sends me into an anxiety attack! As a women I Definitely don't want that type of attention either

Lots of good advice but...we know youve written books and we know youve travelled the world. Very innocent Im sure but, I dont need reminders youre successful and moneyed.

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