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A beginner's guide to sketchbooks and paper! Learn about paper types, texture, weight, archivability and most importantly, how to avoid the common mental pitfall of sketchbooking. I'll get you started on the right path with sketchbooks so you can focus on improving your drawing skills. And you can treat this lesson as a resource you can come back to in the future when you need to refresh your memory of drawing paper.
Make sure to check out the premium course which offers a more comprehensive lesson on pencils and erasers, coming soon! The premium Drawing Basics course also gets you access to all the full lessons, project demonstrations, and critique videos that I'll be releasing in the next 18+ months! That's at proko.com/drawing
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
02:19 - Paper Size
03:30 - Binding
04:21 - Paper Type
06:23 - Paper Weight
09:11 - Paper Archivability
11:02 - Toned Paper
12:06 - Personal Taste
13:14 - Marshallâs Advice on Sketchbooks
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Instructional How to Draw videos for artists. My drawing lessons are approachable enough for beginners and detailed enough for advanced artists. My philosophy is to teach timeless concepts in an entertaining way. I believe that when you are having fun, you learn better. I take pride in producing high-quality videos that you will enjoy watching and re-watching.
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Artist | Instructor - Stan Prokopenko (www.stanprokopenko.com/)
Producer - Stan Prokopenko, Sean Ramsey (www.peoplewhodrawstuff.com/),
Script - Stan Prokopenko, Marshall Vandruff (www.marshallart.com/)
Production Assistance - Stephen Clark (www.peppermintgentleman.com), Sierra Tillman, Sean Ramsey, Charlie Nicholson
Editing - Sierra Tillman (www.instagram.com/sierra_jewel_/ , Sean Ramsey, Stephen Clark, Stan Prokopenko
Special Thanks - Marshall Vandruff
Voice Actors - Marshall Vandruff
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Views : 236,588
Genre: Education
Date of upload: Jan 6, 2023 ^^
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
01:49 Really cool to see old sketches of Stan. It's nice to see how a master started just like all of us
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I had no idea why my drawings with colour pencils was grainy and very texturedâŚ.Iâve only been drawing on sketch paper because i didnât know there was any difference.
Thank god i came across your video Stan. Thank you so much đđź
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Fear of failure, yes. That's the problem. But taking every page as a chance for learning is such a good advice.
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Iâve been drawing for years though I havenât completely mastered a lot of elements to art, I realized that regular sketch paper even printed paper works alright. As for pens, I found ballpoint still being the absolute best even though weâll have them all over the house. Like Stan says, itâs all about comfort and you donât need to settle for something very expensive because art is actually a cheap and easy to pick up hobby, perhaps career.
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âDo not be precious with itâ đ¤Łđ¤Łđ¤Ł you guys have no idea how true that is! I once threw my sketchbook across the room because of an art block. I learnt that day how to repair a book and now one of my favourite hobbies is to do book binding đ
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I have many sketchbooks, but I honestly love printer paper for practice. I think it's almost 100% psychological though, because it keeps the "this is precious" mentality out of my way. I don't think about that chronological aspect that Stan mentioned as much though. None of my stuff is in order and I even throw it away on occasion. I wonder if people would cringe watching me throw stacks of drawings in the trash đ? Even in my sketchbooks, my art isn't in order because I have so many and I draw in whatever one is closest to me at the time. I think I may be very different than other people in that respect. I think I'm mostly concerned with what I draw next more than what I already drew. Huh, interesting to do some self analysis.
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I like that bit at the end about sketchbook versus portfolio. Reminds me of when I was a kid people would steal my sketchbooks because they want to see what the âtalentedâ artist kid would draw⌠needless to say my sketchbook became a portfolio really quick lol đĽ˛đ
Very useful information all throughout & interesting to hear about the difference between pound and Gram paper. Excellent as always Stan!
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I love how he says a sketchbook should be for play, exploration, and practice, and all the drawings in the sketchbook heâs sharing are mainly finished pieces đ¤ I understand heâs had years of skill under his belt, so thatâs probably why. But I would like to see more sketchbooks that are full of messy, explorative sketches that wouldnât necessarily meet everyoneâs standard of âsharable artâ. I think that wouldâve helped me a lot when I was a younger artist.
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Oh, Stan, even after years of amateur drawing, your video starts exactly where I am. I want my sketchbooks to have beautiful, semi-finished drawings on every page, but every time I pick up a pencil after a few weeks of not drawing, everything looks like crap to me. I want to be free with my sketchbooks, but I have this sense that "Real Artists" have good drawings on every page. Thanks for bringing me back to Earth.
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This is probably the best âsketchbook video â I have ever seen! Incredible advice!
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I watched this video by the begining of 2023 and I can't say how grateful I was for deciding to watch this. Your advice is such a game changing for me. I started to throw away all my expectations of creating a masterpiece on a sketchbook and started to draw messily on every sketchbook I got. I finished three sketchbook by the begining of this year. Now I bring my sketchbook anywhere with me. It feels great just to doodle and trying new things with tools I have. Drawing became so so much fun again â¤â¤â¤đ Thank you so much mr. Proko đđđ
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Best thing to do for outdoors is buy/make one that looks like itâs a phone case. People will assume youâre arrrrsing about on your phone, wonât ask questions or stare at you and itâll fit into your pocket comfortably.
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Spiral bound books can also be made more sturdy by tying them together with bits of string so the spiral is completely closed. I often find that they get beat up easily and start dropping pages. My personal preference as someone doing a lot of watercolour and ink is 300gsm mixed media, ideally toned but white is also good
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You don't know how much I needed this and how relevant this video was to me. I've been putting off your videos and drawing in general for weeks out of fear and all the goals I've built up in my head. I just picked up a "casual" sketch book a few days ago to take off the pressure as you said and it helped a bit. Just need to remind myself that my drawings won't be amazing for a while and that's okay. :)
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Who would have expected a video about which sketchbook to use, to be so helpful and inspiring! I think most artists know they should be taking a sketchbook with them.. but we all get lazy and videos like this are the perfect reminder!
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When I was starting to draw for real, after failing to fill up a single Strathmore sketch paper book for over a year. I gathered all my HS notebooks, clipped all the blank pages and bound them into a bunch of crude pads. Six months later I had over 900 A4 sheets of doodles and anatomy studies.
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I've been watching your channel for years, and this is one of the best videos you've ever done! I'm really excited about this new "How To Draw" series! Thanks for all your hard work!
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I loved using printer paper for a bunch of my pencil sketching at one point. Iâd buy a ream, hole punch the sheets, and fill up a folio style 3 ring binder that could be refilled as needed. It allowed me to just get in a ton of sketching mileage without having to worry about using up the paper or making mistakes, and it was one of the things that helped to build my skill and confidence. Later on, I was able to move to sketchbooks with better paper and both appreciate the quality of drawing in them, and feel less intimidation and pressure than I would have done without that printer paper practice.
Another type of sketching that I feel helped my drawing in combination with a ton of printer paper was digital. Treating drawing on an iPad much like drawing on paper (not using a ton of the digital bells and whistles), I had the opportunity to sort of bust through my failures faster and/or discover how I could fix something and try it again. This also carried over into more confidence when working in traditional media, because the sense of âI can fix thingsâ started to more and more replace the fear of messing up, and that freedom allowed me to grow.
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I love the level of production this video have!!!!
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Next week weâll have a premium-only comprehensive beginners guide to Pencils, Erasers, and Sharpeners! Thatâs over at proko.com/drawing
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