Hi my name is Jamie Boots and I am a self taught artist who is known for realistic, highly detailed animal pencil drawings that capture the animal's character and personality.
On this channel I will share my passion for drawing as well as explaining simple ways of how you can learn to draw and show you the techniques that I use to create realistic textures such as fur, hair and skin. I will also talk about and show you some basic photography tips and teach simple photoshop tutorials. There will also be product reviews.
Hi sir, ur agreat artist and i want to know that u noticed that softer grade of these pencils like 8b does not shine like others and in my opinion it's a plus point ❤
Thank you so much. Some makes of pencil do definitely shine more than others and these are pretty good compared to some others. Thanks for watching and sorry for not getting back to you sooner.
I've been patiently waiting for your next video and here it is. The drawing looks amazing already on this stage, but as always I'll be patiently waiting for the final result. Patience is the essence of drawing, isn't it? :)
Hi, Jamie. Your videos are always so informative and a wonderful reminder at the lengths you go to during your creative process. In the days of RU-vid that we live in with many videos being fast tracked, we often forget (or don't realize) that creating detailed masterpieces such as your work takes many (MANY!) hours to achieve. I can tell how much you love the process and it is evident in the time and care you spend on each element. Thank you as always for sharing your process with us. Much appreciation.
@@JamieBoots May I ask a question? I hope it isn't being impertinent. Is this your full-time work? I ask because I have been doing art for a living for over 30 years and I find it difficult to have time to do personal art sometimes. I realize that these beautiful drawings are mostly commissions, but I was wondering if this was your main living. I am so slow creating my detailed artwork that I am not able to do that for income. Your work is amazing.
@SheilaLandry I have been full time for about twenty years but it is a hard business as pictures take so long to do. I do run classes as this provides more stability as we'll as prints of my and have an agent/publisher who deals with that side of the business. Sadly in the UK this market is not good at the moment and most exhibitions have disappeared over the past few years. I fo feel privileged to be able to make a living from what I enjoy. Thak you so much for your kind words about my work it is appreciated.
@@JamieBoots I just now realized that you were on Skillshare. I joined up there last month. It is pretty ambitious of me to think I will be able to do lots of classes there - Boy! There are a LOT! - but there were a few of the artists I follow that use that platform and I want to support them. I will enjoy going through your classes there and I hope over the year to maybe be able to try one instead of just watching (although I learn a lot from you watching, too!) Thank you again. :)
@@SheilaLandry I think I have four classes on Skillshare at the moment and am just about to start work on another one. There are lots of artists and lots of different techniques to learn and everyone is willing to give advice.
The one I used had a milling/grinding blade so I used that. If you are just making it for your self I would say the pepper corn grinder is a better option as you can just grind out what you want at a time. The blender was a bit of an experiment and I was surprised that it worked and obviously it can't be used as a food blender again. Also the cup has to be quite thick because you do have chunks of graphite banging around inside it so not something that I would recommend, the pepper corn grinder is a much better option and they are very inexpensive. Hope this helps and thanks for watching.
I recently bought aone of those magnifying glasses you see people fixing jewelry with it has a ring light. I was mortified to look at some of my drawings. I can do SO much better now. Its incredible.
Currently I have a set of derwent pencils which were my first set of high quality pencils I did notice compared to my pentel orenz mechanical pencil was a bit lower quality. Wondering what set of graphite pencils I should buy next. (I would rank myself as a intermediate / kind of beginner in drawing)
I would say that I have found makes such as Staedtler, Faber Castell and CANAN d'ACHE have all been good to use. You certainly don't need the full rang for example the CARAN d'ACHE pencils that I use have 15 in the set but I probably only use about six of them covering darkest to lightest. Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment.
The Kneadable eraser that I am using is made by CARAN d'ACHE but the one I would recommend is a FAKTI K20 This is absolutely identical to the CATAN d'ACHE but is easier to find and half the price , both are quite firm and hold shape well. Another option is the Faber Castle Kneadable but it is softer so does not hold shape as well as the other two. Hope this was of help and thanks for watching.
Thank you for the quotation. Yes you can but it does take time to make the powder. It won't give a pure black background but will give a good base to build your darkest tone onto. I do have a video on how to make graphite powder but you need a graphite block and a pepper corn grinder. It is important that it is a pepper corn and not a regular pepper grinder as it has to be a bit corser for grinding the powder. Make sure not to use it to grind pepper after using it for graphite. Hope this is of help.
I would start with a blending stump to build some shape. With that done I would then use 2 and 4B pencils to build tone in layers. The pencils can be applied lightly as this will allow the gran of the paper to show through giving the appearance of texture. Highlights can then be added with a kneedable eraser and 9B pencil applied for the darkest areas. Thanks for the question and hope this was of help.
the truth is that those pencils are real crap with pratically no difference from 2b to 9b. My greatest disappointment in art furniture since years and years.
Backgrounds are my nemesis and I prefer to avoid them as much as possible but really loved this video and I might attempt this with one of my drawings. Thanks for sharing your tips and techniques with us.
I don’t like the derwent graphite pencils mainly as there always seems to be a harsh bit going through the core and ends up scratching the paper. Not good
Nice review, One thing to note,as this has been tested and shown by many others, If you use a blending stick over the pitt graphite matt, you will increase the graphite to reflect more, especially the more or harder you blend,
This is going to be stunning! Are you using any kind of reference for the background? I’m trying to make my backgrounds more interesting, but struggle sometimes to come up with ideas! I’ve signed up to your workshop in Rugby later in the year, really looking forward to it!
Another great lesson from Jamie. It's really nice that you share your knowledge and experience with us. ...and by the way. Some time ago I wrote under one of your videos that I was going to test a stiff sheet of binding foil as a protection against smudging the drawing while creating it. Let me tell you, it works really, really well. After a few days of work, the foil very gently collected some graphite dust, but I wiped it with a window washer and a paper towel and went back to work with it without any issues. It looks like this one sheet of foil will last me a very long time. So if you want to try it, I recommend it. Regards Jamie and I can't wait for your next video.
Thank you so much and yes I remember you saying about the foil; I'm really pleased that it works. It sounds like it works just as well as the glassine paper. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment.
Thank you so much mate! I bought some charcoal pencils but when I tested they made stains on my drawing, when I saw you cleaning the brush to the powder fell gave me a brainstorm 🤯 and I struggle a lot to make plant backgrounds, this will definitely help me on my drawings, thank you in double!!!
Thank you so much for watching and I'm so glad the video was helpful. Using the scrap paper this way prevents excessive dust being applied to the drawing, works well with graphite and I would think that it would work just as well with charcoal.
Fantastic! Thanks for explaining this process in such an easy way to understand. I hope you can post another video on this Tiger with further steps explained.
Thank you so much. Your expertise is so much appreciated. I love your videos , & always reference them. I've learned so much from you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, & Talent. Your work is always so Amazing & wonderful. Thank you.
I came here not knowing much (if anything) about kneadable erasers, and now I feel confident that I know enough to buy my first one. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Excellent video!
The type of stoke will vary depending on the area that I am working on for example shorter coarser fur requires a short coarse stroke as opposed to longer fur which is a more long and tangled one. After the texture has been indented into the paper a blunt pencil can be used to lightly brush tone over the top to reveal the underlying texture. The area around the whiskers that I was working on is a shorter stroke but as I moved away to the surrounding area this required a slightly longer one. I hope this helps and thanks for watching.
What did you use to make those white furs on your sketch, mono or electric or something else. I want to draw realistic white hairs but not sure which one can give me better results.
Personally I prefer the electric as I feel it removes more tone, but the Tombo is a good tool as well. In the video I used them both to clean out the whiskers on the face. For the fur texture on the cat I used a dart that has been blunted on the end to indent texture into the paper. This is used to first indent very fine texture into the paper and when a blunt pencil is used over the top it reveals the texture. This is very effective but does take a long time and you do need a tough paper. This wants to be a hot press watercolour paper and around 300 gram, the one I would recommend is St Cuthbers Saunders Waterford as this indents well and is relatively tough and also takes dark tone very well. Hope this is of help and thanks for watching.
Great review! You make the drawing look so easy although I know it's not. You masterfully rendered different textures. It's a pleasure watching you draw.
