Can Self-Portraits Reveal Things About Ourselves? 

It’s so funny you talk about regret of not playing piano, and I watch your drawings and feel longing to be an artist. I think there is loss no matter what path we choose- and I think why we feel grief even while we have joy. And it’s ultimately why we need comfort even in joy...which is why I watch your videos:) thank you!

Everything an artist does is in someway a self portrait. Art being a journey of self discovery.

Hey Peter, have you ever spent any time looking through microscopes? What you see is typically the only things on this earth that could resemble some of your drawings, pretty cool stuff

✨The real Self Portrait is this whole video ✨

Sward Retep needs to make more appearances in the future!

I love that you just kept sharpening the pencil. One time I sharpened around 30 pencils in a row with a hand sharpener. I got a blister, but man it was nice. I was ready for my next pencil drawing.

14:44 what a beautiful piece of art

Quick, get the sofa chair, it’s therapy time

This is honestly one of my favorite Peter Draws videos

Peter, if this is a cry for help, just know we care about you. Either way, we appreciate you sharing such personal self reflection. These videos help me relax in the evenings, so I personally appreciate you very much

When he said he was going to get someone to review/interpret his self portraits I expected the “guest” would just be himself. A nice surprise to see he actually did get someone else in to review for him. Hope to see more of Sward in future videos :)

Peter's jacket in this video is phenomenal. Period.

Love the new style “quasi realistic”. Fun to see a new side of you and meet “Sward Retep”.

The image of Primitive Peter made me lol. fantastic video. I love it when you share a little of yourself with us through your art. From here I see a handsome, intelligent, caring and talented human being. Have a Happy Thanksgiving Peter!

...there is probably nothing in the universe that is more inspiring to me as to see a (young) man simply & plainly “draw” & bring with him an army of others to join him on his creative as well as intra-personal journey of self reflection & discovery... good on you!!!

Dear Peter You are doing just what you should be. Inspiring people and giving joy to a lot of us. I hope you see how great you really are!

I really enjoyed "Peter's Friend's" analysis of the drawings. Laughed so much in the space of only a few minutes.

Hi Peter, I hope you are doing well! I am assuming you are busy with school work but in case that is not the case I just want you to know I think the work you have done on RU-vid has helped me so much. I was diagnosed with breast cancer a couple of years ago and have lived in constant pain and extensive treatment. I had not done any art since I was a child. You are the one who taught me to just draw lines and dots, and then draw another line. I can’t even explain what this has done for me mentally. I am certainly not at your level, however, I have made drawings and I have improved. It means so much to me to have this because I am often too weak to get out of bed but I can draw some lines and dots. Often, it’s the only thing I can do. So thank you Peter for sharing your art and trying to explain how you can just do it for the sake of doing it. I hope you are well, I miss new uploads but there are so many videos to watch and rewatch, I cannot complain. I hope everything is alright, that is the main thing. I wish you all the best, all the time! You are my favorite artist, youtuber, and teacher!

i love Peter’s approach to art

i love this one, it kind of reminds me of that good old draw how you feel on post-it notes series

Damn Peter, I really love you for everything you are doing. You have been the push, that got me into a heavy doodling phase(which is still lasting😂) You always gave me inspiration to get creative myself. I actually got accepted in an art-academy and I think, your content made me believe in myself and go through with it. You preach a lot of great values and it’s safe to say that you are my biggest idol. I Just want you to know, that you really moved something, even without knowing. Love from Germany❤️❤️❤️ (Ps: if you’re interested in what I do you can check out the one video I have😂 maybe you can see your influence. That was a project, that got me accepted for the art academy)

I've been a fan for quite some time now. That last self portrait says it all. I love it....

I love that it's peter draws backwards

the artwork in 8:21 to 9:19 is my favorite art you had made good job carry on the art!

I loved this. And happy to see the channel so close to 960k! Let's get Peter to 1M!

That was a perfect transition to the sponsor and I loved it. Great video and great art Peter!

The second to last portrait is really cool. Probably my favourite of them all

Talk about feeling behind, I feel ya there. I’m 30 and feel like I truly just started being a “serious artist” I was dissuaded from following art (the thing I was good at and liked) quit for 5 years after graduation, then came back to it. I’ve got a whole non art life I work around, kids, job, etc, it’s a constant battle against the clock… and like you I have other hobbies I want to give time to too. It’s hard not to be hard on ourselves about where we’re at. But as long as we enjoy the process I guess that’s all that matters.

The first one and the last at 14:31 are super dope! That is a Tshirt or sticker design for sure. The naked, kneeling portrait is very 'Rugrats'-esque. Loved the idea for the video. I've never tried a self portrait from memory. Draw more people!! Introspective and fun!

I love your style. This inspires me to start drawing again.

Big fan of Sward Retep, I have all of his books Say, what's Dan up to these days?

Peter, I just finished a video of yours from last year. I noted you mentioning how you often put a filter on your videos to make your inks look more black. If I could make a recommendation, I highly recommend the Sailor Kiwaguro Ultra Black Pigmented ink. When I first got it, I thought to myself, "Goodness! My inks are finally as black as the ones that Peter Draws uses." The Ultra Black in the name is no joke, and I find it amazingly keeps my pens wet, and is extremely black, but does not bleed (even in a normal notebook). If you already use it, though, please disregard!

I can't draw faces and just stick to abstract but your style makes me want to try do some portraits. That guest star reviewer at the end was brilliant toox.

I used to have intrusive thoughts about art that kept me from doing it but your videos helped with that immensely. We and Sward Retep are here for you!

Very inspiring, I love drawing faces, even if they don't look very realistic.

Peter peter peter.... Lol, i swear.. If i had a nickel for everytime u cheered me up or made me laugh.. Ahhh love the video. And the idea of self portraits for analyzing the self. .. Lil bit of bordem, lil bit of genius, and a whole bunch of adorable. Ty

I really love your relaxed style of videos, and i love your boldness in whatever you do thankyou peter

peter you never cease to amaze with something surprising, hilarious, existential, terrifying, and beautiful.

You got me through the worst parts of lockdown and now I watch you as much as I can! Thank you Peter

I enjoy your videos and your Artworks! I also enjoy your humor and the ability to find enjoyment at your own expense! Thanks for just being yourself Peter. Be safe out there and enjoy your time here with us.

My dad is an expert pianist who composes music and can play any song by ear and he tried to get me to take piano lessons but I was stubborn and had more fun messing around and he stopped paying for my lessons so I feel the pain lol.

I’d love to see you do a collaborative piece like others have done where they start a canvas and send it to someone else and so on especially if you’re part is along the lines of your last self portrait. Love too see how others would add to something like that.

My favorite artist in the world.

For the last week I have been writing a paper on the significance of self portraits and I’m very excited to watch this video!

I'm receiving high levels of ADHD vibes from this video program, which I find delightful and relaxing. (I know it's Peters personal business and that this is an entirely parasocial relationship, but based on my non-medical opinion as someone who has an ADHD, Peter sets off my adhd-sensors big time, especially listening to the pod)

would be fun to do a make+-up video, i think it can reveal a lot of thing to. I personnaly love corps paint

Peter, you alright? You got into a pretty deep conversation around the main self portrait part (the one with the big smile) and you seemed kind of depressed. You don't have to feel alone, we are all behind you and love you.

The last two drawings are brilliant..! 👍

I am not convinced Sward Retep has ever really met Peter. He comes across as a hack, and only in it for the money.

Not only just drawings and self potraits, but also someone's general taste in art tells a lot about your inner psyche, I believe. The types of colors you prefer...and if you like it sketchy or clean and so on. You begin to notice a trend and it's always fun to try to evaluate what these could mean.

I havent checked in your channel for a long time now. Glad you are still you and give me inspiration. I feel like I always drew the best after watching your videos and heared you talking.

Might be my favorite video of yours yet, so good! 😆👍

I'm all cozy under my Pendleton glacier park blanket and it's nice to see you have the same one. Cozy vibes.

this is my favorite video of yours, and some of your self-portraits are my favorite pieces you've shown us :)

Awesome video. It’s really cool seeing how your work is evolving. Keep up the great work!

I feel the exact same as you for not learning music younger. But we shouldn’t blame ourselves

My guy Peter is like a cross between Forty Quinn and Bob Ross. Love to see it

But Peter, we love you as who you are right now!... and by the way, you ARE a superstar right here, right now AND you did it how you wanted to, in your own way. You're an amazing human, superhero, at least to me and you can't tell me otherwise.

Omg, I don't know how I missed this video. Wonderful as always.♥️

And I thought I was laughing bEFORE your critic friend joined the show!!! Stunning work as usual, Peter! Idk if I’ve seen you work with large markers, so I loved this bc I tend towards that (covers ground faster) and I’m also inspired to try self portraits with no reference now as I haven’t done so before and Lord knows I’ve looked at enough pictures of myself/ made wonky faces in the mirror p much every day of my life. Overall, this has been a very inspiring, delightful experience and I thank you for sharing your work and bits of your life.

That was a genius ad placement 😂 I was really into your monologue

13:00 I suddenly realize Peter is warmed up and creating a masterpiece

Hello Peter I think it's wonderfully blessed what you do You're an amazing artist and keep up the great work

Awesome video. I’d like to try out this exercise of self portraits, it seems so impactful! Thanks Peter and Sword person

Swword Retep has become quite the distinguished art critic.

Love these, so much more interesting than picture perfect

Lot of respect for the transparency

Peter draws is debatably the rarest of gems

I love these, now I need to do this for myself

Peter, you rule! I'm glad your face is one I can see often.

That lump of flesh drawing is awesome

Keep up the good work Peter!

I had a college experience with an art teacher who thought she could interpret my personality from my art. I did smaller scaled works to save up space on my paper because art supplies are expensive. She interpreted as a self esteem issue on my part. I told her " I am pretty sure this is a community College art course not a psyche 101 course." She hated me but I realized the class wasn't worth my time when she showed us an drawing of a mouse she was doing that took her months and it was only half drawn 🙄.

I guess you see your face more than people who aren't RU-vidrs with the editing of videos and thumbnails etc? My favourite was the last one, the grimacing portait with asymmetrical eyes.

Never been this early before, hey Peter! I love your stuff. You can decide what I mean by stuff.

Hey Peter, Sward Retep told me that I would need to say that he said 'hi' in case I would see you. So, hereby, on behalf of Sward: hi

The idea that all of our art is in someway a self portrait is a rather......... unsettling thought. Doing a self portrait with out any refence of myself sounds kinda fun though. It will probably end up horrifically disfigured by all the things I hate about my face.

Very nicely put-together video all around.

Lookin good, Peter. That's a fantastic shirt!

14:54 Wow 😍 I've always loved how you integrate and present the sponsored segments always so smart and different. And not that it's any of my business but how are you still single?! Are there no single women in NC?! You seem like an absolute catch!

The "lump of flesh" reminded me of fried chicken and made me hungry.

Around 3:35 i was yelling at Peter to stop sharpening that damn pencil, until i realized what it was for lmao

Damn.. I love your drawings, definitely my favorite style 👀

Nice drawings!! And… 18:26 🤣 😂 🤣

Thank you Peter

8:15 totes recognisable 😁👍👏

My favorite is the Portrait #3 - Salad Fingers as self

Love this Peter. Your portrait style reminds me of the artist Robert Crumb.

11:23 Clearly remembering an article I read back in the 90s whose author criticized how the Williams sisters were beeing pushed into tennis by their parents although they had no talent and wouldn't make it for long - as predicted back then by this oh so smart guy. Always have to think about this one article whenever I hear about the Williams sisters. :-D

I'm pretty good at drawing people. I think you are too. Especially when it comes to the abstracting. It's nice to see you draw something outside of the usual alien organism under a microscope, or the ominous ruins of an orbiting space manufacturing station.

i love this video so much

Swoard Reedtehp was insightful, thanks for having them on, Peter. You mentioned a piece of media, "What We Do in the Shadows" and i wondered which one you were referring to, the movie or the show?

Interesting... I might need that Dreambot.

Peter, you are truly the 21st-century Bob Ross

The way you sharpened that pencil caused me all sorts of anxiety! The flappidy thing was open…and you used both holes…which generally are two different sizes…ahhh!

This dude kills me😂😂 I thought he had a special guest fr

I am not ready, and I am not sure the world is ready, for Dr. Sward Retep.

I love Peter. ❤️

He's like the white Bob Ross! Always so calm.

Fantastic jacket sir