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Keep returning to this video. I find it so relaxing and positive. Your gentle voice and the way you paint is so helpful to me. All your videos are similar but this one stands out 😊

❤ them all, so fun to watch something totally different than a person’s usual style‼️‼️

I especially like the first picture. The broad strokes in the background seem to add a lot.

I really, really like it. It's good to go out of your comfort zone. It looks good ! Thank you , great job!

Urban sketching is literally my art therapy. When I'm doing it, it clears my mind of all other thoughts.

I love them all, but especially the bold red lilies. Marvelous demo! Very inspiring.

This was fantastic, thanks

I really enjoy your loose botanical.

The names of these paintings are: 1) 'Stick to Buildings, Wheat are you doing here?' 2) 'Bettyanical Art' 3) 'Red Garden Lillies, a tribute' The names will become obvious if you watch the live hehe - you can also find the finished paintings in my shop ; tobysketchloose.etsy.com

Loved this video. I've taken your course and this was such a good review. Highlighting such good hints on perspective, remembering not to over value people in scenes, reminder of different ways to hold your pen and not to overcomplicate your drawing.! Those hints and more! Thanks Toby

Toby can you do a video on maintaining the pens as I seem to have difficulty stopping the pen from blocking up & not working straight away. Cheers Allan

Definitely don’t only stick to buildings! Your botanicals are wonderful ….

Nice

Toby, you are doing a huge service, these videos make watercolor and urban sketching so approachable for art newbies like me. And by making them free you are giving everyone access to high quality art instruction. I love your philosophy of embracing imperfections. Thank you!

Wise words Toby - since I've been following you and started sketching and adding paint I've definitely decided that on most of the work I've done - Less is more - but it ain't easy

This is great Toby, I failed miserably trying to be so precise when trying to be precise. Your style is really liberating. Thank you.

Thanks for sharing, that answers some of my challenges with perfectionism.

Your comment about never letting the pavement rise above your horizon line clicked for me. I suspectxthis would also be true if the pavement was a water scene. This explains qhy sime of me earlier work had ducks and boats floating oddly above other closer ones.

Ok problem is when I do that it looks like scribble and that’s it. Even my stick figures look bad

❤ this

Are you using a Lamy fountain pen?

A great reminder to stay present, I to find art meditative but the perfectionism creeps in a lovely to know others struggle....thank you for sharing your journey. You are a very gifted teacher 🙏

Thanks Toby, It's always good to be reminded to slow down and be in the joy of the moment. This has helped me very much!

Mindful sketching is really helping me to go forward with my art.

I've followed Buddhism for many years. Before today, i was drawn to your videos/art/style because it felt like a meditation, your voice and pace. We're creatures of ego, and that perfectionism thing as i understand it comes from our own fear, we know that we can do better and will strive and strive. There was once a musician here in this neck of the woods, Scotland, who to my ear was 'perfect', couldnt fault his work, but for him, he wasn't, and he would fret, anxious, worrying. Maybe that helps, I dont know. Pretty sure most of us have been there. Maybe we 'need' to 'suffer' a bit in order to get that clarity. We dont ever reach that state of perfection in our eyes, even if we were there we wouldn't know it. Keep on keepin Toby👍👌

Thank you❤

Thank you Toby, very very good! What kind of paper are you using for this one?

After pulling THE TOWER as my tarotcard of the day this was fantastically relaxing and got me into sketching after a bit of a drought. Thanks Toby

Thank you for sharing your therapy tool kit with us, by using watercolour, Toby. "Recognising our "mistakes", letting things go & moving on" is a great mantra to practice for mindfulness along with giving yourself the time & space to breath too. Greatly appreciate this. 🫶🏼

Love this Toby. You’ve got such a calming voice, you inspire me as always. Keep them coming 😊

Thank You! For sharing a very personal and yet relevant experience regarding mental health and overcoming perfectionism as it affects our art and life overall. I struggle with it too. But we have a new husky lab puppy too named Bear. He keeps me real. Betty is a cutie !

Thanks!

What a fabulous collaboration! It was a fabulous mindfulness art video…a reminder ‘to be in the moment’ I am really looking forward to putting it into practice. Thank you Toby

Toby, this mindfulness video is awesome! You are a very gifted person. Thank you.

Excellent video, Toby. Thank you so much!🙏

Thanks!

Thank you, Toby. I felt myself relax as I watched, and learn that accepting my art today is good, whether or not the art is good. Taking time to observe and make careful marks is such helpful advice. I find that once I make a mark I don’t like, I rush through to get it over and try the next thing. So going forward, I’ll stop to breathe and look with new eyes.

Thanks!

Mindful art? Has anyone tried it with mindless existence 😂?

Thank you Sir for your simple and very useful instructions. Your presentation is simple with clear words and examples. ❤

This was very helpful, Toby. I often find that when life is very stressful I move away from making art or am too preoccupied with "stuff" to be mindful of the process. That can lead to distraction/frustration so that the therapeutic effects of sketching are diminished. You've highlighted the importance of bringing my mind into the details of preparing, warming up and sketching slowly and deliberately. I love this sketch BTW!

Hi, may I ask what paper are you using here ?

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My own notes: -further the people's head will be closer to the horizon line

We can't pinch zoom Shorts, so you'll have to zoom in, please. 🙏 Thanks.

when I try that definitely does not look like this lol. how to know which directions the lines that are not along those lines go?

Thankyou so much for this non traditional, non stuffy tutorial. The others make me feel like keeping them in the box. Your fun approach has me looking forward to playing and experimenting with them. Thankyou again!

This is so good!!! Where do you get your ideas and inspiration from? It's beautiful what you created!!😊