Скачать или смотреть Draw with me, creating Art in DarkWood - ricksworld ep8

Welcome back to ricksworld studio 🌿✏️

A UK based artist on the South Coast of Britian

check out my website: https://www.ricksworld.uk

In this episode, I’m working on a brand-new pencil drawing from my Darkwood series — an aerial view of the ancient city of St. Sebastian, the gateway to the civilised world of Darkwood.
This detailed graphite illustration explores a fortified city built around a vast chasm, surrounded by towering Tora trees whose roots shape the landscape itself. Perched above it all, an eagle character watches from the battlements as the city stretches into the forest canopy.

In this video, you’ll see:

How I build tonal depth using Derwent Graphic pencils
Creating atmosphere through light-to-dark value transitions
Designing a neo-gothic gatehouse and drawbridge (without a fixed plan)
Adding small silhouetted figures to bring scale and life to the city
Using shadow lines to ground characters naturally
Applying fixative to protect finished graphite artwork
This is very much a work-in-progress studio session, where the story evolves organically as I draw. St. Sebastian emerges as a historic frontier city — once defensive, now a place of pilgrimage and quiet movement within the Darkwood world.

If you enjoy:
Pencil drawing time-lapse videos
Fantasy world-building art
Architectural sketching
Atmospheric graphite illustration
Independent artist studio vlogs
…then this one’s for you.

You can view the finished piece (and the rest of the Darkwood collection) here:
👉 www.ricksworld.uk

Navigate to the Darkwood section to see St. Sebastian alongside the wider series.
If you enjoy these behind-the-scenes drawing sessions, please like, subscribe, and leave a comment — it really helps the channel grow and supports independent art.
Thanks for watching, and I’ll see you in the next studio session.