This is such a wonderful and helpful video. Most people say “just practice” without really saying HOW. It’s nice to finally have a set of daily exercises to do. Thank you so much!
Exercises to fill your page: 0:29 (1) Crosshatches everywhere 0:55 (2) Circles everywhere 1:29 (3) Circles in circles in circles... then try other shapes 2:27 (4) Wiggly line snakes 3:12 (5) Redraw one of your wiggly line snakes 3:37 (6) Draw something on one side then draw its mirror image on the other side 4:26 (7) Draw a shape, then redraw the same shape in different ways 5:43 (8) Draw angular shapes, then redraw that same shape 6:21 (9) Redraw pre-existing kids drawings step by step 7:21 (10) Varying pressure control lines across the page 8:49 (11) Evaluate & match colors from an already-existing black-and-white picture 10:00 (12) Evaluate & match colors from an already-existing colored picture
I’m an artist recovering from a brain injury and I’ve had to “relearn” a lot (spatial reasoning, connecting left brain/right brain, hand-eye coordination, etc) and this video is really helpful! Thanks!
I know this video is a few years old, but I'm very glad I found it. When I was younger, I loved art and spent a lot of time with pen and ink, and charcoals. Eventually, the time came where I had to make a living and other than occasional doodles, I put my passion on hold. After about five decades I I now have the opportunity to pick up the pen, again. This time it's a digital pen as I just received my display tablet yesterday. After hooking it up to my computer and giving it a try, I realized just how different of a drawing experience pen on screen is. Add that to my very deteriorated skills, and I feel like I'm back at square one. Your exercises were just the thing I was looking for to help me improve my basic drawing skills and adjust to a completely new type of art, digital. Thanks for the video. :)
I’m happy you are getting back to your passion! Working digital takes some time to get used to, but you’ll get there’s. Just be patient and have fun along the way 😃
These are great, I'm here 'cause of quarantine, but I was looking for digital drawing for beginner tutorials. A lot of times videos focus on the tools and software a lot, but don't have straightforward exercises to actually improve drawing. I'll be trying these out:)
@@rontarrant yeah but drawing on a tablet is very different. Personally drawing on paper is much easier for me but I have a harder time on a tablet. That’s why im going back to the basics to practice my hand eye coordination
These exercises have helped me so much. As a real beginner to digital art I can say I feel like I have never drawn before when picking up my pen and practicing on my recently acquired tablet. This video has been so helpful getting me feeling much more confident with my lines and drawing on my tablet in general.
Brought tablet and digital pen. Just wanted to relive the hobby which i left like 10 to 15 years ago. But completely blind where to start. But these exercise are real starting point for me. Seen lots of other video but this what i found easy. Thanks
Don't have any intentions towards being a digital artist but I found my pen control when handwriting and 'rough' diagrams (OneNote) are getting better, plus I find the exercises quite relaxing. Glad I stumbled across this video :)
The best tip in here is definitely the color matching one. As an artist, I never really paid attention to if I was or not as long as it was "close". Thank you a lot for that tip!
Thank you. This sounds silly but you've given me new hope in trying to get to grips with digital art. I've been practicing traditional art for years, it surprised me how digital art so different in comparison. I thought it would be as simple as picking up my tablet pen and away I'd go. Sadly that's not the case and it's quite demoralising.
I struggle SO much with digital art and have no idea what I need to improve. This was so helpful!! I took notes so I can refresh my brain as often as I need to.
There were on or two I didn’t find very helpful, but I love the positivity and encouragement and emphasis on the value of simple exercises. That pressure sensitivity exercise is SO satisfying! I found the last four exercises in particular very helpful.
These are valuable tips. Exercise as a warmup. Fifty years ago I filled many pages with hatching. And circles. Not because of instruction, but because it felt right. Now I am transitioning into the digital world. Now we shall see how well my years of shading, coloring, poses, etc., will pay off.
@@jasweb147 It took me a while to get used to the feel. It gets easier. Don't give up. I use the XP-Pen. I tried to use that glove thing, but it just made it harder. Good luck.
@@darrellpidgeon6440 Thanks for the reply. I have a Huion tablet (no monitor) and it's nice. I found out today that a lot of folks tape a piece of paper onto their tablets to eliminate the slipperiness. Will give it a shot.
@@jasweb147 Just remember, the friction might wear down the nib a bit faster. Side note; doing a light sketch on the paper is a good way to "trace" your work.
Oh my god. These are going to be great exercises. I was a bit skeptical at first but the zebra pressure one, the parallel lines, and the mirroring/copying ones are going to be great for brush control. The most valuable one is the one on values (pun intended). Trying to guess values and colors and then comparing them side by side will be great when I start working on it, thank you!
Great video. I am 40 years old and just started learning to draw. Bought myself an iPad mini 5 and of course Apple Pencil so that I can bring it anywhere to draw. Just finished working on the first exercise. Going to do more in the upcoming days!
I remember, so vividly, using these exercises back in high school art, which I took seriously because I took and still take my art-making as a gift I naturally took to. I have used these techniques over the past 25 years to help open my hand muscles up and also to help me fill void space in my art journal :-D Way to go, Flo! Haha These are also exercises one must perfect if hoping to be apprenticed as a tattoo artist, but you tape a small eraser to your pen, never a pencil, because you cant make mistakes in tattooing! The eraser is taped at the top of you pen to help your hand get used to making intricate marks with the weight of the actual machine at the top of your needle.
I started and spent the evening with the first three exercises... this is sooooo meditative and calming and the outcome is sooo nice! Thank you for this great practice! 🙏🏻❤️
As a beginner, I'm a bit overwhelmed with all the new brushes, I think I might go with HB, Technical Pen, and Soft Airbrush, maybe in time I can do more.
Nosara don’t use the soft airbrush to blend, it gives blend that’s too blurry looking. Use the medium hard airbrush. One more thing, don’t get bogged down with technical things like brushes, etc. Pick a few brushes and stick with them for a while.
Wow that was amazing! I love learning things by practicing fundamentals. After I feel confident in my base skills my creativity skyrockets. Since I am learning a vector design tool I was going to leave the drawing skills for a later date but with this video I can just work on my skills until that time! Thank you so much for this video!
Amazing video!!! I would also add doing all these exercises with your non dominant hand as well! Also great for a brain exercise and hand eye coordination with other hand. I learned from an artist veteran that creating with the non dominant hand has many benefits and if for some reason you can’t use your dominant hand you still have your other hand.
I’m so happy I found this. I’ve been having so much stress on how to get better and I know ‘trial and error’ is the way but I still found myself just annoying that I couldn’t do well. This video helped so much, thanks!
This is really good and exactly what I needed as a beginner. I've doing these for just about a week and can already see some progress. Thank you very much for this
Just got a new tablet. Getting used to the friction on the screen is gonna take time for me. These should work very well. Thank you for making this video ❤️
Thanks, exactly what I was looking for! Drawing on paper seems so easy after trying to draw on an iPad! Great exercises! I’d give you 2 thumbs up if I could!
i'm a graphic design, working on vectors for years with mouse and when i'm trying to use procreate for the first time, my hand shaking so does the line i drew. i guess i need a lot of practice before working for commercial works.. thank you for sharing, i think everyone should know this video when they try to do manual drawing for first time, to relax their hand
This is awesome! I've been drawing for over 24 years, but it's always nice to discover new exercises, and these are some of the most creative I've seen.
Great exercises.... couldn't help but think of Karate kid... Wax on wax off... these exercises might not seem like much but as with any practice these help fine tune eye and motor skills accompanied with actual drawing and sketching you can be sure to improve.
@@rifaiiixiii These are " Digital Painting " exercise ... Some of these are pointless with natural media . You don't need to learn how to manage the pressure sensivity on natural media ... You do different kind of exercise or variant of these one . I think that people don't know that a graphic tablet is around 20 - 40 $ ... Everybody can start . On the long run is far cheaper to paint with oils or Acrylics .
The second gen is 120 dollars on amazon, mate if you want one you could save up! Try saving extra change and whatever you can without skipping meals or not buying things you truly need. Then, one day you’ll be able to get one!
Thank you flo. I know I’m late but I love your drawing guides and everything else. That helped a lot. I got my apple pen yesterday and I really need to exercise. Again thank you.
