Bargue Drawing, Part 1 

The real secret to most drawing is 1. 90% observation, 10% actual drawing. Taking the time to really analyze the subject. 2. Drawing very VERY lightly. Darken only when you are absolutely sure that proportions lines details etc. are correct. 3. Usually drawing quickly and fluidly but I beg to differ. Take your time and remember that art is about self improvement not a competition. 4. Save all your art. Even the bad ones so you can also study and reflect of your improvment. Also you can retry the subject again now that your skills are better! 5. Art is a skill not gift. Anyone can learn to draw/paint. Patience is an absolute must and most rewarding after a few years. 6. Dedication. Take time to do it. Period. Just a few minutes a day or an hour or two or more if you become skilled.

Nice!

Been doing this Bargue drawings because it's among the things that they teach you in the Florence Academy of Art and I cannot cost myself an education like that, so this video of yours is gold to me.

When Cesar Santos make a comment - I’d say that’s a more then good enough to watch and listen and I did very interesting Thanks.

This is why we all enjoyed those books of connecting the dots when we were kids :=)

I also bought my copy at the Dahesh Museum in the IBM Building in Manhattan. I was studying at the Art Students League at the time, under Costa Vavagiakis, (one of a number of teachers I had there).

Absolutely agree. I tried some bargue exercises on my own but I didn’t have any fundamental skills needed to do them properly. I just spent a ton of time measuring, not knowing when something was good enough. Only when I had an instructor at an atelier that knew what she was doing did I actually learn how to properly do them an understand why it was so important to do them.

wow, i recently discovered ur channel and I a so happy to ahve found such an educalationally rich channel to learn from.

Great video and great introduction to Bargue drawing, looking forward to seeing more.

This video is awesome and gives me a good direction. Thanks🙂

Thanks! Im just getting into Bargue, it's great practice by itself, but it's much better to do it with some guidance.

Thank you for this great explanation. Also good to know there are many approaches to drawing these. Would love to see a tutorial on these soon xx

Awesome- love the concept bargue used on these- so informative but yet simple- a key factor a blocking in a life painting portrait in oils

WOW, So clear and very understandable I loved the way you are teaching us and keep it up!

Muy valioso el vídeo maestro Bauman, saludos desde Perú

This is quite useful. I've been following your tutorials and dedicated this whole year to learning to draw with pencils alone. I believe I'm making progress.

You put out such great content, your explanations of key concepts are always very thorough and well thought out, and your passion for art shines though in your delivery in such an inspiring way. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.

Oh thank you so much

I just did the dante alighieri cast drawing i learnd soo much

Thank you Stephen!! Well explained

wonderful! Thank you. You explain things so well.

I notice how the plates have very subtle hatching.

Thanks sir for sharing knowledge u r all lesson lesson helpfull

I want to know that to when we want to study bargue plates ? And what type of improvement we get by doing this bargue drawing course? @stephenbauman

What is the difference between bargue method and Block-in method? to me see the same thing!! Thanks for video

Super

Thanks!

Right,right,right,right,right,right,right ,and even more rights,right.

How am I just finding your channel?!

Loved this. This helps me understand better Drawing Essentials part 1. Thank you! You mention that there several books about how to use the Bargue drawings; do you recommend anyone in particular.

great video

Great video Stephen!

Darn it, great content. Here my good sir take my sub

Some parts are incredibly quick, did you speed up the video? It would be a lot nicer to listen to if the talking was a bit slower. Nice explanations though.

Thanks as always. you may want to raise the volume of your videos a few dbs :)

Hey Steve, what size should the plates be scaled up to (from the book) before drawing them? I read the original plates were 24x18 inches... is that what you'd recommend? Most videos i've seen seem to have them a lot smaller, at around A4 size

Informative!

Hi, I would like to know, are Bargue's exercises in your opinion and experience preliminary to studying anatomy? Or is it better to have studied anatomy first?

Sir what do you mean when you say you will only get half of what you should from drawing the bargues if you don’t get any feed back? I really don’t like the way they look but I would for sure take my time to do it if it will help build my art skills a lot.

Great😍👌🏻

What is the difference between cast drawing and bargue drawing?

So this tequnique can be used for any subject i wish to draw?

After doing the Bargue you can take a crack at The Julien Course www.amazon.com/dp/B08ZDFPPH4 it has some beautiful drawings & is more refined IMHO

Do you think the Bargue course should be updated? If so, how would you go about improving it?

Unrelated question - apart from realism, do you draw from imagination at all? Did you study guys like andrew loomis?

Hi Stephen. Question if I may. I've accidentally began a layer of shadow with my 2H (graphite) as opposed to my 2B. Once I've completed this layer can I then layer over with the 2B or is best to now get as dark as possible with layers of 2H only? Any help would be appreciated.

Was this sped up?

For you, what's exercise or practice to improve faster in painting?

is there any drawing courses similar to this book but for still life

Can you add another translate to video like arabic ?

If you mute this video it looks like he’s doing sign language.

I would not have thought it possible to talk for more than 5 minutes on Bargue drawings...

i wish i could understand languages

Hyper realistic " artists" should learn from you their "drawings" are not art!

Talk slower and enunciate, please. When clear, the content is worth it 👍 ♈️🦉

To much talking, and little else.

Speak slower.