How I Fix Common Drawing Mistakes (You're Probably Making Them Too) 

Wow. Loved this. Your husband is actually very good for a beginner. He could be a much better artist with practice.

I feel he got the expression quite well and I was quite impressed that someone who does not do this regularly was so on point in grasping the proportions... so he is actually quite good

I'm very happy that you're back Kirsty. I like the fact that your doing fun challenges but teaching in the procces of it. im really excited for upcoming new videos.

Am watching you for 4 yrs now, am just shy to a leave a comment but i feel sad when you're not posting much anymore and when you're burn out. But this a good comeback ♥️♥️♥️you help me improve so much before. Right now I can now draw human anatomy correctly, shapes/ forms, color and shades. I am currently an aspiring digital and watercolor artist. Take care of your health and dont push yourself to much, enjoy the process of creating art ✨♥️😀

For the first time trying to draw something, he did really well!

I love the way you are teaching though this challenge. It is nice to see the exact mistake and learn how to fix it.♥️

Love this Kirsty. Your husband did really well , better than me lol. Thank you

I would be thrilled if I drew his version lol! I love watching you teach how to correct things!!

Great seeing you back Kirsty! Hope you'll find the inspiration to make more amazing artwork again!✨

🌹Soo thrilled your back! I love your husband’s reaction to his drawing after you touched it up, btw after reading some comments I just have to say that people have to understand that you “both” were doing this piece of artwork as a learning/teaching lesson to help all of us, not because you would actually do this kind of thing to someone’s artwork otherwise. 🖼 🎨 🖌

The husband's drawing was actually pretty damn good if you ask me given the amount of time he took and that fact that he did it freehand. Once one starts to learn a few of the tricks, the quality can go up exponentially. I started to draw as a hobby in Feb. 2020 and, within two months, was doing portrait drawings I was willing to show to others. It's fun to find out you actually have some talent as I did at my advanced age. Wish I could show one; however, RU-vid doesn't allow that yet.

"everythings 2big or 2small"😅😅i loved him☺☺n the pics really very nice😉😉well done man..go on😊😊😍😍

This made me laugh a lot! And how brave he was to make mistakes on camera! What I love about graphite or coloured pencil drawing is that how ever bad the mistakes are they are correctable, unlike water- or oil-painting. (Well oil painting is, but you have to wait until its dry and then go over again with another layer). You did a great job fixing it, especially the nose and I LOVED the white areas around the creepy house in the foreground. Not sure what the white speckles on the left were for, think the pic could have done without those. Overall, though an entertaining video and hugely helpful. Thanks so much!

This is my favorite video! So excited for your new video ideas!

This was a nice video. Lots of good takeaways from this. I've been learning how to draw for the last year and I see lots of relatable things here.

This is crazy I'm currently working on max drawing then you upload this!

Just two young kids enjoying each others company. Good on ya!!

Nice to see you back with the new format Kirsty. Great fun and great work as usual. Kudos to your hubby too!

Love his whimsical style with your gift for intricacy, and most of all - the chemistry between you two!

That was fun getting to see the transformation. This made me smile from beginning to end, love it! 😊

This could be a series. Most of us are much closer to your husband's level so that was refreshing. It was a does and don'ts in disguise. I loved it.

I check all the time if you’ve posted. Hoping that RU-vid forgot to alert me and if I go to your page I’d find that there is a new video. That’s how much I enjoy your content. So happy you are posting now!! Through all your videos I’ve learned so much from you Kirsty. Thank you 🙏🏽

So useful!!! Your husband’s a great sport and I learn an incredible amount watching this, making alll the same mistakes in my own way. Thank you!

Good for anyone new to fish keeping x Luv from UK 🇬🇧

Watching your videos makes me happy ☺ Glad to see you back ❤

the two of your a perfect team.

I'm pretty sure through your guidance your hubby will be a good artist someday, just like you, Kirsty. Thanks for your wonderful arts and tutorial, l do really appreciate it.

This was such a fun video!!! I absolutely love it!! Well done Girlll 🙌👌✝

I have been watching your vids, learning little bits as I go...slowly all the pieces are coming together. This vid has many tips for beginners like me, to slowly assimilate! I am loving your vids!

YESS i love this type of art content

You did a really good job there correcting various small mistakes and made the finished project look amazing... that Tombo eraser is fantastic and I must get one!... thank you...😊😍

this is awesome, really shows that mistakes can be worked with!

Kristy, you are my favorite artist on RU-vid. I cannot say enough about your videos. Do you have a video on measuring when doing drawings of people?

These type of videos can be a whole series. "Fix my drawing plz!"" Lol

He actually didn't do terrible, I think you two are just adorable!

Aw, I think he did really well! He’s a good sport. Great drawing tips. Thank you!❤😊

We need more of these style of videos, this was fun...

Loved this!!! Great effort Darby! 👏👏😁

That is insane you really captured the background looks so cool! ❤️ it!

I am glad to see you again...and you will continue your work🙂

All way From Tanzania, I'm so glad that you are back

This was so entertaining! love these style of videos

It's so nice to see you getting back to art again, and with such a big smile.

This was so fun to watch Kirsty! Can't wait to see what else you come up with.

Awww, what a wholesome collaboration!

Pls do more of these!

love it. You two are adorable. I think your husband was doing well as an amateur, way a lot better than many people I knew. And he was willing to sit for several hrs to draw. 😂

He did pretty well for a beginner, I don't know if he's had a little practice before hand and picked up some tricks from you on the way but even so! I'm ways impressed by how people erase so well, I have the tombow eraser but it never picks up that well! Any tips?

Thanks for uploading

This was a fun video to watch. I like how you demonstrated common begginer mistakes.

The teeth your husband gave her had me cracking up hahaha This was fun!

This was so helpful!!!!

Wow, this is unbelievable. Great talent.

I loved the drawing of your two children. Your techniques are so helpful and I only hope I could be half as good as you.

this is fun lol. you're very real about the new videos. love it

Loved the whole video

Kirsty, I'm very glad on your upload 💗 You always inspire me to do art. Whenever I think my art is bad, I remember you and it helps me improve my art🤗☺️🥰 I will try to fix my old drawings 🙂 a new art idea.....

These videos always make me happy :)

This is a new way of teaching ...practical training approach for distance learning..❤️😎 Kirsty the besty..❤️❤️ You are back 😜😻

What a lovely way to make this a family business!

Collaborate with your artwork is more preferable than fixing other's work. Every artwork is unique.

Same as many I would say that your husband not doing it bad for a beginner. Keep up!~.

Perfect couple. Saw you laughing for the first time.❤️

Cool video format! I like to see this more vulnerable side of you!

loved the video! it was such a fun idea and i loved how you talked through everything even whilst enjoying yourself. Excited for what’s to come!

I haven’t been watching this channel recently but wooow 😍 What a super video 😍 I am hooked again 😍

that transformation was big, you changed it a lot! Also I am so happy you started posting again.

I have learnt a lot with the help of your videos and i even learned how to make a realistic eye

Such an amazing tutorial Thankyou for sharing Waiting for more 💕

He did good 👍 good job Darby

Kirsty, this was brilliant!

Love your work! It was really cool seeing the drawing come together before and after. Also like Stranger Things and I am excited for more videos!

Very nice drawing

YOU DREW LOVELY!

See?! Y'all make a great team! 😄

so much entertaining! Love this idea of a fix video 😎👍

Wow, he did amazing for his first time. Was it really? A lot of beginners don't consider values and so many other things that you can tell he tried to capture, and even though there is room to improve, I think he did very well. It wouldn't take much for him to turn out quality work. You must be a good teacher. You did a beautiful job. Cool challenge and I bet you guys learned a lot about each other and make a great team in other areas of your life too.

My husband doesn't even know how to hold a pencil and he is an engineer lol, I'm impressed of the sketch your hubby did. Of course the fixing process was amazing!

Happy to see u coming back to RU-vid 💜 love your videos more i have a suggestion like try oil painting or acrylic or oil pastels is really amazing ,have a good day ☺️

That was a great effort Darby, not bad at all apart from the nose lol 😂, kirsty you did a great job with your added touch, I would say that you enhanced the drawing but Darby did give you a decent foundation to start with. Brilliant and fun video to watch sweetheart 🥰

I was just thinking about adding charcoal to it,then you said the same thing,lol.You 2 are awesome, what a really fun video

His was better than mine, you did a great job embellishing it, see I didn't say fixing it..ha.

Brilliant video, great idea well done both of you. 🖍🥰

I Just love ur art and the way u teach

I'd be pissed if someone told me my art was bad and redid it for me even better I'd quite art right then and there lmao

Him drawing reminds me of when I started drawing portraits in middle school. I was JUST like him.

This is so entertaining 🤣 I love it!

B Hi Kirsty, how you doing ? Hope you are feeling less stressed out now you have resigned yourself to taking a long break to spend time with your family. You know what, girl, it is a real pleasure to see you spending a challenging moment with your hubby. I hope he realises the complexity of being a mother and a wife and at the same time being a creative person with a huge following in tow and running a business all at the same time. It was good to see that he is showing an interest in taking part and learning to share a creative moment with you in front of the camera. Besides that I think he also did his best to produce a reasonably good sketch for someone who feels he does not have your ability. Perhaps now he has done this we may see some more of his work as he progresses. Hope he will keep trying. By the way Kirsty, it is good to see you having fun too and welcome back.

What a fun video!

Ok if that was. Really your husbands first time, his drawing was not that bad 😊👍

have you ever tried the tracing projector app? I absolutly love using it because i dont have to spend hours on the initial sketch. Id love to hear your thoughts on it!!!! XD

Hi Kirsty your husband looks like a very nice guy and a good sport. 😀❤️

Wowww it looks amazing now I want to try this on my old drawings😂

He really didn't do half bad for an armature! Not that bad at all! He could learn this if he wanted to. PS, Kirsty, I tried pure walnut oil for blending color pencil from M Graham art supplies, (Walnut oil is a very dry oil that dries pretty fast). The blending reminded me to the soft look of pastel. Once dry I could also layer over it well. I wondered if you have tried this. PS, Then you also have water Soluble Linseed oil made for water soluble oil paints. They work with color pencils too for much less cost than other options. Both are archival.

Wow! :) this is fun.

Your husband did a decent job but the improvements you made were awesome, you make a cute couple

This was great

Your husbands realky good for a beginner 😱

I adored this presentation, Question - do you fix other peoples work ? I think that’s a cool idea as a program, though mostly are so protective over their work and hate input, I’m one one those fortunate few that welcomes growth and change and a different perspective! I’m not sure if you use these techniques as this is only the 2nd vid I’ve seen of yours but my fave go to tools of the trade are disposable gloves when doing messy work like charcoal, make up brushes/blushers and cue tips for blending like the tissue around the finger and it gets rid of those oily finger marks, on the measuring where things go id rip of a piece of paper and use it as a measuring tape make marks on it then transfer these marks to my drawing. I agree my Tombo erasure and polychromatic black pencil are a must. Here my greatest tip I’m a digital artist but when I’m drawing things in pencil, there are many ways to avoid smudging or not being able to see what I’m drawing - like wearing a glove or constantly turning the paper to get into angles and sections while preserving the original drawing, I use an old screen protector from my iPad Pro and place it over my drawing then when I’m reworking areas I’m not scared of smudging and I can also see what I’m doing without shielding my view (don’t press down too heavy that’s just plain silliness) Btw I some times use hair spray as a fixer. Anyways so glad to have come across your little channel wish I’d had the idea of doing RU-vid as I’ve always helped people with their art. Keep up the great work your a true gift to a world that needs a little pep in its step and I’ll leave you with my own saying “We as artists have voices that are unique because we can create images that make people think, see the world in different ways and if you have an ability I almost feel like it’s your responsibility, your social responsibility to take those thoughts and translate them into thought provoking imagery that you can possibly change the world with.” Have a nice day and continuously beautiful life!

I'm huge fan of you 😍 ma'am 💫