Hyperrealism Photorealism Drawing Tutorial | Drawing Advice Part 1 | Rixcandoit 

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im trying to reach photorealism drawing by the end of this year. Thanks for your tutorials Rix. how can i send you my drawing for you point the mistakes? and how do i pay?

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Do you use a compass to compare distances between the eyes and other features to make sure you have them right or is it all by intuition?

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I used to be called the number one high school artists in the country in the eighties you are 16 and on a site like this that means you are years ahead of where I was at this point congratulations keep going don't give up you will be a drawing God!

15 and same

You're welcome Travis. Appreciate the comment.

@Josh Parkin Proportional divider.

Yeah, me too. Classic artist use to do the dsme thing but they would hold their pencil up to the subject, usually a couple of foot away, and take measurements with the pencil (you see them in movies squinting and holding the pencil near their eyes looking at the subject) then transfer that to paper. This is just a much much easier way. Some people i see trace but i think using this tool or a pencil for measurments is the way to go for me at least....cheers.

i use my compass like this

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next video release....?

Appreciate that. Thanks for commenting!

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you! Cheers!

You can do it!

Thanks for the compliment. There isn't enough material information in my head to fill more than 5 pages so it wouldn't be enough to write a book.

Lol ok but You severely underestimate Yourself maybe in a couple years or so you’ll change your mind hopefully

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Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for the compliment. You be you and you'll do much better!

@@RixCanDoit thank you so much I really appreciate your reply. It motivates me so much

How about that? I have a heavy programmer and IT background. No, I don't draw professionally. This is a hobby, as I started drawing about 3 years ago after watching some drawing vids on RU-vid and thought I'd give it a go.

Appreciate that Will.

Thank you. It's pretty dark. It loses something in the photography.

Thanks!

Assuming the paper you are using is of the 'smooth' variety, and assuming you mean it looks blotchy, you can first try to remove the blotches with your kneaded eraser, and if that doesn't do it, you can darken between the blotches to match the tone of the blotches.

We have a good group. Post to the group (follow posting rules...important) and you'll likely get feedback. Glad you liked the video.

The photo was already black and white. I set my printer (Epson 1430) to print black and white.

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks Carlos.

I guess just not being in a hurry. Dunno.

Different papers will work just fine. I personally use Bristol Smooth.

I’m not sure if it’s Kimberly but he used some sort of 9XXB

You'll see I use the 9xxb in many of my drawing tutorials. However, it is not the same as using charcoal. Thanks.

I would recommend watching my pencil sharpener videos. I cover several that would provide you a sharp point.

Cool thanks I will check them out!

proportional divider

And we still do that today.

It's called a Proportional Divider.

I'd do a search online.

@@RixCanDoit Thanks for the reply! I had already done a search online and had found them on Amazon but they were $6 each! The only other place I saw them was an art supply store that would have to ship internationally to the US. I was hoping you might have seen them somewhere else haha :) Michaels and Hobby Lobby didn't turn up anything either.

@@redpixi07 I don't have a special place to buy. When I buy things, I search online for best price.

Hi. I don't understand the question.

RixCanDoit sorry , what did you use to measure the space between the eye and eyebrow, 3:30 ? I would like to find one like that. I hope that you can understand what I’m talking about. Thank you for your time and help.

That's an Accurasee Proportional Divider.

RixCanDoit thank you very much 😊

Smooth paper, like Bristol smooth, and good technique. It takes practice. I had the same problem also once upon a time. Be sure to apply your graphite 'evenly', with a light touch. Then when you blend, also with a light touch to avoid digging into the paper, gently move the graphite/charcoal around.

RixCanDoit awesome!! Thank you 🙏🏾

I do a wide search on the internet until I find something interesting to draw. I don't remember where I get my photos. Sorry.

Thanks. What do you mean by "edit your reference"?

@@RixCanDoit how do you make it bnw, because I think, Im not getting the right tonal value in my reference, sometimes it''s too bright, sometimes it's too dark 😂😂

@@joseiidequina3766 I use Photoshop to convert to black and white and to adjust brightness.

You mean the Proportional Divider? It's made by Accurasee.

@@RixCanDoit I have brought one and I'm looking forward to using it. I've not had much experience in drawing faces, but I'm determined to improve.

It looks like the Conte a Paris Pierre Noire 3B 1710

meter? look like scissors? What meter?

Sorry, I don't understand your question. Please ask another way. Thanks. :-)

@@RixCanDoit so i ask that is at 7:13 in video u used stump right and my question why did u used it? i have few more doubts related to realistic portraits can i ask few more questions...

@@syedafatima8906 I used it because it is a way to draw by blending with precision (point).

@@RixCanDoit so one more question that if we have to start drawing portraits so we have to practice eyes,nose,lips cuz their really hard to practice

@@syedafatima8906 Why not practice everything? All details in my opinion are of equal weight.

I have them. They on in the queue for review. :-)

Pencil sharpeners. See my review videos on them. :)

@@RixCanDoit amazing! thanks :)

Don't understand your request. "those light on the hair?" What does that mean?

I don't know how to explain it either. Just wing it. :-)

Kayleekattbeauty proportial divider.

Thanks!!!!

Pretty cool, eh? I've been playing with the Bing Chat earlier today. Pretty handy! Glad to see it recommended my video. Must be a very smart AI. LOL!

Walmart does sell some good art supplies, like paper. For high quality drawing pencils, you can order online where I do most of my supply ordering.

RixCanDoit thank u so much for the info, and also for all ur videos and tips. Really helpful and enjoyable to watch

You are very welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Welcome. Dont c how someone couldnt. Shits amazing!

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It's called a Proportional Divider.

bristol smooth

@@RixCanDoit Thank you. Then I got the right one for realistic drawing😃

It's for freehand drawing and not precision. You're not going to do photo realism with it.

Sure, you can trace. I've done product reviews on trace boards that light up as one way to start a new drawing. For me personally, I like the challenge of measuring. It actually takes practice to do it right. It improves your ability to see shapes and sizes when you 'gauge' negative space and then confirm how close you were by measuring. I did a video on 'negative space' as well. Anything you can do to exercise your eye/mind for shapes and distances makes you better. The grid lines only act as reference points to gauge from.

@@RixCanDoit Can i ask how you even start larning to do lifelike? I've seen people doing it (ALWAYS SPED UP.... WHY) and they can use like 8 deifferent pencils and shades of color in one TINY little area, like the tear duct. i'm always wonderin, how the hell do you know that's onna turn out the exact color you want... I'd think you'd kinda roughly put a base color across the entire drawin (if you're doin color) like the skin color, i'd think you color in the whole face if it was a head, then go ver that with a different shade in certain places, but they don't, they will almost go mictoscope mode on every tiny little place bit by bit... i just don't know how they can do it that way... it's way too precise for me!

I cannot answer for color. I'm not a color artist. In my case I build up 'tones'. While with color it is going to be this color or that, in graphite and charcoal it isn't about color, but about the intensity of the tone. You can see if two tones are the same or not. If you are drawing from an image, you simply increase the tone until it gets to be as close as the original.

Thanks. I guess that makes me the Court Jester. :-)

General's Extra Hard Charcoal

Smooth side of Bristol.

White gel pen. Any kind will work.

Proportional Divider

White thing?

Nothing is required. If I'm using a charcoal pencil, it matters not which brand just as long as it is soft, medium or hard respectively. Use whatever brand of graphite pencils you want.

Don't understand...what?

@@RixCanDoit i feel like she meant "understand what you're using", maybe? I dunno...

@@swine13 Thanks Walt.

Proportional divider.

You're talking about paint. This is about drawing with pencils, not painting. I would not put paint on my pencil drawings in order to get black. It would look weird.

I have no idea what you are asking me.

RixCanDoit I said that the instrument sir which u r using for measuring the eyes and eyebrows ..... compass like instruments

Actually you only said "What instrument is that sir...???" and didn't say which one. It's called a Proportional Divider.

I have no idea. That guy just picks up whatever pencil he has around at the time and uses it. :-)

Haha😂😂😂

It really comes down to what the customer is looking for. What size. The subject (details) to draw. The level of realism. Etc. Photorealism is time intensive.

Was this a reply to someone's comment, because you didn't post it as a reply. So I'm not sure how to respond.

RixCanDoit You. I heard you mention portrait choices. I found some very challenging portraits with deep wrinkles. Good contrast study. I don’t mean to tell you what to do. Just a thought. 😊

@@nameralashun You're losing me because I can't recall what I said back when I made a video. It helps if you give me more context. I'm aware of how to find black and white photos. And I done videos on drawing deep wrinkles. So what am I missing?

RixCanDoit Nevermind. You seem to be easily offended and a bit of a know- it all. I’ll unsubscribe. I wasn’t telling you what to do, honestly was just sharing info. Toodles. Too many artists are just too mean for my taste.

@@nameralashunI posted a video nearly two years ago and have since moved on to creating and uploading many, many more. A comment pops up with no context and says "Try black and white portraits in Google search. Omg". It was not made as a reply to any particular thread, so the question was "Was this a reply to someone's comment?" because it would seem really odd that you would suggest I don't know how to find black and white portraits when my videos clearly show I have no problem with that. It was your "Omg" that caught my attention. In my day, it was "Duh". So who is this girl talking about? Mean? No. Just really confused. Then you respond that you were directing that comment at me. And then directing me to some challenging portraits with wrinkles. Again, I'm confused. Where is this all coming from? Mean? No. Offended. No. Confused. Definitely. You write in small chunks without providing the full context or referencing what you were responding to. And you "OMG" it as well. How well do you think that phrasing translates to those of us who have been around much longer than you? Your incorrect assessment that I'm offended and then subsequent name-calling ("know-it-all") points to you being the sensitive one in this thread. I just think you ought to know that whoever's video you comment on you should try to be a little more clear.

One step at a time.

Officially, I'm not sure. But for me, photorealism looks close as a photo but you can upon inspection tell it is a drawing (a really good one!). Hyper-realism, you aren't going to tell. It's just that good.

We're going to have to agree to disagree on that. I don't consider the sketch the most important. You can watch my videos on using the grid method for that step.

@@RixCanDoit Well that's only tracing. So one could print it out at desired size and use carbon paper to "canvas" tranfer it. Lens distortion still alive.

@@wernerhiemer406 I once tried to 'trace' and found the lines hard to remove. Tracing using graphite paper requires some pressure to transfer. My favorite method is grid.

@@RixCanDoit what i do it is print out my reference and use the same size paper that i used for my reference, put it on a glass table and shine a bright light from underneath it. this way im also able to lightly outline the different varieties in different values on the piece!