Learn How to Draw for Beginners - Episode 1 

My favorite thing is how this is aimed at children because that's literally my skill level right now

this is a dream class.

Ok so, I'm 17 years old, I've always wanted to draw, but it always seemed like one of those things that seem really abstract and descriptivist, and my learning style is very prescriptive, so I figured that there's basically no way for me to learn how to draw. But today I decided to learn how to draw, and I have to say that Brad has done a phenomenal job. I'll definitely be following the second episode, wanting to learn more.

As a 33 year old trying to learn to draw, I love this. Thank you!

For anyone wondering if these basic lessons are beneficial, they really are. Studied architecture at college. Our drafting class started with these very basic shapes before we were given assignments to draw entire houses. Mastering those fundamentals are absolutely critical. Great job Brad, I’d love to see these go very far. Wishing for the best bro!

Thank you. I can't imagine the amount of effort and time you put into this video

This isn't just a drawing tutorial, this is quality entertainment

This isn't a drawing lesson. It's a complete perfect animation cartoon movie. I'm loving every second of it.

Interested to see where this goes

"I still don't like him..." That cracked me up!! Awesome start to a series that I know is going to be fun. Thanks!

As someone in her early 30s who attempted to draw at the (impatient) age of 13 but gave up, I'm so glad I found your channel! This is literally the instruction younger and current me needed but didn't have access to. With just your explanation on how shapes make up everything, I can look back at art pieces I like and visually *see* those shapes. Officially subscribed with notifications turned on. My goal of one day illustrating my own stories is officially in reach!

This is brilliant. I am almost 40 and have just embarked on the path of learning to draw. I’ve seen some tutorials before yours, but yours has given me the most important basics to truly start drawing well...I’ll stay with your teaching ways😁 Thank you!

I was searching for silver but i found gold *-*

If I was taught like this in school, I would understand geometry

Please keep these coming!! The way you teach really works for me. I’m 42 and have always had the mindset that I could never draw. You’ve changed that and have opened my eyes to a lot more than just drawing.

I love how he put humor in the vid and didn’t make a boring video. This makes learning so fun

Story telling, visual lessons, hands on activity! This is great!!! Thank you for taking the time to create something unique & benificial!

Everyone: *Intently listening and following the instructions to draw* Me: *Wondering why all the student are animals with a human teacher*

This is absolutely fantastic, being 23 and wanting to get into art having no clue where to start this helps alot!

This type of tutorial format really engages me even though I'm a 20 years old college student. I hope you release more episodes so I can learn more about how to draw :)

This is super cool Brad! I wish you the best of luck! This will help a lot of young artists! Its super engaging and fun to watch ❤️ 👏👏👏

I'm loving the way you are explaining things here, its actually really easy to understand, its also funny to me how I'm taking this lesson very serious since im legit interested in strengthen my drawing skills in fundamentals!! Thank you for making this accessible for everyone!! 🙏🙏💖

The change from cartoon to live-action examples is deeply nostalgic. This is so helpful and definitely the most charming drawing resource I've every seen. Thank you.

Honestly, I actually like how you've made this series fun with all of those humourous elements! This feels like it's on the same level those other series of art tutorials created by children's book illustrators I like (mainly Sarah McIntyre and Rob Biddulph), while still being different!

This is amazing and exactly the type of drawing course someone like me needs. Please please please do not give up on this, I feel like I struck gold. I genuinely appreciate you for putting in the time and effort into making something like this, I know it couldn't have been easy but hopefully these comments could convince you the work was well worth the effort. Teachers like you are seriously one of the most under appreciated talents in the industry. Especially considering you do this for free. Such an amazing person you are.

The “student” interactions are honestly spot on

I’m 35 and looking at re learning skills I had 20 years ago, when as a teenager I used to be able to sketch anyones profile out realistically. As a kid I loved art from 4-5 yo and got quite good at it - life happened and I lost the hand control for fine drawing, I never lost the way to look at things the way an artist does - but certainly the fine skills of drawing and in painting mixing colours etc So much to learn and videos like these that are aimed at children are perfect in brushing up on the basics or forgotten techniques. Congrats to all the adults that have taken up art again - I feel I need this to complete me spiritually an artistic soul needs to do art needs that creative outlet.

This is soooo digestible as a beginner. Thank you for being educational and not taking yourself too seriously, you are the best kind of teacher. Seriously.

All the voices (Brad's family)

Making this animation isnt easy,and you're doing a great job maybe sometimes you wont get enough appreciation or reward you deserve for this series but let me tell you it is very helpful and please dont stop making these :)

This is cool , I feel like I'm in a class with a great teacher and the lesson I like. Love this so much, a massive thanks for the video

I’ve been drawing independently and learning things for years and this series STILL kept things together and helped me learn more important things :D

You are me and my 7 year old daughter's new art teacher! I loved bonding with her over your assignments 😀

possibly the most cinematic and engaging tutorial I've ever seen in my entire life. Not even Studies, they had jokes too!! Really excited about how this channel will come out!! Keep going!!

I've always been frustrated with trying to draw or do any kind of art and feeling hopeless . So many instructional books or vidoes I find assume people know these basic things so it's really nice to find this series that is informative and funny and keeps me engaged, when I'm an adult. I'm recommending this to lots of people.

This os literally the best learn how to draw series ever. I love how you explain it and how you give lessons its amazing and is helping me a lot.

Mr. Brad! This is awesome stuff! I am tutoring a 6-year-old who is very interested in art and I am using your videos to help create my "curriculum". You are the best, thank you!!

Hello. I'm 26 and just learning as Graphic designer its my second profession. I never tried to draw things before but i really wanted to be a good designer. I don't have a talent. I cant even draw basic shapes. But now I found this channel , it really feels like i have friend teacher . THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

Absolutely loved this! So entertaining and yet super informative. It has made learning fun and totally motivated me to continue. Thanks so much for taking the time to create this series!!

I was a hobbyist art student before university but through all these years, this is the best art class I have ever watched.

Wow Awesome 👍

I don't know who Brad is what he does. I just did a quick search for drawing basics and this came up. All I can say is I'm super impressed with the excellence and professionalism put into this video. AAA quality. It feels like he works in Burbank, CA in a studio. Thanks for sharing your knowledge Brad. I look forward to learning from you in your other videos!

I've watched hours and hours of videos about how to draw over 17 years, and finally someone has explained to me how you actually draw a sphere!!! this was super helpful :)

"We can break down Jimmy into these core shapes." Me: Okay! Also me: *gets the chainsaw for mr brad*

I’ve been dying to add real art fundamental learning in my nieces homeschooling but most RU-vid channels are mature or aimed at an adult vocabulary understanding and this is perfect!! I’ve already learned so much from you this last year and a half of my own art Journey Brad and I’m so excited I can now bring my niece along with me. :D keep up the awesome work!

Im so glad that i have learned english so i could understand what people like you are trying to say (Im still looking forward in learning it more). Im 16 years old that thought i couldnt ever draw cus most of "tutorials for beginners" are complicated as f***. But you on other hand made it entertaining and educational AND because of that i gained a hope that i can learn how to draw. Thank you alot Brad, i really appreciate your effort into these series (if i made some mistakes in sentences im sorry, im Russian so its kind of hard to express feelings on other language)

As a person who hasn’t had an art teacher in 3 years and want to learn how to draw better, this helps a lot more than you think :)

if only art school was this simple and entertaining back then

I love how engaging and fun this class was

I’m 30 and brushing up on my art skills. These videos are sincerely amazing. Even for someone who considers themselves an intermediate artist. This stuff is RU-vid gold!

I am 26 and this is very useful content for me! Thank you so much for having it. You are awesome.

The amount of details put into this, it's incredible. Thank you Brad for these videos! So funny and fun to watch!

Hey man I honestly can’t believe that these videos are free. They are high quality, quirky, and extremely amusing!

I love how he made everything very clear and I learned a lot along with the assignments and the homework

Hey Brad (Mr. Cowboy)! I watched this episode just now, I really appreciate your hard work and the time you have invested for this content. Though the duration of this content is 9:35, the instructions were conveyed in a way that even a toddler could understand. I'm going to recommend your Channel to my friends and family because this episode is absolutely brilliant. Please don't stop creating these kind of content for the future artists! Thanks for this wonderful content! :)

Most engaging, motivating and just fun video I’ve was since the start of the pandemic. Looks like you put a lot of effort into this and just wanted to let you know that it made me want to learn drawing so much! Thank you!!

As someone coming back to art after a long break due to some personal issues this greatly inspired me to finally come back. Keep doing what you're doing man!

Thank you Brad!!! This is perfect for my family. We can't wait to get started.

"Aimed at children" - just the art class I have been looking for since I was a child, looong, looong ago . Showing art can be taught. Respect Mr. Cowboy. :)

Hi! I just want to say thank you so much for doing these, you don't know how long I've been hunting for some kind of introduction to drawing just like this! I've always wanted to learn how to draw, but never really knew where to start and these fundamentals are so helpful in doing just that.

Omg thank u!! I always see things I want to paint or draw but have no skills! Now I am starting to draw just from watching your shapes video!! And I'm doing it with my 8 yr old who loves to draw, thanks for giving us the skills to make art and spend time together! 🥰

I love this! I think I found a new favorite channel, I hope you continue posting c:

This is the exact right moment in my life. Just bought an iPad purely to draw and paint in Procreate. And this easy start, to draw shapes already gave me my first „good feeling“ in drawing. Can’t wait for more, I am totally in!

It's educational and entertaining, I see it is a little bit catered to younger audiences, but I still learned and blew from my nose once or twice.

I'm an Art teacher too, and your classes are so cool. Thanks Mr. Cowboy!

I'm 18, I love writing but I've always been jealous of artists. My friend made me fanart two years ago, then another last week, and I've always wanted to make art for her stories too but never been confident in my skills. I realized that if I started practicing two years ago, I'd probably be able to make something decent now. I'm going to start so in a few years I'll look back and be thankful I did! Hopefully the next time my friend sends me art, I can send some back :) 5 month update: I've been practicing with drawing angled heads and faces between classes, so I made art of my friend's character and she really liked it! I definitely can't draw the rest of the anatomy yet, but I'm proud of my progress and I'm going to keep at it :)

The dot thing is really helping me. I really had a hard time making stable strokes and I'm getting the hang if it by doing this dot thing. Thank youu!!

This is awesome! I was searching on how to teach my kid a basic drawing lesson and I found this. This is gold! Thanks, Sir, Brad! Great video.

This is the first time in my life I've felt like I have the ability to learn how to draw. And I had fun! So many youtube art tutorials have left me feeling depleted as the teacher tells me I just have to "feel it". Thank you for this, wish it had been around years ago! Also your pacing and video editing are super, as is your writing.

I loved the video. I've been searching for art classes on you tube for a while now, but all teachers seemed boring, and their explanations were too complex, but then I found this video, and it is awesome, thank you 😊

Brad you are an AMAZING artist, EXCEPTIONAL teacher, HILARIOUS comedian, and EXTREMELY knowledgeable. Your RU-vid has become your own TV channel to reach hundreds of thousands of viewers all over the world 😎😎

Found it useful. Saw him on udemy but was disappointed to not find this kind of course on there. I love his method and how he adds humor into it. I learn better with the way he teaches

Thanks for your video - it breaks things down to a very basic level that ANYONE can understand. Your explanation is very clear, yet the clip is quick and just the right length so you don't get bored. Please keep it up and I hope you create many more of such videos for other mediums of art too.

Homeschool family here, found these lessons for my kids, to then had to join them as it looked so fun. Great job on the video!!

I've been drawing for a while but I want to get better, and art classes or even SkillShare is out of reach for me. This is an amazing series with easy to understand concepts and a touching amount of encouragement. I love it so much, it means the world to have such an engaging, informal class for free.

Thank you SO much for this, I love it! I've always wanted to learn more but definitely need the structure of something like this. Thanks!

thank you brad my first time trying to seriously better my drawing skills and you're making it a lot easier.

Thank you very much for these tutorials ! Please keep making them , I know they’re gonna blow up the even more!

this is almost like that one ahow i use to watch in dianey channel, so nostalgic

Dang your channel needs more recognition this series is so good

Finally, someone who really means BEGINNER. I've been scouring the internet looking for something like this. I have no idea how to draw and all the other videos I found scared me off when they brought up subjects like 'line art', 'color theory', etc. I'm really happy I found something simple.

Excelente! Great job this is so far the best tutorials I've seen. Love it, keep going.

Thank you so MUCH for this video. I’ve been drawing for awhile and use reference photos and try to follow all the complicated lines and stuff. It’s never quite right and I can never seem to create my own art. Going back to basic is just want I needed! Maybe now I can find my voice in my art.

Absolutely love this. Such a brilliant way to teach. My children love it too

Thank you so much for this - I got given a drawing tablet by a friend, who did not know that I am absolutely clueless at art, but I didn't want to sell the tablet as I was looking for a new skill. The style of these lessons are great and really informative, so thank you

Great video, learning how to draw again after being out of the loop for years and these videos make jumping in not so scary. Thanks for this.

I love this so much!! It's entertaining and I feel like I learn actually a lot from it

What a amazing methods for me to start my first drawing lesson, thank you teacher Brad🙏😍

This is awesome. Thanks so much for doing this. Art was always so daunting because no one ever taught the basics.

I’m a nail artist and I’m a type of nail artist thing is extremely discouraged by watching other nail artist I can do art on nails and so I’ve been strolling RU-vid and ran across you and definitely I’m gonna take an hour out my day every day to do this to Just practice and I really appreciate you. My daughter is aa artist and. She is so good and she had me practicing lines so along with the lines and the shapes, I’ll be a winner between you and her.

Omg i really think this art series is going to be a masterpiece on youtube. Thank you for doing this for free🤩🤩🤩

Even as someone who can draw (slightly), I found this to be a really engaging video in every aspect. Very nice work - wish you the best of luck with your channel

I love the cartoon classroom! Such a fun way to learn and be entertained. Great work!!

Ohmy...I'M tearing up... THIS is it for me... I always get hang up on what tools I don't have then stop drawing and give up on art as a whole, then the depression kicks in... Watching most of the tutorials on RU-vid does not help me learn to the T with the little I have, it just reminds me what I don't have and cannot afford, it honestly is a sad cycle but THIS, this right here is awesome content man and it accounts for the ones with less and the ones with more.. So no one is missing out. Dude God bless you!

This is absolutely fantastic. Great work. I am going to try drawing, especially since you make it so accessible. Cheers.

Can't take my eyes off your tutorial.. It's easy to understand, fun, and encouraging.. Love it, i hit that like and subscribe button right away..

Thank you so much, all the other videos were like, just draw the shapes, and I'm here like, what shapes?? You have no idea how excited I got over being able to draw straight lines, thank you thank you!!

my hand hurts from practicing for day one! Im still practicing in squares lol. Im trying to correct myself since im used to use my wrist everytime i need to draw a line! I cant describe how grateful I am for this video. Thank you for your effort and making this class, light, engaging and entertaining. ❤️

Even I wanna be animator this is kinda inspiring ❤️❤️❤️

Can we all just appreciate the hell out of the design and animation of this video. Absolutely outstanding!