How do you guys control yourselves? If I knew how to draw nearly as well as you, I'd probably be drawing around 5 hours a day. I can't imagine the feeling of putting hard work into something and then backing up from the paper and turning the light up to enjoy and suck up the work and beauty... I'm so jealous, you're awesome!
Hana c speak for yourself 🤣 most people that I know ( these people and I do a level art) feel that the more time we put in the more we want to learn, and the more happy we are with our work
@@haris8853 it actually applies to me too, whenever i do something over and over, i get bored and try new things. then when my mind has refreshed, then i could go back to drawing or whatever the heck i was doing.
I've been trying to figure out why many of my sketches looked disjointed and messy, despite shading in the correct spots. I have searched all over YT and finally found explanations, here in this video. THANK YOU!
you can use hatching in so many ways to display different tones and use it in a lot of different scenarios, you can tighten the strokes to make a darker tone and vice versa. you can use harder strokes to achieve a darker tone and vice versa. you can cross/overlay another piece of hatching ontop to create a darker tone and vice versa. but ultimately it's up to you how you want to do it. you could go with a very simplistic 2 value structure and just have light and shadow. you could go with a big value structure and go from speculars to halftones all the way down to occlusion shadows if you so desire. you could even use contour hatching which tells more about the form of the object and you can use that in combination with regular hatching. some of my inspiration for hatching is obviously frank frazetta but also franklin booth. but you could even look at some of the old masters which used a lot of hatching too in their sketches. but is it a replacement to regular gradient or tonal shading? not really, it's just a different technique with a different outcome of the end result. you'll still need very deep knowledge of everything and lots of practice to get something that looks good at the end of the day.
As a teacher (definitely not one of art lol), I truly appreciate your teaching style, tone and continuous references to what you are doing , as well as real world reasoning for such pencil strokes to enhance realism. I find this cross hatching tutorial to be one of your best. And I am soaking up all your videos lately. Thanks a million
Very good video many thanks. Just for info. most mechanical (clutch) pencils have an inbuilt point sharpener in the button you push. There's a little hole in the end cap where the lead is inserted and twisted to sharpen. To make life easy, these caps pull off so you can use it on a lead already being used in the pencil. :-)
Wei..the robot babe is sweet..traditional shading is sweet, cross hatching adds more character..most artist use straight hatching to come out of the shadows (black) it's a good transition from dark to light.. something like that..I think..
Lovely as always, Wei. I've been struggling with shading for a long time and this video most definitely helped to improve the shadow quality on my drawings, thank you : )
hii I was looking for beginner tutorials and I found your channel, after watching first video I instantly subscribed your channel, dear sir did you use cross hatching in that girl you shown in video?? I mean can you show us what is the final result of cross hatching?? thank you for video sir ^^
Good evening Mr Wei. I'm an eager follower of your artwork. I would have first seen your work in 2012 thereabouts and have been practising some technique you recommend to all skill levels of artist. However, crosshatching is my kryptonite and was wondering if you could list the material one ought to use to get the effective results they'll be happy to see when they use the proper or correct materials, please. I am a Caribbean citizen and as such art isn't such a big deal here. Whose into art is into art but for the most part, art is passionate for a few. I am part of that passionate crew. I've realized the materials is what's make your work pop. Well, a list by you can vanquish the fear and enable us, art enthusiasts, to feel empowered and build confidence in our work and promotion of our work too. Thanks, Mr Wei.
you've answered some questions I've had for a while but couldn't find a decent answer to (one being about following contours with your hatching) so thank you. I think I remember Sycra (i think...) saying something about the way Michaelangelo done his cross hatching. he would use only small changes in angle (10 degrees vs. say 35) to give a more natural look. do you agree with this?
Yeah, I think that's a good rule. At times, I do rotate the hatching lines at an angle to fit the shape better. What happens with that is that it creates motion in the shading. I suppose I should have talked about that too. Next time=)
This help alot! Im have been drawing for 4 years so I wouldn’t be a beginner but i each year i went a step up. But im still not that good! Can you please show how to draw bodys noses faces eyses and mouth! And also some different body poses all in one video! Please and thank you!:)
hey man i wanted to ask u something i don`t know how to start my drawings (from what point) i can`t decide and i am staring at the picture until i give up. Its frustrating because i rly want to get better at drawing can u somehow help me(if u understood my problem)? sorry if the coment was unclear by the way you are the best artist i have ever seen
I have that feeling every single time I sit down to draw. That is possibly not a lack of skill, but a lack of confidence. You probably need to talk yourself up a little and get yourself ready. Boost your confidence any way you can, then pick any area that looks doable and start there. Personally, I have a system I use when I draw. First, I lay out construction lines that divide up the area into what I want. Then I put in biggest shapes, second biggest shapes, then any detail I want. When I start to shade I put in a midtone value first. then i add shadows, then I add lights. Having a system makes me never lost as to what I should be doing. I always know exactly what to do. But even though thats the case i STILL get that panic, that "i dont know what to do" feeling, every single time I sit down to draw. I know that its just a feeling. So I like to boost myself up by looking at past drawings I've done that i liked. I tell myself "you got this. you have done this so many times before. you know how to do this. lets get it!" Then I go ahead and get it done
Great video Wei. I also loved the click bait drawing, but she isn't really cross-hatching is she? You should also put a link to where you find such great reference photos.
Is doing cross hatch needed to know where the source of light? Or you can just cross hatch any direction? I mean the line should be aligned from the source of light?
great video lesseon wei i was just wondering i made a facebook page for multiple art and would love to put some of your video lessons on there for people if thats ok thanks for another great lesson
can u give me a vdo in this toppic when a student achieve her goal and get success and study IIT and 2nd part she became a big engineer pls I request u pls make a vdo for this seen
Question: What if a have a bigger drawing? do I have to do really long lines? because Im having trouble with that you cant draw them really fast if they are long, and if I just do half and after that the other half of the line then it looks weird.
Long lines are harder, you have to break it up, and the movement has to be from your whole arm. Check out my video on drawing lines and curves. I talk about that there.
Art of Wei The thing is - I do "almost" perfect lines but when they get too close the gaphite just blends even when my pencils are really sharp - I'm not sure if that suppouse to be happening, maybe it's because of the paper texture? it's a regular printing 80g one
