also i keep hearing other artists say you have to draw 5 to 8 hours a day that's why people burn out, when you're studying don't pressure yourself, once you get the skill you will be doing 5 hours without realzing it
Right. When you're learning any skill, 1-2 hours is a good balance imo, however it can vary from person to person. Some can handle 30 minutes at a time, some can do 5+ hours. Gotta find your rythm.
Very agree with that, you have to get intrinsic motivation to get going first. My mistake was as beginner studying for 5 hours everyday about perspective its got me burned out and quit drawing for half year.
Nah, do some research on how to effectively study. Start with 25 min intervals. Burn outs real, and 5-8 hours is over kill. The brain needs time to process.
@@kielsol ya I know about the pomodoro technique but we're not machines, I found out that 45 minutes interval sessions is good for me, 25 is too short, so I can do around 4 sessions of 45 minutes each
That "Practice how it works for you" is helpful for us full time working adults who want to get good at art but don't have much free time to pursue it.
Yeah it's kind of crazy how common the "I jumped straight to anatomy" mistake is. One way I like to think about it is that drawing is sort of like mental 3D modeling. Once you're comfortable creating and assembling forms in perspective, you realize that anatomy is simply a collection of very specific forms to memorize. Developing your understanding (and feeling!) of 3D space is so important because literally everything else depends on your ability to "3D model".
Send this to the AI techbros who consider us "gatekeepers" of making art and that of gatekeepers that keep them "making" art. Artists like you have been making knowledge available to the masses for free and there, they are crying because we are WiTHoLding these information from them. Thank you so much for the detailed vdo. Keep up your hard work!
This video was exactly what I needed. I am a beginner in art and have been struggling with my recent character drawings. A lot of the things you said in the video really hit hard, like the burnout you mentioned or how anatomy won't necessarily help you if your fundamentals aren't good enough yet. I have finished a few drawings, but afterwards I always felt burnt out and unmotivated for a while, even though I had fun while drawing, because I spent too much time with too little breaks on it. I have been learning anatomy, thinking it would lead to improvements in my drawings, but even though I understood the shapes, I wasn't able to portray them in my drawings. So yeah, I agree with what you mention in the video and am looking forward to trying out the tips you suggested. I know David Finch's videos already and can confirm they are extremely helpful. Also some good humor throughout the video, made me chuckle sometimes^^
The few things that Krita doesn't do that CSP does, you will possibly never need. For free, it is truly awesome (though I prefer CSP). I bought a $20 Osu pad for drawing, and it worked shockingly well (though you need a PC). Draw a lot; check out other artists a lot; copy great drawings (a great way to pick up a new technique).
i'm not a newbie by any means (not a pro either lol), but i've been trying to learn art off and on for a very long time. recently, i'm really trying to hunker down and learn properly and practice and your video helped give me some encouragement and more direction. this is probably one of the best videos that any beginner artist could watch. lots of real, genuine advice and solid information and i definitely learned quite a bit from it. well done ^^
just want to say as an absolute and utter beginner, out of all the art advice i've watch on youtube. you sir actually made me feel like i was a student in your classroom sounding like a trusting professor. what i appreciated most in this video is the resources you provided at the end. going through the rest of your channel and you just earned another subscriber!
Thank you!🤗 Thank you for saying that gesture and anatomy arent beginner things to learn you re like the first to say that in this millions of information i see online about beginners learning to draw so just thank you for that im genuinely happy im not crazy when i say to the people that tell me that, that they re idiots😊 Love the video by the way
I am so impressed with this video. You give such incredible encouragement and motivation to ANYONE who might want to start drawing. I have always wished that I could draw...and you have inspired me to try...just for fun. Great job honey! Also, I love the tone of your voice...very positive and direct without being sarcastic. Excellent job...really EXCELLENT!
Wow, what a great video. Your cogency and delivery was impeccable. Seeing your demonstration on the perspective in real time was excellent. The whole video, brilliant job and so many great insights. Thanks for creating this along with the other tips at the end. Look forward to more that you will be sharing. Kudos on a job well done.
i agree with what you said with gesture and anatomy and I've seen so many times, people watch a video of gesture it seems simple but when they apply it it's just frustrating and you never understand what's wrong and you wonder why you can't improve
From wat i have seen, people dont understand "gesture". Gesture is the flow/force/energy/rythm/movement of the body . People often make mistake of adding anatomy or outlining silhouette into the gesture as s beginner, instead of keeping body proportion in mind and adding basic forms. Its like a dancing stickman without form or a mannequin eith the forms. Gotta understand the fundamentals you are learning and how to use/apply it. I researched thoroughly and look at multi examples. Sources for gestures: proko, lovelifedrawing, glenn vilppu, micheal hampton
Thank you for this amazing video! I've been drawing for most of my life but only started taking it more seriously around 2 years ago and I agree with what you mention a lot; Perspective and form are really important for understanding the rest of the fundementals, focusing on that in the beginning (instead of just doing observational drawings and copying other artists) would have made me progress faster so I'm very grateful for you sharing this with anyone who's starting out drawing! All the advice you give in the end is really important too, I look forward to seeing your other videos and art! :)
So glad this helped! And I just wanna say this too, observational drawings are still important. Always use reference, especially when doing fundamentals!
This is amazing, your voice is super relaxing to listen to and you explain the steps so well. I had never seen anyone explain symbol drawing and it really explained why my art looked so "off" because I wasn't considering how I should be drawing how the object is in real life versus a symbol on a paper. I really hope your channel is able to take off and become popular because you so deserve it!
Well done. I use Krita mostly these days with a $60 dollar tablet. And you're right on references. I'd add that a lot of Manga Ka also trace for basic perspective. Not surprising given the insane workload they labor under. Plus, there is an artist (can't remember the name) who does space craft from everyday objects by using the basic shape to get angle and form, then they fill the details in.
So happy this video was recommended to me! I’ve been drawing since I was a kid, stopped for awhile, then am back at it and want to expand what I can draw. Im good (and love) my current niche but have been wanting to try new things and this video helped get me into the right mindset 😊 It reminded me that everyone starts somewhere and slow growth is better than 0 growth. Thanks so much for making such a quality video!
I must say, this is the greatest recommendation I had in all year. The content is great, good pacing, good content, interesting and with funny comments here and there. The music is nice and soft, so it doesn't distract me from the content, which is higly appreciated. I really enjoyed the video and hope to see more of your content. I've always enjoyed art, but never knew how to begin. This motivated me to start again. Thank you so much and keep it up!!! You're doing great!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
I think I only did DrawaBox for about 1-2 months and saw massive improvement in my understanding of perspective and imagining something in 3D space. I recommend that beginners also give it a go!
A great introduction to art. I was in here for the part of perspective for humans. Loved the straightforward explanations and strong pieces of advice offered throughout the video. Definitely would recommend it.
Another comment I’d make is draw every day, even if it’s only a half hour. Just anything, everywhere, practice practice practice and DO NOT worry what it looks like, just do it. Keep the drawings and date them, stash them away and then take them out in a few moths and see how you actually have improved. You’ll be amazed. Remember too, that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and so often we are not happy with our own work and we must really learn to let it go and let others be the judge. I can guarantee that someone somewhere will like what you’ve drawn - you don’t have to. In the same way, don’t expect adulation, as you kind of say, fb likes etc are not what make your art, it’s you yourself.
Wanted to address one small error I made in the video: I mispronounced “Kim Jung Gi”. My apologies, my friends. EDIT: THANK YOU for 100K views!!!! I legit never expected this to get more than a few hundred views, and it really means a lot - I love that this video helped so many of you all get started. Thank you everyone for all the comments and support 💜
thank you for some great advice on this video. i have just turned 51 and looking to start drawing and painting in the new year as a hobby. I hope you can do more videos that will help people learn. Once again thank you so much.
I'll add something for more intermediate students to consider for comics and manga. Movie making. The comic/manga artist is the set designer, costume designer, cinematographer, director, and does all the acting for the characters. So, movie watching is an occupational hazard! Its not a bad habit to get into as a beginner either, as there is a lot you can learn to add drama to your picture this way. A good example is look up clips of Citizen Kane. The first trick I learned in this vein was where Orson Wells goes on a berserk rampage in his house. The camera got lower and lower and lower, emphasizing how angry Wells' character was. Another good trick is in the first Avengers movie where they're looking up at the giant snake/dragon/mech thingy. By looking down on the characters it makes them look smaller and vulnerable so when they go into action they feel even more heroic. Genera that are useful for this sort of thing are Noir, superhero, martial arts, etc. Also there are movie shorts out there that are useful too. There are some Polish practitioners of Historic European Martial Arts (HEMA) That do period sword play movie shorts. With actual martial techniques from the old manuals. One is Crossed, you can find others. Hope some of that helps someone.
This is excellent advice!!! Yeah, I agree, studying films and the angles & setpieces they use, the lighting etc… all contributes to and translates to good art
Wow. Thank you for making this video! I literally built up an entire list of 15+ art guides and videos all dealing stuff I thought was basic like anatomy but not one (other than this one) had “perspective” in them. I’m watching this video before I go to sleep and I feel like I might’ve dodged a bullet lol. I’ve already decked myself out with a decent sketchbook and Procreate but now I notice that I should probably do basic stuff on a sheet of paper to get those fundamentals down. I might edit this comment sometime later this year to see if I’ve gone anywhere.
Hey man, thanks! I was putting together a plan for how to approach my self taught studies and your words confirmed that my plan to start with perspective and form is a good one. I appreciate you.
That is a great plan! By the way, if there’s anything specific you’d like to see to help your future studies, let me know! Best of luck on your art journey
I started drawing from 2000ad love it I stop for a while but hope to get back into it again if I keep it up I would been really good you don't stop improving good video
Awesome video, I like how you went straight to the point in practicing perspective and form, which is usually missed in these types of videos, thank you! and I look forward to more content.
Genetics affects on skill improving, I'm struggling on color theory because of my little colorblindness. But this not stops me of trying to avoid my trouble
I really like this and appreciate it. I am soon going to be 80 years old. I have been drawing and painting my whole life but not really serious. I have always wanted to get serious and so I am working hard at it. But I sometimes don't know where to start. This has really given me ideas.
Sincerely thank you for this video! :) i’m a beginner and i was lost until i found your video… thank you very much for explaining it throughly and honestly. i tried starting with anatomy but i failed horribly 😅i’m gonna start again but with figure drawing and see!
Great video. I wish i had stumbled upon such information year or two ago. Especially beginner mistake and further advice sections. I think i had all the mistakes you mentioned, glad I somehow managed to solve it by myself and move on. Surely nice and solid guide for beginners
One thing I think this video forgets: Don't be ashamed to brush up on your fundamental skills through warm ups. It makes your art even better by doing so. 😊
hi, i am semi-professional furry artist, and i like helping beginner artists in the communities i interact with as sort of a hobby, and the two advice i always start with is 1.) use references 2.) join an art community; seeing these same points having such highlight in your vid was very satisfying for me personally; and i agree with you 100% with everything else in the vid, the importance of perspective as a fundamental, the importance of switching to seeing 3d, the damage of jumping to anatomy/gesture ahead of time, that learning in traditional is probably preferred against learning in digital; maybe i would hammer the point more on how focusing on social media hurts skill progress :P i think social media is a unique challenge to the beginners of today, along with defaulting to picture refs instead of irl refs; TLDR awesome vid, i'll keep recommending it to the beginners i interact with
elite brudda i've been interested in architecture however my drawings look like doodoo but i'm practicing between 10 mins to 2 hours each day on basic form and my arm feels more confident hope to one day become an architect
Thank you so much, I have been begging RU-vid artists for this very content...where to start and how to approach learning in a systematic way. Thank you so much🫶🙏
I think this question is often stated by people that want to be good at drawing but don't actually enjoy the process of learning to draw (which is drawing). I for many years had a sense of wanting to learn to draw, I practiced and didn't really enjoy the process, I got to a point where I could see that if I continued I could possibly become good at it, but it's not worth it if you don't enjoy the process. So my advice is that if you need advice on starting to draw you might just not be into drawing, there's tons of starter guides, it's not some unsolved problem, you just need to draw, a lot.
I enjoyed the video, and it helped a lot. Could you make a video about form and structure in the future? (I apologize for any grammar and spelling mistakes.)
wdym art is a journey, i gotta drop the next berzerk killer at the end of the year. loved the video bro, I really think it points out important wisdom that most people actually dont tell to beginners
Question: How will I know, when I'm ready to move onto other things after doing some perspective? Like for example shapes and form, and after that gesture drawing.
Ideally you do perspective and form together, as you should be drawing forms *in perspective*. But the answer is, whenever you feel ready to, you can move to the next fundamental. I would say try Value next - ill be making a video on that soon.
Also, I wanted to say this too, feel free to ignore my advice. My advice is merely a suggestion to help anyone who feels stuck. If you want to do gesture ahead of the curve, go for it.
I'm having a really hard time learning perspective traditionally, because the books that I read teach the theorie (like perspective made easy, creative perspective, how to draw by Scott Robertson) but don't really show you haw to use the tools (for example how to use the correct degree ellipse tamplet for a car wheel ) Any advice ?
David Finch’s video on perspective is very good and makes it simple. But beyond that, you are right, a lot of books make perspective harder to learn than it needs to be. Perhaps I should make a video on this and simplify these ideas. When it comes to ellipses, remember you just need an oval. That’s it. dont elongate anything, dont over complicate it - just draw a simple symmetrical oval, and modify it until it looks right. This is an art hack I learned a bit ago that tremendously helps.
A set of Lego or wooden bricks, mahjongg tiles or even food boxes and containers spaced out across a table or room gives a sense of perspective and a reference to copy. Table tennis balls, marbles or Jaffas achieve the same for spherical shapes.
I used to draw traditinaly but stopped drawing for about 6 years, then in 2019 i tried go back and bought a cheap tablet and i tell you, this transition is so damn hard, even worse when i am a begginner totally "out of shape". We are ending 2022 and i still cannot get the handle of it.
I like to listen to younger people and their take on drawing and the how to of art. I don’t usually single out young or old, but sometimes someone older or younger can have a different perspective because of their freshness and new approach to the subject, or alternatively, perhaps because of their years of experience. I also think that no matter if your old or new to drawing, you can always and should always go back to the basics - don’t think that because you have learned all the basic skills, you don’t need this kind of video; don’t think you’re above the basics, or you won’t learn much or get better. As I get older, I know I have to go back to basics sometimes, like making an old recipe off by heart; sometimes it’s good to go back to the original source to see how much you’ve tweaked and changed it over time to suit your own style - perhaps a little too much in the wrong direction - and see why it’s not actually working like it used to. Thank you for your approach, your enthusiasm and knowledge. 🙂
I struggle so hard with drawing. I've been trying it on and off for 30 years and literal 3rd graders draw better than me. It's like my hands can't do a single thing my brain asks of them. I also struggle with the "no reference" meme. However, my biggest struggle right now is self hatred and embarrassment. I see what I draw and get SUUUPPEERRR discouraged. I'm glad I found this video! I doubt I'll ever be happy with my drawing ability, but this video helped me understand things a bit more. I am curious, though, how can I get better at 2d drawing? I like doing "symbolic" doodles, but they're always trash
Just work on smooth confident linework. Try to use as few lines as possible to draw something (this is called “line economy”). That’s the key to any good drawing, 2D or 3D
I have a question brother I want to learn drawing because I want to animation field I can't draw anything I can't draw a house properly not Face or anything I don't draw anytime I also don't know how to practice How can I start plz tell me
Just dropping by to give some testimony of my experience: 3 years ago I started to take drawing seriously. I was working in a pretty demanding project at work, staying away from my home city and returning only for the weekends. I started to take art classes on Saturday morning and loved it, the instructor was good, the environment was relaxed and fun and etc. Unfortunately I made the mistake of listening to the worst advice ever that I found on the Internet: "You must grind if you want to be good at art." Me, wanting to be better at drawing, decided to take this as gospel. Even my instructor warned me (strongly!) against it at the time, only to fall on deaf ears. So, I would return to the hotel after a tiresome day at work (from 7 AM to 6 PM!) and force myself to draw at least two hours and a half every day! Sometimes I would wake up at 4 AM just to complete the two hours! And by drawing I mean: fundamentals. I wasn't "allowed" to draw anything for fun until I got "good" at the fundamentals. Awesome right?! No. It really wasn't. Yes, there was some improvement in the first weeks, but looking back, it was negligible in the great scheme of things. All it did was to burn me out completely. After 2 months doing it, I started to dread picking up the pencil. The idea of the frenetic practice at late night, like a mad man was just horror. I stopped going to the art classes and then stopped drawing. Only on the second half of the last year I decided to pick the pencil again. But I would do different this time: I would create a habit of it, but I would respect my limits. No more crazy grinding. I would at least draw for fun half of my time drawing. Surprise, surprise: I started to improve and drawing started to become a fun experience again. To anyone listening: respect yourself. It is a journey, not a sprint.
I tried draw a box it was so boring I just couldn't stick to it instead I bought like a couple really useful courses online proko and some good ones on udemy and gumroad. I can actually stick with them. The way that Drawabox teaches is just so incredibly boring it's way too slow before it gets to the fun stuff. so I just quit I mean I need to feel engaged. I mean sure I could have been doing the drawabox and then drawing for fun on the side to counteract the boringness. But with like the other art courses they're interesting at the same time so I didn't feel the need to like have to draw for fun on the side because they were fun to begin with.
Something Ill say regarding free programs not having as many features, it doesn't really matter, considering the alternative is pencil and paper which is the definition of featureless (not bashing it, just saying) So definitely do not spend money on programs because you absolutely do not need anything more than what free programs can offer. Unless you're working professionally, and even then most freelance artists will just use what they perfer.
Amazing for digital art. If you cant afford PS or CSP, it’s really your best bet. I loved using it when I got my first drawing tablet! Maybe I should do a video on what’s possible with Krita…
I been learning anatomy a few months ago, to make better animations, but i Guess my fundamentals are weak because i can't anímate when i want and i feel burnt out with little work
@@celticmanga thanks, i been drawing since i was a kid, then stop drawing then again, its so frustrating sometimes i dont know where to start or if what im doing is correct, i been drawing every day for like 3 months only practicing (heads, body, hands, poses with 3d figures)and not doing full drawings, i forgot to draw because i enjoy it.
Traditional prefered? I don't agree. especially if you want to get into stuff like painting, doing digital first is a lot more forgiving. And less of a cleanup really... It's a bit like saying you need to start on a acoustic guitar instead of electric, in truth it doesn't really matter. Reference is really important but it's also good to keep in mind that copying a reference is only going to get you so far. I'm not talking about tracing but trying to recreate the reference to a degree of like 90%. Thing is, everyone can copy, but actually understanding a subject is really difficult. A good use for using references it's looking at a picture and then trying to draw it from a different angle. It's incredibly hard, but you're gonna learn a lot. I really get an aversion to people saying you have to draw x hours a day. Life gets in the way sometimes, it's been scientifically proven that about 20 minutes a day learning any skill consistently is enough for vast improvement, and draw for longer when you simply have more time. And skipping a day or two here and there is totally fine.
I say traditional for sketching and drawing primarily, because it’s cheaper to get a pencil and paper ($5 max) than it is to get an expensive tablet. Keep in mind I focus on lineart and sketches here; painting is unfamiliar territory for me. Other than that you make some good points. Especially about breaks! It is so, so important to take breaks.
