@@user-zx1tp4mt4l real life has parallel lines that will never converge………. There are no vanishing points in real life….. hence why you have to do this trick to create depth…………..
This dude really be showing how terrible most art classes really are, his short clips have had me understand a realize more than any art teacher has ever for me
Why do you prioritize him over art classes? Copying is also a great way to practice. He literally copies and many masters of our age copy too. Copying photos is not a bad thing as long as you are being mindful of your subject.
been drawing for more or less 13 years of my life and coming across your channel and your explanations changed how I view things. When I was younger I had a few art classes that didn't help at *all* because all they told me to do is to copy photos. thank you for this! helps a lot
I love watching your videos and hearing things i inherently _know_ but don't actively think about or apply.
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It depends. I wouldn't trace when I'm working on a piece, but for practice, it can be still useful. Eg. if I want to practice shading or color mixing and want to jump right in and the drawing isn't the main focus, tracing or gridding can save a lot of time. It's like playing chess vs. solving chess puzzles, both are valuable practice, but while the first is focusing on the whole game, the second is focusing on a single problem to solve.
@@noriiisame. I've tried tracing and I just never seem to get anything out of it. It looksbad and I feel like I didn't learn anything. I try to find a piece I like and draw it by hand, it helps me not get bogged down in details.
@@sleepypotatoe7 because you're not even doing half the work. for example, if I want to study an animal that I have never drawn, my first sketch will be pure slow tracing, just to understand what I am drawing and its anatomy. After that, I do it only with reference and think about what I learned when I trace it before. Third, I try to remember everything and do it without anything. If you do this, you will learn quickly. with this process you can easily know how to draw a new animal without references per day.
You always amaze me with how you break down these things. I always see your shorts, and even if I don't feel like it (coz I'm doom-scrolling), I make sure to watch it til the end and try to absorb as much as possible
This is why I love art, makes a world we recognize look completely new. You think you know how all things are shaped, but then you try to draw someone squatting or the bend of an elbow and you realize you’ve never had to bother with those details ever before.
@JakeDontDraw I just saw my first video of yours maybe 10 minutes ago and i absolutely love your way of teaching. Your shorts are beautiful flashcards for art techniques. Perfectly presented knowledge. I appreciate you
Killin it dude you are a natural teacher. Im waiting for my charcoal set of pencils, pad, erasers, etc to show up in the mail. I bought charles bargues book as well. 😂
i used to be super into drawing like drawing every single day multiple times a day pretty much all day in elementary through middle school and a bit of highschool as well. then i stopped drawing almost completely, but my art now is still significantly better than my art then for three reasons. 1. im an adult now and naturally your grasp on things in general improves as you age 2. i continuing looking at art and art tips and 3 and the most important one in my opinion, i started pursuing my true passion being medicine, and in turn human anatomy. do not neglect anatomy yall. i can’t even tell you how dramatically my art improved without me having to do much at all just by learning anatomy. it was easy for me because i love anatomy i love it more than i love art by like a large margin. i understand anatomy can be boring for a lot of artists and that’s what holds them back, but don’t let it
Even after having decent understanding of the fundamentals I like to use tracing or gridding occasionally if I just really can't get my brain to understand the base shape for some reason (usually it's a depth thing for me because of some eye issues I got). Afterwards I sketch it out freehand a couple times and it's all good.
I think that both approaches can be useful. Of course what you’re teaching is very important and makes a painting look 100% better, but I also think that using a grid can be a helpful way of understanding proportions and shapes. Using a grid is still a good way of seeing things as shapes rather than just objects. But I totally agree, there is so much more to art than just using a grid, but I do see grids as being a helpful tool.
It's funny because my art teachers always said, "Draw what you see, not what you know." As in, don't assume you know what an apple looks like because it'll come out looking unrealistic (unless you're an experienced artist). Whereas if you pay close attention to your subject, you'll find a bunch of details you didn't expect to be there. And those details are what make the apple look like a real apple.
I seriously hate trying to draw. I can understand the concept of shapes overlapping eachother but it still feels like whatever i churn out turns into something worse than a childs drawing. My hand refuses to cooperate or something...
i disagree. it CAN make you worse. doesn't mean it can't make you better. play around with the form. guide your attention. notice details, try to figure out why things might be the way they are. like a toddler biting and fiddling, you can explore the image to gain a better understanding of it's form inside your head. only to seasoned artists will it be so intuitive that this tactic no longer applies.
I always thought art is one of those stupid classes that doesn't make sense and is so abstract, there is nothing to learn but jusy draw yourself. Guess I'm wrong. There's levels to this
Gosh, I hate seeing beginner artists trace, and then practice to become hyper realist artists. You've GOT to understand form and work with imagination in order to create. If we need perfect replicas, we have printers, and copy machines.
People who don't understand teaching methods criticizing a thing they don't understand never ceases to amaze and infuriate. As an actual educator who understands that multiple teaching methods are valid, this just pisses me off. If you've been tracing and it's improving your spatial awareness and muscle memory, you're learning the way your brain needs. If tracing a finished piece doesn't help, shape tracing and building off of shapes (as he sort of did here) is also a valid approach. Not everyone can just draw the shape building exercises because of either anxiety and/or struggling with spatial patterns, which is recognized as a struggle for numerous neurodivergent brain processing conditions from ASD to TBI and more. Your brain progressing differently isn't a bad thing nor is taking a different approach to understand a process! Don't let RU-vid bullies tell you your learning needs are less valid. Go seek other artists like Scott Sava and the countless people he cites, and you'll find a much more empathetic and understanding community of artists who understand we learn differently and should keep learning and developing even after grasping basic concepts.
lmao let me guess, it’s really hard for you to decide what flavor of jam to put on your toast in the morning because u have adhd. literally no one said a singular word about mental issues and you still felt the need to say how terrible it is to say a method is wrong (no one said that) while simultaneously calling this guy out for being wrong and implying he hates regarded people
The brush is just a tool, and all you need to worry about when painting first is just a brush with a hard crisp edge, and one with a soft edge. With those 2 things you can make quite literally anything. All the extra little intricacies and neat things you can do with a brush I wouldn’t even worry about. Seriously, just focus on painting with a hard edge brush for sharpening things, and a soft edge brush for blending + softening forms
Try using those 2 brushes every time you paint (at least once a week if you’ve gotta work or seriously focus on school, or once a day or every other day if you’re still in highschool/below and have plenty of time to spare) You’ll start to see a massive improvement as you focus on your fundamentals and getting primary forms, secondary forms, and tertiary forms (the super fine details) down. And if you already know how to draw and are worried about color and painting and texture, focus on using those 2 brushes and you’ll massively improve
@@davantejohnson8591 uhhh yeah... I just want that soft brush man. I've already done art for years. I just like that brush texture and would love to implement it in my own art.
@@davantejohnson8591 and in my experience the brush does matter. I've already tried plenty of brushes out there but I'm unhappy with how some feels to paint with. I really would like to try out and experiment with the brush he used here. Sure you can achieve really nice art with just a soft and hard brush when you know the fundamentals. But there are textures that can only be made with certain brushes 😭.
Agree and disagree. If all you're trying to do is replicate real life, then you don't need to understand how anything "under the hood" works. It's like tracing things over the picture plane. But if you're trying to interpret it in your own way, then you do.
Gotta disagree a bit. Yes, tracing won‘t make you magically become a better painter, but it certainly can be a tool to skip over a step you do not enjoy as much as painting
I wanna draw a picture of my gf and gift her on her birthday in october. Where can i start learning how to draw? Please help, Sir. Im ready to buy any subscription if needed. Thank you. 🙏
