How To Draw Literally Anything
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how to draw anything. yes, literally anything. by the end of this video your brain will 100% be different.
this vid was inspired by the book ‘Drawing in the Right Side of the Brain’ by Betty Edwards
the videos used in this video (i highly recommend checking some of these out)
• Right Brain vs Left Brain
• Observation for Drawin...
• After watching this, y...
• Hemispheric difference...
• Jordan Peterson | Left...
chapters:
0:00 how to draw anything
0:45 where it all begins
1:53 how your brain works
6:15 how this affects your art
10:43 the actionable steps
14:55 how to draw literally anything
15:52 your brain is now different
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That’s cool 😊
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awesome
im here after
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my mom, an artist, only gave me one thing to teach me art. she said, "art is just learning how to see properly". I've used this to teach myself art, then I went to an Atelier later to refine it all. The info in this video will absolutely help you, this guy is 100% right.
Fr I just tell myself to get good and process the image better
I agree, 100%!
She was right.
I'm really excited to see this video
Unfortunately, my mother was not an artist. Took me 30 years to realize that I needed to learn how to see to be able to draw well. I had that ability at 12 years old but at some point I lost it. I try every to get that ability back.
"draw what you see, not what you think you see" I learned this concept of symbols a few years ago and it improved / developed my drawing skills tremendously. I think this is the best drawing advice to give beginners who want to improve their technical drawing skills :> 👍
yeah it's a concept that really deserves more light
I've heard that phrase a thousand times but only NOW i genuinely understand what it means and why. i feel like im slowly opening my third eye the more i realise how my brain actually works. this video helped so much with simply understanding WHY. why draw upside down? why do i keep sucking at foreshortening? now it all makes sense :O
I do try to draw what I see but my hand does not see what I'm drawing
what does that even mean
@@GBArche I can't draw
My guitar teacher told me "you'll never be able to play what you can think." I convert this lesson to everything, including drawing. What you create will never, ever be the level you want it to be, but it will always be better than it was. Look at your drawings from 3 years ago and you'll see what I mean.
Your teacher is wrong. Anyone who can mimic what they hear is capable of this.
@@atticusezis1039 the point he was making is that the hands will never ever CREATE the level of artistry that the brain could imagine, mimicry is not creation. Every artist wishes they could be better and can pinpoint the flaws in every piece they create whereas the beholder may see it as perfection.
My advice for artists is to deeply use reference photos especially if it's unknown to you. Then to incorporate your left side, try to use things you do know about the image. If it's clothing, play with the style, make it more loose, add wrinkles to the shirt, make stains, patches, even if the reference photo doesn't have it. Just use it for inspiration and stylize it, improvise, make it your own and always add a bit of you to it what you know.
Thanks!
as a psychology student and an artist, i love how deep the connection of art and psychology is, far deeper than what we thought in class (at least at my uni and other schools i knew). i swear that most people in the psychology department of my uni doesn't have any idea about this. thank you for bringing this topic and maybe i'll take this not only to improve my art but as a research idea 💗
Be careful because the right brain / left brain specialization stuff has been recently refuted, or shown to be _broadly_ untrue. (I _think_ there is some specialization, like obviously its true both lobes govern one half of the body, and ironically, its the opposite side, and I _think_ syntax is handled by one of the halves of the frontal lobe, and vocabulary the other --- though that in and of itself shows that no, the right side is not broadly uninvolved in language.) Psychology is a constantly evolving field, like any other, and it has its persistant myths and outdated models that bounce around pop media like any other. If most people in the university haven't heard these ideas, they are either very novel, (DEFINITELY not the case, the right brain left brain stuff have been around since I was a kid,) or they're... not well substantiated despite being given time to prove their merits. (Tbf, again, the right brain left brain stuff only recently was definitively shown wrong.)
It would be nice to make a thesis work based on the relation between art production (from the artist's perspective) and psychology
Art was originally a mental and spiritual development and communication medium not just making pretty pictures. It was always connected to how the mind works
Betty Edwards - Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.
My passions were always Art and Psychology. So I became an Art Psychotherapist. It is so fascinating what information comes out in someone’s Art. We’re trained to interpret it and then use that in the process of therapy. There’s also the branch of art therapy that emphasizes how just making art is therapeutic. Regardless, if it’s something you’re interested in doing as a career? It’s A LOT of schooling (Master’s minimum) and training to get the required registration and board certification designations. I don’t know the process outside US). But, if it’s something you’re interested in just reading about I’m happy to recommend some authors. Wishing you the best!
As someone who started "drawing" around a month ago (about an hour a day), I realized I have been doing this unintentionally. When I first tried drawing people I could NEVER get the proportions right/ faces to look good, but for fun, I decided to trace a couple photos of myself and my friends, and doing that gave me a way better (if still very imperfect) understanding of how people are supposed to be proportioned. The mental image I had of people was NOT people shaped lmao. Great video!
😂😭same same. what i THOUGHT was a body was actually realllly short lmao
Good point
Look up the Loomis method for figure drawing..it will change your world
Well, you convinced this old Nanna to give it a go 👍🇦🇺
I love drawing figure sicks. And circles. U confuse me more. I want to learn but I can't
I appreciate how quickly you talk and how you don’t say “umm” or any pauses, you are a very concise speaker
It's editing
He needs to try and eliminate “right?” After many Of his sentences.
@@user-ci6nr3un8c let people have their quirks
He starts a sentances with "you know what i mean", what part of that is a concise speaker
you joking? his speech is terrible.
“I can talk about it all I want, but the best thing is for you to just try it out” is the best advice in the video.
YES!! After graduating from art school, I can’t stress how many art profs I’ve had saying “just focus on the shapes! The contour!” Etc etc. Once u see it, u can apply it to EVERYTHING. Another tip that has helped me a lot is looking at the negative space to help me position things properly, those are shapes too! Love this sm, and the psychological experiments u explained were fascinating to hear
This is quite late. But I know that I have to stress on the shape, and 8 have been doing that but i have a hard time with like what comes first. So like if ur drawing the shoulder from a 3/4 perspective, then like what comes first? Like do you see the chest and some of the shoulder? Or do you just draw the arm/shoulder. I've been trying to train myself to draw from memory but this has been insanely hard for me to understand what comes before the other
@@ivannnyy Hi! No worries, so sorry for my late reply, I just saw this now!! I think whichever shape u see first is the first one u draw, and then whatever u see next, u draw next. So on and so forth till you’re satisfied with the level of detail! I don’t think there’s any wrong or right order, tho I do think generally going from bigger shapes to smaller shapes can be helpful (tho not always necessary). When doing studies, I jump around a lot. What I draw first depends on what about the subject catches my eye first, cuz most likely, that is what’ll catch others ppls eyes as well! Or if not, I then get to bring ppls attention to what I notice and think is important. When doing an original piece, I try to rough out what I consider are more major important shapes then fill in the details later, u get to decide what’s more important and what’s minor! And don’t feel locked down, u can always jump back and forth between major and minor (theres always erasers, white paint, and techniques to replace sections of paper lolol) When it comes to drawing from memory, at least for me, it’s not rly a matter of what order I take, but more like TONS of practice, observation, and repetition until it becomes muscle memory. U naturally build an image library in ur head over time. Soon it’ll sorta become like handwriting, how u just /know/ to write the letters in ur own way cuz you’ve done it so much, if that makes sense! Best of luck
@@art_krisis lmao, no worries but thank you so much! I've kinda been putting off doing so much studies so I'd be able to draw from memory because I like to keep art something I'm really passionate about and I would hate for it to feel like a chore. You are right though, the things that catch my eye first are usually the biggest shapes or the most important so I'll definitely try to portrait that more into my studies. Thank youu :))
@@ivannnyy if it helps, ik lots of ppl who also dislike studies and will add in other things like decorations, fantasy elements, whatever they like to make it more fun! but overall i think observation solves lots of problems when learning to draw and studies is just one way of learning to observe. but it can be done just going about ur day, noticing the lines, curves, colors, and nuances of around u! np
@@art_krisishy idk what you mean by negative space,iam begginer and non native english,may you explain more?
My elementary school art teacher was incredible. She started our lessons with this. In ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
nah doing this in elementary school is wild lmao, your teacher's a legend
a good art teacher will change your entire life
@@hiilikeyourbeard agreed !!!
same. I didn't understand what the exercise was all about at the time but finally my eyes have been opened. he was good
yess same mine made us practice contour drawing and thanks to this video I finally fully get why
I'm 75 yrs old and I have been waiting for this video,. Thank you so much!
75?? I hope I have your enthusiasm and curiosty when I get to your age. I wish you the best dude
lol
My art teacher in high school explained this to me, she explained it very well, and something in my brain clicked. After that I went from not being able to draw to drawing very good realistic drawings. This was 25 years ago, so I can not remember just how she put it, but basically, you draw the lines you see, not the symbol your brain wants you to draw.
That one blind person 🧍. Oh
Okay but what about when you draw from your brain?????????
the way people draw from their brains is like having a library. when you want to reference a particular fact, you find the book you have closet to the topic. drawing is just like this, the hours of real life practice can be thought of as book-collecting. more hours = more books to obtain and go back to. so when you free hand draw, you go to the books in your mind and cross-reference between to the get the best answer (the best way to draw what want you want).@@Tahtea333
@@Tahtea333 from what I learned/figured out from my Art mentor, as I‘m still an Art Baby, you never actualy draw from your brain/imagination. You always draw from reference but as somepoint your inner image library gets so huge that you need less references while having fun drawing. So you still draw from references but those are deeply remembered and even them who went professional which only means they get paid: they still use reference for their paid comissions etc. Depending on the scenes/character etc they‘re supposed to draw.
I find that, when drawing from reference if you time yourself for 20 seconds to lay down the base outline as fast as possible it helps to keep everything in proportion! You’re not getting enough time to analyze the image as familiar items, but abstract sections of light and shadow.
Speed sketching with a pen too is really good for practice :3 in places where you’re almost constantly moving- and sketching with a pen to improve line confidence!
Thank you for this ❤
Here's a neat drawing exercise. Draw random shapes with your right eye. Draw random shapes with your left eye. Draw random shapes but blind contour. Then draw some with both. And then do one up side down based on a reference.
nice, thanks for the list
I’m so grateful for your video! I’m a newly retired nurse (left-handed) with right sided stroke injury. My mother and grandmother were artists as well as my dad. And all three of my children. I could never draw. Until the stroke. Your video describes perfectly what happened in my brain to make this possible.
"a few years ago you're a kid"....Thats so cute! Im 60.
I just found you tonight...I have heard some of these concepts from art class in high school back in 1981-1982. My art teacher used exercises from that book you referenced. I am 57 yo as of yesterday, and I absolutely LOVE your approach! It makes me want to go get my supplies out right this minute. Thank you, the world needs this, especially us striving artists.
happy belated birthday!
I do want to caution, the concept of the right brain being creative and the left brain being logical has been broadly rebutted recently. There's _some_ specializing, (like, yes, the right brain does control a lot of the left side of the body, snd the left brain does control a lot of the right side, and as the split brain patient shows, vocabulary is done mostly by one side of the brain --- though ironically, _syntax_ is handled by the other, iirc, showing that no, language is not handled by just one side of the brain,) but its not nearly that deep or straightforward. Happy birthday, by the way! Edit: it is true enough that there isn't always a singular strategy the brain might have for a given task, and drawing demonstrates that. The functions responsible for stickfigures are a different set of functions than we engage when drawing less idealized, more accurate art. So the myth is just accurate enough that us artists have gotten something from it, even if its technically wrong.
Happy belated Birthday! I hope you find happiness in your art!
Great video man. I think the one thing that helped me the most was breaking down complex shapes into smaller simple shapes. As humans we’re attracted to shapes. The shape of your favorite car, clothing, furniture, an attractive face, body type, etc. Study things you like to draw and then, with a lot of practice, you’ll start developing your own shape language. This is part of what determines your art style.
that’s very insightful and helpful thank you
Shape language. I love that concept!
I accidentally developed these skills in class! I always used to get bored and start drawing without seeing the paper, and since the benches I used to sit at were at a weird angle, I used to draw upside down a lot! It really helped me become a better artist and better at looking at details in general! Now I'm trying to live my art since university has been a nightmare. I just wish I had started sooner!
I'm a 45 year old man and a very good artist and this is fundamentally brilliant because it's so effective. I'm subscribing. Looking forward to seeing what other techniques you can come up w/.
Do you have socials? Id love to see ur art :)
this is so genuinely helpful! i think its even better than a lot of tutorials that basically just say "if you wanna draw it, draw it this way!" because so many people struggle doing it "that way" regardless, and this can help with that struggle so much! also "lets get there together bro" is a great sentiment
i’ve focused on lines and shapes more than the subject of a reference since i was a kid and ig that’s why arts always come more easily to me, however this helps me understand why people struggle and i think that’s equally as valuable as improving my own art for anyone that may need a different perspective on this line of thinking, try intensely focusing on a small area. whether that be simply just focusing in, splitting your reference into sections, or zooming in a lot, it may help you disconnect the subject from the forms
i went to a figure drawing class and was able to practice this really well, but i also noticed that if I only focused on one part of a drawing at a time, and didn’t take a look at the whole form of the model and of my art often enough, and/or if I worked on one part of a body for 5 minutes and then another part of the body for 5 minutes instead of just following where my hand went as I drew, the figure would come out with the wrong proportions and an off pose, so i learned that it’s very important to be able to look over the whole figure fairly often, and it’s important to follow the steps of drawing: sketch figure, block figure with simple lines and shapes, THEN details, THEN shading, and not skip any on any part of the drawing, in addition to also looking at the shapes and contours of every part of your reference
Im actually only good at art bc of my detail 😂😂 just look like odd shapes otherwise
All great advice. I have a degree in Art Education and one of the things I told my students was: draw what you see, not what you know. After explaining the concepts here. And warming up with contour drawing, etc before a drawing session as well as daily (if only 10 minutes) is really helpful in working that right brain “muscle”. Excellent video! Subbed.
not even finished the video yet and I have to say I like how you speak ,good at explaining ,seem to understand what you are talking about very well , knowledgable ,your approach seems humble and genuine and I like how you don't seem to force information but rather push us to try it for ourselves. keep up the good work my brother. Got me keen to check out your other content.
i wish i could like this video twice! i’m a self taught artist and have been drawing on-and-off for about 6 years now and only recently have i picked it up again. ive felt stuck on my improvement for a very long time but this has blown my mind and i actually feel like this is what i needed to continue my artistic journey. thank you!
"it'll make you *feel* like you've become 10x the artist" very key difference! feel vs skill skill is doing something over time to where you naturally get better at it this is the foundational principle for that! your art has great potential. technical skills should be studied if you're aiming to become *good* at art, but if you want to have *fun* with art, unless you make the time learning it fun somehow, those will always be seperate i think the way art can be percieved or mean different things is the psychology of art! but i liked hearing what you had to say about it. i think people can have different opinions and be cool with it. subbing for more! i love how you edit videos.
100% agree that technical skills need to be worked on in order to improve overall. the whole concept in this video is not to replace technical practice, but to supplement it and make it more effective, that's kinda my angle with this whole thing. thanks for your comment, i really like what you had to say.
Good point on technical skills, I remember pushing myself, staying up late into the night painting, and at the very beginning getting headaches, from being in the art zone for hours. Many years later it takes an entire day to feel a little like that. I learned to work on technical left brain functions of art at the very start of the project, because when I get in what I call the "zone," I forget to take it into consideration. Like borders, thinking about the focus of the painting, where the horizon line will be, or perspectives. Things I might want to leave out, or move around in the painting. How many eyes wide the face is, how many noses long the face is, and how many heads tall the body is.
I’ve only read the first couple chapters of the book referenced, and only tried like three of the exercises including the upside down reference and there’s already been so much improvement! I’ve had a good understanding of anatomy and proportions, but it was hard to apply to art until I intentionally started to use my right brain.
Damn! This was such a good video man!! I’ve heard of the upside down drawing idea before but the way you prefaced that exercise with such a compelling argument and explanation for why it works! 100% going to practice this stuff
Excellent book recommendation. Betty Edwards was my art teacher at LATTC years ago. It was the most frustrating exercise I ever attempted but I still use it to this day.
What an amazing video! Over the last few weeks I've began to improve my ability to see more with my drawing practice, and I was wondering what I can do next to improve, this is really going to change the game for me. Thanks so much. I'll reply in a few months when I know I'm killing it with more right side brain activation!!
Whenever I'm trying to draw something that I'm entirely unfamiliar with or not used to drawing it always felt like I could physically feel like something was blocking me from drawing the way I want it to look. I could tell that I was trying to draw it the same way I've done past drawings and I could never find a way to break out of it. It genuinely felt like one half of my brain was yelling at the other to just show me how to do something correctly and the other just wasn't responding, but now seeing that there is a real reason as to why I was getting that constrictive feeling is so helpful, especially when there is exercises to fix the issue. Great video man I've yet to check out your other content but I'm subscribing cause I can't wait to see.
I started using this technique after watching your video . I'm 12 days in and have created 18 sketches. My drawing skills have improved immensely. I now map out my drawings with my left hand because I'm able to get the perspective correct more easily. Now when I draw with my right hand I find myself focusing on the details in ways that I didn't before. I have been drawing for many years and in that time I had difficulty picking up features of youth and when I use this technique I'm able to do it without issue. Thanks for posting your video; it was short and sweet and perfect for helping this season artist improve. I'm on a journey of using this technique every day.
Love the video! I don't think I ever would have come across this were it not for your video on it, and I greatly appreciate that! I've been a long-time on-and-off artist, and it's very demoralizing to feel like I've been doing it all my life and I have no progress. I hope to see some improvements with this!
A chill well edited video thats informative, funny and genuinely helpful? Instant sub, i love your vibes!
brilliant summary of Dr. Edwards. I've been using her book for probably as long as you've been alive, and I don't think I could add anything more. very well done. thanks. I'm going to save this and use it to introduce others to the ideas.
bro im halfway through this rn and compelled to comment about how interesting this video is so far. A unique approach and a commendable perspective
Omg so good! Putting words to what I remember doing as a kid - I was so frustrated with not being able to draw hands (before the times of social media, so I also didn't really know it was something most people struggle with) that I just went "Ok, screw it, I'll focus on drawing each individual line I can see then - I should be able to copy-paste from my eyes!" Ofc I couldn't really and it looked absolutely shit for a while, but just staring at my posed hand and analysing the lines in reference to each other really helped - like not thinking "here's a finger, and it connects to the hand here" but "that slightly curved line runs parallell to that straighter line and they meet up there by the U-shape". I think it came a lot from my work with big cross-stitch patterns. Now, hands are one of my favourite things to draw, and I'm playing around with adding fingers where there shouldn't be any and bending them in unnatural ways. Thanks for one of the few actually helpful drawing tips video! :D
Dude I can't honestly thank you enough this is probably just what I needed so I can move forward with my art instead of staggering
keep going bro
My dad studied Art his entire life, including a Masters Degree, then was an Art Teacher and Professional Artist. I found a journal of his after he passed away, and this was the passage from 1985, shortly after I moved from my mom/stepdads to my birth dads my Senior Year in High School… “Today was a humbling, yet proud day… I discovered that my teenage son, with only 1 semester of Art (under me) was by far a better artist than I’ll ever be, despite 40 years of practice, study, and productivity.” Not anyone can draw anything. It’s not just mental block, some people aren’t structured in a way to draw, just like not everyone is born to sing, play the guitar, etc.
What a beautiful gift he left for you.
@@ritatownsend7408 It really was an amazing moment. He was a great artist, so it was humbling to know what he thought of my abilities. He was complimentary when he was alive, but I always thought it was just parental pride and wasn’t really sure he thought I was that good.
I'm not crying.. you're crying! 😭
Thank you for sharing. Beautiful passage.
Thank you for this! I have been practicing things like this for some time and trying to cultivate a growth mindset around my drawing but the way you explained this REALLY helped it all click a lot more! I'm so inspired to practice :)
I always enjoy and learn from the content of creators who employ psychological approach, it just feels more practical and authentic.
Brilliant thank you. I was at art school many years ago and we did a lot of the drawing without looking at the page. I never knew the workings behind that and the concept of the left side of the brain being dominant. Also the drawing upside down technique is a revelation, will definitely start giving that a go🙏
You can also draw the regular way up, but turn your reference photo upside down.
Ah yeah, I’ll try that way too. Depending on if its an image or real life😉@@beccagee5905
My Pawpaw got me this book and he used it to learn to draw years ago- This is the second video I’ve seen about this book in one week. This is my sign to finish reading it. I made it half way through and past the part with the upside down drawing. Thank you for this video!!!
Thank you for a fantastic video. I loved learning about the brain sides and their roles and I will definitely try drawing in line with the two exercises you suggest. Thank you. You are clear, shart, educational and undoubtedly organised. This is one of the best videos I have seen lately ✨
Actually a really chill and productive channel to watch. I’m gonna drop a sub bro you need more than 20k for this
def trying out these techniques. What ive been doing is similar to what youre explaining. I try to look at my references or things in real life im disecting as geometric forms. Squares triangles and rectangles. It helps a lot with proportion. I also try not to look at references as a "whole". Kinda like squinting ur eyes while observing the reference but not actually squinting you know? that also helps me get a general idea of what I gottta draw.
when i first started figure drawing i always nailed in the head to “draw what you see not what you know” along with never looking at my work during the process! all helped lots
Looking, seeing, and watching are totally different things. I was in art school for four years, but they didn't teach (me) this. So much info in such a short bit. Thanks.
I believe most of what you saying. You explain it in simple understandable terms. Reminds me of my art teacher yelling at me "draw what you see not what you know!!" on the other hand, there is no "dominant" side of the brain. This whole idea of "left" vs "right" has been disproven. Just look up functions of the brain and you will see there isn't even a direct "right" or "left" side (amygdala & thalamus) for example. The amygdala is actually associated with emotion while this could also be the function of the "left" brain emotion is not strictly associated with the "left". (ofc this is just what I remember from my high school psych class so honestly you could be right)
the idea of being having a left or right brained personality has indeed been disproven, but the concept of brain lateralization is factual, unless im tripping. this is clear in people who suffer brain damage, bc depending on the side of the brain that's damage, they tend to struggle with the functions that were performed by that hemisphere. of course, there isn't a task that's 100% done by the left or right side, they communicate through the corpus callosum and work together in that sense, but there's functions that are typically performed more by one side of the brain over the other. take a look at videos on split brain patients. ofc i tried to simplify the whole thing in this video and tie it back to art to try and make it understandable
Brother, this video is well done, and nicely put together, I deeply appreciate it. I'm an artist and I have been feeling down recently and not creative enough, this made me feel a weird feeling in my brain lol. Thanks again.
I knew most of this already, but it's great to be reminded. It's my first time watching your channel and I have to say you are a very effective speaker, voice, and nlp type hand gestures. I will check out more. Thanks for sharing.
I've been teaching classes in right brain drawing for years and I love this video! I'm going to be sharing it with my students -- thank you!
I tend to find how to draw videos not too useful but this one is a real game changer!
I can’t understand how you only have 600 subs dude what??? This was great and your editing’s top notch. Looking forward to more videos :)
I’ve never felt art was something that could be taught so effectively but this is life changing thank you
This book has been available for a very long time. I think I got a copy more than 30years ago and it started my whole art journey. I have been painting and drawing ever since and it’s the most important art book I ever read. It’s brought endless joy into my life.
You are very nice to listen to and I enjoy the passion behind it! (Plus I LOVE psychology on like ANYTHING!) My brain is absolutely changed 😂❤ I’ve been having an art block for a long time and now I am excited to reignite my passion! Thanks for this!
is that an AI profile picture? that'e the worst way to fix art block or do anything as an artist
this video is very well done, keep up the good work!!
I love how you be editing and this concept is super interesting to me keep it up man!
This video is literally amazing! As an psychology student and artist I really really love it, please continue making those kind of things!
Since ive been basically honing left brain drawing by no reference sketching for hours every day this will be an interesting thing to try hopefully this is what helps me break through to enlightenment
Thanks a lot bro for this vid, this helped a lot very well researched, great content and great editing aswell. Thorughly enjoyed the vid
i'm happy to see you liked it bro, thanks
I ALMOST GOT IT MY OWN WAY BUT your Vid JUST CLAIMED it for sure and shoot a light on this subject for me. Thanks! I even did a drawing couple weeks ago and its a head and a cloud geting out of it and THAT cloud is full of Symbols and i was thinking to myself how to change this and i GOT it right here, right now.
great vid, congrats ! flipping the canvas upside down or horizontally is a REALLY great tool to digital artists, like you explained, it forces to "refresh" your brain and "blocks" the left side from recognizing the symbols on the reference. when struggling with a drawing I recommend doing that canvas flip and trying to figure out with the intuitive part of the brain what feels wrong, instead of focusing on the symbols.. it helps a lot. another useful concept I learned through the years, when facing a pose that has foreshortening or it's just a complicated one is: ✨ negative space ! ✨ that means focusing on representing the "void" around the figure instead on the internal forms, this way the drawing will be more similar to the reference because focusing on the space around what you want to represent makes it easier to get right the volumes and directions of the general outline. this topic is so interesting, thanks for covering it and you earned a new sub ! 🥳
Another thing you can do, is hold it in front of a mirror, which flips the image, but helps you to see where you have it right, and where you need to make corrections.
More videos like this one should be out there helping fellow artists out! I have never seen someone combine both theory and technique for advice. This is original and well made, thank you for sharing the book too :)! Cheers!!
This is a very straightforward good video on how to approach drawing. Very well done.
My guy this is some of the best information I have ever come upon as a beginner oil painter.
sick video I'd also like to add emphasis on the importance of loving the process. It's the most obvious yet deepest advice. When you're going over uncharted territory learning things you don't understand our left brains can get overwhelmed from trying to find the right labels for everything all at once, but our right brains help us form a more easily digestable holistic view by focusing on the most immediate & obvious first & go from there, the little tiny steps & lines that eventually become the drawing. The more intimate you become with the process, the clearer your vision, the better your result.
Awesome video man. Really interesting. Been watching you for some time, your editing and production quality really improved. Big ups👍
thanks man, you're an og fr
im so happy! my art teacher at school has us do these exercises every once in a while and ive noticed it helps and now i know why!
Great video bro, I love the way you referenced everything and made it easy to understand
how does this not have more likes
idk lmao. may the algo bless this vid 😔 🙏🏽
the goveremmt doesnt want us to be art godddssss
Cause you can not like it twice 😅
BROOO?!???? I wasn’t expecting anything and I got EVERYTHING this is amazing, tysm!!!! this better blow up bro
I've been struggling with art and mental health and recently my medication was adjusted and heavily changed and I really really was feeling hopeless. I think I almost cried upon hearing the last part. I feel a lot bettet now. Thank you.
HUGE THANK YOU. IM TRULY INSPIRED AND EXCITED ABOUT MY ART JOURNEY. IVE BEEN STUCK FOR A WHILE. YES, MY BRAIN HAS CHANGED. SUPER COOL.❤❤❤❤❤
awesome video bro, very interesting concept. I always tried to arts from imagination. Im going to try referencing
yeah, using reference is super important
This is a really good idea and I should try this! I've never gotten very good at drawing and probably mostly because I didn't put the time into it like I did with other things I do (it took me like 15 years to make music I didn't hate for example lol). I don't think I'm ever gonna become a super talented artist. But maybe I can get better in some small ways anyway. Glad the algorithm showed me this video :) Anyway, subscribed! :3
idk i think if you can get good at music, you can also get good at art. you got this
I feel as if this answered more questions than other videos have been saying. I think it was definitely worth the watch.
Thank you kind creative…I used to sketch when I was younger, and I’ve been longing to get back to it. This video gives me the push and strategy I needed. I’m so excited.
I have the opposite problem I've learned to draw what I see when I was very young. My ability to draw from or create something without an exact reference is hard. Ive also ruined many drawings by trying to draw too much detail and have a lot of trouble trying to simplify shapes. I've figured out that in terms of detail you can only add as much detail as the point of your pencil. If your drawing a tiny face you can't draw details like freckles because the the freckles would be as big as iris. It's took me a while to figure out the reason I was ruining all my drawings was because my drawings weren't big enough for the detail I was adding. I understand now to do a realistic drawing that shows things like skin pores has to be on a much larger scale almost 1:1 if not larger.
Hey, tysm for doing this video! This is exactly what I'm struggling with
i'm glad it helped you
Exceptional lesson. Goals accomplished in an accessible and memorable way. I have subscribed and look forward to future drawing lessons. I couldn't help but laugh when I saw the pictures posted on the top of your screen. Merry Christmas to you abd your family. Thank you for sharing your psychological insights into the art of drawing. Great gift, one for the ages. Best regards, Anita
Thank you for making this video. I see a difference in my work already! I did two drawings of a kitten, one normal reference, and one upside down reference. The normal reference was good in terms of shading, but the anatomy was wrong. The second time I did it, upside down, the anatomy was so much more accurate, but shading was a little rusty. In conclusion, I need to work on my shading, but I see a huge difference in anatomy changes, because I see the reference in a different light. Thank you for teaching this to us! You've helped so much!
this video is really good!! keep being consistent and posting and your youtube will literally blow, keep going :)
Whoa whoa whoa wait wait wait. Are you telling me that what I put myself down on periodically that I call my "copycat" skill, is actually the right thing to do??? What the actual fuck. I used to feel inferior because I always compared myself to people who could draw from nothing, and I used to have to copy reference images 24/7 and when I learned how to draw, I learned to draw by copying drawings from existing manga.... I went from drawing badly to pretty decent manga from my "copycat" skill and then I was able to draw it without reference. THIS is why??? I used to think I cheated because I didn't go through the traditional learning style
I relate to this, but with life photos T_T whenever I feel like that, I remember some of my favorite artists draw almost only from reference, and some of the most iconic paintings, are from reference. I think of realism and the amazing artists who have a hard time visualizing without photos. It helps remind me that photos are a tool like anything else.
I love your story telling technique and editing style
This encapsulates what ALL of my college drawing classes taught me - practice contour drawing and gesture drawing, those are two strategies that can help our brain look closely. We need to learn how to see, not how to draw. One comes before the other ❤ awesome information
thank you this is soo underrated!
appreciate it ‼️
Those interested in learning more about this would benefit from reading "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain". This whole video is essentially taken from the earliest sections of that book. This gets mentioned at the end of the video, but this might save some a bit of time or missing the plug entirely. It's very good and worth the time to read.
You are very nice to listen to and I enjoy the passion behind it! (Plus I LOVE psychology on like ANYTHING!) My brain is absolutely changed I’ve been having an art block for a long time and now I am excited to reignite my passion! Thanks for this!
The level of content you provide is unbelievably valuable! Great information provided in a straight forward way that inspires confidence! You're a natural teacher, and I thank you for helping educate me!
Very helpful. The upside down technique is so effective. It's all about observation vs memory. 'Draw what you see not what you know' is what we were taught at art school.
Genuinely wish this video reaches to many more peeps❤ Keep up the good work man
In my opinion, what's truly the best about art is precisely the perspective it offers. The ability to see and illustrate things from entirely different angles. Changing and playing with perspective is the most enjoyable aspect I know.
I loved your lesson. New favorite arts channel
Really good and well researched video :)
This is TRUE. Because I stopped drawing for a year or so n yesterday I decided to draw some of my favourite characters n i blew my own mind💀 Like im an amateur n i SWEAR i could've never drawn like that before but now suddenly i can draw not one but a fanart of me w more than five of my fave characters. I saw this video tdy n i noticed i was subconsciously using my right brain yesterday. I kept looking at the lines and shapes and got the best results yet.
This vid got me to pick up a notepad and a red ballpoint pen and just draw for a few minutes. It was lovely to do a simple thing like that, and I ended up sketching a little bit out of imagination. Just drew a cube and a ball and continued onwards until I had something creative on my hands. Thank you, I do too little of this kind of thing.
I rarely am able to sit through videos and have a troublesome time understanding a lot of things. This was a helpful video and interesting concept to learn.