Draw With Ease: A Personality Test For Intuitive Sketching

1. Introduction: Hey, everyone. I'm Macho, a multi disciplinary artist and designer. Welcome to this fun, quick and creative sketching class. We'll explore a personality test through drawing, but with a twist. Instead of just answering and imagining the questions to the test, we're going to visualize it and place objects freely on the page. The answers will be revealed at the end, so make sure to stick around. As an artist, I've always been fascinated about subconscious mind and what it might be teaching us. That's why I love personality tests. They reveal something about ourselves that might teach us something new. But recently, I realized that drawing them instead of just answering them unlocks a whole new layer of creativity. We'll simply draw five elements, a carpet, a chair, a character, a vase, and a window. All you need is a pencil, paper, and any materials you like. I'll be using acrylic markers for coloring, but feel free to experiment. This is all about exploring creativity with no pressure. Let go of perfection. Sketch freely and enjoy the process. Now, get ready, and let's get started. 2. Starting the Sketch: The Carpet: In this video, we'll start by drawing a carpet. Don't think about the meaning yet, visualize it and just draw. Think about those questions. Is your carpet big or small? Is it ornate or minimal? Does it have fringes, faults, or textures? If you're unsure where to start, you can always use simple geometric shapes such as oval and rectangle. Later, you can add the details. I'm picturing a cozy round carpet with some ornaments, but yours could be rectangular and practical. Who knows? Just close your eyes if it feels comfortable for you and imagine your carpet. Once you've sketched your carpet, it's time to move on to the next video where we're going to draw a chair. 3. Adding the Chair: Now, let's add a chair. You can always add objects freely on the page without thinking too much. Do what feels right, and you can also think about the relation between each object. You can place them on top of each other or next to each other or quite afar. We'll talk about the meaning of the chair later. Don't think too much about it. Just do what feels right. You can use these prompt questions to visualize your chair better. Is it small and delicate or is it big like a throne? What materials is it made of? Is it closer to the carpet? Does it stand on the carpet or is it far far away? If drawing a chair feels tricky, you can always use two rectangles for back rest and the seat and lines for the legs. Let me demonstrate it for you. Just draw whatever comes to your mind without thinking too much. I see a fluffy pink armchair with soft cushions. Have you completed throwing your chair? When you are ready, let's move to the next video. 4. Drawing a Character: In this video, we're going to draw a character. It could be a human, an animal, insect, anything that comes to your mind. The questions you might ask yourself is, first of all, what kind of character is it? Do they do anything in relation to other objects that you drew? What's their size and shape? Are they huge or are they tiny or the medium size? Do they look friendly, mysterious, or dangerous? If you're not too confident about the figure drawing, you can always use sake figures that we used to use when we were children or use geometric shapes. Let me show you. You can sketch a detailed figure, a silhouette, or even a symbol if it makes you feel better. I'm imagining a human like character at the medium size that sits on the carpet. What about you? Let's start. Don't spend too much time on the drawings. This is just a simple exercise to unlock your creative flow. Once you're happy with that, let's move to the next video and add the next object. 5. The Vase: In this video, let's draw a vase. Think of a style and shape of the vase. Is it tall? What are the materials it is made of? Does it have any ornaments? Is it full or is it empty? Does it have any flowers inside? If so, what kind of flowers are they? As well as that, try to imagine where this vase is placed on the paper. Is it closer to the character to the carpet or to the chair? If you're not too confident drawing a vase, you can always start with an oval shape and then add the details. Let me show you. I'm imagining a large vase, like Asian style vase with some beautiful flower ornaments, and perhaps there is a single flower inside, maybe a daffodil with lots of leaves. Let's give it a try. All right. If you're happy with your vase, let's move to the next object, our final object, window. 6. The Window: In this video, we're going to draw our final element, which is a window. I'm so glad that you are still here. I'm really curious to see how is your process going? Close your eyes or not and imagine a window. Is it a large window? What's happening outside of the window? Is there a street, a nature? What's the weather like? Is it the daytime or the nighttime? Is it foggy? Feel free to sketch really simply without thinking about too many details yet. Just imagine this window and is it placed behind the character or next to the character and other objects? I'm curious to see your thinking process. And what do you see? Maybe you see bright open window or maybe foggy tinted glasses outside. It's totally up to you. For me, I imagine a large window, and outside, it's a daytime, and I see sun and lots of nature, many trees, and it's green outside. It's vast. Let's start throwing and explore together. All right. You're almost there. Now that we have all the elements draw, let's move to the next video to refine them and to perhaps add some color to them. 7. Finishing Touches: Refining & Coloring: Previous videos, we sketched five elements, a carpet, a chair, a character, a vase, and a window. Now it's time to refine our sketch. It doesn't mean that we're going to go into too many details. We're just going to refine what we have. In my case, I'm not very happy about some extra lines, so I'm going to erase them. And I'll use acrylic markers to add some colors. I want to emphasize that you don't need to have the knowledge of color theory or what color fits which object. You just need to go with the flow. For example, if your character is a human and you feel like you want your human to be green, just go for it. No one's going to judge your drawing. If you have been using pencil to draw your objects, you can always erase the extra parts and then take the coloring materials of your choice, and let's start. Take your time and whenever you're ready, let's move to the next video, which is going to be the most interesting part where we're going to reveal the meaning of each object separately. 8. The Big Reveal: What Your Drawing Means!: This class, we've explored a personality test through sketching using five symbolic elements to create intuitive composition. Now it's time to explore what each element means. The carpet represents your state of mind. Did you draw it large and ornate or compact and minimal? I will leave explanations to you. Next, we have a chair. The chair represents how you see yourself. Isn't it interesting to see how you visualize the perception of self? The next in the list is a character. The character represents your close relationships. It could be the relationship with your friends, your family members, your partner, your pets, et cetera. The vase is your ideal partner. I'm wondering if you have a partner in your life, is your vase a good representation of them? And finally, we have a window. The window is your outlook on life. Was your window bright, sunny, or was it foggy and mysterious? What did you see out of your windows? Those symbols can tell us so much about ourselves and our subconscious minds. Did the meaning surprise you? Think about how those elements reflect your subconscious mind. To be fair, I modified the original test and I replace the objects, so the results won't be intimidating. But if you're curious to know about the original test, I will upload a PDF file at the project and resources page and you can find it there. From there, answer a series of guided questions about a field, a cube, a leader, a horse, and a flower and compare your responses with the meaning. Now, it's time to wrap up the class. 9. Conclusion & Class Project: Did it. You've sketched five different elements freely on the page using your intuition as a guide and completed an entire sketch inspired by your subconscious mind. Feel free to use this exercise anytime you have ten, 15 minutes of free time and want to make your creative juices flowing. You can also visualize other personality tests and see what happens. I'm curious to see what you created. So please share your results by uploading your sketches at the project gallery. Thank you for joining. Happy sketching and see you soon. Bye.