Level up your drawing skills

1. 001 introduction to the class: creating something out of nothing in this case, blend piece of paper is, are the most beautiful feelings for me at least. And if you feel the same way and you want to level up your training skills, I just may have something for you. Hello. My name is Milton and an arty true friends illustrator in a painter working in a creative field since 2003. Drank his always gave me great satisfaction, but it took me a while to mask the principles that helped me enjoy it even more. Still, it was all worthwhile. My joy became my profession. I got to draw and paint for living so very grateful to everyone that helped me along the way, The only way I can pay them now he's share when I learned that people like you people who aren't self improvement and sharpening their drawing skills and already probably have basics experience or drawing under their fingers. If this sounds like you hope you'll find this class fun and helpful resource so that any further delay what? Let's see what this class and the entire syriza classes is all about. Leveling up skills can be challenging and a lot of hard work to make more manageable for you. I decide toe divide all material in six classes, going from easiest to hardest. And the point is to gradually turn on the heat with teaching your class to get to a new level of drink, and we'll talk more about it in the next year. There will discuss what can be expected expected for all the glasses. But for now, let's concentrate on this 1st 1 here, well given introduction toe class in the Siri's overview, including materials, process videos. And sometimes from there we'll look at the solutions for our forming challenges to level in your joints. And next, we'll introduce first principle drawing that will talk about this Siri's great glass Roger and set a science. Remember, just you'll get most of this last, actively participating and that drawing. So pick up a pencil and read stuff I'm really interested in excited to see what will you come up with? And what do you think about this class internal? So once again, let's start drawing 2. 002 class topics and materials: There are a lot of easy things to drop, but also there is even a greater number off hard run. Things in this last will start with Easy, and those are subject matters that you can even make a fairly large mistake. But you're drawing will still look OK, and one of the reasons I will do that is to gain confidence and give you momentum off the drawing and keep you pushing forward and learning more stuff. And even if you're drawing, doesn't turn up that well. What is important is that you learned or brushed. Remember on some drink principles that are important and that you incorporate that knowledge into your work. As we progress from one class to another, things will get more difficult, but you have a good experience from the previous classes. But on the other hand, if we will start difficult drawings straight away, given the smallest mistake, we look huge and therefore very threatening. This later frustration and even giving up. And that is just not cool with that. Out of the way, let's see what are our subject matter for business. First, we have the trees with roots for first exercise and rocks and mountains for a second. Like you see, there will be two exercises, never class. And here is what the more work done the back. You can't expect progress without any effort. So this place to death but those off you might find yourself trying stuff that you don't normally do or don't like. So much so changing between these two exercises literally release some of that stress. You can switch between trees and rocks just as long is filled at least two pages of each. As a health resource, I created a winter sport, and you can find it in the resource beach off this last or in a note on the line on the timeline of this video like here. Now let's go to our subject for this. That's and see why are they easier to draw them some touchy subjects and actually to say, why have big these subjects for business? Main reason is because they're mostly organic, and the lines to describe them can be rather imprecise. There no straight lines, no 90 degrees or so. You can't even make perspective mystics, but they won't be that obvious. Also, we don't see the exact tree or that mountain on a daily basis, or even ever. So were the text will drive exactly everything where it should be and still come up with a good drink. It doesn't matter that Spike is taller than the other one. If that route is larger than actually, what is important is what you learned about lines and the exercises that you make. It's the opposite of drawing portrait. It's where we'll do in our last less off this serious, where every mistake, even the smallest, is easily spotted and can ruin the whole thing. But that story for another day. So let's go back to our current. Plus, I hope this explains, so you can understand why I chose these topics for this class and let's see what materials will be using in this past and because they're really basic but really, really necessary. Here we have some technical pencils. This one is to be in this age. We have hopes that regular pence's ranging from B to a B scalpel. Exacto knife for sharpening pencils. Since I like to have my pencils be pointer and with the regular pencil sharpener, you just don't get that next. We have a couple of races, but I'll mostly be using the kneaded eraser, and that is even very limited amount. And of course, we have my trusted Hairspray to fix it, drawing with differs from sketch Port them, using Plourde entire stairs that will be the last piece with tears that I used and that they're stronger Coming. Having all the drawings from this less in one place is something that I really like and keeps me organized, so I can't recommend that enough for you as well. This is not just for this purpose, but for most of your work prepared to drive, drawing. They're all best kept in sketchbooks, so always have a few of those, and you'll find very try it out yourself if you haven't already and well blasted before we move onto. The next segment is sharpened or pencils that you plan to work with health time and put them where you can just grab. Oftentimes, when I drove, I get into the zone and I'm just drawing and having to stop and shop in the passes or find it where they're not when I need them, can ruin some of that momentum or slow me down when a reloadable. So just think about that 3. 003 drawing challenges: I've been teaching, drawing and painting for the past 15 16 years now. And there are three main challenges that I noticed that all of my students and you and I faced during their rendering. And probably you have Oh, you will. So that's fine. It's normal because problems happen and you go from there and you learn from mistakes and stuff that are heart, and the end result is therefore much more satisfying. Still, this problems of this child, it can be a great source of frustration, so you need to overcome them to face them and exposed now at the beginning of the class before we go to any actual drawing projects and stuff like that. I think it's the perfect time toe about these challenges and praise them pedal without any delay. Here are those challenges practice very limitation and percent. 1st 1 is very obvious, but they were less. We often forget how much practice is needed to train. Our eyes are hand movement. Minds get better, whatever we can to go instead before the trip, saying and thinking that we can never be like suck trance, that person get discouraged at the site. That person's work, not knowing how much time is he or she spent learning and practicing. If you look at the best basketball or tennis players and we see them perform amazing four magnificent points, we cheer more them for their skills, often time overlooking the amount of practice needed to make that move off that point. Same thing. Can descent. What's wrong as well? So we're gonna go practice breakfast and, you know, breakfast even more. I work from life used reference for Go on time and drug use. Last exercises just so. Making your commitment. Really, If you really want to improve man, you represent throat tonal lightness. And there is no problem. No that. But it is our second challenge. What we as artists or drops ones can represent without drawing material on a simple piece of paper is something like this. And what we can see with our always is something like this are drawing. Medium doesn't have the ability to present the scale of values that their eyes can catch. That is huge. Judge your comment. We have to translate the values that we see something that draws me you can achieve. Do not I repeat, not tried to represent every new ones of Tom that you see into your joint. Do not be. Don't go different from the windmills because you just cannot win the back. Be smart, but except live range and working it often times best simplified. Start running with just two or three years. Feel bigger shapes with those matters and then go from there. But that this challenge in all of the classes in this year's nowhere and I hope you find it . Our perception is the third challenge and can really trick us or drying. Oftentimes what we perceive is not accurate and war compass challenge. We need to not just look but actually really learn how to see subject that we're working on . For example, here is what happened to me a few days ago. I was working on a portrait, and since the time that I had was limited, I went into drawing with full speed, wanting to finish as soon as I could and then the other things. So I really feeling the drunken, very satisfying time, and I from please looking at back, I thought to myself. Then I stood up from the table two hours, drawing on and went to get the care spec to fix in the trying. The moment that I came back and looked at it with fresh eyes, I knew that there was something very arrow at first. Bless. I wasn't sure, but it was, but I knew I made the mistake. So I stepped away again and decided to call a friend to go on a coffee him so I could clear my head if free and will. It was much easier to spot mistake after that. Here you can see the original drawing and the one I corrected after a break, and I will miss my mistake. The whole time I was drawing, I was looking at the paper angle and no frustrated. It didn't take breaks to look at withdrawing from any other distance, and I was rushing to finish. I was looking at the joint, but not actually seen. That was right. So take your time. You could try and describe the overall forms a priority structure, and I've tried as much as I can to address points to this challenge as much as I can well to this last and parse ears. So these are three most important challenges that problems. But we know him and know about them, and we'll talk about every step of the way in each segment of classes. In fact, we'll start with our next video, your final instructions for your drawing and talk about class product, so see you there. 4. 004 drawing principles: Okay, now that we've been over to something drawing challenges to face, let's talk about drink principles that will help your drawing process. The ones that I mentioned earlier these principles are bladder control shapes, both both negative values, trading lost and found address, perspective, proportion and finally, anathema. And they meant time in concentration. So tackling them all at once would be a mistake. That raising created six classes instead of one. That way, you'll have time to make exercises, receive feedback on your work, then draw some more. And finally, one expert in this last will talk about lightweight or blind control. And I think that is because it is an essential thing toe, learn or toe. Think about before going into any other drawing principles. With land control, you can express so much and like there is no saying less is more. That is also don't plant here, and also everything comes easier once you have a good controlled shading that befell perspective proportions. You in anatomy. All these other principles benefit from this one, and that's why I know first and in order to get a good line control, here are some tips that may help number one areas. Osho. Although we want you doing much of rendering in this last shading, we still need to indicate where shadows and where is like falling on our abundance. So for this who use thicker lines for the area's socials and you could see some of the examples here, everything is shallow. It's darker, so we cannot shape. We won't be shading that much for trees, but you get it by making the lines thinker number to form. Over land use lines toe indicate what is in front and what is further back make one length darker in areas that forms overlap, Then the other one and the general rule is to make the line that is closer a darker one. Also think about this. I don't cleanest aligned abroad, paper them and make them slowly become thinner or thicker. The close of the for me is that there occurred the overlapping Just don't overdo it, then you'll be fine. Number three quarters increases, but remember that these areas you're drawing will usually get less light than other. So show that a swell by using thicker lights number four heirs of physical way. But this one I think about the box that is in real space. How could you just lines? Give that realist on a jury service. You could do this, for example. Make it thicker at the bottom to show it. Wait. So just butt doing this little trick. You could give additional air we're drawing and make it more interesting to look at number five. Describe forms use lines to show out for twists and turns. For this you can follow before make the lines flow and photo for and you can put some of the fainter lines to show more new ones off the like. You can see examples here for this first exercise drawing trees. Don't think about much rendering. Just think about which time should be thicker. Which land should be thinner? How to arrange them on the space and that will be enough. It doesn't maybe slope much doesn't look maybe important. But thinking about that way, reap good results and give you some stuff that you can learn Any problem you're trying with that. Out of the way, let's see what will be our goal for the class. While we're not doing want one cop, don't go super realistic trying to get everything on paper, just cities as it is on reference or the subject that you're drawing on goal is to relax your on your wrist gettinto drawing zone. So to say in which you can be ready for more demanding drinks also could be way off When it comes to what you see that as a matter as long as you learn how to control line flow and wait. Also very important. Easter came confidence and have fun. You are here because you like to try for a little hope toe. And if you do like trying, you'll probably like to draw almost every. Okay, maybe you probably have some topics that you prefer to others, but you understand what I mean. You love drying. And like I said earlier, you like right? You'll probably love to draw everything that comes your way. So there is a trick that I have to use when they come to that part drawing or that subject that are not my favorite were. Once you can pretend you're nail sugar on a bench, give yourself a role and have fun with it for this particular exercise. Imagine, for example, that the other door natural Left your assignment toe. Six illustration of threes. Trees growing in and around ankle, and you can be as specific as you want about this. It can be just a idea to push through the exercise, or you can fully immerse into this role. Imagine yourself back. Back going cannot be sitting there in front of all the trees. We just catch book and making all the drawing do anything that can help you to go through. This exercise is having problems. Just think about that. Make you just also remember, take your time. Be patient with you, Brooke, Because most cases we know it's feet. Don't compare yourself with anyone else, for that matter. You are your old boss. And if it takes your day due to finish something interested something that you'll feel proud about, that you learn something from it. Well, yes, take that. They enjoy the process, have phantom drawing. So based on all that we talked about, make 6 to 8 drinks, crease and rock formations. Best things that you can go is to go nature and drove from real life. But you can also use reference world finding one year old or use the ones that I prepared from my Pinterest board. Lick is in the project section off this class or in the note on the timeline of this week. Next we have demonstration. Part of this press, you see, may draw some examples for a class project, so I can only encourage you to do the same and feel there. 5. 005 first exercise drawing demo: for Welcome to the first demo off this class. And like I said earlier, we will be drawing some trees and like seeing me here. I'm drink just that, using light, touch and pencil that is a bit harder to dread first. Also, these drawings are it sped up to save you time. But I think this will be also very beneficial to work and help you move on to your joint. This first drawing is warm up exercise, and you'll see me doing some shading as well. Although that is not necessary. And drop this drawing demos. You see me go beyond what is required for this exercise and for this class. So if you're going to do that, depends entirely upon to you. So, like I said earlier in my previous videos, drawing should be fun, and that way it will keep your momentum and going forward. So you feel like you created and finished your drawing. That's fine, but if you think you could continue and make more appealing or you think there's more work to be done, then fine, go on and enjoy the process of drawing. In this case, you see me here You was compressed trial court. You don't have to. You can use D Pence's some software pencils that you have, but it's also a great tool for drawing. So I decided toe also put it in tow. Work here so you can see me how I worked with that. It's good for more bigger drawings that the bigger in scale but can work find from these small surfaces as well now that they faced woman exercise Drawing. Yeah, you see me here, create the second exercise that tree, of course tree exercises section. And like previously, I go with thinner lines with some harder pencil capacity, this case and then use software. Be pencils toe. Make those line variations and use the line control to show us what's front for their back , their decreases, how weight is distributed and so on. Get a point where you can finish drawing. So it is perfectly fine for your drawing. Look like this and that is old. It's needed for this class. But like I said, I feel like that you could do more drawing. Have fun with it and do it. You are not obliged to follow all the rules you can create your own. But remember the principles that we talked about in a previous winners? That's important part time for third drawing again, I cannot stress enough the same process. Start with thin lines and build up from there. It's important to build tired, drawing first and add lined weight layers across all of the trunk. Don't get stuck on just one area, and also you can use a piece of paper or a piece of paper. All were drawing toe provided from smudging. While working here are working with B pencil. It's softer than the previous one on a manning. More off details leaves and is perfectly enough for this exercise, but you can always go for there and have fun with it. If you feel like course and you see me use also needed eraser in over a limited amount because it's important to leave all the marks that you made so later stage when you figure drawing can look it up and see what have you done and how you created the joint. By raising too much, you can destroy that evidence that will be very helpful for you when it comes to progressing. Work another droid and another start with technical pencil in a little bit harder, harder lead in sight. And while working these drunk, think about all the principles that we talked about in the previous video toe. Give the drawing that you make that three dimensionality and to benefit your drawing. So here it is. You can take a look at this trying better, so think about where decreases where, like hits you're areas or your objects. Where the shadows, What's in front? What is further back? How the light is distributed, which form overlaps the other, and also of that tried to use it with mind control. You can. After you've done that, you can add further lines. So how the shapes twist. Turn what, what what direction did take what's in front, But all that depends on your style. Drop and you end up with something like this. So basically, it's important to have that start with thin lines, then used like a layer off lines that will describe overall forms and then use lines toe. Add some depth in this exercise here, perfect example of what you're looking for this class, and we have another final drawing that will feel this page So when you're looking for references, think about those things to see how they will fit your page. It would be really interesting, and it will help you go through these exercises having trouble in this example. Here, you can see that I use the car lines for parts off the tree or on the bark that closer, and those errors have more details and one branches that further way have less details and are fainter. So that's basically it for this exercise, and it's time for you to make your own. I hope you found a stock. You're so and that will help you when it comes to your drawing. I'm really looking forward to see what will you come up with? 6. 006 second exercise drawing demo: for the second exercise. The process is the same. We change the subject, still finding me using and drawing big shapes. Start with a light touch as you can see me here. So all the details are being added once we established big messes, and after that we go toe some shedding. No details. Just big masses at first tried Think toe squint what you're with your eyes, and that way all the variations in the shadows will disappear. That way you'll concentrate on the important stuff this school, because we don't need to see old affiliation right now. Just be Karius that form the shadow. After that is done, we moved second pass of shading, slowly building the drawing. It's just a little bit of fuse off, blending stump way. See our even needed erase. Like I said, the top using during this, of course. And that's basically it for this first drawing. I must say that I forgot to film the second and third drawing, but it was more of the same in this one. I started drawing rocks or in the fashion off previous exercise with trees, so here it is as and you'll see that as I progress and use soft defenses, more dark areas. It'll look a bit better. I'm showing you this because in the beginning, drawing that I have to look like much. But that's fine enough like control. You can make it work at old details and stopped to think that is important. Templates that emphasize and build your drawing from there declines for front objects and then use it in background as well. Adding all details I said earlier That's right, using softer and softer pencils as work, so there will be much fuller and give this note lights. This is basic for second exercise, and it's good to find drawings. They're cool, fits on a pitch. Their drinks. I recorded sides. Rocks has also some water that is C, and it will be interesting to show as well. Come on, go about that as well. And you seem quickly after I make this establishing Roy that are quickly turned from foreground middle ground, then from Miliband background and searching and building tired Roy at once. So, like maybe said earlier, don't try toe work on one one part of your drawing, and then moting another try to do it all at once. On that way you're drawing will appear much better. Eight. Because you will use some unity in that way off drawing and not just one particular part off. Try that. You will do it on their tab, please. And while doing that, remember that not all parts off drawing or painting our same should be equally rendered. But they should still feel like they're part of the same drawing and not cut out from some other work. So work your entire piece. But remember and remember toe make the changes that are needed on certain parts and think about what is most important relevant on your drawing and give that element, drawing the most attention and detail. Finally, when we've done to this right removed last one and one thing that I like when I'm making these kinds of drawings better for exercises for learning and while listen, some music is not just the draw. Those elements, like individuals drawings, but try to somehow connect these drawings on the page until bay a lot funner and also be nicer toe Look at the entire page, not just with the individual drunks. So you see soon Dido start toe blend these drawings together. Some how toe make them go from one to the other. After all, this is done. No adding textures. Seen so thinking about how the grass grows. What's the direction? How the mountains are, how these rock informations. So think about that and move your hand and make your lines accordingly. So if the grass blown by wind and it's going toe some direction, think about that way. So that way you should be moving your Candace well and making the lines in these directions . So, like your lines always follow four off shape. And that way it gives more appeal. Switching from pencil to pencil amusing again. Some light touches so it doesn't have to be always from thinner, thicker lines. You can add variations, and you see here blend these two drunks together, so that's basically it. Drawing exercise. Like said, It can be very fun, and I hope you learned something from it, and it will be beneficial for your drawing skills. Samos, the trees exercises and that's it for now. And see you in the last video 7. 007 class overview: Hey, you made it. Thank you for watching the class. We've been through a lot, and even more is to come. Now is the time for you in your own project and for you to start drawing. And that is the way it's glory. Like to say what is the most important take out of this class, that principle drawing and that you are aware off the challenges that might face. But you also know how to overcome them. Do the exercises. Biggest catch took that you can find or other paper. Just do it. And if you want more before the second class, serious check up programmes, kill shirt and see some other classes have their own topical joint. I hope you find your saw as well. And if you go, please consider living review or for me as it would create help channel and make more quantity. People like you and take care, have a great day drawing learning for use in schools, shopping and remember in the next video in the next last preparing for you. Besides, the first person that this let's go over additional three of them and do completely new to extract, so feel them when that comes out and the back