Painting/Drawing Tutorials



Here's the watercolor painting from last Sunday's livestream! I didn't realize how long her neck was, so I shortened it in post.

Being an artist isn't about getting it perfect on the first, second, or even eightieth try. Maybe it's never perfect, and that's okay. You can always go back and make it better.
 
SHAZAM said:
Great thread. I hope to see some more insight. I completely disagree with the guy saying it can't be taught. I was never born with the natural ability and everyone knows my art pieces always start off looking like shit but I'm extremely patient and I sit there and go at it again and again and again until I get it right. Has nothing to do with talent. Its about how much you want it. How much you love it. If you're not naturally gifted, it takes a lot of patience. Lot of people aren't patient. I've tried "teaching" complete noobs who's drawings are horrible (keep in mind I'm no pro but some people enjoy my rough style sketching) and the one thing they always lack is patience. Then I've had guys who I've always been more "talented" than but I quit art in middle school (lack of passion) while they made a career out of it and have now far surpassed me.

Another thing is that you can't say their drawings suck just cuz you don't like it. I thought my sketchy style sucked but some people like it. I guess its not always about making things realistic. I'm trying to learn how to draw realistic, though. I've never tried learning from anyone else. I had been years since I did any artwork. I'm back but this time I'm ready to be humbled and actually learn from the best. And even if I don't plan on making photo realistic drawings my main thing, I wanna learn just so I can say I did it.

Anyway, I don't even know what I just said.

Main point: anyone can learn provided they like it, are pantient, and puts in the effort.*I was once hopeless, then some people started liking my work, guys with less "talent" than me went on to learn and far surpass me. I'm back and I wanna learn and this thread comes up on Sherdog. The stars are aligning. Must be aliens.
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One word summary: passion. Passion is enough to incite hard work. Hard work is all that is needed to get better. Passion and hard work doesn't mean you will become a star, though. It only means you will keep at it, even if you don't get work opportunities.

My advice: set a realistic goal and stop at nothing to reach it. Get on a "project" and don't quit until you're happy with it. People relate to real things, don't aim to become a big thing: just do your thing. People might surprise you and you might surprise yourself, too.
 
Check out Mark Crilley, Alphonso Dunn and 'LethalChris Drawing' channels on Youtube.

Edit: ThePortraitArt is also a great channel and has some tutorials including digital art.
 
CONSISTENCY COUNTS!!!
Hoof Hearted said:
Mark Crilley has some good tutorials on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/markcrilley

You could also check out these YT channels:
https://www.youtube.com/user/circlelinemedia
https://www.youtube.com/user/WeiWorks
https://www.youtube.com/user/Lachri
https://www.youtube.com/user/artistuscom
https://www.youtube.com/user/TutoDraw
https://www.youtube.com/user/FineArtEBooks
https://www.youtube.com/user/ThePortraitArt (these aren't tutorials, but some of the best timelapse portrait drawings on youtube)
https://www.youtube.com/user/Elena2687 (more timelapse drawing videos, but still might learn something from watching these, or at least be inspired!!)
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HOW TO DRAW A CIRCLE FREEHAND BY PAUL SMITH

Step #1: Draw the fucking circle

Someone sent me to youtube the other day where I found myself sidebarred by a tutorial on circles in perspective. Clicking on that I found a Ton-O-Tutorials all of which I watched had one thing in common: none of them revealed the trick that I'm about to show you. If I wind up dead in an alley in the next few days, you'll know why.


The following is freehand. No T-squares, triangles, rulers, compasses, calibers, guides, etc were harmed in this production. Why? The day WILL come when: Your computer fries, the TSA seizes your drafting kit, you're scribbling on a napkin to impress a client at lunch, fill in the blank... here's your escape plan.


This doesn't mean we can't measure. We can fold or mark a dollar bill, mark angles using our wrist watch, notch a stick we find on the ground or, my favorite, the ol' thumbnail against the pencil trick. What you see here is: one piece of pencil, one sheet of paper with thumbnail measurements (tints by photoshop)

We know that a circle will fit inside a square and be tangent to the square at four points. Those being the mid-points of each side. Question: Where will the circle cross the diagonals of the square? Answer: At a point determined by the diagonal of a Measuring Square.

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• Draw your square. Bisect diagonally to locate the mid-point. Bisect horizontally and vertically.

• Diagonally bisect (blue) the lower right square. From that mid-point to the vertical bisection is 1/4 the squares baseline. Project that distance to the baseline.

• Draw a Measuring Square (red) one side of which is equal to 1/4 the baseline. Draw its diagonal. Use that diagonal like a garden gate, with the baseline as a fence, and "swing" the gate up and
closed. Where the diagonal's end meets the baseline marks the outside edge on an interior square...

• From the measuring diagonal's edge, project up. Where that line hits the diagonals of our first square, project horizontally. Adding the last vertical is optional but, if you did, you'd have a second
square inside the first. The corners of this new square mark the points where a circle will cross the diagonals.

• Draw Circle.​

… Dude, I coulda' just traced my beer can. Why, yes, you could, Jeeves, and you'd be right but, here's where the magic starts.

For the circle in perspective, "Second verse, same as the first." Everything is the same EXCEPT we do it in perspective UNTIL we draw the Measuring Square THEN we go back to perspective. To be clear: the Measuring Square is NOT subject to perspective, it remains geometrically square.

Note the major axis of the ellipse and the horizontal mid-line of the square in perspective are two different things but, that's a story for another day...

 
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Pro-Tip: Drugging your model makes it easier for her to keep and hold position.
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