Thanks for watching! Subscribe, tune-in to my WEEKLY LIVESTREAM and say hello! ❤I still do monthly FREE FEEDBACK episodes of your drawings and paintings, so JOIN the Facebook group and upload your art to participate! facebook.com/groups/masterstudy.ca Also, there is a DROPBOX FOLDER with handouts seen on screen (Some folders are empty because their resources are bundled into PDF inside an earlier folder): www.dropbox.com/sh/0pd5wsqba98k9ld/AAC8vjoo-L5z7QVIqYGwYqVra?dl=0
So much fun to watch these from 3 years ago and what was going on then. Pandemic, basement renos, Edie is only 9 months !!. love what you are teaching.
Hello, I have a brand new art-notebook for your videos and applying everystep you do! thank you for not deleting these series. even my mum glads you're helping me. thank you sir!
Hi Michael. I've been following these lessons for a month, more or less, and I have learned a lot from you both in terms of art and illustration skills and also in terms of gaining insight in learning process, which truly applies to our daily lives. I sincerely believe on what you have mentioned in this session, that "Everybody is standing on the shoulders of previous generations," maybe because I learned this lesson the hard way and that the generation that I was looking into had hidden truth from us. My homeland, Iran has been occupied by an autocracy since 1979, there is no freedom of speech there, artists have been severely suppressed, and censorship has ruined most of what Iran used to have when it was a proud monarchy with a rich culture and art. It took me a long time to find out who my previous generations truly were and what they really did before that nasty revolution in 1979. Millions of Iranians like me born into war, social repressions and censorship, and for decades we thought that those were normal situations all over the world. The occupying regime has left not much for us to look into and to see how Iran looked like before the revolution; thus all that Iranians have to learn and imitate have been religious doctrines and nonsense. I'm sorry for my long comment, but I felt I should tell these facts to confirm your words on the importance of imitation, and that aside from death, there are evil people out there that can keep from us the sources and references of human history and art. Internet helped Iranians a lot to learn about their past, but years ago the regime started to block the internet, too. There's a severe internet censorship in Iran and a long list of filtered social media, which UA-cam is one of them. Unfortunately, Iranian people have to use proxies to watch your lessons, if Iran's super-slow, time-wasting internet connection does not make them give it up altogether. I live in the UK, I easily access loads of learning materials either online or in real life; but Iranian people have been struggling to access such resources. I believe the fact that we have materials at hand that we can imitate and learn from, is a neglected fact in free countries. There are millions of people all over the world in Iran, North Korea, China, and etc. who have been deprived of such simple, but critical freedom that they could have used to get themselves free from dictatorships. My strong motive to follow your lessons is also to learn how do draw, so I can fight for freedom in Iran through art. Thank you very much again for sharing your precious experiences and skills with us. I really appreciate what I have been learning here.
These classes are amazing! I am learning so much, appreciating how therapeutic the process is and feeling really good about the drawings I am producing. I would highly recommend to anyone looking to learn how to draw or looking to improve their current skill level.
TIMESTAMPS 5:13 Intro 10:30 Warm up (Glycidian Orchid - Alex Katz) 28:00 How to make a grid 36:09 Toilet paper grid sketch 53:35 Making another grid 56:10 "We Can Do It!" - J. Howard Miller grid drawing 1:34:35 Reading comments 1:53:26 Conclusion 1:54:40 Making grids smaller
Half way through, and I got my sketchbook, and pencils! I was too stoned to do all the grid stuff today, but after watcing the whole thing I have soooooooo much more respect for this style of replication.
Today drawing was the worst drawing I've did 😅 It's ok cause I have problems with drawing head and hand But I see that there are lessons for that , so I am too excited 😊
Hello Michael! Thanks for a wonderful class, I’ve always found utilizing a grid to be kinda difficult in college and HS art courses but it seemed a bit easier here. Are there any tips for those who have smaller sketchbooks under 8x11 but still want to follow along with the number by letter grid?
Hello Michael - your classes are awesome. Thank you for these. Is there a way to communicate with without Facebook? I don’t use social media but would love feedback on my progress.
I appreciate these tutorials, but I am wondering, after seeing many tutorials and reading books, what is the purpose of grid and tracing techniques. Whenever I do that it I am lead to believe afterwards that I will never be able to reproduce the image without such "cheating" tools. I wonder if anyone else feels this way...
Artists have ALWAYS used whatever tools and techniques that were available to them that help them communicate the thoughts and feelings that they wanted to express. For artists today, it’s digital tools and artificial intelligence. For artists over the past 500 years it was lenses (camera obscura, camera lucida) and photography. Prior to that, it was using grids, carbon paper, protractors, compasses and “cartoons” (large sheets of paper to transfer images onto walls for fresco/mural painting). The idea that this is “cheating” is just as absurd as saying “doctors cheat when they use X-rays,” or “business owners cheat when they use calculators.”
What an interesting question! I typically just use a ruler and grid things out by drawing lines on an image, but it would be super handy to have a dedicated app that applies a grid to a photo while it's on your phone or computer. If someone knows one, please let me know!
@@MarkowskyArtI think it would be easy to make grid through either Photoshop or GIMP as I low specification Laptop I used GIMP to make grip over my photo. And drew with that.
I’m trying to use the gird but the box’s of my paper are to wide or long compared to the drawing I’m doing, it ends up looking weird , to wide or to long. And I just ditch the grind and copy without it. but I already erased to much, any tips? Is it that my paper is to big compared the drawing, if so can u tell me what sized images to use. (I use the same sketch book that you use in the video )if not thank you for the class tho.sorry for making a long paragraph for you to read 😂
I would say adjust as you go, I do a very rough sketch first to see if the proportions look all right, if it does I start marking the lines and I adjust the sizes a little bit as I go. I tend to mess up with grids too so I just count the squares when needed and do rough estimates of where things should be.
I’m sorry you had difficulties with that drawing! Keep in mind it’s just a warm-up - a challenge to do when you first sit down to draw. Try to draw without judgement, turn off one’s need to “get it right” for a few minutes and embrace one’s mistakes! ❤️☮️
The we can do this drawing proved to me that not everybody can draw, I have realized now that I have been wasting my time learning to draw, it isn't something I can do or ever will be able to do. I guess it just makes more sense to use AI
I completely disagree with you, and it makes me sad to read your comment. “Not everybody can draw” sounds about as strange to me as someone saying “not everyone can read,” or “not everyone can speak.” EVERYONE can LEARN draw. Just because you don’t want to spend the effort or energy to learn doesn’t mean you can’t do it or overcome some basic hurdles. I’m willing to bet every dollar on earth that you’re focused on perfection, and that you believe anything less than perfect is trash. With that attitude, you’re setting yourself up for a lifetime of disappointment, frustration and needless self-flagellation. And not just when it comes to drawing. Don’t be so hard on yourself! Don’t give up! You can do it! ANYONE can do it! ❤️
@@MarkowskyArt Hi so I gave this drawing a second go an it turned out a lot better, you were right it takes time and effort, the more I do it the better I get, though a bit slow I am making progress now, THANKS!!
Thanks for watching! Subscribe, tune-in to my WEEKLY LIVESTREAM and say hello! ❤I still do monthly FREE FEEDBACK episodes of your drawings and paintings, so JOIN the Facebook group and upload your art to participate! facebook.com/groups/masterstudy.ca
Also, there is a DROPBOX FOLDER with handouts seen on screen (Some folders are empty because their resources are bundled into PDF inside an earlier folder): www.dropbox.com/sh/0pd5wsqba98k9ld/AAC8vjoo-L5z7QVIqYGwYqVra?dl=0
So much fun to watch these from 3 years ago and what was going on then. Pandemic, basement renos, Edie is only 9 months !!. love what you are teaching.
Hello, I have a brand new art-notebook for your videos and applying everystep you do! thank you for not deleting these series. even my mum glads you're helping me. thank you sir!
Hi Michael. I've been following these lessons for a month, more or less, and I have learned a lot from you both in terms of art and illustration skills and also in terms of gaining insight in learning process, which truly applies to our daily lives.
I sincerely believe on what you have mentioned in this session, that "Everybody is standing on the shoulders of previous generations," maybe because I learned this lesson the hard way and that the generation that I was looking into had hidden truth from us. My homeland, Iran has been occupied by an autocracy since 1979, there is no freedom of speech there, artists have been severely suppressed, and censorship has ruined most of what Iran used to have when it was a proud monarchy with a rich culture and art. It took me a long time to find out who my previous generations truly were and what they really did before that nasty revolution in 1979. Millions of Iranians like me born into war, social repressions and censorship, and for decades we thought that those were normal situations all over the world. The occupying regime has left not much for us to look into and to see how Iran looked like before the revolution; thus all that Iranians have to learn and imitate have been religious doctrines and nonsense.
I'm sorry for my long comment, but I felt I should tell these facts to confirm your words on the importance of imitation, and that aside from death, there are evil people out there that can keep from us the sources and references of human history and art.
Internet helped Iranians a lot to learn about their past, but years ago the regime started to block the internet, too. There's a severe internet censorship in Iran and a long list of filtered social media, which UA-cam is one of them. Unfortunately, Iranian people have to use proxies to watch your lessons, if Iran's super-slow, time-wasting internet connection does not make them give it up altogether. I live in the UK, I easily access loads of learning materials either online or in real life; but Iranian people have been struggling to access such resources. I believe the fact that we have materials at hand that we can imitate and learn from, is a neglected fact in free countries. There are millions of people all over the world in Iran, North Korea, China, and etc. who have been deprived of such simple, but critical freedom that they could have used to get themselves free from dictatorships.
My strong motive to follow your lessons is also to learn how do draw, so I can fight for freedom in Iran through art. Thank you very much again for sharing your precious experiences and skills with us. I really appreciate what I have been learning here.
These classes are amazing! I am learning so much, appreciating how therapeutic the process is and feeling really good about the drawings I am producing. I would highly recommend to anyone looking to learn how to draw or looking to improve their current skill level.
Hello sir I am watching your video from India you teach very well thanks to you I learned to draw fine.Thank you
I didn't know I could draw like this!!!! Thank you so much! The grid really helped me with proportions!!!
TIMESTAMPS
5:13 Intro
10:30 Warm up (Glycidian Orchid - Alex Katz)
28:00 How to make a grid
36:09 Toilet paper grid sketch
53:35 Making another grid
56:10 "We Can Do It!" - J. Howard Miller grid drawing
1:34:35 Reading comments
1:53:26 Conclusion
1:54:40 Making grids smaller
I'm learning so much from these classes! Thank you!
I am so excited to be taking your drawing classes. I have learned so much and I appreciate you, your talent and generosity greatly.
I too!.. appreciate these lessons Michael I never knew this grid drawing a person can use to enlarge a picture. Love this!! Thankyou
Love the course, thanks so much!
thanks for another intresting lesson.now i need to practise drawing with a grid too
the grid method helped a lot, thank you sir
Please Sir make a series on how to make comics.
I learned so much with just these 9 classes. Super excited to see the rest! Thank you!🖤🖤
Just wanna say thanks, i found you a couple of weeks back and im really enjoying the classes. Alot of love from argentina!
Half way through, and I got my sketchbook, and pencils!
I was too stoned to do all the grid stuff today, but after watcing the whole thing I have soooooooo much more respect for this style of replication.
as someone who often makes sections too big or small when trying to mimic other art this is very helpful! thanks for the video
These videos are truly amazing! It both teaches me a lot and also allows me to better appreciate my art. Thank you so much for these !
Today drawing was the worst drawing I've did 😅
It's ok cause I have problems with drawing head and hand
But I see that there are lessons for that , so I am too excited 😊
Thank you so much for the lessons, Michael.
This is awesome to learn from you sir
I am just 14years old and I love your lessons . ✨
Thank you a lot, even are a little old are very accurate. :)😀
I am very happy to have found your videos 🙏😅🤭
Thank you very much for the videos.
Thank you for the interesting lessons =)
Hello Michael! Thanks for a wonderful class, I’ve always found utilizing a grid to be kinda difficult in college and HS art courses but it seemed a bit easier here. Are there any tips for those who have smaller sketchbooks under 8x11 but still want to follow along with the number by letter grid?
Hardest class so far, and it wasn’t even because of the face, but the toilet paper hahahaha
My grid turned out rly distorted cuz i have a square sketch book.. which doesnt make sense to me cuz its the same amount of lines in the grid..
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Hello Michael - your classes are awesome. Thank you for these. Is there a way to communicate with without Facebook? I don’t use social media but would love feedback on my progress.
I appreciate these tutorials, but I am wondering, after seeing many tutorials and reading books, what is the purpose of grid and tracing techniques. Whenever I do that it I am lead to believe afterwards that I will never be able to reproduce the image without such "cheating" tools. I wonder if anyone else feels this way...
Artists have ALWAYS used whatever tools and techniques that were available to them that help them communicate the thoughts and feelings that they wanted to express. For artists today, it’s digital tools and artificial intelligence. For artists over the past 500 years it was lenses (camera obscura, camera lucida) and photography. Prior to that, it was using grids, carbon paper, protractors, compasses and “cartoons” (large sheets of paper to transfer images onto walls for fresco/mural painting). The idea that this is “cheating” is just as absurd as saying “doctors cheat when they use X-rays,” or “business owners cheat when they use calculators.”
What app or method can we use to apply a grid to an image? A free one would be great. Thank you in advance.
What an interesting question! I typically just use a ruler and grid things out by drawing lines on an image, but it would be super handy to have a dedicated app that applies a grid to a photo while it's on your phone or computer. If someone knows one, please let me know!
@@MarkowskyArtI think it would be easy to make grid through either Photoshop or GIMP as I low specification Laptop I used GIMP to make grip over my photo. And drew with that.
I’m trying to use the gird but the box’s of my paper are to wide or long compared to the drawing I’m doing, it ends up looking weird , to wide or to long. And I just ditch the grind and copy without it. but I already erased to much, any tips? Is it that my paper is to big compared the drawing, if so can u tell me what sized images to use. (I use the same sketch book that you use in the video )if not thank you for the class tho.sorry for making a long paragraph for you to read 😂
I would say adjust as you go, I do a very rough sketch first to see if the proportions look all right, if it does I start marking the lines and I adjust the sizes a little bit as I go. I tend to mess up with grids too so I just count the squares when needed and do rough estimates of where things should be.
Maybe you drawin is better then mine said markowsky, and i'm lookin at my drwa and think ' sweet mother of jesus burn it now!'
Amazing thank you, I’m the flowers I can see a bald man’s head in the right and a woman in the left is it my imagination
I cannot do this flower right, it looks like crap. I just don't see it.
I’m sorry you had difficulties with that drawing! Keep in mind it’s just a warm-up - a challenge to do when you first sit down to draw. Try to draw without judgement, turn off one’s need to “get it right” for a few minutes and embrace one’s mistakes! ❤️☮️
@@MarkowskyArt Thank you so much! You are the best teacher.
The we can do this drawing proved to me that not everybody can draw, I have realized now that I have been wasting my time learning to draw, it isn't something I can do or ever will be able to do. I guess it just makes more sense to use AI
I completely disagree with you, and it makes me sad to read your comment. “Not everybody can draw” sounds about as strange to me as someone saying “not everyone can read,” or “not everyone can speak.” EVERYONE can LEARN draw. Just because you don’t want to spend the effort or energy to learn doesn’t mean you can’t do it or overcome some basic hurdles. I’m willing to bet every dollar on earth that you’re focused on perfection, and that you believe anything less than perfect is trash. With that attitude, you’re setting yourself up for a lifetime of disappointment, frustration and needless self-flagellation. And not just when it comes to drawing. Don’t be so hard on yourself! Don’t give up! You can do it! ANYONE can do it! ❤️
@@MarkowskyArt Hi so I gave this drawing a second go an it turned out a lot better, you were right it takes time and effort, the more I do it the better I get, though a bit slow I am making progress now, THANKS!!