Sketching Five Portraits a Day
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- lifedrawing.ac... - When making fast portrait sketches, an artist has to use the knowledge of proportions and anatomy, especially when drawing from imagination because there is no model to check proportions on. Needless to say, it is only possible when you know those proportions and rules of drawing facial features. In this video, you will discover how to make five portraits a day. If you would like to learn anatomy for artists the fast and easy way, take the Anatomy Master Class - anatomymasterc...
In this drawing tutorial, I would like to demonstrate that this is not a matter of time, quality, or drawing skills you have. It is about making a commitment of sketching on a daily basis. As long as you make multiple sketches every single day, your portrait drawing skills will improve with time. Of course, just sketching is not enough, you need to learn how to draw portraits the right way. This is what we can help you with - giving the necessary knowledge of how to draw portraits. This topic is fully explained in the Life Drawing Academy course - lifedrawing.ac...
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Using the nose as a base is one of THE oldest techniques for sculpting marble statues and also to paint
Thank you!
@@rushikesh2320 same
I use the eye as the Base of a Face. Nose confuse me
i always start with the eyes
Yes
I often see artists on my feed talk about how making art their main career made them lose interest in their art. It makes me slightly worried for my future since art is what I’ve wanted to do for many years. I can see myself improving but the reality that I will need to decide how I want my life to go in two years really is daunting. This video is very comforting to me and reassured me about the decisions I want to make for myself, thank you! Also your voice is so calming.
Thank you
Also, don't forget that just because you are choosing arts as a carrier, it does not mean that you can't learn other things. Burnout is real and no matter how much you love what you do, you'll still get tired if you only do that thing.
I myself am a professional musician, but I also decided to learn how to draw and how to write light novels.
Don't make it your career. Make it a passion that you still keep as a hobby. If you can monetize it or otherwise put a fulfilling/incentivizing purpose to it, go with that.
honestly i think you should give things a try and not let other people’s experience, whether good or bad, hinder you too much. try and create a backup plan if things don’t work out so you won’t lose your footing entirely, this goes for no matter what you want to do as things can always go wrong. some things are better kept as a hobby while others are at their full potential as a job. a lot of factors play into it, your motivation, the place you work at, who you work for, etc etc, and these factors are different for everyone.
@@user-fe8gx3ie5v ^^This. Art can become secondary to work, and *everything you do for $$ becomes “work.” and that can kill passion.
IMHO (lifelong pro), save some passion for your *own work, and exercise it daily! It is perishable! Segment your own work from “work”!
Makes me feel better about drawing with a dip pen, and I used it because of the same reason: to teach me how to be confident in lines and to force me to use single clean strokes. On my first attempt my sketch looked very wonky, and then on the next day I drew the same sketch and I greatly improved on the space between the eyes, nose, and lips and the head proportion. My line confidence still needs more practice, but 30% of it shows cleaner lines than my previous sketch.
Even one sketch a day, at 3 minutes is better than none. Time is no longer an excuse!
Those magnificent sketches seem to take us back into the glorious Classical Age
Theyre just beautiful, arent they?
As I understand it, he draws antique sculptures, Antinous, for example, is very similar.
It's called the Italian Renaissance.
@@jeffreypoythress3757 no
THE JOJO'S BIZZARE ADVENTURE AGE
Man, I can't even tell you how many times I've watched this video. I'm not joking when I say I could watch this videos of you drawing all day. It helped me so much and I really admire your specific sketching style.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Don;t just watch. Draw yourself!
" One of the reasons why an artist might stop drawing is a subconscious fear of failure "
I felt that. I started drawing people's sketches (like my mom and my friends). Then my relatives saw it and asked me to draw theirs. I had no interest so they didn't turn out well and I stopped for a long time.
Just watched this man flawlessly draw Ben Askren multiple times
And a few others.
Dang, he's so good at making JoJo's Character.
Lmfao
Hhhhhh
yes mix this with a fashion sketch and viola!
jajajajajajajajjajajaj XD really? XD
exactly what i thought when he drew the first chara
I honestly love this video. Hearing the positive reinforcement not to be afraid to fail and to see as opportunity to improve has changed the way I view my sketches! Thank you
Thank you!
"I already see a number of mistakes in this drawing"
Me: wow this is perfect
There is no such thing as "perfection"
That’s the point. Mistakes are normal and mistakes will always happen when you draw but look how the drawing still is
The difference between an artist and a viewer is that an artist sees everything a piece could be. a viewer only sees the end product. This is why an artist is always his own worst critic.
this guy: litterally makes a masterpiece while sketching
also this guy: this is just another sketch
It's really hard to make those sketches look good. Mines look awful. He does have some little mistakes, tho. But that's human.
I am 1:20 into the actual sketch and everything you have said so far has really hit something with me... I've been doing digital art now for 2 years and rarely touch paper, this has given me the drive to give this technique a go, as I can not always see mistakes straight away on something like photoshop like I would with pen and paper, plus it would also be good to go back to my routes, I love your art and style, you have a new sub
It's good to here that this video was helpful
As a high school artist, during quarantine I started using microns for the first time and began to consider the fact that I can't fix my mistakes, so I would draw with them all the time to get myself into a different mindset. I recommend this to artists who aren't confident in their art, because psychologically it does help you prevent mistakes because you know you can't change a mistake but have to work around it. It also makes you feel more confident because when I used graphite I was self conscious of if my art looked good enough, but with this I became more confident and like my art more than before and not just because of the increase of skill. I tend to be an insecure person but this definitely made me confident about my art style and might have even made me more confident with myself too.
i love your voice! english isn't my main language and i have hearing problems so i can't understand the video fully without seeing the subtitle. but every time i need a slight push to start my daily drawing, i relisten to this video and your voice, so calm, serene and has a sense of impulse!
Ok, thank you
I see art like love.
Thinking someone is beautiful only, isn’t love. But getting to understand them, and knowing them for what their actual beauty is, is love.
Lots of artist only see art as something that looks good. That like somebody only linking another for their good looks.
But it’s until you get to understand art, or to understand that person, that you get to see the truth in them, and you can finally focus on what matters, and what doesn’t.
And once you get to them, or get to know art, you can finally focus on what truly matters. Making them, or you art as happy or good as it can be.
I am not at all an artist and only do it as an hobby or whenever i want to take a break from studies. But i hope i can keep drawing and get better in the future ☺️.
Been a whole year of practice not the best results, but the discipline shows
The thing is you already have a very good base, it seems so easy but you really know exactly where to put each element. This is hard...
I love the tone you speak, it makes me feel less anxious about whether I draw well enough. I will try what you say.
Thank you!
sicuramente il piu forte del web!!!!
Thank you!
He is so precise in his measurements and he did all that in his head too, so jealous 😭
you can do the same if you train a bit
@@neolordie exactly, he’s teaching us all how to do it! No point in being jealous because this isn’t talent, it’s constant practice and hard work. Which I put way higher than talent
I started doing five portraits a day in the last week of June. I use references 99% of the time, but I’m seeing great improvement already
That is awesome!
Wow. This is an exceptional video. Most people no matter what they are teaching aren't as concise and to the point! But you get right to the chase. It's brilliant. You also have much good advice and information to tell. I'll definitely be checking out other videos on this channel, keep up the good work!
Thank you very much for you feedback, I do appreciate it!
Whenever i see you draw seems your hand dancing on the paper with such an elgant movement reminds me the moment of creation by God.
Think He must have been an artist like you paying so much attention to detail with ease and elegance.
Well done👍😇
Thank you so much 😀
Even when you see the hand and how beautiful graceful gestures one can make with just the hand is art in itself. The divine proportions definitely play a part.
Красота, рада, что нашла ваше видео😍 ваши скетчи с пометками заскринила и освоила
this really helped me! the first time on sep 6 i attempted to draw a self portrait using an pen so i cannot undo my mistakes, it came out very erm wonky and goofy, cartoonish, then at sep 7 i attempted to draw the same self portrait also using an pen, it had some improvement the lines weren't that scribbled as yesterday and the nose line was atleast abit clear, then today i once draw again the same self portrait, it came out great! the lines were clear, the proportions were neat, the lining of each proportions were atleast clear! the tips really helped me improve my art alot!
You are the first to say that copying does not improve the skill and prevents drawing from imagination. I understood that myself. But most artists say "copy, because everyone is copying, we are all thieves of other people's ideas." We should not be thieves, but generators of these ideas :)
You misunderstood the point. Leaning drawing by copying photos is the dead-end road. But there is nothing wrong in using photos for reference when you already have strong drawing skills.
18:45 this is the most innocent roast I ever heard.
Thanks for some good ideas. I would disagree that you can’t be good at portraiture without learning the proportions of the head and features. Although I did learn them early on I also forgot almost everything and when I try to draw from a photo and I try to use the standard proportions I find it almost always makes my sketches worse. I do better by just looking very carefully at the subject and constantly checking the the photo or model many times. Perhaps drawing from imagination might be easier using the standard proportional guidelines for some. Still the idea of simple drawings and not worrying about getting it right each time is incredibly important. I can see improvement in my portrait sketches within days of more practice.
love the way you use fancy sketch books for sketching, I mean, you must be unblievable rich.
I only use photocopy papers.
Thank you for the compliment, I wish : ) Have you thought that if you sell just one of your photocopy-paper sketch, it might buy you a nice sketchbook?
@@DrawingArtAcademy yes but sketchbook in my country that costs 20 kns for 80 papers a3, is less cost effiecient than 300 papers one photo-copy a4. Btw your drawings are perfect of portraits, i draw with a pencil b type every day, and i have dificulty not making mistakes of proportion and many many wrong lines.
@@ajmosutra7667 you could try using a liner or a similar tool to force yourself into doing fewer lines
@@ajmosutra7667 također!
Love your teaching.thanks doc.
Thanks for watching!
I love portraits. I also love your narration.
Thank you very much!
I really want to thank you for your great video. I was studying many years ago in an art academy and since 12 years didn’t touch a pencil for any sketch. Now I did it with you the first 5 drawings and it was very easy. You’re right, it is not a matter of a lack of time. It’s a matter of just doing NOW. Thanks agan, this heart is for you ❤️🔥
You are so welcome!
Great artist very nice sketches. Will take your advice to start sketch 5 sketches per day. Never give up!!! Thank you very much.
Most welcome 😊
Showing all of your sketches really learnt everyone watching that practise beats talent
Thank you for your opinion
I see how this would teach me clean lines like yours. Thank you.
You are so welcome!
guys this works in september i drew one portrait whenever i felt bored and my art improved so much within 3-4 months
Great! I'm glad this video was motivational for you
Фантастика. Трудно вообразить сколько надо практиковаться, чтоб так чувствовать карандаш. Очень понравилось.
Thank you; it took me 15 years studying art and the lifetime practicing
Don’t erase was a very useful lesson I learn late in life. Wish I realized that sooner.
For some reason this reminds me of when I was young and a bunch of my buddies were apprenticing to be become tattoo artists, always sketching always tracing always writing. Perfect your art, the rest will follow!
Beautiful👍
I do hope that you can make more of these sketches with more details i really loved it's fantastic ❤️❤️
More to come!
Absolutely fantastic video! Really highlighted a lot of important factors for me to take into consideration. I'm an average artist who considers myself to be an "ok artist", but this video has opened my eyes to a huge amount of steps where I was lacking in knowledge in & has instantly elevated all my future portraits. The classical roman style is exactly what I have been looking at getting into so this video came along exactly at the perfect moment, cheers for the awesome vid guys!
Glad it was helpful!
I would love to see some of your sketches from your sketch books in more detail. Thank you for a wonderful video and wonderful encouragement
Thank you! Will do!
0:47 me doing that anime glasses thing: bold of u to start without a pencil sketch before the pen
Very convincing demonstration......and very interesting indeed...many thanks.....
You are welcome
Beautifully done❤
Thank you! Cheers!
Its nice to know that lining the eyes up never stops being a pain lol. Mad respect for the rest of ur channel btw using ur skills to create a free recourse for anyone to access is hella admirable
What an amazing and pragmatic drawing class!
Thank you! Cheers!
Show us more of your architecture and landscape drawings please!! I can't wait to see those drawings
More to come!
If you were drawing me, or someone like me, the eyes do overlap with the nose outline. 😅 Guess sometimes having (photo) reference helps with drawing more divers subjects. Not only western greek ideal measurements.
Ancient* im greek and my face would've looked WAAAYY different as well xD
These studies aren’t about drawing the perfect portrait but about learning the structure and understanding the shapes of the face. You study flawless Greek sculptures first and then you can draw whatever face that you want to draw.
Well he’s wrong in one way. The line from the nose should go straight with the beginning of the eye for almost all people.
🙄🙄🙄. Buzz word diversity buzz word. Western ideals. Buzz word.
I don't want to draw people like you
I started doing it with sculptures too and without using any guidelines and just eyeballing it, it made me more confident after a handful of tries.
It started like a child's drawings then a weird looking man and then a more normal looking man and then finally it looks like a woman
Never thought I'd ever be able to draw anything without a bunch of chicken scratches
Gracias por sus claras enseñanzas
This is really off topic but I just wanna say that your voice is really relaxing
I appreciate that
@@DrawingArtAcademy Thank you for the good content, my art have been improving since I started watching you guys :)
My Mans sounding like his mum is Google translate
Oooooooohhhh... I'm focusing so much on making a good drawing that I'm not actually getting anything done. Now I know
Thank you for the advice and motivation
You are so welcome
off topic but your voice is so calming
My man has a book full of Alexander the great portraits
good!
No one can disagree with what he said about constructive drawing...it's crystal clear that what he said was true
For realistic art, i use projector for tracing. Your way of drawing artwork is what i always wanted to learn. I am good at shading so i can bring traced portrait to life and also it looks realistic. Thank you, i learnt many things from your video.
Keep it up
At the top are 3 dots. When you push them you can slower down this video (with the sketch books)
Thank you for showing this!
Awesome your drawing skills and knowledge are very refined . I got inspired by seing that pile of drawing sketch books. Thank you for your analogy of drawing as mathematics. That's a very true assessment.
So nice of you
Truely an inspiration for me leads me in the right direction, thank you
You are so welcome!
Absolutely cool!
I really like that "Style" guess this is the right channel for me
Thank you for your feedback
One of the first advice that I got was to not use a eraser, and actually help me a lot to think and make drawings more faster
Draw in pen and ink and the question of erasing won't be there anymore. You would have to carefully apply every line if you want to make it right
Thanks for the tips!
Happy to help!
Love your drawings! Accidentally find your channel today. Looks amazing! Thank you for uploading theses beautiful videos. 🙏
Glad you like them!
I just do a quick proportion guide for studies and if it's a face I'm doing from memory I look over each iteration and use it to improve upon. I don't complicate the process.
I love the greeco-roman style you have
Thank you
Man! That’s so cool! It really looks like brazillian money, especially the R$10
I love these tips, thank you for making this video! It's very fun
Glad you like them!
I love to see how you sketch Baki Hanma in so many different perspectives
Wow... Truly a "master" works.👌👏👏🤝
Thanks a lot 😊
@@DrawingArtAcademy Your explanation also very good.
Your style also nice.
Thank you! Cheers!
Invaluable is what this is! Much thanks for making this!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the reply. I really appreciate it. I am a self tought artist. I don't like drawing from the pictures or still life. Love drawing from life only. I get so much pleasure and energy doing so. There is so much magic in your drawings. Those lovely eyes. Nose lips and hair. I love drawing them. Thanks again 🎻
You are so welcome!
I have copied and doodled so much but thanks to you I now understand better, I hope
Should I try it after learning face proportions and planes of face shading?
Yes, of course! Sketching faces is the sure way to learn portrait drawing
This video change my life
This is some old skool art education.
It is good that you understand the value of traditional art education
@@DrawingArtAcademyI’m learning your Anatomy Art Proportions from one of your videos, without registering any art program to become a successful artist. I Thank you for all the resources you provide me to learn the proper way of drawing portraits and learning the general principles of anatomy art proportions.
Perfect💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
you've made my day by just making this video ^^
Glad I could help
Since I was little and till now, I can never draw one line and be happy. It’s unfortunately become a part of my art style. And it only frustrates me when I get something wrong. I should try using an ink pen to improve, and become less dependent on repeated sketches. There are many things I’ve taken in, thank you for this video~
You are welcome!
Thanks for sharing these sketches and information with us. They are very inspiring. I am very fascinated by the way you draw in your previous video "How to Draw a torso". I'd like to see more skeletal sketches like: 23:16 23:24 - 23:28
Thank you for asking. In this video you will see my anatomy sketchbooks - lifedrawing.academy/life-drawing-academy-news/how-to-learn-anatomy-for-artists
Artists practice a lot of years to draw that fast :) if you know the basics it will just flow.
Thank you, you summarised it well
@@DrawingArtAcademy Hehe I appreciate ur video! I'm an artist too hehehe
Tenkyou for that vídeo, realy help me!
Glad it helped!
the way he draws eys is so satisfying
Thank you. You can do it too
This channel is simply amazing, if i get money i will undoubtedly enroll
Thank you
You have inspired me
excellent work. can you provide us a link of the notebook supplier? thanks
any art shop would sell sketchbooks
Maravilloso.
Great..
Thank you for your feedback!
right now I'm in art school, but I will definitely consider your membership in the future
Thank you so much, I'm begginer and I going to improve my sketches ♡ New subscriber
Welcome aboard!
God bless you 🙏🙏🙏
I really like the way you shade your sketches and I'm interested in seeing more of your figure drawings as well
here we go lifedrawing.academy/life-drawing-masters/vladimir-london