How I Draw Big, Accurately
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Many people have been asking me for a long time to create and share this video. I use a modified version of the grid method to draw large scale accurately. I find this technique especially useful for my charcoal on canvas process because it eliminates the need to draw and then attempt to erase all of the grid lines.
There are a lot of different ways to draw big. This one is not quick and easy, but I've found it to work really well for me. So I thought I'd share. Let me know in the comments if you have any additional questions. Thanks!
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Hello Joel, Thankyou for showing the grid method. I never could understand the grid. As I draw everything free handed and never use the grid. I would like to try it. I will use this. Thankyou again. 😊
So interesting to see such an intimate drawing coming out of the grid structure.
Hi Joel : why didn't i think of this🙃 How many times I've used the million-line grids and try to hide the erased lines. Can't wait to see the process of finishing this beautiful image. Even if you have to show in 2 videos this will be an amazing lesson given all the detail and shadows. The sketch so far is really done nicely. There's a lot for me to look at and learn right there.
Thanks so much for sharing ,I'm just starting to use charcoal, do mostly color pencil.
tom
Thank you! You're encouraging me to continue with these videos. Much more to come...
This is the same method I use! Someone once commented on one of my videos that I was "cheating" 🙄😂. It's a great tool!
Great vid, Joel. Seems like it takes a bit of patience but the result is worth it, especially for the accuracy. Don't think I could do it any other way. Thanks for the detailed step by step. It will definitely be put to use. Can't wait to see the finished piece. Troy
Thank you! It definitely does take patience. And it is worth it for the accuracy, but as mentioned this one took much longer than most. Possibly one of the most complex drawings I've done. Of course, it would be the one I choose to explain the process... 😂
Wow class in section your the best ! , I get a private lesson 😅thanks, your way better on UA-cam then Instagram. Beautiful work !
Fantastic!
I’ve heard you say you buy your canvas from Milo Art supply? Are they canvas boards or deep profile canvas or? Just wondering about surface variation in the different items.
And again, thank you for sharing your wisdom and gift!
I buy the gallery canvases from Milo Art. But with gesso applied first, I'm not sure the surface makes much difference. Just personal preference.
@@JoelPilcherArt thanks so much!
Hi Joel, thank you for all your precious videos. I would like to know if a charcoal drawing on canvas can sell the same price as a painting ?
Thank you! I paint a bit and my original paintings do almost always sell for more. I believe there is generally a higher perceived value for paintings vs charcoal drawings, and perhaps rightly so because they take much more time to create. That being said, I believe I've been able to charge more for my charcoal work on canvas than I would have if it were on paper. All that aside, I feel better and more confident handing a more substantial and durable final product to a paying customer.
You mentioned you pay for photo rights, can you tell me a couple of the sites you use?
There are quite a few, but the most affordable is probably wildlifereferencephotos.com
how do you keep from smudging with the edge of your hand?
Sometimes I'll use a mahl stick to rest my hand on, but mostly I just try to keep my hand off the canvas. I do occasionally smudge the drawing, but the charcoal makes it easy to fix.
What are you drawing on?
Canvas
Hi Joel, I also lay out my drawing like this...or just draw the gridlines where I know I will be painting over it...or points only! Love this one!😊
Hello l was very happy to see the video about what materials you use.I am grateful to you . l am a doctor and an amateur artist .I 'm not as good as you. I learned how to work with charcoal on canvas from you and l drew ,but it was not as good as you.I am eternally grateful to .Gad forgiving us this talent,including you. I don't take pictures very often sometimes l depict my own life in the work that l dream about in my head. A person transfers his feelings and experiences to paper or painting. Good luck to you.Keep your videos coming. l am grateful.
Thank you!
Man, I really need to try one of these. Love the step by step process and breakdown of layers. Similar to what I’ve taught myself on the skull carving, but obviously a canvas so different. You’re so gifted. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks buddy!
Very interesting, will definitely give this method a try ... great video, thanks
What do you used to draw your line marks and horses drawing. I leatn with my art teavher to erase lines when we do image yransfett with my best friend" meilleur ami in french. Sorry for mu english, we mostly speak french hete. Thank you
When using the grid method, I draw the grid marks with willow charcoal because it's very soft and easily erasable. Thanks!
I'm the idiot for just going free hand
Thank you for this in depth video! It not only made sense but it also shows your well crafted talent! Wow!
Thank you!
Merci beaucoup,vraiment instructif, thank you very much, very instructive.
Thank you! Just subbed!!!
Good technique Joel. I appreciate It !
Very helpful, thank you so much
Holy. 😮
Thank you so much!
Amazing 😍😍😍
Hi Joel. Jim from Madrid, Spain (a New Yorker expat living abroad).
First if all, thank you for sharing and explaining how to transfer proportions from a smaller image intro a greater surface. I always hated the grid, because it is NOT always easy to leave a clean surface without all the lines, and by using intersection dots (it's just a great KISS idea) it minimizes unnecessary line work and much easy to clean or camouflage within the painting, specially if you're using watercolor or gouache afterwards, for example (when using acrylics or oil it won't show up much later due to the opacity of the paint ).
I have a question, though...
Do you use Gesso to prime the canvas smoothly before using charcoal? If nit, hiw do you prime the canvas surface fir charcoal? Is it the same treatment if using graphite? (On canvas, I mean).
I've always used paper but I would like to start using canvas in the near future.
Again, thanks a lot for this video. It's really helpful.
Cheers from Sunny Spain!
😁👍😎
BTW... I just found you on the greatest and cheapest Art University in the World (YTU - UA-cam University! - 😃😃👍) and I am currently a New subscriber to your channel... Another video of yours popped up on how to draw a Black Labrador (I think that's the dog) and I can't wait to watch it!!!!
I have a Black Labrador (getting real old now but the love of the family) and I want to make a commemorative Art piece to always remember him (he's getting to that stage...).
Again... Thanks a lot!
Cheers from Sunny Spain!
😁👍😎
In the past I haven't done any additional prep to the stretched and pre primed canvases I buy, but I have just recently started experimenting with gesso. It has a bit of a different result, but so far I'm liking it.
Too bad I can't measure/scale things up. I'm terrible at maths...
Would you say this is an alternative tracing method to a projector? Please say yes as I find a projector a useful tool 😅 (sometimes controversial to the haters out there as they say tracing is not art but who the fukc cares 🤷)
interesting method
This is a fantastic tutorial. I have told myself that there is no way that I could draw on a large canvas but this has shown me that it can be done. I do not have photo shop but I will come up with a low tech version of a grid.
better to use a projector..