Great way to show us how to see proportion on a face...it is so easy to see how symmetrical features are whe you show the line measurements! Will definitely use it in the future.
Being one of your drawing students I try to watch all of your videos on drawing. I felt so lucky today when I found this video on measuring. I can't thank you enough for making this video and looking forward to covering this in class.
Drawing Course: www.schaeferfineart.com/intuitive-drawing-course Tutorial for How to Draw a Cat Portrait: ua-cam.com/video/oZzCqPMDJrI/v-deo.html Post any questions down below :) I'll be sure to follow up or make a video regarding your question. Thanks for watching!
AMAZING! I just found a video that you did in 2013 and you really make the listener wanting to listen to you. I think you are a great youtuber and very underrated. Hope you grow even bigger than you are now! 1+Sub
He IS underrated because for some reason he's not getting the exposure he needs, he's got some great video's, and I've watched so many UA-cam posters if their video's, many are not as good as he is and has a bigger following... Need to figure out why and do something to help him... I think some of the issues is a lot of ppl don't take watercolor for art, they all want the acrylic and oils, but several of the watercolor artists are promoting the heck out of their art on FB and Instagram... I think he needs to do the same... So when you see something you really like post it on your social media accts... Maybe he will get to be noticed for his value👍
Great tips! I recently listened to a podcast of an older artist who described how difficult it was for him as an artist to make a living at art. He then landed a graphic artist job to pay the bills. He said if an artist can paint portraits of people and animals, then they will be able to do commission work anytime. He said a commission would pay him immediately as opposed to relying on a gallery, where a painting might sit for months. Just thought I would share that bit of info with all of the up and coming artists out there.
Thank you so much for this. It really changes the game for me. When I’m watching a tutorial and I can’t really see the lines the artist is drawing its discouraging and frustrating 🙌❤️ Thank you brother!
I am wanting to learn how to draw goats and their babies. Just wondered if you were able to do so. I have been looking for a tutorial. Watching how you did this cat was a great help. Thank you. I raise goats and cows. Watching you and learning from you is my downtime or a mini vacation. Your way of painting is of great help to me. I love my goats and want to paint them. The Utube is my go to place to learn.
Oh ok, I have never drawn goats before they’d be the same as drawing anything else 😊 I’m going to do more demos in near future for these kinds of things so hopefully it will help you!
I loved this! You have a very beautiful, symmetrical kitty. 😁 I see the point of how this works with a frontal view, and now I want to try it with the head positioned in some other way, tipped down or up, or looking to the side. And maybe one of those cats who have big strange ears and elongated heads, like the Asian shorthairs that look like bats. The principles should be the same. Really fascinating to watch this unfold as a guide. Nothing is "cheating" if it gets you results. I guess I had some underlying idea that real drawing talent wouldn't need such guides, but I ought to know better, since I've been a writer for years, and there is no good work that doesn't start with a framework that includes proportion.
Great explanation of the blocking in process. I use it sometimes, but I'm always interested to hear the nuts and bolts of how other artists do this. How do you like to take your measurements? The old thumbnail on the pencil trick? Dividers?
Glad it was helpful :) I usually do use the old thumbnail on the pencil [or a metal-straw or chopstick] but I'm not opposed to doing it other ways too. I currently don't have any proportional dividers. I basically keep it as simple as possible but I do know that the pencil and thumb method can be tricky so I try to double and triple-check my measurements when I have to. These days I usually only do measurements to double-check if my eye was right, I've been trying to rely more on my eye first, rather than measurement first but that's more of an intermediate-advanced way to go about it.
1. Measure His Head Proportions 2. Figure out the shape of his head 3. Create Guidelines ( Simplified Shapes that Help you draw something from scratch) 4. Focus On the Details 5. Start Drawing!
Thanks for your video. It is very helpfull, because I have always troubles with proportion, although my line confidence is good. And thanks for mention that it can take longer (1h or so). After 30 Minutes I thought: " I am not able to do it, although I like trigonometry" I try this on my iPad with a wooden stick (procreate). But always one or two fingers hits the surface and lets zooms or rotate the canvas, although I switch of all gesture settings. Are there any tips on how to do this on a tablet?
Thanks very helpful!!!!! What do you do with the other extra lines will it make the drawing messy! Make another video on proportion. Does proportion apply to paintings?
I've done a few on proportion :) If you draw lightly, the lines can easily be erased or will disappear over the course of the drawing. Proportion definitely applies to painting. Painting is drawing with color basically.
Cows and chickens are good too. But finding pretty goats is difficult. Goats can be like dogs, very individual personality, but totally unique. They are a group animal up to a total degree. Very smart. They can put thinking to communication. I have dogs and cats too. I am a farmer with a desire to paint my farm. Self teaching here and Utube has a lot to offer. You are good. I will learn a lot from you and thank you so much. I snuggle with a baby goat in a bale of hay and get my happiness. I want to paint this. No children just animals here.
Thanks for this video . I was so frustrated because it took me hours to get this proposition 😅. When you said it took you a hour I felt better 😂. Do you measure only using the pencil or do you use a ruler. Love your chanel.
Glad it helped! I usually just use my pencil but nowadays, I try to draw first and measure second. I try not to get too hung up on proportions anymore because it's just too tiring and annoying haha.
Megnéztem összes rajz videódat. Most már nem úgy rajzolok, hogy minden tökéletes legyen már az elejétől fogva. Tudom, hogy te inkább festeni szeretsz, de lenne néhány kérdésem. Hogyan lehet grafittal textúrákat létrehozni? Például gumitalpú vászoncipő, bőr öv fém csattal, homokos tengerpart, fák levelei ? Köszönöm szépen a válaszodat! Jó, hogy rád találtam! (hungarian)
Köszönjük, hogy megnézték a videókat! Örülök, hogy segítőkészek. A textúrák kétségkívül trükkösek és bonyolultak is lehetnek. Általában nem igazán koncentrálok a textúrára, hogy őszinte legyek. De szerintem van néhány módszer ezek létrehozására. Az első számú dolog az, hogy először az értékre összpontosítson, és hogy ennek helyes legyen. Olyan, mintha egy igazán fényvisszaverő, fémtárgyat rajzolna - ha csak azokra az értékekre összpontosít, amelyeket látsz, végül úgy néz ki, mint fényvisszaverő. Remélem, hogy van értelme. Kísérleteznék a csontok és más típusú radírok keverésével a grafit leválasztását a papírról, stb. Egy hengerelt, dagasztott radírral dolgozom, és szó szerint gördítem egy sötét területre, amelyet árnyékoltam, így érdekes textúrákat hozhat létre. Ezután adjunk hozzá még több grafitot a területekhez, stb. Remélem, hogy van értelme. Olyan sok technikát lehet használni és beépíteni - jó ötlet lenne, ha egy videót egy nap készítenék. Valószínűleg könnyebb megmutatni, mint írni. Remélem, hogy ennek mindennek van értelme - haha Google-fordítót kellett használni. Vigyázz magadra!
@@SchaeferArt Értem mit akarsz mondani, és nagyon köszönöm. Valóban jó ötlet lenne egy textúra-videó:)) Rajzoltam macskát, de nem tudom megmutatni neked. Köszönöm a válaszodat! Jó a google fordító, megértettem:)) Béke.
I hate using reference photos but that's inevitable sometimes and using this method is quite effective to enlarge or shrink a drawing... Times 2 or 3 depending what you want to do for size throughout the process...
A video Idea! Do like a comparison between normal school pencils and maybe your own 2-8 B graphiti pencils. Sorry for my legit bad english. Im from Sweden xD🇸🇪
A sketch is usually just a quicker version of a drawing - or something less serious. Drawings can be done with only graphite or only ink etc. black and white. No color needed.
thanks! now I understand the importance of the:
-Notional Space
-Comparative Measurement
Great way to show us how to see proportion on a face...it is so easy to see how symmetrical features are whe you show the line measurements! Will definitely use it in the future.
Glad it was helpful for you 😊 planning on doing a lot more of these soon.
Adding the overlays really helped in seeing your organization and thought process on this. Pro stuff and the results don’t lie!
Going to do more of these in the future and also draw them out as demos.
Being one of your drawing students I try to watch all of your videos on drawing. I felt so lucky today when I found this video on measuring. I can't thank you enough for making this video and looking forward to covering this in class.
Drawing Course: www.schaeferfineart.com/intuitive-drawing-course
Tutorial for How to Draw a Cat Portrait: ua-cam.com/video/oZzCqPMDJrI/v-deo.html
Post any questions down below :) I'll be sure to follow up or make a video regarding your question. Thanks for watching!
Alltight, it is the front of the face, but what if the face is angled? How do you keep proportions accurate in perspective??
Thank you. You are a great teacher.
Glad you think so!
AMAZING! I just found a video that you did in 2013 and you really make the listener wanting to listen to you. I think you are a great youtuber and very underrated. Hope you grow even bigger than you are now! 1+Sub
Thanks for the kind words 😊 any questions just let me know! I appreciate the support.
He IS underrated because for some reason he's not getting the exposure he needs, he's got some great video's, and I've watched so many UA-cam posters if their video's, many are not as good as he is and has a bigger following... Need to figure out why and do something to help him... I think some of the issues is a lot of ppl don't take watercolor for art, they all want the acrylic and oils, but several of the watercolor artists are promoting the heck out of their art on FB and Instagram... I think he needs to do the same... So when you see something you really like post it on your social media accts... Maybe he will get to be noticed for his value👍
Yes that's true
Great tips! I recently listened to a podcast of an older artist who described how difficult it was for him as an artist to make a living at art. He then landed a graphic artist job to pay the bills. He said if an artist can paint portraits of people and animals, then they will be able to do commission work anytime. He said a commission would pay him immediately as opposed to relying on a gallery, where a painting might sit for months. Just thought I would share that bit of info with all of the up and coming artists out there.
Good info and something I’ve thought about for a while. Definitely a good way to go.
THANK YOU finally a video on proportion I can understand!
Thank you so much for this. It really changes the game for me. When I’m watching a tutorial and I can’t really see the lines the artist is drawing its discouraging and frustrating 🙌❤️ Thank you brother!
No problem :) Hope it was helpful
I just started getting back into drawing, and your videos help me tremendously.
Awesome to hear! Enjoy it.
I am wanting to learn how to draw goats and their babies. Just wondered if you were able to do so. I have been looking for a tutorial. Watching how you did this cat was a great help. Thank you. I raise goats and cows. Watching you and learning from you is my downtime or a mini vacation. Your way of painting is of great help to me. I love my goats and want to paint them. The Utube is my go to place to learn.
Oh ok, I have never drawn goats before they’d be the same as drawing anything else 😊 I’m going to do more demos in near future for these kinds of things so hopefully it will help you!
Wish I had seen this before I completed a drawing of the cat I did for my granddaughter. Thank you !
As long as is came out alright, that’s all that matters. This is just a method to make it easier 😊
Had a feeling this would be extremely informative!! Will be applying these techniques to my drawings. Thanks for posting ❤️
Glad to hear :) Have fun!
Another amazing video, thanks, Brandon.
This’ll definitely be useful.
Glad to hear that 😊 I’m going to go into this in more depth soon. More to come.
I loved this! You have a very beautiful, symmetrical kitty. 😁 I see the point of how this works with a frontal view, and now I want to try it with the head positioned in some other way, tipped down or up, or looking to the side. And maybe one of those cats who have big strange ears and elongated heads, like the Asian shorthairs that look like bats. The principles should be the same.
Really fascinating to watch this unfold as a guide. Nothing is "cheating" if it gets you results. I guess I had some underlying idea that real drawing talent wouldn't need such guides, but I ought to know better, since I've been a writer for years, and there is no good work that doesn't start with a framework that includes proportion.
Excellent tutorial. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
I've found that to be very helpful too in sketching, great explanation!!! 👍
Glad to hear 😊
I've found your videos helpful, on the way starting my drawing skills.
Glad I could help!
Great explanation of the blocking in process. I use it sometimes, but I'm always interested to hear the nuts and bolts of how other artists do this. How do you like to take your measurements? The old thumbnail on the pencil trick? Dividers?
Glad it was helpful :) I usually do use the old thumbnail on the pencil [or a metal-straw or chopstick] but I'm not opposed to doing it other ways too. I currently don't have any proportional dividers. I basically keep it as simple as possible but I do know that the pencil and thumb method can be tricky so I try to double and triple-check my measurements when I have to. These days I usually only do measurements to double-check if my eye was right, I've been trying to rely more on my eye first, rather than measurement first but that's more of an intermediate-advanced way to go about it.
@@SchaeferArt Ah yes. I do the same thing. Try with my eye and verify (hmm, I did not intend that to rhyme, but cool)
Haha 😆 😎
This is AWESOME!
Thanks A Million!!!
Thank you. Glad to hear 😊
Wow! great instructions! Thank you!
😊 you’re welcome.
Wow beautiful
1. Measure His Head Proportions
2. Figure out the shape of his head
3. Create Guidelines ( Simplified Shapes that Help you draw something from scratch)
4. Focus On the Details
5. Start Drawing!
That's too helpful, big big Big Thanks!!
Excelent! Thanks for the tips!
No problem 😊 thanks for watching.
Thanks for your video. It is very helpfull, because I have always troubles with proportion, although my line confidence is good. And thanks for mention that it can take longer (1h or so). After 30 Minutes I thought: " I am not able to do it, although I like
trigonometry"
I try this on my iPad with a wooden stick (procreate). But always one or two fingers hits the surface and lets zooms or rotate the canvas, although I switch of all gesture settings.
Are there any tips on how to do this on a tablet?
Thanks very helpful!!!!! What do you do with the other extra lines will it make the drawing messy! Make another video on proportion. Does proportion apply to paintings?
I've done a few on proportion :) If you draw lightly, the lines can easily be erased or will disappear over the course of the drawing. Proportion definitely applies to painting. Painting is drawing with color basically.
Do you ever use a proportional divider? I have one of these but just can't get the hang of it. A video would be great.
Great tips man! Thank you!
For sure :) Hope they are helpful.
great, thx for sharing!
Cows and chickens are good too. But finding pretty goats is difficult. Goats can be like dogs, very individual personality, but totally unique. They are a group animal up to a total degree. Very smart. They can put thinking to communication. I have dogs and cats too. I am a farmer with a desire to paint my farm. Self teaching here and Utube has a lot to offer. You are good. I will learn a lot from you and thank you so much. I snuggle with a baby goat in a bale of hay and get my happiness. I want to paint this. No children just animals here.
Sounds good :) I'm glad you know what you want to paint - that's usually half the battle haha.
Thanks for this video . I was so frustrated because it took me hours to get this proposition 😅. When you said it took you a hour I felt better 😂.
Do you measure only using the pencil or do you use a ruler.
Love your chanel.
Glad it helped! I usually just use my pencil but nowadays, I try to draw first and measure second. I try not to get too hung up on proportions anymore because it's just too tiring and annoying haha.
@@SchaeferArt thanks
Megnéztem összes rajz videódat. Most már nem úgy rajzolok, hogy minden tökéletes legyen már az elejétől fogva. Tudom, hogy te inkább festeni szeretsz, de lenne néhány kérdésem. Hogyan lehet grafittal textúrákat létrehozni? Például gumitalpú vászoncipő, bőr öv fém csattal, homokos tengerpart, fák levelei ? Köszönöm szépen a válaszodat! Jó, hogy rád találtam! (hungarian)
Köszönjük, hogy megnézték a videókat! Örülök, hogy segítőkészek. A textúrák kétségkívül trükkösek és bonyolultak is lehetnek. Általában nem igazán koncentrálok a textúrára, hogy őszinte legyek. De szerintem van néhány módszer ezek létrehozására. Az első számú dolog az, hogy először az értékre összpontosítson, és hogy ennek helyes legyen. Olyan, mintha egy igazán fényvisszaverő, fémtárgyat rajzolna - ha csak azokra az értékekre összpontosít, amelyeket látsz, végül úgy néz ki, mint fényvisszaverő. Remélem, hogy van értelme. Kísérleteznék a csontok és más típusú radírok keverésével a grafit leválasztását a papírról, stb. Egy hengerelt, dagasztott radírral dolgozom, és szó szerint gördítem egy sötét területre, amelyet árnyékoltam, így érdekes textúrákat hozhat létre. Ezután adjunk hozzá még több grafitot a területekhez, stb. Remélem, hogy van értelme. Olyan sok technikát lehet használni és beépíteni - jó ötlet lenne, ha egy videót egy nap készítenék. Valószínűleg könnyebb megmutatni, mint írni.
Remélem, hogy ennek mindennek van értelme - haha Google-fordítót kellett használni.
Vigyázz magadra!
@@SchaeferArt Értem mit akarsz mondani, és nagyon köszönöm. Valóban jó ötlet lenne egy textúra-videó:)) Rajzoltam macskát, de nem tudom megmutatni neked. Köszönöm a válaszodat! Jó a google fordító, megértettem:)) Béke.
Cat ohhh yes ❤
🐱😎
Love it
Thank you! Much appreciated
I hate using reference photos but that's inevitable sometimes and using this method is quite effective to enlarge or shrink a drawing... Times 2 or 3 depending what you want to do for size throughout the process...
For sure, I don’t really like references either but for a cat it is needed haha. Good point.
A video Idea! Do like a comparison between normal school pencils and maybe your own 2-8 B graphiti pencils.
Sorry for my legit bad english. Im from Sweden xD🇸🇪
Thank you for the suggestion! Great idea 😊
Helps
Glad to hear
thanks bro
no prob
She’s so cute
Sweet her.
😊🐱
👏🏽
My cat wont sit still for a picture😂
Haha I know what you mean, I somehow got super lucky with this one.
Try videoing your cat and using a still.
Isn’t this a sketch not a drawing cause there’s no color?
A sketch is usually just a quicker version of a drawing - or something less serious. Drawings can be done with only graphite or only ink etc. black and white. No color needed.