Lesson 2 is here...Its a long one! 😅Take your time and split it up over a few days if you need to. Then practice! Spend a bit of time this week and next week just drawing 3D shapes until it becomes more natural. It's good to draw other things too, but give yourself some 'study time' focusing on sketching shapes. Good luck!
Your series is fantastic. Thank you for doing bite-sized lessons with clear instruction. I'm doing these exercises between my clients. I do notice I tend to go down to the right. I'm very consistent though!
Thank you so much for providing such a quality workshop for free! I really appreciate your time in doing this. You explain everything so well and clear, it is easy to follow along.
As a beginner I was overwhelmed with starting. These lessons have been a big help. really enjoying these lessons and seeing progress. Looking forward to more. Definetly subscribed😊
I've really tried to make them accessible for people who are overwhelmed with where to start so thank you for letting me know your experience! Happy to help :)
Doing the short strokes is very revealing to me. And becoming aware of how I move my hand and which direction I prefer and which is more difficult. I’ll keep practicing. Old dog learning new tricks here.
Thank you for showing us how you got the shapes/how to practice them/what to look for. Very informative! Your calmness and patience makes the video seem so short, the 30 mins was over in what felt like a blink
Cool, I do tend to work left to right for the majority of right handers that outnumber us lefties, so if its more comfortable for you to work left to right across your page then definitely do that!
Thank you so much. Today I learned that I keep putting my wrist on the paper and I noticed that you don't do that. I need to keep practicing without my wrist down. I can see how I will smudge my work when doing a full sketch. Need to break this bad habit. I guess it comes from handwriting, which I do often daily. Loving your lessons. Best channel on you tube for learning from scratch like me. ❤🙂
It's good to be able to be versatile and move your hand freely without the wrist being 'stuck' to the page. Sometimes you will need support though, so resting your hand lightly and sliding it across the page is ok too! If you find this still smudges your work you could try putting a piece of paper or a paper towel over the part of the drawing you are not working on so your wrist rests on that instead. Thanks for taking the lessons! 😊
I really enjoy your lessons. They are perfect for me since I’m just beginning to draw and your explanations are very easy to understand and put into practice.
This is an amazing course. And I feel very good start learning the basics of art. I missed this stage when I started drawing because my goal is to learn how to draw heads so I downloaded the for Andrew loomis. Even though I have that I still felt there's something missing. Having knowledge about the basic shapes. And I found this platform, you really know how to teach ma'am. And I practicing very well. And I am begining to even have some confidence in my journey of art thank you very much
Thanks for your comment! Yes, Loomis can actually be pretty tricky to get right if you dont first have an understanding of how to put 3D shapes together so hopefully this lesson helped. I will be doing some portrait drawing lessons including Loomis at some time in the future here on UA-cam :)
Have been waiting for this. Thank you! Could you suggest something for loosening the grip while practicing? I'm observing that I tend to tighten after a while.
Thats a tricky one. Its actually great that you observe this! It can happen when you are concentrating a lot on the drawing task at hand. You could try holding it with the loose grip (further back along the pencil - I have a video on pencil grip here: ua-cam.com/video/_70yJ36fNXc/v-deo.html) but thats not always suitable. Other than that all you can do is try to stay mindful of what your hand is doing, take a deep breath every now and then to relax your upper body/shoulders. I do have a few reminders in this lesson to use light, loose, sketch lines, so try to use that as a reminder to also relax your hand 😊
It's good to be aware of both and be able to use both ways, which is why we practice them both in this lesson. When you use them depends on what you are drawing. If you are drawing fast or drawing something big that requires long flowing lines then moving from the arm will give you that range. If you are drawing something very small and detailed then using just your fingers and wrist is fine. For most people starting to draw it feels most comfortable to use your pencil the same way you write, with the hand heavy on the page and just the wrist and fingers moving but this can limit you later on. Practice both but don't worry if moving from the elbow or shoulder is difficult for now. Even just thinking about sliding the hand smoothly across the page as you draw a line can help break the habit of only drawing from the wrist. Hope that helps!
Hi I have been doing drawing since childhood i can draw what i see in a picture but am unable to draw through live portraits.....so i decided to learn from the basic but i am wonder i am not able to draw a cube although i trace all othe shape cone bottles perfectle please help me out to improve cube shape
There's not really any instant fix except to keep working on what you find difficult and identify what is going wrong. Often with cubes it is the angles that people have trouble with. The vertical lines are always straight up and down and the horizontal lines are always straight across. The angled lines should be all on exactly the SAME angle if you are practicing these 'isometric' cubes which have no perspective. So that's one thing to check. Use a straight edge of something to see if all the angles for one cube are exactly the same direction and length. The good news is that if you are doing well with cones and cylinders then eventually you'll figure out the cubes. It just takes time :)
I find it so difficult to draw these shapes without moving my paper. I notice that you don’t move yours at all. Is it bad to move the paper? Or should we try to keep it still in the same spot the whole time?
It's totally fine to move your page around! I keep mine still for the camera. That said, it is good to be able to move your pencil in different directions from your natural direction. For the first lesson on lines I'd recommend keeping your page still so you are having to move in directions that may feel strange, in order to help develop coordination. But for drawing shapes, yep sometimes it helps to turn your page a bit :)
Hi Ella, Thanks for watching! Hope you can stick around for the next lessons - every two weeks so there is plenty of time to practice between each one :)
Yes, the pairs of height lines, width lines and depth lines are the same length, within each pair! If you need to, you could use a ruler when you start to work on getting them the same length and angle before trying them freehand, to help overcome the wonkiness :)
If you are drawing using perspective then yes that is true, the edges of the box will eventually converge. For beginners I recommend just getting used to drawing simple cubes with parallel edges (isometric cubes). There are two reasons I teach simple cubes first: 1. To get used to the idea of drawing a cube in 3D without all the rules that come with perspective 2. Perspective and converging lines become significant when drawing something from a distance. When drawing objects up close, perspective does still apply but it's minimal. When drawing a still life I wouldn't usually use converging lines and vanishing points etc, I'd just draw by eye. That said, it is important to eventually understand how perspective works. if you are comfortable drawing simple cubes with parallel sides or if you have a keen interest in perspective drawing then go for it! Here's my playlist of videos for drawing cubes in 1pt and 2pt perspective: ua-cam.com/play/PL-i_GDP6hCKm7mXrbRD627fq9BkHq3PBs.html Thanks for your question! Emily
If something looks wrong or wonky with your boxes then yep its probably that the pairs of lines aren't parallel. Make sure the front square or rectangle of the box is even first. The top, bottom and side lines should be in line with the vertical and horizontal edges of your drawing paper. The angled depth lines are trickier - you can check them by lining up a ruler (or any straight thing) up with one of your angles and then slowly sliding it over to the other angle, trying not to rotate the ruler at all. If you have a set-square (triangle ruler), try using it with the bottom edge always in line with the bottom of your drawing paper and use the angle side to draw all the angled lines the same. When you add in the very back edges of the box, don't just join up the depth angles because they might be different lengths. Remember the back edges need to be horizontal or vertical and parallel to the front edges. Other than that its just lots of practice moving your hand at the same angle over and over again! Hope something from this helps, Emily
I hate drawing cubes and geometric shapes, it give me school flashbacks, and i do not have fond memories of that place and my geometry/math teacher especially. I thought i could skip this step but the results i have been getting so far says otherwise 😢
Its not the most fun exercise but I think it's important to try drawing 3D shapes before you try drawing 3D objects. Don't focus on getting them perfect. Try to think of it as a way of practicing moving your pencil in different directions. It's really more about developing coordination than it is about drawing perfect geometrical shapes :)
@@ThePencilRoomOnline every day i have been drawing geometric shapes and some other beginner exercies from your videos. To the point that my hand feels very tired. I dont notice im getting any better at this, drawing cubes right with all the angles being correct is especiallby hard 😭 I have been doing this whole drawing thing for a month now, you are not the first online teacher i had, but so far you were the best. Thank you for making these videos.
@@Karina-winsmore Good that you are practicing! But take it easy and don't cause any strain to your hand. Learning to draw takes a long time...at least a couple of years! That sounds like a long time but if you keep practicing regularly you'll look back and see how far you've come. It is important not to try to do too much too soon because it's just not the way learning works. Its a bit like learning a musical instrument - after a month you can play some very simple exercises....after a couple years you can play lots of interesting songs. So try to practice patience as well as drawing :)
@@ThePencilRoomOnline oooh, it was fabulously pressure, I mean, my pleasure watching you do something I can't! So beautifully too, tho it was just practice for you. Kidding aside, thank you for the instruction! I wouldn't have commented if your video hadn't been so helpful. God bless you!
For the cubes? The trick is to make sure all the sets of lines are parallel. The height lines should all be straight up and down. The width lines should all be straight across. The depth lines are the hardest to get parallel as they will be on an angle, but they should all be on the SAME angle. If even one of any of lines is not parallel to the others in its set, the whole thing is thrown off. Get something with a straight edge and hold it against the lines in each set (height, width, depth) and you might be able to see where you are going wrong. You might feel like the angled lines should go a certain way but they really need to be parallel to each other (at least for this exercise :)). Good luck!
You can try practicing your cubes on either lined or graph paper until you get the hang of the depth angle. Graph paper would probably be the easiest to practice on first, then lined paper and finally blank paper. Having the straight lines to help take the guess work out of some of it can really help you practice the part you're having the most difficulty with in my experience.
Lesson 2 is here...Its a long one! 😅Take your time and split it up over a few days if you need to. Then practice! Spend a bit of time this week and next week just drawing 3D shapes until it becomes more natural. It's good to draw other things too, but give yourself some 'study time' focusing on sketching shapes. Good luck!
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Thank you it is so much easier with explanation , I’ve just tried to draw without the thought behind it.
Thank you so much. I’ve always wanted to learn to draw and your easy to follow tutorial make me feel that I may finally learn how to.
Welcome! Practice is key. Im spreading the lessons out so you will have two weeks to practice :D
Your series is fantastic. Thank you for doing bite-sized lessons with clear instruction. I'm doing these exercises between my clients. I do notice I tend to go down to the right. I'm very consistent though!
Glad they are useful. Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for providing such a quality workshop for free! I really appreciate your time in doing this. You explain everything so well and clear, it is easy to follow along.
Thanks for your feedback and thank you for watching!
As a beginner I was overwhelmed with starting. These lessons have been a big help. really enjoying these lessons and seeing progress. Looking forward to more. Definetly subscribed😊
I've really tried to make them accessible for people who are overwhelmed with where to start so thank you for letting me know your experience! Happy to help :)
Thank you so much for a great lesson. Very clear and effective explanation.
Doing the short strokes is very revealing to me. And becoming aware of how I move my hand and which direction I prefer and which is more difficult. I’ll keep practicing. Old dog learning new tricks here.
Welcome and best of luck on your drawing journey 😊
Thank you for showing us how you got the shapes/how to practice them/what to look for. Very informative! Your calmness and patience makes the video seem so short, the 30 mins was over in what felt like a blink
Thanks to you for watching and I'm glad to hear it was helpful and calm experience 😊
Thanks for lesson 1
Thank you! More lessons coming in a few weeks - apology for the delay :)
Excellent teaching! And I’m so glad you are a lefty since I’m a lefty. It makes it easier for me to learn!
Cool, I do tend to work left to right for the majority of right handers that outnumber us lefties, so if its more comfortable for you to work left to right across your page then definitely do that!
Very helpful , because we all need to refresh our learning.
Thanks again, Emily. Another Great Job! I didn't get a UA-cam notification for this lesson. I happily and gratefully stumbled across it.
Glad I did. 🙂
Thank you so much. Today I learned that I keep putting my wrist on the paper and I noticed that you don't do that. I need to keep practicing without my wrist down. I can see how I will smudge my work when doing a full sketch. Need to break this bad habit. I guess it comes from handwriting, which I do often daily. Loving your lessons. Best channel on you tube for learning from scratch like me. ❤🙂
It's good to be able to be versatile and move your hand freely without the wrist being 'stuck' to the page. Sometimes you will need support though, so resting your hand lightly and sliding it across the page is ok too! If you find this still smudges your work you could try putting a piece of paper or a paper towel over the part of the drawing you are not working on so your wrist rests on that instead.
Thanks for taking the lessons! 😊
@ThePencilRoomOnline Loving these lessons and thank you so much for the feedback. 🙂
I really enjoy your lessons. They are perfect for me since I’m just beginning to draw and your explanations are very easy to understand and put into practice.
Thanks Mary, very happy to hear that it makes sense 😉
Thank you. I am learning a lot from you.
Thank You. Very very helpful. 🙂
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was looking forward to this one!
Its a bit longer than planned but hopefully its useful!
I'm loving your lessons, thank you for all the tips!
Glad you like them! Thanks so much for watching :)
Super!Thank you very much.
Thanks I have enjoyed the lesson
Amazing lesson！
Thanks, glad you liked it :)
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This is an amazing course. And I feel very good start learning the basics of art. I missed this stage when I started drawing because my goal is to learn how to draw heads so I downloaded the for Andrew loomis. Even though I have that I still felt there's something missing. Having knowledge about the basic shapes. And I found this platform, you really know how to teach ma'am. And I practicing very well. And I am begining to even have some confidence in my journey of art thank you very much
Thanks for your comment! Yes, Loomis can actually be pretty tricky to get right if you dont first have an understanding of how to put 3D shapes together so hopefully this lesson helped.
I will be doing some portrait drawing lessons including Loomis at some time in the future here on UA-cam :)
It really helped. And looking forward to watching those videos.
Just found your channel. Great instructions. Thanks
Thanks! Let me know if there is anything in particular you'd like a video on 😊
Hi nice explanation i can easily follow and practice as a beginner
Thanks! Glad to hear that :)
cubes and cuboids 😊
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I am happy I found you!
Happy to have you here 😊 Enjoy the series
I am learning to this
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hi again ... eagerly waiting your class ..finally 😍
Yusss finally! Another two weeks to practice before the next one 😉
Have been waiting for this. Thank you!
Could you suggest something for loosening the grip while practicing? I'm observing that I tend to tighten after a while.
Thats a tricky one. Its actually great that you observe this! It can happen when you are concentrating a lot on the drawing task at hand. You could try holding it with the loose grip (further back along the pencil - I have a video on pencil grip here: ua-cam.com/video/_70yJ36fNXc/v-deo.html) but thats not always suitable. Other than that all you can do is try to stay mindful of what your hand is doing, take a deep breath every now and then to relax your upper body/shoulders. I do have a few reminders in this lesson to use light, loose, sketch lines, so try to use that as a reminder to also relax your hand 😊
@@ThePencilRoomOnline I will surely try that! Thank you and more power to you 😄
So wrist or arm 😊 thank you
It's good to be aware of both and be able to use both ways, which is why we practice them both in this lesson. When you use them depends on what you are drawing. If you are drawing fast or drawing something big that requires long flowing lines then moving from the arm will give you that range. If you are drawing something very small and detailed then using just your fingers and wrist is fine.
For most people starting to draw it feels most comfortable to use your pencil the same way you write, with the hand heavy on the page and just the wrist and fingers moving but this can limit you later on.
Practice both but don't worry if moving from the elbow or shoulder is difficult for now. Even just thinking about sliding the hand smoothly across the page as you draw a line can help break the habit of only drawing from the wrist.
Hope that helps!
Hi I have been doing drawing since childhood i can draw what i see in a picture but am unable to draw through live portraits.....so i decided to learn from the basic but i am wonder i am not able to draw a cube although i trace all othe shape cone bottles perfectle please help me out to improve cube shape
There's not really any instant fix except to keep working on what you find difficult and identify what is going wrong.
Often with cubes it is the angles that people have trouble with. The vertical lines are always straight up and down and the horizontal lines are always straight across. The angled lines should be all on exactly the SAME angle if you are practicing these 'isometric' cubes which have no perspective. So that's one thing to check. Use a straight edge of something to see if all the angles for one cube are exactly the same direction and length.
The good news is that if you are doing well with cones and cylinders then eventually you'll figure out the cubes. It just takes time :)
I find it so difficult to draw these shapes without moving my paper. I notice that you don’t move yours at all. Is it bad to move the paper? Or should we try to keep it still in the same spot the whole time?
It's totally fine to move your page around! I keep mine still for the camera. That said, it is good to be able to move your pencil in different directions from your natural direction. For the first lesson on lines I'd recommend keeping your page still so you are having to move in directions that may feel strange, in order to help develop coordination. But for drawing shapes, yep sometimes it helps to turn your page a bit :)
@@ThePencilRoomOnlineawesome thank you for the reply!
Hi from Scotland. Thank you for this course. This is exactly what I need 😊
Hi Ella, Thanks for watching! Hope you can stick around for the next lessons - every two weeks so there is plenty of time to practice between each one :)
All the lines need to be parallel to each other, side lines, top lines, etc. Are they also they same length?
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Yes, the pairs of height lines, width lines and depth lines are the same length, within each pair! If you need to, you could use a ruler when you start to work on getting them the same length and angle before trying them freehand, to help overcome the wonkiness :)
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Arent all the lines supposed to converge when drawing a box? Im confused😥
If you are drawing using perspective then yes that is true, the edges of the box will eventually converge. For beginners I recommend just getting used to drawing simple cubes with parallel edges (isometric cubes). There are two reasons I teach simple cubes first:
1. To get used to the idea of drawing a cube in 3D without all the rules that come with perspective
2. Perspective and converging lines become significant when drawing something from a distance. When drawing objects up close, perspective does still apply but it's minimal. When drawing a still life I wouldn't usually use converging lines and vanishing points etc, I'd just draw by eye.
That said, it is important to eventually understand how perspective works. if you are comfortable drawing simple cubes with parallel sides or if you have a keen interest in perspective drawing then go for it! Here's my playlist of videos for drawing cubes in 1pt and 2pt perspective: ua-cam.com/play/PL-i_GDP6hCKm7mXrbRD627fq9BkHq3PBs.html
Thanks for your question!
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My drawing of boxes just doesn’t look the same, is there a way to know if all our lines are parallel?
If something looks wrong or wonky with your boxes then yep its probably that the pairs of lines aren't parallel. Make sure the front square or rectangle of the box is even first. The top, bottom and side lines should be in line with the vertical and horizontal edges of your drawing paper.
The angled depth lines are trickier - you can check them by lining up a ruler (or any straight thing) up with one of your angles and then slowly sliding it over to the other angle, trying not to rotate the ruler at all.
If you have a set-square (triangle ruler), try using it with the bottom edge always in line with the bottom of your drawing paper and use the angle side to draw all the angled lines the same.
When you add in the very back edges of the box, don't just join up the depth angles because they might be different lengths. Remember the back edges need to be horizontal or vertical and parallel to the front edges.
Other than that its just lots of practice moving your hand at the same angle over and over again!
Hope something from this helps,
Emily
I hate drawing cubes and geometric shapes, it give me school flashbacks, and i do not have fond memories of that place and my geometry/math teacher especially. I thought i could skip this step but the results i have been getting so far says otherwise 😢
Its not the most fun exercise but I think it's important to try drawing 3D shapes before you try drawing 3D objects. Don't focus on getting them perfect. Try to think of it as a way of practicing moving your pencil in different directions. It's really more about developing coordination than it is about drawing perfect geometrical shapes :)
@@ThePencilRoomOnline every day i have been drawing geometric shapes and some other beginner exercies from your videos. To the point that my hand feels very tired. I dont notice im getting any better at this, drawing cubes right with all the angles being correct is especiallby hard 😭
I have been doing this whole drawing thing for a month now, you are not the first online teacher i had, but so far you were the best. Thank you for making these videos.
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@@Karina-winsmore Good that you are practicing! But take it easy and don't cause any strain to your hand. Learning to draw takes a long time...at least a couple of years! That sounds like a long time but if you keep practicing regularly you'll look back and see how far you've come. It is important not to try to do too much too soon because it's just not the way learning works. Its a bit like learning a musical instrument - after a month you can play some very simple exercises....after a couple years you can play lots of interesting songs. So try to practice patience as well as drawing :)
There is nothing wrong with practicing with a softer pencil like B2
You can use whatever pencil you like. An HB will stay sharper for longer :)
Which video is about how to draw a circle?
This one: ua-cam.com/video/GqdDL6li4SQ/v-deo.html
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My cubes are so wonky. 😞
Eew, my ellipses are lopsided, my domes look dented, I can't do symmetrical sides! Now I know.
Like anything else it takes a bit of practice - now you know what to work on! Thanks for watching :)
@@ThePencilRoomOnline oooh, it was fabulously pressure, I mean, my pleasure watching you do something I can't! So beautifully too, tho it was just practice for you. Kidding aside, thank you for the instruction! I wouldn't have commented if your video hadn't been so helpful. God bless you!
Some day, I will be that good, but it want be today.
All good things take time. Celebrate the little steps on the way to getting good...like watching this video and giving it a go 😊
@@ThePencilRoomOnline your videos are perfect and just what I needed. Thanks
I can't understand what you are saying but i am practicing
😬 is it the accent? Make sure you use the subtitles if you need them. Or let me know if it is something confusing in the video!
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I don't know why, no matter how much I practice, I can't draw the last two squares
For the cubes? The trick is to make sure all the sets of lines are parallel. The height lines should all be straight up and down. The width lines should all be straight across. The depth lines are the hardest to get parallel as they will be on an angle, but they should all be on the SAME angle. If even one of any of lines is not parallel to the others in its set, the whole thing is thrown off. Get something with a straight edge and hold it against the lines in each set (height, width, depth) and you might be able to see where you are going wrong. You might feel like the angled lines should go a certain way but they really need to be parallel to each other (at least for this exercise :)). Good luck!
You can try practicing your cubes on either lined or graph paper until you get the hang of the depth angle. Graph paper would probably be the easiest to practice on first, then lined paper and finally blank paper. Having the straight lines to help take the guess work out of some of it can really help you practice the part you're having the most difficulty with in my experience.