I love these kind of videos, where mistakes and all are there to see, and you work through them. As a beginner, it encourages me to continue. I don't like the kinds of artist videos I see on youtube where every drawing turns out perfect, makes me want to throw out my sketchbook and stop drawing.
I'm glad to hear that, so many artists don't show their mistakes, and imo that's a really big disservice to people who are just getting started. None of us, no matter how experienced we are can be that flawless! -Prof Lieu
Caran d’ache makes a crayon holder that also holds chalk, etc. called the Fixpencil 0012. Good for using all of the crayon as it gets smaller, and giving more reach if you want longer gestures.
I just found you and crushing on you. You are such a fun and good teacher! I love your drawing tips. I drew a 5 min along with you and my gosh it came out as good as those I do that I labor over.
I found Prof Lieu while searching on how to teach art remotely due to this pandemic. So so happy because she has given me so many ideas and techniques and to just teach live, let the mistakes happen and enjoy the process. This was so so fun to watch tonight. I had so many other things I tell myself I should be doing but as you said sometimes you just need to draw and you feel so much better after! I love her narration and comments!!
I just found your channel and your videos are very helpful to me. I have an art school in Macedonia which I had to close because of the coronavirus. Now I'm learning how to do online classes. Thank you Clara, you are amazing.
Thank you so much for watching! Good luck with your classes, the Art Prof Family is supporting you :) If you liked this video, you might also enjoy this one: ua-cam.com/video/ncpoiJCf1xo/v-deo.html - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
I love your process. I especially enjoyed the last drawing since you kept it invigorated by your energetic mark-making. I appreciate your approach on your earlier drawings, they are there to warm you up and try to reach the zone.
Yes it's always tough to keep your initial energy going in a longer drawing, easy for the drawing to look "tired" and loose the spontaneity! -Prof Lieu
I'm so happy to hear that! Did you see the soft pastel food drawing she did? It's one of my favorites! artprof.org/learn/tutorials-media/drawing/food-illustration-in-soft-pastel/ -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist
@@artprof yes, that was amazing, as well as the big self portrait she did! I'm into portraiture actually, so any chance you could do more portraits with soft pastels, it would be extremely appreciated. I am currently watching the quick sketches with charcoal/hard pastels and they are so valuable! I found myself doing quick sketches of the people I saw on teams during the work calls(my camera was off 🙂) and I realized how much it helps when I was then practicing on the actual portraits! Are you doing any online courses btw? Many thanks!!
Hi Nancy! Yep, on our very loooooong to-do list for soft pastels! We are offering premium tracks now, which provide support and close guidance with our staff: artprof.org/learn/premium-courses/premium-tracks-schedule/ -Prof Lieu
@@artprof Thank you so much our wonderful Professor Lieu! Keep up your amazing work, your help is so valuable words can't express!! Thank you sooo sooo much!!
"Philtrum The philtrum, or medial cleft, is a vertical indentation in the middle area of the upper lip, common to many mammals, extending in humans from the nasal septum to the tubercle of the upper lip." (wikipedia) Fulcrum = the support about which a lever turns (merriam webster)
"I'm not trying to impress anyone....", but you failed, Clara, by doing 5 min gesture drawings while talking continuously! That really impresses me. When I'm doing gesture drawing if my husband walks in the room and starts talk to me I have to shut him down with a curt "I'M DRAWING!!!!!!". (What is the Utah Announcement and where can I watch or listen to it?)
Clara, you asked us to keep you up to date on Bendadryl Cummerbund (you'll get it when you watch the video), here he is at his finest ua-cam.com/video/9yd6rZdRpm4/v-deo.html
Most Asian students they dare not to talk during the class, it actually has to do with their education system. Most teachers since 1st grade in the elementary school, teachers don't encourage them to talk, they want to talk during the class, but teachers 'suppress' them not to talk, so as time goes on, they don't talk even to want to know and curious to know about something. There is saying in Chinese: "Children have ears but no mouth'!
This is true, but most of the professors at art schools in the US don't know this about the cultural differences, and many do not make any effort to help the international students at all. In my opinion, professors should not be making generalizations that all Asian female students don't talk in class, and make assumptions about them, it's not okay. I make an effort to speak to students when I see that they are very quiet in class, and just a short conversation during a break is all you need to get them to open up to you. -Prof Lieu
Yes that is so true and I find it sad. I have been in China as a exchange student for one year. But on the other hand I admire their ability to memorize so much in a short amound of time. I don't envy the hard and full schoollife though.
@@nussknackerin20 The educational system in Taiwan as far as I know after I came back here (away for more than 30 years), teachers make students to memorize materials being taught in class by repetition (as the English word 'rote' learning).
I like your channel. I see this was filmed a year or so ago. It is now 2022 so I am commenting late. Even though this drawing of B.C. is a good drawing, the likeness to the reference photo is off in several important ways. In the drawing the right (his left) nostril is much too wide. The whole nose is too wide. The distance between the tips of the nose to his eyes is also much too far. You’ve made his nose almost twice the length it is in your reference photo! The distance between his lower lip and the chin is massively too short! Also you have also managed to age him about twenty years in the drawing. There are other flaws in this drawing. You should go back and seek them out for yourself. Measure for yourself to see these size and placement problems. If this were not a speed drawing would you fix these and several other flaws? You may say likeness is not the primary focus of a portrait. I agree to a certain extent but if it is of a recognizable personality likeness probably is important. You have a reference photo right in front of you. Placement and distance between features ought to be important. I am not trying to be a troll. Can you see these flaws? You spend time at the beginning of the drawing blocking out shadow and light and elucidating form. Why then at the end are these features so off balance and out of proportion. This drawing is good in that it looks like a living, breathing human being. On that basis it is a good drawing. But It only faintly resembles your reference photo. It’s obvious you are an excellent artist but this portrait drawing session failed in those several ways I pointed out. It is what I see. I am commenting from honesty and a long career in drawing and painting. Just to let you know. I agree portraiture is difficult. My teachers when I was a young student in France made us students (college years) paint in front of the masters artist’s work in museums in many different styles, schools, decades, and centuries paint copies over and over for so many tiring days and nights on end to get technical mastery. After that we were taught in a much more free and creative way. I don’t recommend that now for young students because they simply, mostly, do not have the patience to do so. But with this session, composition within the landscape of the face and head of the subject should be paramount. Look back at this video and look closely at the flaws that I pointed out with a critical eye. You may say this is just a quick sketch but how does a sketch help the finished project of a more detailed drawing or painting if the placement of the features in relation one to the other and their size is so far off. Draw freely, by all means but get the measurements right. I am rambling now out of frustration. I hope you see the problems I saw in this drawing of B.C. The drawing’s the THING. IT MUST BE GOT RIGHT from inception to completion. Ps, Most replies here are favorable and grateful from your students online and otherwise who really like you. They will hate what I just had to say but I am just honest as to what I see wrong with this drawing not with you as a teacher. You appear to me to be an excellent teacher. I am being honest about what I see and I trust my critical eye after a long successful career in the arts. By the way besides being a visual artist I am a retired theatre professional. I was in a couple of plays (Shakespeare and I believe Rattigan) with Benedict C. in London in the very early 2000’s. He was young but an intense perfectionist although he was very easy to work with and never egotistical at all. He was the kind of person who when us cast members went out to eat after a rehearsal tried often to pay the bill. This is the truth. I haven’t acted though since 2009 when I retired from theatre and moved to the U.S. I hope I did not offend you with my comments. I did not mean to do so. Your artistry is without question but I saw these mistakes and wished to point them out. My name is Rune Madlands.
Thank you for your insights! The differences between drawing and reference you point out are valid. The process very much reminds me of watching Portrait Artist of the Year; likeness comes and goes, especially when drawing is performed, even when working from photographic references. -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist
@@allyssaavocado6864 There should be accuracy in drawing. It is the basic skill and talent in the visual arts unless one relies on a computer program to correct mistakes. I pointed out flaws that ought to have been seen and corrected. Art Prof took no offense and agreed with me. There was no anger or disrespect in my comment. There was only valid observation based on a long career as a successful artist. I studied under some of the finest teachers and artists in Europe. The Art Prof is an excellent artist. This is obvious but there were mistakes in the execution of the teaching portrait. Can your eye not see the mistakes I pointed out. We should all check our own drawing abilities from time to time. I do this. These most basic skills should be mastered. I worked on perfecting my skills on my own and in more formal settings. I spent eight years in the Royal Marines and twelve years in Norwegian Jaegerkommandoen. I am a twice wounded combat veteran. Getting back to my artwork after leaving the service in 1992 helped me recover from my considerable and lasting wounds. Paying attention to the most basic drawing/drafting skills was part of that as was my career as a theatre artist. I would like to ask you why you resorted to such a juvenile and snarky comment by calling me BRO and saying I ought to CHILL? If you are under the age of 14 I can understand it but not if you are an adult. There’s enough petty ill will in this country since the foolish, meanness of Donald Trump took hold. Have you no ability to object or have a dialogue? Just chill bro? I never cease to be amazed and disappointed.
Watch our "Top 5 Portrait Drawing Mistakes" video (starring Benedict 😆) ua-cam.com/video/7vMAh3L32Wg/v-deo.html
Thank you so much it was good drawing that again
I can't stop drawing I am so happy
2 hours and 26 Minutes of Prof Lieu crushing on Benedict and the costume designer of Sherlock... Perfect :)
😂😂😂-Prof Lieu
she's literally narrating what goes through someone's mind when they're drawing 👏👏
You are such a good teacher and your draw alongs are so fun
I love these kind of videos, where mistakes and all are there to see, and you work through them. As a beginner, it encourages me to continue. I don't like the kinds of artist videos I see on youtube where every drawing turns out perfect, makes me want to throw out my sketchbook and stop drawing.
I'm glad to hear that, so many artists don't show their mistakes, and imo that's a really big disservice to people who are just getting started. None of us, no matter how experienced we are can be that flawless! -Prof Lieu
I actually drew along and it was so much fun!
Caran d’ache makes a crayon holder that also holds chalk, etc. called the Fixpencil 0012. Good for using all of the crayon as it gets smaller, and giving more reach if you want longer gestures.
Ooooh, I need one of those, thank you for the tip! -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist
I just found you and crushing on you. You are such a fun and good teacher! I love your drawing tips. I drew a 5 min along with you and my gosh it came out as good as those I do that I labor over.
I’m so glad you’re enjoying our content! -Prof Lieu
I found Prof Lieu while searching on how to teach art remotely due to this pandemic. So so happy because she has given me so many ideas and techniques and to just teach live, let the mistakes happen and enjoy the process. This was so so fun to watch tonight. I had so many other things I tell myself I should be doing but as you said sometimes you just need to draw and you feel so much better after! I love her narration and comments!!
So glad you found us!! -Prof Lieu
I just found your channel and your videos are very helpful to me. I have an art school in Macedonia which I had to close because of the coronavirus. Now I'm learning how to do online classes. Thank you Clara, you are amazing.
Thank you so much for watching! Good luck with your classes, the Art Prof Family is supporting you :) If you liked this video, you might also enjoy this one: ua-cam.com/video/ncpoiJCf1xo/v-deo.html - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
@@artprof Thank you :)
boutta do a portrait on a fresh slice of legion paper with this playing in the background...excitement levels are through the roof
Yes!!! That's so exciting! Good luck :) - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
I love your process. I especially enjoyed the last drawing since you kept it invigorated by your energetic mark-making. I appreciate your approach on your earlier drawings, they are there to warm you up and try to reach the zone.
Yes it's always tough to keep your initial energy going in a longer drawing, easy for the drawing to look "tired" and loose the spontaneity! -Prof Lieu
kathe kollwitz is wonderful, thank you for this! -- love your references and approach -- great teacher, great channel...
Thanks so much! We have outlined a portrait curriculum here if you want it: artprof.org/learn/portrait-curriculum/ -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist
Profa. Clara Lieu, buenas tardes. No me perderé de este video.
Thankyou for sharing all your knowledge it’s very much appreciated ❤️
You are so welcome! You can check out our whole Portrait Curriculum here: artprof.org/learn/portrait-curriculum/ -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist
It was a lot of fun to draw along and post viewers versions.
Hello, prof. Lieu, I finished my Benedict, but needs more work, a lot.
I am lately into soft pastels and have learnt so much from you dear Clara! Thank you so much, you are awesome!!
I'm so happy to hear that! Did you see the soft pastel food drawing she did? It's one of my favorites! artprof.org/learn/tutorials-media/drawing/food-illustration-in-soft-pastel/ -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist
@@artprof yes, that was amazing, as well as the big self portrait she did! I'm into portraiture actually, so any chance you could do more portraits with soft pastels, it would be extremely appreciated. I am currently watching the quick sketches with charcoal/hard pastels and they are so valuable! I found myself doing quick sketches of the people I saw on teams during the work calls(my camera was off 🙂) and I realized how much it helps when I was then practicing on the actual portraits! Are you doing any online courses btw? Many thanks!!
Hi Nancy! Yep, on our very loooooong to-do list for soft pastels! We are offering premium tracks now, which provide support and close guidance with our staff: artprof.org/learn/premium-courses/premium-tracks-schedule/ -Prof Lieu
@@artprof Thank you so much our wonderful Professor Lieu! Keep up your amazing work, your help is so valuable words can't express!! Thank you sooo sooo much!!
love your videos... lots of great information
Glad you like them! - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
On a big screen is great to draw.😀
"Philtrum
The philtrum, or medial cleft, is a vertical indentation in the middle area of the upper lip, common to many mammals, extending in humans from the nasal septum to the tubercle of the upper lip." (wikipedia) Fulcrum = the support about which a lever turns (merriam webster)
Ooh lovely! Good to know :) - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff
Thank you art prof! Exactly what I was looking for!❤️
You're welcome 😊
I hear you. I'm 73 and I started feeling better about my bucket list when I started spelling it with an F.
(Yes, Lauryn, I stole this from a meme.)
Haha, that's wonderful! I'm stealing that phrase from you - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Share
Can I still start out with vine charcoal?
Sure! Use anything you want
"I'm not trying to impress anyone....", but you failed, Clara, by doing 5 min gesture drawings while talking continuously! That really impresses me. When I'm doing gesture drawing if my husband walks in the room and starts talk to me I have to shut him down with a curt "I'M DRAWING!!!!!!". (What is the Utah Announcement and where can I watch or listen to it?)
OK, just realised this vid is from 2020. Yep, you did it, Clara, you moved to Utah.
Clara, you asked us to keep you up to date on Bendadryl Cummerbund (you'll get it when you watch the video), here he is at his finest ua-cam.com/video/9yd6rZdRpm4/v-deo.html
What makes you think I haven't already seen this? (multiple times)😂 -Prof Lieu
@@artprof I just wanted to make sure you haven't somehow missed it. Most important production in the BC canon.
Most Asian students they dare not to talk during the class, it actually has to do with their education system. Most teachers since 1st grade in the elementary school, teachers don't encourage them to talk, they want to talk during the class, but teachers 'suppress' them not to talk, so as time goes on, they don't talk even to want to know and curious to know about something. There is saying in Chinese: "Children have ears but no mouth'!
This is true, but most of the professors at art schools in the US don't know this about the cultural differences, and many do not make any effort to help the international students at all. In my opinion, professors should not be making generalizations that all Asian female students don't talk in class, and make assumptions about them, it's not okay. I make an effort to speak to students when I see that they are very quiet in class, and just a short conversation during a break is all you need to get them to open up to you. -Prof Lieu
Yes that is so true and I find it sad. I have been in China as a exchange student for one year. But on the other hand I admire their ability to memorize so much in a short amound of time. I don't envy the hard and full schoollife though.
@@nussknackerin20 The educational system in Taiwan as far as I know after I came back here (away for more than 30 years), teachers make students to memorize materials being taught in class by repetition (as the English word 'rote' learning).
Of course it's benedict
Second
I like your channel. I see this was filmed a year or so ago. It is now 2022 so I am commenting late. Even though this drawing of B.C. is a good drawing, the likeness to the reference photo is off in several important ways. In the drawing the right (his left) nostril is much too wide. The whole nose is too wide. The distance between the tips of the nose to his eyes is also much too far. You’ve made his nose almost twice the length it is in your reference photo! The distance between his lower lip and the chin is massively too short! Also you have also managed to age him about twenty years in the drawing. There are other flaws in this drawing. You should go back and seek them out for yourself. Measure for yourself to see these size and placement problems. If this were not a speed drawing would you fix these and several other flaws? You may say likeness is not the primary focus of a portrait. I agree to a certain extent but if it is of a recognizable personality likeness probably is important. You have a reference photo right in front of you. Placement and distance between features ought to be important. I am not trying to be a troll. Can you see these flaws? You spend time at the beginning of the drawing blocking out shadow and light and elucidating form. Why then at the end are these features so off balance and out of proportion. This drawing is good in that it looks like a living, breathing human being. On that basis it is a good drawing. But It only faintly resembles your reference photo. It’s obvious you are an excellent artist but this portrait drawing session failed in those several ways I pointed out. It is what I see. I am commenting from honesty and a long career in drawing and painting. Just to let you know. I agree portraiture is difficult. My teachers when I was a young student in France made us students (college years) paint in front of the masters artist’s work in museums in many different styles, schools, decades, and centuries paint copies over and over for so many tiring days and nights on end to get technical mastery. After that we were taught in a much more free and creative way. I don’t recommend that now for young students because they simply, mostly, do not have the patience to do so. But with this session, composition within the landscape of the face and head of the subject should be paramount. Look back at this video and look closely at the flaws that I pointed out with a critical eye. You may say this is just a quick sketch but how does a sketch help the finished project of a more detailed drawing or painting if the placement of the features in relation one to the other and their size is so far off. Draw freely, by all means but get the measurements right. I am rambling now out of frustration. I hope you see the problems I saw in this drawing of B.C. The drawing’s the THING. IT MUST BE GOT RIGHT from inception to completion. Ps, Most replies here are favorable and grateful from your students online and otherwise who really like you. They will hate what I just had to say but I am just honest as to what I see wrong with this drawing not with you as a teacher. You appear to me to be an excellent teacher. I am being honest about what I see and I trust my critical eye after a long successful career in the arts. By the way besides being a visual artist I am a retired theatre professional. I was in a couple of plays (Shakespeare and I believe Rattigan) with Benedict C. in London in the very early 2000’s. He was young but an intense perfectionist although he was very easy to work with and never egotistical at all. He was the kind of person who when us cast members went out to eat after a rehearsal tried often to pay the bill. This is the truth. I haven’t acted though since 2009 when I retired from theatre and moved to the U.S. I hope I did not offend you with my comments. I did not mean to do so. Your artistry is without question but I saw these mistakes and wished to point them out. My name is Rune Madlands.
bro chill
Thank you for your insights! The differences between drawing and reference you point out are valid. The process very much reminds me of watching Portrait Artist of the Year; likeness comes and goes, especially when drawing is performed, even when working from photographic references. -Lauryn, Art Prof Teaching Artist
@@allyssaavocado6864 There should be accuracy in drawing. It is the basic skill and talent in the visual arts unless one relies on a computer program to correct mistakes. I pointed out flaws that ought to have been seen and corrected. Art Prof took no offense and agreed with me. There was no anger or disrespect in my comment. There was only valid observation based on a long career as a successful artist. I studied under some of the finest teachers and artists in Europe. The Art Prof is an excellent artist. This is obvious but there were mistakes in the execution of the teaching portrait. Can your eye not see the mistakes I pointed out. We should all check our own drawing abilities from time to time. I do this. These most basic skills should be mastered. I worked on perfecting my skills on my own and in more formal settings. I spent eight years in the Royal Marines and twelve years in Norwegian Jaegerkommandoen. I am a twice wounded combat veteran. Getting back to my artwork after leaving the service in 1992 helped me recover from my considerable and lasting wounds. Paying attention to the most basic drawing/drafting skills was part of that as was my career as a theatre artist. I would like to ask you why you resorted to such a juvenile and snarky comment by calling me BRO and saying I ought to CHILL? If you are under the age of 14 I can understand it but not if you are an adult. There’s enough petty ill will in this country since the foolish, meanness of Donald Trump took hold. Have you no ability to object or have a dialogue? Just chill bro? I never cease to be amazed and disappointed.