Just seeing you draw in the outlines at the beginning flipped a switch in my head and made me think "how did I not realize this sooner?!". I had been drawing human faces and hands for months and gained a basic understanding of perspective but for some reason drawing landscapes felt foreign to me and It didn't occur to me to use the same observation techniques that I used previously when drawing from reference. This video reminded me that a lot of the fundamentals I learned before apply to all subjects not just one.
Ive been drawing since I was 2 and half years old, still to this day with all my architectural renderings, I still am fascinated that with the use of our hands we can create something that wasnt there a few minutes ago. Like that cliff and canyon. Great work sir :)
Thank you Paul...very good and clear instructions. Presentation tops. You stick to the point, you do not go wondering off in 6 different directions. Feel I can learn a great deal from you.
Yes, I hate it when you watch a video and it takes for ever to get to the point. Thanks for the comment. You can see more of my videos at ua-cam.com/users/paulpriestleyart Good luck with your drawing. Cheers Paul
Paul, this video is spectacular. The opening was welcoming. The lesson instructive, reassuring, and has clear audio. This allows one to focus on the instructions. You can be proud of your work. A new subscriber and beginner sketcher/painter from Canada.
Like your tutorials but I'm upset cuz I cannot see your very first drawing it's just too light and if I can't get the first drawing then I can't keep going.
AWESOME LESSON! Thank you much, Paul... you are an excellent teacher. This is changing my life. Truly, you have no idea how much your lessons have meant to me. I can't believe how much my drawing has improved. You have gifted me with new vision. All my best thoughts are sent your way. You are so gifted. Erin Caughron, Austin TX
Many thanks for your comments, they are much appreciated. I'm really pleased your drawing is progressing so well. The more you practice the better you'll become. Good luck for the futureand thanks again for your wonderful comments. Cheers Paul
Hello Paul 😊 at long last an excellent tutor that explains the drawing process simply and easy to follow. I’m now using your technique and putting it into my acrylic painting. Thank you Paul.
This is awesome!!! I enjoy drawing such things as cliffs, crevasses, rocks, mountains, and waterfalls, but I never have gotten the shading quite right. You've made it so easy to understand, and I'm sure that I can now do a rendering of the limestone cliffs around me here in Missouri. They're not high, sharp cliffs, but are only about 100 feet at the most, and rather blunted on the faces---that is, they look as if they're made of stones stacked one atop the other, miles and miles of horizontal stacked stones. They're also a rather bright orange color---I always thought limestone was white, but it isn't---so are very challenging to color. They aren't just one or two shades of orange, but are everything from a deep beige to a dark burnt orange, with a lot of golden-orange mixed in. Getting the idea across in black and white is also quite a huge challenge, but I'm determined to do it!
The trick is to train your eye to ignore the colour and concentrate on the tone.If you are creating a drawing you need to look tonally, colour will confuse matters. Remember, a black and white photo can look very realistic yet it contains no colour, it's all about the tone. Good luck.
Good morning, Paul Priestley. I just posted your website link and a message onto my Facebook Page. To let a lot of my Artist Friends know about you :) I'm going to practice drawing Cliffs and Crevasses now. Love the 3D effect, something that I've been interested in learning and doing. Thanks again for teaching us :) Have a Great Day.
Just started drawing and this really helps. I love your explanations of how things go and work together. When your good at something it’s easy to take little details for granted that others don’t know.
Thank you very much, Paul, for that amazing lesson!!! Yeah, as guys said bellow, you're excellent teacher. And your English is so musical for my ears. :) I'm so happy that I found your channel! Looking forward for improving my drawing skills with your lessons. Thanks a lot one more time! All the best to you! Hugs, Irina, Finland
I am just thinking about starting to draw. Your videos are great. It is wonderful that you have taken so much of your time to help other with the art. Thank you so much. You are very inspiring.
Glad you enjoy the videos, I do think anyone can draw it's all about confidence. Check out my other videos at ua-cam.com/users/paulpriestleyart Cheers Paul
Je découvre vos vidéos avec grand intérêt, très bien expliquées....élocution lente, me permettant de comprendre quelques mots et de suivre à peu près ! merci pour ce partage sympathique....dommage je ne saisis pas tout!!!!
Salut content que vous appréciez les vidéos. Vous pouvez les regarder avec des sous-titres français. Cette vidéo explique comment le faire. ua-cam.com/video/ZnoxutAvyaI/v-deo.html Cheers Paul
This was my first time watching your tutorial. I can't draw to save my own life, but you make it seems so easy. I will definitely try to follow your tutorial. Also would you have a tutorial how to draw a cliff facade, view straight on but not from an angle. I would like to draw on my outdoor cement block. Thank you, Bonna , USA.
Hi Bonna, Glad you enjoyed the video, I'm afraid I don't have anymore videos on drawing cliffs. I do have lots of other videos starting from absolute beginners. You can find them on ua-cam.com/users/paulpriestleyart Cheers Paul
This tutorial is such a big help for me. I spend hours walking the eastern coast of Canada taking photos to paint. I have never been able to paint realistic rocks or cliffs. I am now starting to draw the exercises and funny thing…..I can draw rocks…and trees to my satisfaction…….will also see how this applies to acrylics since I have many nice photos. You speak clearly, give the info. and some helpful hints…..Thankyou so much, I am learning and can hardly wait to see my efforts in a full landscape. Just one question? How do we protect our graphite and charcoal drawings from smudging ??
Glad you enjoy my videos. To stop smudging rest your hand on a scrap of paper when drawing. If you have finished the drawing spray it with fixative, or cheap hair spray as it is effectively the same thing. Cheers
Looks like your technique can easily be adapted for pen and ink drawings. That's really one of my issues with learning certain techniques on graphite- most of them can only be applied to graphite.
Very nice and makes me feel like I can do it. I usually use my finger to smudge and blend shadows to make it look much better, I'd just like to share that out. Edit: Can you try to teach how to make fabric drawings and shirt creases?
Dear Paul, thank you for this video. I have few questions: 1) Instead of using lines, can we do the shading technique (pencil with palm grip) and achieve these effects? 2) Can we suggest the shape of cliffs and ground with shading technique (similar to how you have done through lines)? 3) The palm grip shading technique is more closer to painting. What do you think? Thank you
+Umer Niazi Dear Umer The thing about painting is there is not one way of doing things. I suggest you experiment with the ways you have suggested and you'll find it works just as well. Rules are for breaking in the art world. Cheers Paul
Hi Paul, Do you think you could do this sometime in watercolor? This would be a great help,because this is the type of painting she I would like too do. Thanks
I love your tutorials but the beginning when do the initial sketch you say that it might be too light well for me I cant see them hardly. Would it be possible to make it slightly darker. Thank you
Mmm yeah, but i want to draw a cliff from like the bottom of the page, as if i'm looking over one, not right on the edge though if you get me, around 30 to 40 feet from the edge...I don't know how to make it look like a cliff at all from that angle, because it would just be grass, know what i mean?.
If you are standing where you suggest you can't see the cliff so you don't need to draw it. Everything apart from where you are standing is going to be very light in tone, that's about it really.
This is a good tutorial, but my version leaves a lot to be desired. The reason we vary the tone is because each different tone represents a rock face reflecting a different amount of light. One thing these tutorials never do is tell me how to determine which rock faces need which tone. Without knowing that, my rocks end up looking bad because they are not all in the correct plane for the amount of light each one has. Some faces end up being in front of other faces, which they cannot possibly do in nature. Paul mentions that rocks further away need to be lighter than those closer to us, which is a good start. But I doubt he's simply filling in different shades (tonal qualities) anywhere he feels like it. His brain is developed enough, and he's practised enough, to know where to apply the correct tones so that all the rocks end up in a valid position in nature.
No tutorial is going to tell you which rock needs which tone. It's all about looking and understanding that to create depth on a flat surface you need a system. The system, very simply, is that objects get lighter in tone as they recede into the distance. Stand outside and look for the darkest tone you can find in the distance and compare it with the darkest tone you can see nearby. You'll see the furthest dark is much lighter. As an artist you look and apply this idea to your drawing to make it appear to be three dimensional on the flat surface of a sheet of paper.
@@PaulPriestleyart Yes. I agree with the 'lighter is further' idea. However there seems to be more that I am missing. You alluded to it yourself toward the end of this video when you said: "don't just draw any old line. don't shade in any old way. you've got to think about what you're doing. what is this line actually saying? what's it actually doing?" I wish tutorials would describe that thought process and how to figure out what the line should be saying/doing. It's not enough to say, "draw the line so it looks right." The question is, how do I know what makes it look right? Especially in this case since this is a drawing from memory/imagination. My version of this drawing seems to have enough contrast (squinting eye trick), but my crevasse looks like a flat wall with a bunch of different colors on it. There's something I am missing with regard to creating depth and space that you seem to know very well, and It seems to me it is more than just the idea of lighter is further/darker is nearer. I would love your insight on my version of this drawing instagram.com/p/CBoZu6_FtfZ/ Can you point out where I went wrong in my technique with regards to the depth of the crevasse? Apologies in advance if this is not an acceptable way to ask for help. :-)
I've had a quick look at the drawing and there could be more subtle differences between tones of different elements of the drawing. If you want to create three dimensions even objects that are relatively close to each other will have subtle differences in tone, which is missing in parts of the drawing. When I said, "don't just draw any old line. don't shade in any old way. You've got to think about what you're doing. What is this line actually saying? What's it actually doing?" I mean the lines describe the angle, shape and density of the rocks. The line, therefore, tells us something about the structure and position of the rock, where it sits in space in relation to other elements. If lines are drawn almost randomly without much thought and reason they look unconvincing and don't tell us the information the brain needs to construct the image for the viewer.
Just seeing you draw in the outlines at the beginning flipped a switch in my head and made me think "how did I not realize this sooner?!". I had been drawing human faces and hands for months and gained a basic understanding of perspective but for some reason drawing landscapes felt foreign to me and It didn't occur to me to use the same observation techniques that I used previously when drawing from reference. This video reminded me that a lot of the fundamentals I learned before apply to all subjects not just one.
Really pleased the video was useful. Cheers
Really good. Improved my understanding of how lines work on textures.
That's great, good luck with your own drawing. Paul
I like that you started off mentioning the 'tools'/pencils you are using to create this drawing; thank you for that sir
You are welcome. Paul
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Ive been drawing since I was 2 and half years old, still to this day with all my architectural renderings, I still am fascinated that with the use of our hands we can create something that wasnt there a few minutes ago. Like that cliff and canyon. Great work sir :)
Your a great teacher. I'm glad I found your channel... thank you!!!!!!!!
You are so welcome!
Thank you Paul...very good and clear instructions. Presentation tops. You stick to the point, you do not go wondering off in 6 different directions. Feel I can learn a great deal from you.
Yes, I hate it when you watch a video and it takes for ever to get to the point. Thanks for the comment. You can see more of my videos at ua-cam.com/users/paulpriestleyart Good luck with your drawing. Cheers Paul
Paul, this video is spectacular. The opening was welcoming. The lesson instructive, reassuring, and has clear audio. This allows one to focus on the instructions. You can be proud of your work. A new subscriber and beginner sketcher/painter from Canada.
Many thanks! Good luck with your drawing. Cheers from England
Like your tutorials but I'm upset cuz I cannot see your very first drawing it's just too light and if I can't get the first drawing then I can't keep going.
thank you! As a 57 yr old beginner, this is greatly appreciated and very helpful. Steve
Glad the video helped, you'll find lots of similar videos, all aimed at beginners, on my website; ua-cam.com/users/paulpriestleyart Cheers Paul
AWESOME LESSON! Thank you much, Paul... you are an excellent teacher. This is changing my life. Truly, you have no idea how much your lessons have meant to me. I can't believe how much my drawing has improved. You have gifted me with new vision. All my best thoughts are sent your way. You are so gifted. Erin Caughron, Austin TX
Many thanks for your comments, they are much appreciated. I'm really pleased your drawing is progressing so well. The more you practice the better you'll become. Good luck for the futureand thanks again for your wonderful comments. Cheers Paul
Thank you Art Teacher. This lesson is exactly what I need.
not only super helpful but also soothing too watch, Thanks for the advice it helped alot!
Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers
Hello Paul 😊 at long last an excellent tutor that explains the drawing process simply and easy to follow. I’m now using your technique and putting it into my acrylic painting. Thank you Paul.
Many thanks, really pleased you are enjoying my videos. Cheers
I watched this video about four years ago during covid and I have just found it again. So nostalgic 🥹
Cheers
Your comments along the tutorial is precious to me, sir. Thank you so much!
You are very welcome
Wonderful! The power of suggestions through lines 👏😁
Cheers. Paul
This is awesome!!! I enjoy drawing such things as cliffs, crevasses, rocks, mountains, and waterfalls, but I never have gotten the shading quite right. You've made it so easy to understand, and I'm sure that I can now do a rendering of the limestone cliffs around me here in Missouri. They're not high, sharp cliffs, but are only about 100 feet at the most, and rather blunted on the faces---that is, they look as if they're made of stones stacked one atop the other, miles and miles of horizontal stacked stones. They're also a rather bright orange color---I always thought limestone was white, but it isn't---so are very challenging to color. They aren't just one or two shades of orange, but are everything from a deep beige to a dark burnt orange, with a lot of golden-orange mixed in. Getting the idea across in black and white is also quite a huge challenge, but I'm determined to do it!
The trick is to train your eye to ignore the colour and concentrate on the tone.If you are creating a drawing you need to look tonally, colour will confuse matters. Remember, a black and white photo can look very realistic yet it contains no colour, it's all about the tone. Good luck.
Wow this really helps me with watercolor cliffs painting
Glad I could help! Cheers
This is a great tutorial. Makes it easy to understand and follow.
Glad you like the video, perhaps you could tell your friends about my channel. Cheers Paul
This was Great to watch and learn from. Thanks, Paul Priestley.
You are welcome, perhaps you can tell your friends about my channel. Thanks Paul
Good morning, Paul Priestley. I just posted your website link and a message onto my Facebook Page. To let a lot of my Artist Friends know about you :) I'm going to practice drawing Cliffs and Crevasses now. Love the 3D effect, something that I've been interested in learning and doing. Thanks again for teaching us :) Have a Great Day.
thank you so much ..you are the best art teacher .....ever
Thanks
Just started drawing and this really helps. I love your explanations of how things go and work together.
When your good at something it’s easy to take little details for granted that others don’t know.
Glad you like the way I present my videos. Good luck with your drawing. Cheers Paul
I’m late to the party but what a wonderful tutorial, great explanation and concise with no drivel. Awesome. I’ve subbed.
Welcome aboard! Thanks for the sub, I hope you enjoy the rest of my videos. Cheers
Thank you very much, Paul, for that amazing lesson!!! Yeah, as guys said bellow, you're excellent teacher. And your English is so musical for my ears. :) I'm so happy that I found your channel! Looking forward for improving my drawing skills with your lessons. Thanks a lot one more time! All the best to you! Hugs, Irina, Finland
Thanks for your kind comments, Irina. I'm pleased you enjoy the video, cheers from England. Paul
wow that was awesome I love how easy and simple you make it sound while not skipping over important details.
Glad you enjoyed the video
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Keep it up I just became a fan
That was so good, I've been struggling all day with this and now I have something to practice
Good luck with the drawing. Cheers
Thank you for your videos. They help me a lot. My trees are getting better ☺ now I need a cliff for my trees 🌳 😂 have a nice day
Thank you! You too! Good luck with the trees
I like your enthusiasm. My grandma is single and needs this in her life
Glad you like my enthusiasm, give my regards to your grandma.
I am just thinking about starting to draw. Your videos are great. It is wonderful that you have taken so much of your time to help other with the art. Thank you so much. You are very inspiring.
Glad you enjoy the videos, I do think anyone can draw it's all about confidence. Check out my other videos at ua-cam.com/users/paulpriestleyart Cheers Paul
Thanks Paul, nice way you have to explain your process.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video
Wow. Thanks to you in about a day I went from stick figures to drawing something I'm proud of. Thanks
That's brilliant, well done.
Je découvre vos vidéos avec grand intérêt, très bien expliquées....élocution lente, me permettant de comprendre quelques mots et de suivre à peu près ! merci pour ce partage sympathique....dommage je ne saisis pas tout!!!!
Salut content que vous appréciez les vidéos. Vous pouvez les regarder avec des sous-titres français. Cette vidéo explique comment le faire. ua-cam.com/video/ZnoxutAvyaI/v-deo.html Cheers Paul
Thanks! I can't draw terrain to save my life, but I love your style! Great inspiration, very informative. Cheers!
You are very welcome, really pleased you enjoy my videos. Cheers Paul
you are too good. it gives imense pleasure to watch your video.
Thank you, good luck with your drawings. Cheers Paul
loved this drawing thank you very much :D. Have a nice day.
Thank you! You too!
This really work thanks you so much
You're welcome! Cheers
@@PaulPriestleyart thanks
You just earned a subscription
Thanks for that, glad you enjoyed the video.
This was fantastic. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
thanks this really helped my goku drawing your awsome
Glad I could help. Cheers
I liked your work it's excellent and I am learning it's so simple way you teach
Thank you so much 😀
Thank you for explaining so clearly. Appreciate!
Glad it was helpful!
thank you! this helped me so much
Brilliant, that the video helped you, perhaps you can tell your friends about it too. Many thanks Paul
Excellent drawing
Thanks for this.
Cheers
I can hardly believe what i just saw! You may very well be the next Leonardo da Vinci.
+ELiTE_OpTiic Thanks for the very kind comment, but let's not get carried away, Leonardo was a genius, I'm just an art teacher. Cheers Paul
This was my first time watching your tutorial. I can't draw to save my own life, but you make it seems so easy. I will definitely try to follow your tutorial. Also would you have a tutorial how to draw a cliff facade, view straight on but not from an angle. I would like to draw on my outdoor cement block. Thank you, Bonna , USA.
Hi Bonna, Glad you enjoyed the video, I'm afraid I don't have anymore videos on drawing cliffs. I do have lots of other videos starting from absolute beginners. You can find them on ua-cam.com/users/paulpriestleyart Cheers Paul
You make it look simple, very impressive effect.
Thanks, good luck with your drawing
Thank you so much for teaching.
A great video lots of clear help and great picture
Glad you enjoyed the video, perhaps you could tell your friends about my channel, ua-cam.com/users/paulpriestleyart . Cheers Paul
un grand merci pour votre réponse rapide! je vais visionner ce site dans les jours à venir!
bonne soirée à vous
Bonne soirée à vous aussi
this is great!! simple but i understand what you're doing.
Good look with your drawing
thanks
You saved my butt!!!!!
That's good to know!!
This helped me a lot, Thank you!
You're welcome!
Paul, Thank you So much! This is a really lovely video.
Thank you, pleased you enjoyed the video. Cheers Paul
I love how this looks. I can't wait to give it a try!
+Cindy Long So how did your drawing go, was it just amazing? You can see more of my videos at ua-cam.com/users/paulpriestleyart Cheers Paul
My second try was not so great. I just dont like how my shading lines are looking. I like your videos!
Liked that. I'll give it a try. Thanks
Good luck.
This tutorial is such a big help for me. I spend hours walking the eastern coast of Canada taking photos to paint. I have never been able to paint realistic rocks or cliffs. I am now starting to draw the exercises and funny thing…..I can draw rocks…and trees to my satisfaction…….will also see how this applies to acrylics since I have many nice photos. You speak clearly, give the info. and some helpful hints…..Thankyou so much, I am learning and can hardly wait to see my efforts in a full landscape. Just one question? How do we protect our graphite and charcoal drawings from smudging ??
Glad you enjoy my videos. To stop smudging rest your hand on a scrap of paper when drawing. If you have finished the drawing spray it with fixative, or cheap hair spray as it is effectively the same thing. Cheers
Cliffs are so hard! Thank you very much :)
You are well perhaps you could subscribe to my channel? Cheers Paul
Sure, keep up the good work!
Another great one, Paul! Thank you.
You are welcome.
Thank you for sharing, it’s beautiful
You are welcome. Cheers Paul
I'm impressed!
Thank you,Paul🌸🌸
You are welcome. Cheers Paul
Sir! I am Bangladeshi .I like your video so much .
Many many thanks. Cheers from England
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You are very welcome, please subscribe if you haven't already. Cheers Paul
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Looks like your technique can easily be adapted for pen and ink drawings. That's really one of my issues with learning certain techniques on graphite- most of them can only be applied to graphite.
You can't create the subtlety of tone in pen that you can with graphite. You create tone by use of line with pen as you pointed out from the video
So helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks a lot for this video , it helped me a lot ! You've got a new subscriber
Thanks for subscribing, glad you liked the video, perhaps you can tell your friends about my channel.? Cheers Paul
Thanks for the sub, glad you enjoyed the video.
So much thankyou
You are welcome
Very nice and makes me feel like I can do it.
I usually use my finger to smudge and blend shadows to make it look much better, I'd just like to share that out.
Edit: Can you try to teach how to make fabric drawings and shirt creases?
Really pleased you enjoyed the video. You might find this video useful as it covers how to draw folds - ua-cam.com/video/vX6inCDpslk/v-deo.html Cheers
@@PaulPriestleyart thank you very much.
@@PaulPriestleyart
I just thought you would make a new video according to that but that is fine.
Great lesson makes 2ant to try it
Cheers
great work thanks
Fantastic thank you!
You are welcome
2:23 YES I DO!! I SEE IT I DO!
Great
Great tutorials Paul. Could you please show us a tutorials for sketching fabrics in your style?
Great suggestion!
great work thanks.
You are welcome
great video very helpful thank you
You are welcome. Please tell your friends about my channel: ua-cam.com/users/paulpriestleyart Many thanks Paul
thank u so much for this video. This will bee so helpful for me. :)
You are welcome
Dear Paul, thank you for this video. I have few questions:
1) Instead of using lines, can we do the shading technique (pencil with palm grip) and achieve these effects?
2) Can we suggest the shape of cliffs and ground with shading technique (similar to how you have done through lines)?
3) The palm grip shading technique is more closer to painting. What do you think?
Thank you
+Umer Niazi Dear Umer The thing about painting is there is not one way of doing things. I suggest you experiment with the ways you have suggested and you'll find it works just as well. Rules are for breaking in the art world. Cheers Paul
Thank you Paul~
Great class! Can you draw a cave please.
Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers
The lines tells the story.
They certainly do.
@@PaulPriestleyart You area great instructor. If you were my art instructor in high school, I would never have done, anything else but art.
my favrote part is this 0:07 - 0:10
Each to their own!
Wow nice
+Areej Shoaib Thanks Areej. You can see more of my videos at ua-cam.com/users/paulpriestleyart Cheers Paul
oblige and grateful for prompt response.
You are welcome
I'm Ibrar Ahmad, an unprofessional sketcher, I've problem in making shadows in drawing.
You might find this useful ua-cam.com/video/S1d4VxkyZ8A/v-deo.html
realyyy realyyy awsome..... wish i could draw like you. . .
+Dipika Rana Practice, practice, practice then you'll be fine. Cheers Paul
thank you so much
Hi Paul, Do you think you could do this sometime in watercolor? This would be a great help,because this is the type of painting she I would like too do. Thanks
Hi Craig I do not have plans to do more watercolours at the moment, but i will add your request to my ever growing list. Cheers Paul
I love your tutorials but the beginning when do the initial sketch you say that it might be too light well for me I cant see them hardly. Would it be possible to make it slightly darker. Thank you
I'll make sure it doesn't happen again
this is like if mr maker got an art major
Cheers
Does grass grow on the top of the rocks? Is there soil on top of the rocks?
I'm sure there's soil and grass on the rocks.
Can you do a video on making hair?
It's on the list
Neat! How come you don't use the stump or cue tips to smooth out
the lines?
Just personal choice, I don't like it to smooth that way it preserves the energy. Happy Christmas Paul
The lines Mason, what do they mean?
Watch the video and all will be revealed.
Mmm yeah, but i want to draw a cliff from like the bottom of the page, as if i'm looking over one, not right on the edge though if you get me, around 30 to 40 feet from the edge...I don't know how to make it look like a cliff at all from that angle, because it would just be grass, know what i mean?.
If you are standing where you suggest you can't see the cliff so you don't need to draw it. Everything apart from where you are standing is going to be very light in tone, that's about it really.
This is a good tutorial, but my version leaves a lot to be desired. The reason we vary the tone is because each different tone represents a rock face reflecting a different amount of light. One thing these tutorials never do is tell me how to determine which rock faces need which tone. Without knowing that, my rocks end up looking bad because they are not all in the correct plane for the amount of light each one has. Some faces end up being in front of other faces, which they cannot possibly do in nature. Paul mentions that rocks further away need to be lighter than those closer to us, which is a good start. But I doubt he's simply filling in different shades (tonal qualities) anywhere he feels like it. His brain is developed enough, and he's practised enough, to know where to apply the correct tones so that all the rocks end up in a valid position in nature.
No tutorial is going to tell you which rock needs which tone. It's all about looking and understanding that to create depth on a flat surface you need a system. The system, very simply, is that objects get lighter in tone as they recede into the distance. Stand outside and look for the darkest tone you can find in the distance and compare it with the darkest tone you can see nearby. You'll see the furthest dark is much lighter. As an artist you look and apply this idea to your drawing to make it appear to be three dimensional on the flat surface of a sheet of paper.
@@PaulPriestleyart Yes. I agree with the 'lighter is further' idea. However there seems to be more that I am missing. You alluded to it yourself toward the end of this video when you said:
"don't just draw any old line. don't shade in any old way. you've got to think about what you're doing. what is this line actually saying? what's it actually doing?"
I wish tutorials would describe that thought process and how to figure out what the line should be saying/doing. It's not enough to say, "draw the line so it looks right." The question is, how do I know what makes it look right? Especially in this case since this is a drawing from memory/imagination. My version of this drawing seems to have enough contrast (squinting eye trick), but my crevasse looks like a flat wall with a bunch of different colors on it. There's something I am missing with regard to creating depth and space that you seem to know very well, and It seems to me it is more than just the idea of lighter is further/darker is nearer. I would love your insight on my version of this drawing instagram.com/p/CBoZu6_FtfZ/
Can you point out where I went wrong in my technique with regards to the depth of the crevasse?
Apologies in advance if this is not an acceptable way to ask for help. :-)
I've had a quick look at the drawing and there could be more subtle differences between tones of different elements of the drawing. If you want to create three dimensions even objects that are relatively close to each other will have subtle differences in tone, which is missing in parts of the drawing. When I said, "don't just draw any old line. don't shade in any old way. You've got to think about what you're doing. What is this line actually saying? What's it actually doing?" I mean the lines describe the angle, shape and density of the rocks. The line, therefore, tells us something about the structure and position of the rock, where it sits in space in relation to other elements. If lines are drawn almost randomly without much thought and reason they look unconvincing and don't tell us the information the brain needs to construct the image for the viewer.
@@PaulPriestleyart Thank you very much for your reply!
Hi, your video is very interesting, but when I select the traductor in Espanish this is cancel..... why?
I'm not sure why, unfortunately.
Is there a change in technique when drawing cliffs facing towards you?
No, I would use the same technique, obviously the angles change.Cheers Paul
Sir, pl mention the type of paper used to draw cliffs and crevasses.
The paper was cartridge paper, but you can use any reasonably good paper. Cheers Paul
What do you have around your wrist?
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My first attempt was awful. I'm doing it over today.
+Cindy Long You will get better, it's just a matter of practice - good luck with your drawing. Cheers Paul
Cindy Long good going. Keep trying. Analyze it and learn from the mistakes.