I have the same struggle. Also, watching videos that show a piece that actually takes 24 hours to render, completed within 5 mins, will increase your anxiety to finish your own work quickly.
Rugger pro GavLar Same, often I find that when drawing I rush into doing the tone rather than sketching the outlines first because I want it to be complete and to look “good”.
I can't draw. But that doesn't stop me. So I use tracing paper and outline pictures. then I fill in the lines with water color. I also can't play music. But... that doesn't stop me. I goofed around with an harmonica. Little kids think I am a wonderful musician. But ELECTRONICS. There is something I can do. I have a skill to repair many complex circuits. It is a dead industry now ... kinda like knowing how to shoe horses. But that doesn't stop me ..... Your talents are awesome mr beardshaw. Thanks for posting this video.
david mundy it isnt an dead industry its just hasn't been growing as quickly as others its a skill/profession that will never go away just keep updating your knowledge with as tech gets more advanced bud
Your talents are beyond words!!! Your drawings are amazing. I do not think you can teach your style of drawing. Your style is yours alone and totally God sent!! I also love listening to you speak. You are absolutely adorable. Thanks for sharing what you do with us
I thought the same thing. But I remember drawing a portrait with a biro ball point pen and never once did I 'smudge' the image with the end of my finger, as we sometimes do when using pencil, in order to darken an area of the face. Texture would be 'unsmudged' markings and shading is 'smudged' markings
@@AllSentientBeings1 That is a great example. I've had a similar experience. Sometimes I prefer to draw with biro, maybe because it eliminates this shading issue that I'm imagining with pencil.
AllSentientBeings1 shading is creating darker areas to give an illusion of depth. You can smudge soft mediums to make the graduations smoother but smudging isn’t required for something to be shaded. With a pen you can stipple, crosshatch, use contour lines with varied line width, scumbling. There are some really good tutorials, look up “shading with a pen”
Want to hear another secred? CONTRASTS! Earlyer, I alwas blended in every edge, my shading was always very smooth. I figured out, it makes drawings more realistic, when you put some darke lines or parts into your painting. :D
Your advice to shift from focusing on creating a shadow to creating varying textures with pressure on the pencil is great. Like turning your drawing upside down, using a different way to focus on your intentions can relieve the stress of feeling you can’t get it right. Thanks! You’re a fine teacher, very clear. Don’t wonder if you are explaining well enough, you are.
This is the 1st time I have seen your channel (suggested videos). I knew within a few minutes of this video and noticing the thumbnails on the sidebar that I was going to subscribe. At about 2:30 I realized HOW you were drawing and my mouth nearly dropped open! Seriously?! No preliminary scetch and this all comes out in proportion with amazing textures! You are young (to already be THIS good!) and I am betting you are going to do very well for yourself!! WONDERFUL video; thank you. I look forward to following you and catching up on your past videos.
This helped me immensely. Am working on a portrait project for someone and I have always had torulbe creating this texture of skin, but you made it clear for me as well as applicable to more than just skin (I.e surfaces of rocks, woods, etc.).
I'm 54 and I want to learn draw. I just learned yesterday that sketching and drawing are different so that tells you where I am at. You are so good that I'm not sure if I I want to continue watching you because I don't want to be discouraged, but you really are excellent!
T and Z..... you have the right motivation to make you good at what you do.... can you make a suggestion? Instead of trying to draw subjects completely just draw a portion of it..... just one finger instead of a whole hand.... just some lips instead of a whole face.... each item one at a time.... later you can put pieces and parts together as you master each individual thing.... I know you will do well. Bless you
This was really good, I'm an apprentice at a tattoo shop and I've been trying to learn how to draw portraits from photos, which I strangely find a lot more difficult to do than from life. However I've been taught to do it in a similar method, and it is effective. Great video!
I found this texture drawing really cool and quite beautiful. It reminds me of a guy YEARS AND YEARS ago when I was a teenager, I saw him draw by little dots and how he used them to make the most beautiful nearly identical images and portraits. I found them so interesting. I'm going to have to review your videos and see if I can get some hints. I'm actually pretty good with shading but sometimes, I lack the texture. I am amazingly proud when I do colored pencils. It's just a total matter of layering and layering and seeing the different layers. I'm also not that good at using a reference. I usually draw from my imagination. I wish I could do better with reference! Thanks so much for the vid. thumbs up!! Sub!! I did!
Kat F that art form of using dots to render an image is called “stipple”, not sure if you knew, but in case you didn’t, and wanted to find more art pieces in that style 🤙🤙.
Check out Chuck Close. His work was hyper realism in the early 70s, then he became quadriplegic in 1988, and now uses large circles and dots that, at a distance, are amazingly realistic. Chuck Close is kinda every realism artists hero, even if they dont know it yet :)
I learnt to this may years ago in a graphics course. It was called "stipple" or stipple effect. As Airbrushers can also created the effect. Oddly I like the style yet have never painted in stipple using my airbrush after all these years. In the brush painting world, its more commonly known as Pointillism. Which was taken from a famous French Painter who invented the style with rough brush strokes and added colour for depth and form. Stipple it's self was used by ink illustrators almost as old or older even then when Mondrian invented the style for painting canvases.
That honestly would work way better for me. I struggle with shading but when you break it down into the texture explanation it made perfect sense. Thanks!
I've been drawing as long as I can remember, but, I am now trying to teach my daughters how to create images more detailed. We often forget where we began. Thank you for the reminder.
I sorta did this in class and my teacher said focusing on the details will end up making my drawing look fake and to focus more on lining out where the shading would go (what you said didn't work for you). I think in the end, we all have to find what works for us. Your drawings look great!
Such a different approach than the standard. I am currently working on blending shade so it is not such a drastic change from one area to another. I have looked at a lot of different techniques, and most artists just suggest tools vs methods. I really like your approach. Also, if you ever get to, I would LOVE to see you do one of your drawings in real time vs sped up. Incredibly talented
The best advice I need to hear , if it sounds way to simple, or CRAZY, then there's truth in it . I know people can't handle the truth . Unless they are prepared to grow thru what they go thru. Thank you man
I definitely want to see tutorials of yours on drawing realistic textures, your images look absolutely awesome and would love to learn to draw like you do, starting from a very basic level I would think.
Yes I have found that using dots and marks gradually builds up a texture and solidity in many surfaces which the eye then interprets as whatever it should be. All surfaces are just texture after all!
What an awesome video! I always shade, but seeing how you use texture really gives it a much more realistic element. I can`t wait to try it myself thank you.
Very nice illustrations!! I could never draw without doing the outline draft first. It is a very realistic way of shading as well since texture is really created by shadows hitting a surface and those little bumps casting little shadows onto the surface! I have never thought of it this way.
This reminds me of old illustrations that used cross-hatching to create shading. The difference is your tiny strokes create a much more natural look to the drawing. Well done.
Well, your instruction seems very practical: focus on texture (no matter how tedious) and the shading will show up in it which you can then enhance. Turns my world around a bit, and that's good. Thanks Dan.
That’s how started to work on faces when I was playing around with pen & ink. I found that I could control it with stippling. I worked on the subject from top left so I wouldn’t accidentally smudge the ink. It’s about the only way the my portraits came out looking correct in my mind’s eye.
You don't have to defend your choice in making the video. The title and thumbnail show whom it's good for and at the beginning of the short vid you explain whom it can help! Great video!
If you paid attention the technique was focusing on texture rather than shading. And using different pressure with texture to create the impression of differences in light. Pay attention.
Amazing! I've been drawing for over 45 years and this kid blows me away. He draws from photographs, though. I'm sure that makes his technique easier. Still, what he's doing, it might come natural or at least easier for him. That he adopted this in his youth with his brain still fluid might be the key. Me, I've got a hard fired brick in my head. My brick works for me though. Great vid!
*Shading by texture* That’s a new perspective for me for sure!!! I never thought of recreating textures as a technique for shading... Thanks! Great drawing by the way as well! 👍🏽🙏🏽
Good advice. I will keep it in mind if I am rendering a photo where a persons facial texture is present. I mean it really depends on the picture I suppose. What I found to be useful in dealing with shadow and light is to simply draw the big picture tones a bit darker then they should be and then simply go back over it with an eraser and blend.
Wow I really dig your art, your style, it's really sweet. I dig the video, dig your channel. I've started drawing when I was really young, those tips are spot on.
I don't care if he holds notes up so we can see if he's reading. All I care about is the things he is teaching me. So don't worry about notes just appreciate what you learn from this gifted young man. So you go, with or without notes as long as you keep up the good teaching that has helped me.
Man!! ..shading's a lot easier than what u did there ..😂 But love those textures.. .they give another dimension to the portrait. ..waiting for some more illustrations 'bout creating the textures
Best thing I can possibly say to anyone starting to draw (which includes me) is keep going. I play guitar to a decent level now. I remember how alien it was to me, how it felt a million years away from what I can do now. I know it will come, maybe I won’t be as good as I want but good enough
I'm the same way bro 💯 thank God I'm not the only one who uses the freestyle as u go technique, it's jus harnessing our brains natural ability of visual mapping, like when ppl see Jesus on toast or figure in the clouds, the more random, the more the mind wants to make sense of it so it's in overdrive..point in case, the "as I go" technique I call it
All I have to say if you have weakness in shading then the rest is perfect!!!! Absolutely 💯% beautiful art ?I have always admired the work of an artist that can draw portraits of faces to me that is the most tedious and beautiful art ever! Thanmyou for sharing just stunning 😍
Sort of reminds me of my technique I used when discovering proper shading myself. The way I did it, similarly to yourself, was I realized why the shading didn't look totally smooth or as realistic as I wanted: *paper has bumps on it* . Simple as that. Even bristol paper, as smooth as it is, still has tiny bumps that will affect any shading done to it. I solved this by shading the area on top with regular light/dark progression of strokes, then tortilloned over it, *_then_* took my HB pencil and filled in every single individual white spot inside the shaded area. Then, I would go to every portion of the shaded area that looked like there were two separate pieces of shade, and created tiny "micro-shades" to bring all the different shades together into one area that had a gradual gradient to it. If I saw fit, I'd tortillon over the areas again, but sometimes I wouldn't-- depended on the area. Point is, like you do with texturing, I do on a much smaller scale, and it's just to fill in janky areas. In other words, getting the gradient and shading of any area just right involved actually caring about the tiniest parts.
Miguel Cruz I don't see how the hell this is "hate". Also, it's exactly like pointilism. The main difference is slightly more varied shapes instead of dots (obviously). But if you have ever done either of these, you'll know that the idea is exactly the same. Personally I like the look, but I don't care much for the approach and finish. With that said I paint with oils and acrylics a lot, and I work as a freelance illustrator through digital mediums (I paint on a wacom tablet. Digital lets me work with people and companies anywhere in the world). So it's not exactly something I do a lot with anymore, but have done a fair bit of it in the past. The look is quite something, and the finished result seems a lot more detailed than pointilism, but in reality it's about the same. While the technique obviously varies slightly, it's the same principles.
Peteru Avertis mate wtf did u need to include a paragraph of how your an illustrator completely off topic you could of just put the last bit and that's it
I've always been alright with shading not great but alright, my favorite thing to draw are eyes so when it comes to making a bigger image of an eye, where you can get or put more detail in, I think texture would work there for me, it's a new concept for a lot of ppl so I think once you try it and see what happens no one can really say it isn't for them. I enjoyed the video and the new idea to better my drawing and sketching. So thank you!
sometimes..you have to think about the people that can’t draw. you’re videos are awesome, but that’s the only thing you needa think about. btw, love your accent.
I think the problem here is that you're asking this on a high level technique video. This isn't about the basics of drawing, if you want basics this is the absolute wrong place to be. If you can't draw, start from basics and work your way up so that you can reach this step, e.g shading, consistent lines, analyzing photos, etc. Nobody can do calculus without knowing how to add, same applies to art and drawing.
You are good at drawing . I think most beginners need to know about measuring angles shapes and sizes though and the thing to do is look and look and keep looking and comparing. If they can get the idea of angles it would be a huge help to them. This was probably not the message though and thank you for your thoughts.
Awesome video!! How do you draw faces without references? What is the simplest way of drawing figures without references? Please make tutorials on figure drawing.
Parashmoni Kashyap Yep, ill add it too the list. In the mean time, I really recommend drawing books like Michael Hamptons ‘Figure Drawing : Design and Invention, and also the work by Andrew Loomis. All these are great places to learn about figure drawing, I’ll be showcasing some of their methods through my videos.
Parashmoni Kashyap No problem :) you're welcome any time .. I'm an artist too , a self taught one and I was born artist , I draw from the age of 5 .. I want to make some vidoes but I haven't a good cam sadly ... tho you can ask me for help whenever you need
Wow! I can’t even begin to understand how you can draw a portrait with complete detail inch by inch. I have to know where I’m going... Maybe some vids on that? Great insights on texture vs shading. Thank you.
So I’m feeling meh about my faces, but I can’t draw the body for the life of me (male and female) and legs and arms are really hard... do you have any tips?
That Galactic Space Wolf I’ll be covering those things in later videos, a great place to start is to look at some drawing books, I recommend Michael Hampton Figure Drawing: Design and Invention, it’s really useful. I learn from that book
That Galactic Space Wolf I recommend studying anatomy as much as possible. I made a Pinterest and just copied other people's artworks and learned a great deal of anatomy. In a year of studying anatomy I was able to draw human bodies and greatly improved my art all around. Stay consistent
My biggest 'challenge' is "patience" to do the details... As a young artist in college, I ALWAYS out-did my classmates because I took more time for 'details' and truly trying to "See as the eye sees" by using disappearing lines and 'edges' created NOT with a line but simply the edge of an object created by the background, giving 'real-to-the-eye depth' ... ( in painting, it is much easier by simply painting the farthest distant images and working forward, much like 'layering' in digital art..) But as I got into commercial work, I had deadlines and 'volume' of work and 'Pay by the piece' that meant the more pieces I turned out in a given amount of time, the more I got paid...or the more time I had available for my Family and personal time. Now that I am long-since 'retired' from commercial art, and now retired completely from an "job" ... I want to 'get back' to drawing for pleasure and my own creative images.
Hello from Vermont! I'm a painter/illustrator. I'm in my 60s and have been drawing and painting since I was a child. What you're doing here is great. You're not promising anyone they'll be a great artist, but you ARE showing them there are ways to be a BETTER artist. No, you'll never catch up with somebody who has natural ability, has gone to art schools and famous museums, or who's been doing art for decades. That doesn't mean you can't learn how to create original art, something only YOU could've done. It's sad how people give up playing guitar because they'll never be as good as Hendrix or Brian May. That's not the point of doing it, though. If Gustav Klimt were to hear that people gave up on painting because they weren't as good as him, I think he'd be crushed - and apologetic. I'll never be as good as Rembrandt or as imaginative as Kahlo. If I used that as an excuse for not even trying, I think they'd shake their heads in sorrow - then kick my ass for being such a total wienie. You do something because it's what you enjoy doing, because it makes you happy. If you do it because you hope it'll make you rich or pay the rent, make you famous or get you laid, you're doing it for the wrong reasons.
Great advice, for me is the other way around, i do well with shades, not so much with textures, but focusing on detailed shades, those textures came around as biproduct. Greetings from Colombia!
Correct. Props to the kid above, as a photo realist he does have talent, but this is NOT, I am afraid, good teaching at all. Anatomy and roughing out structural proportions, using reference marks, and managing tone are all far more important if you want to learn to draw, rather than copy photos. Shading, and mark making in general develop over time, with experience, as you learn to draw.
Carl Kligerman this is true. Over the years I’ve became a hyper realistic artist and the most important thing to me is proportions. You can have the best texture or contrast or tone or whatever. But when something is a millimeter or two off, it just doesn’t look right and having perfect shapes makes your drawing that much better.
You are a fantastic artist. I see what you mean about the textures coming together and creating the shading as a secondary effect. Thanks for sharing this. Best wishes from Ohio.
Dan Beardshaw I was wondering have you made a video of what young artist should take into consideration, tools and equipment etc? I think I really need it I don’t know what to do next 😅love ur vids!!!!
Dan Beardshaw sorry for the late reply. How about all the basic bases, supply alternatives and what you should focus on first? Etc all kind of summarised, that would be cool - oh and useful sites! Thank you 😊
Texture. I see myself improving on my concentration already. Great video and lots of encouragement from the simple way you put it in practice for us the newees to learn. Thank you.
Slow down man, you have a lot of really valuable info you are getting across please don’t rush it. Thank you for teaching, you are a very good teacher.....maybe I’m just a slow learner it I would love to see the pencil and paper closeups much slower.......faster than real time but man it’s a blur. Thanks, love your tutorial. Great info
I can see you have used shading on your drawing around nose and eyes at around 3.56 to 4 +, so why are you saying you are not shading. You are great at what you do but why are you lying? This video does not help anyone.
I found your technique wonderful and I loved the end results and I don't know why everyone has to analyze everything someone is doing today. But I do know what you mean when I draw I'm in the moment and I love that feeling that you get creating something. Keep up the good work!!!!
I Love how you said “Process”. It’s like the math equation always has a “formula”. Through ur Process ur Method is born. I totally understand wat it is ur tryin to convey.
Yo you are a genius artist, from my understanding you figured that out on your own (texture over shading) and it is amazing I hope you're able to use this to make a living for your self and also thank you I don't think I got the patient but this vid does help and I've decided to subscribe
Thank you I struggle with getting my shading right not so much with the blending but the placement of it because I also struggle a lil with perspective. However I'm having a lot more success because of you. This was the first video I watched of yours and I'll definitely be visiting often and tuning in from now on. Thank you so much. I think maybe I'll try doing a drawing using solely textures and pressure and see what that sparks. :)
Wow. I wish I had a tenth of your talent. It's such a challenge to put on paper what the eye sees and you do it so effortlessly. I just subscribed and am going to spend the morning binge watching your channel. You are amazing and even better you're sharing it with the world.
Patience was always my weakness, concentrating for the first half of the picture then getting to eager to finish it then rushing the ending.
Same condition here if it took more than 48 hours
Same problem
I’m still doing that bro 🤦🏽♂️💯
I have the same struggle. Also, watching videos that show a piece that actually takes 24 hours to render, completed within 5 mins, will increase your anxiety to finish your own work quickly.
Rugger pro GavLar Same, often I find that when drawing I rush into doing the tone rather than sketching the outlines first because I want it to be complete and to look “good”.
"You JUST have to recreate it on paper"
Me: *Cries*
same situation dude!!!
@@alenwalker6539 Yeah, lol. _Just_ have to recreate it...
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Lol same
Doesn’t take much...
Just patience :)
Which is obviously a lot😂
Inspire The Colour But I have no patience
Jinxs Life then try knitting :’D
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Just listen to music or a book and relax while doing it
Lol
Me: Draws an asymmetrical Stick Figure...sighs
Chaitanya Singh lol
Excellent!...now..just flesh it out...not as hard as you might think
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It never stopped JS Lowry 😉
Check out Jono Dry - how to draw a stick figure. Fantastic video
I can't draw. But that doesn't stop me. So I use tracing paper and outline pictures. then I fill in the lines with water color. I also can't play music. But... that doesn't stop me. I goofed around with an harmonica. Little kids think I am a wonderful musician. But ELECTRONICS. There is something I can do. I have a skill to repair many complex circuits. It is a dead industry now ... kinda like knowing how to shoe horses. But that doesn't stop me ..... Your talents are awesome mr beardshaw. Thanks for posting this video.
if you can repair complex circuits try working on and building guitar and amps. that aint dead yet.
david mundy wish you were near me, i need a good electrician.
david mundy it isnt an dead industry its just hasn't been growing as quickly as others its a skill/profession that will never go away just keep updating your knowledge with as tech gets more advanced bud
Nicely said David. :)
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You sir, secretly won with this! Claim your prize at the usual place.
Looks very tedious, but the results don't lie! Keep up the great work.
Your talents are beyond words!!! Your drawings are amazing. I do not think you can teach your style of drawing. Your style is yours alone and totally God sent!! I also love listening to you speak. You are absolutely adorable. Thanks for sharing what you do with us
“No shading.”
You’ve got dark areas and light areas. That’s shading. Doesn’t matter if you do it with built up textures, it’s still shading.
I thought the same thing. But I remember drawing a portrait with a biro ball point pen and never once did I 'smudge' the image with the end of my finger, as we sometimes do when using pencil, in order to darken an area of the face. Texture would be 'unsmudged' markings and shading is 'smudged' markings
@@AllSentientBeings1 That is a great example. I've had a similar experience. Sometimes I prefer to draw with biro, maybe because it eliminates this shading issue that I'm imagining with pencil.
I prefer pencil,i dont trust myself enough with a biro
AllSentientBeings1 shading is creating darker areas to give an illusion of depth. You can smudge soft mediums to make the graduations smoother but smudging isn’t required for something to be shaded. With a pen you can stipple, crosshatch, use contour lines with varied line width, scumbling.
There are some really good tutorials, look up “shading with a pen”
No it’s not you idiot
“Just have to recreate on the paper,” mate, you make this sound so easy! Big up though. Your work is brilliant.
Want to hear another secred?
CONTRASTS!
Earlyer, I alwas blended in every edge, my shading was always very smooth. I figured out, it makes drawings more realistic, when you put some darke lines or parts into your painting. :D
Your advice to shift from focusing on creating a shadow to creating varying textures with pressure on the pencil is great. Like turning your drawing upside down, using a different way to focus on your intentions can relieve the stress of feeling you can’t get it right. Thanks! You’re a fine teacher, very clear. Don’t wonder if you are explaining well enough, you are.
This is the 1st time I have seen your channel (suggested videos). I knew within a few minutes of this video and noticing the thumbnails on the sidebar that I was going to subscribe. At about 2:30 I realized HOW you were drawing and my mouth nearly dropped open! Seriously?! No preliminary scetch and this all comes out in proportion with amazing textures!
You are young (to already be THIS good!) and I am betting you are going to do very well for yourself!! WONDERFUL video; thank you. I look forward to following you and catching up on your past videos.
This helped me immensely. Am working on a portrait project for someone and I have always had torulbe creating this texture of skin, but you made it clear for me as well as applicable to more than just skin (I.e surfaces of rocks, woods, etc.).
Literally no one:
My search history: How to draw stick figures
Those hands of yours...
He's performing a jutsu!!!
Bruh not with the naruto jokes
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I'm 54 and I want to learn draw. I just learned yesterday that sketching and drawing are different so that tells you where I am at. You are so good that I'm not sure if I I want to continue watching you because I don't want to be discouraged, but you really are excellent!
i hope you become a great artist !
@@noiz3048 Thank you!🌼
T and Z..... you have the right motivation to make you good at what you do.... can you make a suggestion? Instead of trying to draw subjects completely just draw a portion of it..... just one finger instead of a whole hand.... just some lips instead of a whole face.... each item one at a time.... later you can put pieces and parts together as you master each individual thing.... I know you will do well. Bless you
@@melbontrager7161 Oh wow! That is a great idea!!! Thank you!
@@TandZAptLife ... and you are most welcome... Good Luck !!
This was really good, I'm an apprentice at a tattoo shop and I've been trying to learn how to draw portraits from photos, which I strangely find a lot more difficult to do than from life.
However I've been taught to do it in a similar method, and it is effective. Great video!
I found this texture drawing really cool and quite beautiful. It reminds me of a guy YEARS AND YEARS ago when I was a teenager, I saw him draw by little dots and how he used them to make the most beautiful nearly identical images and portraits. I found them so interesting. I'm going to have to review your videos and see if I can get some hints. I'm actually pretty good with shading but sometimes, I lack the texture. I am amazingly proud when I do colored pencils. It's just a total matter of layering and layering and seeing the different layers. I'm also not that good at using a reference. I usually draw from my imagination. I wish I could do better with reference! Thanks so much for the vid. thumbs up!! Sub!! I did!
Kat F that art form of using dots to render an image is called “stipple”, not sure if you knew, but in case you didn’t, and wanted to find more art pieces in that style 🤙🤙.
Jonah Munoz If the entire picture is done that way, it's called pointillism.
Check out Chuck Close. His work was hyper realism in the early 70s, then he became quadriplegic in 1988, and now uses large circles and dots that, at a distance, are amazingly realistic.
Chuck Close is kinda every realism artists hero, even if they dont know it yet :)
Here’s a colour pencil tip always start with your lightest colour and work darker. Always use purple for shadows on a facial portrait
I learnt to this may years ago in a graphics course. It was called "stipple" or stipple effect. As Airbrushers can also created the effect. Oddly I like the style yet have never painted in stipple using my airbrush after all these years.
In the brush painting world, its more commonly known as Pointillism. Which was taken from a famous French Painter who invented the style with rough brush strokes and added colour for depth and form.
Stipple it's self was used by ink illustrators almost as old or older even then when Mondrian invented the style for painting canvases.
That honestly would work way better for me. I struggle with shading but when you break it down into the texture explanation it made perfect sense. Thanks!
I've been drawing as long as I can remember, but, I am now trying to teach my daughters how to create images more detailed. We often forget where we began. Thank you for the reminder.
I sorta did this in class and my teacher said focusing on the details will end up making my drawing look fake and to focus more on lining out where the shading would go (what you said didn't work for you). I think in the end, we all have to find what works for us. Your drawings look great!
Such a different approach than the standard. I am currently working on blending shade so it is not such a drastic change from one area to another. I have looked at a lot of different techniques, and most artists just suggest tools vs methods. I really like your approach. Also, if you ever get to, I would LOVE to see you do one of your drawings in real time vs sped up. Incredibly talented
Your hands move as fast as your mouth when you speak.
As soon as I saw ur comment I laughed so hard
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Fast tounge and fast fingers
@Rupesh Kale There's actually no need for that
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The best advice I need to hear , if it sounds way to simple, or CRAZY, then there's truth in it . I know people can't handle the truth . Unless they are prepared to grow thru what they go thru. Thank you man
I definitely want to see tutorials of yours on drawing realistic textures, your images look absolutely awesome and would love to learn to draw like you do, starting from a very basic level I would think.
Yes I have found that using dots and marks gradually builds up a texture and solidity in many surfaces which the eye then interprets as whatever it should be. All surfaces are just texture after all!
What an awesome video! I always shade, but seeing how you use texture really gives it a much more realistic element. I can`t wait to try it myself thank you.
Very nice illustrations!! I could never draw without doing the outline draft first. It is a very realistic way of shading as well since texture is really created by shadows hitting a surface and those little bumps casting little shadows onto the surface! I have never thought of it this way.
You nailed the shading with your texturing! Outstanding work! ❤️
This reminds me of old illustrations that used cross-hatching to create shading. The difference is your tiny strokes create a much more natural look to the drawing. Well done.
I found this really helpful! I haven’t seen this type of texture done before but it looks so amazing! Definitely inspired to give it a go! 😃
Well, your instruction seems very practical: focus on texture (no matter how tedious) and the shading will show up in it which you can then enhance. Turns my world around a bit, and that's good. Thanks Dan.
This is like when squidward asked spongebob to draw a circle
XD
That’s how started to work on faces when I was playing around with pen & ink. I found that I could control it with stippling. I worked on the subject from top left so I wouldn’t accidentally smudge the ink. It’s about the only way the my portraits came out looking correct in my mind’s eye.
how do you draw texture...please put a short video without timelapse to show how to draw texture... for hair, long beard
Akshay pakz It’s coming eventually man
I also have a tutorial for facial hair
I'm waiting bro😍😍😍😘😘
+Nancy Augu 😀
you just observe it, recreate it, then it gets saved into your visual memory and you can use it later on :P
You don't have to defend your choice in making the video. The title and thumbnail show whom it's good for and at the beginning of the short vid you explain whom it can help! Great video!
Your use of the word "Technique" is click-bait. The only technique mentioned was press lighter with the pencil for lighter shading.
How about a thesaurus? Technique, method, approach etc.
He said technique not techniques.
If you paid attention the technique was focusing on texture rather than shading. And using different pressure with texture to create the impression of differences in light. Pay attention.
Amazing! I've been drawing for over 45 years and this kid blows me away. He draws from photographs, though. I'm sure that makes his technique easier. Still, what he's doing, it might come natural or at least easier for him. That he adopted this in his youth with his brain still fluid might be the key. Me, I've got a hard fired brick in my head. My brick works for me though. Great vid!
I love how you cover everything when it comes to drawing, so well explained, thank you for your wonderful videos 💗
I understand that some people may not find it helpful, but is great you take time to share with us your skill. Thank you.
*Shading by texture*
That’s a new perspective for me for sure!!! I never thought of recreating textures as a technique for shading... Thanks! Great drawing by the way as well! 👍🏽🙏🏽
Good advice. I will keep it in mind if I am rendering a photo where a persons facial texture is present. I mean it really depends on the picture I suppose. What I found to be useful in dealing with shadow and light is to simply draw the big picture tones a bit darker then they should be and then simply go back over it with an eraser and blend.
Very Cool! I definitely going to try this!
This is not made to teach us anything, but to show how clever he is and I am impressed.
Wow I really dig your art, your style, it's really sweet. I dig the video, dig your channel. I've started drawing when I was really young, those tips are spot on.
Mandy Coley Thanks:))
Seems like you really want to "dig" him. 😂😐
I don't care if he holds notes up so we can see if he's reading. All I care about is the things he is teaching me. So don't worry about notes just appreciate what you learn from this gifted young man. So you go, with or without notes as long as you keep up the good teaching that has helped me.
Man!! ..shading's a lot easier than what u did there ..😂
But love those textures.. .they give another dimension to the portrait. ..waiting for some more illustrations 'bout creating the textures
Best thing I can possibly say to anyone starting to draw (which includes me) is keep going. I play guitar to a decent level now. I remember how alien it was to me, how it felt a million years away from what I can do now. I know it will come, maybe I won’t be as good as I want but good enough
I'm the same way bro 💯 thank God I'm not the only one who uses the freestyle as u go technique, it's jus harnessing our brains natural ability of visual mapping, like when ppl see Jesus on toast or figure in the clouds, the more random, the more the mind wants to make sense of it so it's in overdrive..point in case, the "as I go" technique I call it
All I have to say if you have weakness in shading then the rest is perfect!!!! Absolutely 💯% beautiful art ?I have always admired the work of an artist that can draw portraits of faces to me that is the most tedious and beautiful art ever! Thanmyou for sharing just stunning 😍
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I’ve never seen anyone draw this way. You’ve got quite a unique talent. Thanks for sharing, and I love your work and videos.
Wow....i thought could draw but this is amazing!!
Sort of reminds me of my technique I used when discovering proper shading myself. The way I did it, similarly to yourself, was I realized why the shading didn't look totally smooth or as realistic as I wanted: *paper has bumps on it* . Simple as that. Even bristol paper, as smooth as it is, still has tiny bumps that will affect any shading done to it.
I solved this by shading the area on top with regular light/dark progression of strokes, then tortilloned over it, *_then_* took my HB pencil and filled in every single individual white spot inside the shaded area. Then, I would go to every portion of the shaded area that looked like there were two separate pieces of shade, and created tiny "micro-shades" to bring all the different shades together into one area that had a gradual gradient to it. If I saw fit, I'd tortillon over the areas again, but sometimes I wouldn't-- depended on the area. Point is, like you do with texturing, I do on a much smaller scale, and it's just to fill in janky areas.
In other words, getting the gradient and shading of any area just right involved actually caring about the tiniest parts.
Very much like pointillism.
Lily Vaughan looks like you got a bad case of the hates. 😂 lol
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umm, no?? nothing like pointillism...
Miguel Cruz I don't see how the hell this is "hate".
Also, it's exactly like pointilism. The main difference is slightly more varied shapes instead of dots (obviously). But if you have ever done either of these, you'll know that the idea is exactly the same.
Personally I like the look, but I don't care much for the approach and finish. With that said I paint with oils and acrylics a lot, and I work as a freelance illustrator through digital mediums (I paint on a wacom tablet. Digital lets me work with people and companies anywhere in the world). So it's not exactly something I do a lot with anymore, but have done a fair bit of it in the past.
The look is quite something, and the finished result seems a lot more detailed than pointilism, but in reality it's about the same. While the technique obviously varies slightly, it's the same principles.
Peteru Avertis mate wtf did u need to include a paragraph of how your an illustrator completely off topic you could of just put the last bit and that's it
I've always been alright with shading not great but alright, my favorite thing to draw are eyes so when it comes to making a bigger image of an eye, where you can get or put more detail in, I think texture would work there for me, it's a new concept for a lot of ppl so I think once you try it and see what happens no one can really say it isn't for them. I enjoyed the video and the new idea to better my drawing and sketching. So thank you!
So like pointalism?
I am not sure who will be helped greatly by your explanation, but your display of pure skill is awesome.
sometimes..you have to think about the people that can’t draw. you’re videos are awesome, but that’s the only thing you needa think about. btw, love your accent.
I think the problem here is that you're asking this on a high level technique video. This isn't about the basics of drawing, if you want basics this is the absolute wrong place to be. If you can't draw, start from basics and work your way up so that you can reach this step, e.g shading, consistent lines, analyzing photos, etc. Nobody can do calculus without knowing how to add, same applies to art and drawing.
Ned Innis correct
You are good at drawing . I think most beginners need to know about measuring angles shapes and sizes though and the thing to do is look and look and keep looking and comparing. If they can get the idea of angles it would be a huge help to them. This was probably not the message though and thank you for your thoughts.
Awesome video!! How do you draw faces without references? What is the simplest way of drawing figures without references? Please make tutorials on figure drawing.
Parashmoni Kashyap Yep, ill add it too the list. In the mean time, I really recommend drawing books like Michael Hamptons ‘Figure Drawing : Design and Invention, and also the work by Andrew Loomis. All these are great places to learn about figure drawing, I’ll be showcasing some of their methods through my videos.
Thanks man for your response. You are one among the very few UA-camrs who respond to each and every comment.
Parashmoni Kashyap Try to draw from your memory .. I mean just imagine what your drawing , the colors , how it looks like ? the pose ? etc
PrInCeSsa WaRrIoRa Thank you. I'll try doing that.
Parashmoni Kashyap No problem :) you're welcome any time .. I'm an artist too , a self taught one and I was born artist , I draw from the age of 5 .. I want to make some vidoes but I haven't a good cam sadly ... tho you can ask me for help whenever you need
He didn't use any kind of brush to smudge wow pure rendering. Love it so much patient.
This makes so much sense. Thanks for sharing your amazing talent.
Clare Friend Thanks Clare, I’m glad it made sense
Really This is nice
Just awesome! Who needs shading when the texturing is SO perfect it does it all.
"The highest level of art, god sent him to do this shiiiiiiiiiit!"
You definitely must have been given a special kind of gift.
Time lapse bullshit of a special kind....!
Really good art
a URL reference on a fuking texture vid mate?
@@Blickyrobyason WOW, why would he be so generous to someone so rude....
Wow! I can’t even begin to understand how you can draw a portrait with complete detail inch by inch. I have to know where I’m going... Maybe some vids on that? Great insights on texture vs shading. Thank you.
by the force, will you please stop it with the hands!
I found it very helpful. Different way of looking at something, seeing something, in the texture. Thank you.
So I’m feeling meh about my faces, but I can’t draw the body for the life of me (male and female) and legs and arms are really hard... do you have any tips?
That Galactic Space Wolf I’ll be covering those things in later videos, a great place to start is to look at some drawing books, I recommend Michael Hampton Figure Drawing: Design and Invention, it’s really useful. I learn from that book
Just look at references and practice
Dan Beardshaw thank you!!
That Galactic Space Wolf I recommend studying anatomy as much as possible. I made a Pinterest and just copied other people's artworks and learned a great deal of anatomy. In a year of studying anatomy I was able to draw human bodies and greatly improved my art all around. Stay consistent
Get a human anatomy drawing books. Its helps alot
My biggest 'challenge' is "patience" to do the details...
As a young artist in college, I ALWAYS out-did my classmates because I took more time for 'details' and truly trying to "See as the eye sees" by using disappearing lines and 'edges' created NOT with a line but simply the edge of an object created by the background, giving 'real-to-the-eye depth' ... ( in painting, it is much easier by simply painting the farthest distant images and working forward, much like 'layering' in digital art..)
But as I got into commercial work, I had deadlines and 'volume' of work and 'Pay by the piece' that meant the more pieces I turned out in a given amount of time, the more I got paid...or the more time I had available for my Family and personal time.
Now that I am long-since 'retired' from commercial art, and now retired completely from an "job" ... I want to 'get back' to drawing for pleasure and my own creative images.
I'll try it tomorrow at school. 😂
(Edit) 6 moths later: I forgot to do it... and it is reallly much work to take in...
Lol
Hello from Vermont! I'm a painter/illustrator. I'm in my 60s and have been drawing and painting since I was a child. What you're doing here is great. You're not promising anyone they'll be a great artist, but you ARE showing them there are ways to be a BETTER artist. No, you'll never catch up with somebody who has natural ability, has gone to art schools and famous museums, or who's been doing art for decades.
That doesn't mean you can't learn how to create original art, something only YOU could've done. It's sad how people give up playing guitar because they'll never be as good as Hendrix or Brian May. That's not the point of doing it, though. If Gustav Klimt were to hear that people gave up on painting because they weren't as good as him, I think he'd be crushed - and apologetic.
I'll never be as good as Rembrandt or as imaginative as Kahlo. If I used that as an excuse for not even trying, I think they'd shake their heads in sorrow - then kick my ass for being such a total wienie.
You do something because it's what you enjoy doing, because it makes you happy. If you do it because you hope it'll make you rich or pay the rent, make you famous or get you laid, you're doing it for the wrong reasons.
Thank you for sharing! Very interesting, ur newest fan!😊💗👍🏼
Great advice, for me is the other way around, i do well with shades, not so much with textures, but focusing on detailed shades, those textures came around as biproduct. Greetings from Colombia!
For a beginner you make drawing more unachievable.
Correct. Props to the kid above, as a photo realist he does have talent, but this is NOT, I am afraid, good teaching at all. Anatomy and roughing out structural proportions, using reference marks, and managing tone are all far more important if you want to learn to draw, rather than copy photos. Shading, and mark making in general develop over time, with experience, as you learn to draw.
Carl Kligerman this is true. Over the years I’ve became a hyper realistic artist and the most important thing to me is proportions. You can have the best texture or contrast or tone or whatever. But when something is a millimeter or two off, it just doesn’t look right and having perfect shapes makes your drawing that much better.
Wow...you have microscopic vision and to top is off is your ability to record what you see. Amazing stuff.
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Wow a completely different and unique technique.. Love it
wow
Could you explain in real time how you do shadows and skin texture? It's impossible to learn what you do if show it in fast motion. Thanks!
Man u r genius
You are a fantastic artist. I see what you mean about the textures coming together and creating the shading as a secondary effect. Thanks for sharing this. Best wishes from Ohio.
I like it
A new bit of advice that I think will make all the difference in my drawing. Thank You!!
Man you are good!
Dood you are gude
I love it. Such a unique approach. Goes to show you there is no one right way to do anything.
This is helpful!!
I also love your accent. I dont have one. Im sad :(
yes you do :)
Sam. I have always loved British accents. I have just a plain boring american accent with a hint of western since I was raised in Utah.
Life is sour that's awesome!
H00FLEP00FLE . . . You just have an invisible accent 🤪
Everyone has an accent you just don't notice it cos everyone around you has the same accent
So texture over shading, thank you! This actually really helps 😊
Yo!
RB Anime life Sup!
Dan Beardshaw I was wondering have you made a video of what young artist should take into consideration, tools and equipment etc? I think I really need it I don’t know what to do next 😅love ur vids!!!!
RB Anime life I suppose I could try too focus on that subject for beginners in a video, any thing you want me answer on here?
Dan Beardshaw sorry for the late reply. How about all the basic bases, supply alternatives and what you should focus on first? Etc all kind of summarised, that would be cool - oh and useful sites! Thank you 😊
Texture. I see myself improving on my concentration already. Great video and lots of encouragement from the simple way you put it in practice for us the newees to learn. Thank you.
You just told us to draw realistically and not how to draw realistically 🤦♂️
Slow down man, you have a lot of really valuable info you are getting across please don’t rush it. Thank you for teaching, you are a very good teacher.....maybe I’m just a slow learner it I would love to see the pencil and paper closeups much slower.......faster than real time but man it’s a blur. Thanks, love your tutorial. Great info
I can see you have used shading on your drawing around nose and eyes at around 3.56 to 4 +, so why are you saying you are not shading. You are great at what you do but why are you lying? This video does not help anyone.
I found your technique wonderful and I loved the end results and I don't know why everyone has to analyze everything someone is doing today. But I do know what you mean when I draw I'm in the moment and I love that feeling that you get creating something. Keep up the good work!!!!
couldn't watch long enough to actually see any technique. all that hand gesturing is too distracting
I Love how you said “Process”. It’s like the math equation always has a “formula”. Through ur Process ur Method is born. I totally understand wat it is ur tryin to convey.
Yo you are a genius artist, from my understanding you figured that out on your own (texture over shading) and it is amazing I hope you're able to use this to make a living for your self and also thank you I don't think I got the patient but this vid does help and I've decided to subscribe
Thank you I struggle with getting my shading right not so much with the blending but the placement of it because I also struggle a lil with perspective. However I'm having a lot more success because of you. This was the first video I watched of yours and I'll definitely be visiting often and tuning in from now on. Thank you so much. I think maybe I'll try doing a drawing using solely textures and pressure and see what that sparks. :)
Wow. I wish I had a tenth of your talent. It's such a challenge to put on paper what the eye sees and you do it so effortlessly. I just subscribed and am going to spend the morning binge watching your channel. You are amazing and even better you're sharing it with the world.