man I swear out of the hundreds of drawing videos I watch, you break everything down so simple. doing a tough project with perspective and you just gave me hope. I'm gonna look up your book. keep doing your thing!
I think fear is my weakness in drawing. I need to remember to have fun while drawing and realize that my drawing might not come out the way I envisioned it, but that's okay. Watching your videos, along with practicing and sketching everyday inspires me to keep on going! Thanks for your simple explanations!
I'm constantly inspired when I watch one of your videos. I just got home from work and was going to turn on the TV after watching a couple videos, but now I have to grab my sketchpad and draw something. Thanks!
I've been trying to revisit perspective (my greatest weakness at the moment) and no video has been as helpful as yours. watching how you apply it really helped me out. Thank you!
Man, you are one of my most trusted art UA-camrs... Thank You very much for these content, I'm drawing for 2 weeks now and you give me a lot of free but important lessons, thanks!
Alphonso, you have a gift, not only of art, but of sharing knowledge in a concise way. I went to the university, and none of the masters there taught me the way you do. Thank you!!
i was so doubt to click on this video because idk the thumbnails isn't really promising but then i'm glad that i decided to watch this tutorial.. so simple yet so clear and is easy to understand. thanks man
This .... is something that finally sticks! Like omg, so many great teachers have showed how to do this but you sir are bar none. Thank you. So so helpful!
I don't know if I've commented on one of your videos and said this already, but I just have to say, your guides been endlessly helpful to me. A couple years back I found your anatomy video and knowing nothing about anatomy (nor studying hard at all) at the time, it made me rethink how I drew entirely. I still have a long way to go but after far too long, I've started seriously practicing what I'm studying again and still, with all the sources I've found since, you remain one of the most concise teachers I've ever seen (without being vague and while encouraging experimentation). Your concise explanations have always been excellent refreshers as well, enough to properly teach or remind one of fundamentals and show them in practice, not so much dwelling on single points or drawings that they drag on. I know I'm just a rando saying this, not to mention I'm not great at drawing, but thank you so much. :)
I have been watching TONS of videos on youtube about drawing and just found you, you are the BEST one, you explain things really well and dont make it too complex! Thank you! I started drawing on my ipad just a few weeks back and really eager to learn aand your videos have helped me alot. Respect!
I've found your channel yesterday, and I'm really enjoying your explanations. Most of other YT artists just draw digital fanart, and seeing you going the opposite direction of that is highly satisfying, especiallly because I prefer traditional myself (don't get me wrong, I like digital too, just tired of seeing it everywhere and all the time). Please, keep up with what you're doing. Cheers from Brazil.
I was skeptical when I started playing my first video of yours but I noticed instant improvement afterward. You are a gifted instructor and highlight skills that immediately translate to results.
Now I understand perspective for the first time in 20 years! I don't normal comment on any type of social media but I had to thank you for this tutorial.
I know this video was posted 3 yrs back but its today that you have taught me the easy way in using perspective which is always difficult for me, thanks alot and God Bless you
Thanks a lot. That was very informative. Can I confirm that in addition to moving the figures in perspective with the vanishing point, you can also move them in either of the direction (up, down, right, left) anywhere on the canvas, within the each halves of the horizon level or on the opposite side of the horizon level. I noticed that happened at 12.57 and 13:14 time stamp of this video.
Every video is amazing! I taught humanities in an art school & only a few colleagues could match these awesome concept packed videos. The books are amazing too. Show your love & appreciation to this fantastic sensei.
You have an amazing way of connecting concepts--x/y, vanishing point, etc. I knew all these but couldn't seem to coordinate them in my compositions. I struggled with perspective but I know this will help a great deal. Thank you.
Hey Alphonso, Thank You for inspiring me different ways to create art. On your channel you've taught me valuable lessons on art. Ive been drawing for a while and now Ive even created a greeting card company that sells greeting cards and later donated to Stanford Chidldrens Hospital. I really appreciate it!!!
Thank you so much Alphonso, again you explain it easily and fun, and manage to tell just the right things, which I missed elsewhere and struggled with.
I’ve watched a few of your videos and am so impressed with your way of teaching. I went to Amazon and purchased your drawing book and workbook. I can’t wait for them to arrive. Thank you so much for sharing your talent.
This helps so much, you always describe drawing techniques in ways I would have never thought. Oh and I got your book as a birthday gift upon request, you did such a superb job! keep up the amazing work.
That technique of repositioning the person in space was awesome and amazingly helpful! I also really like how you showed a practical example of what you explained in the video.
Where tf were you 10yrs ago when I was trying to learn?! I gave up but recently got back into art and BOOM you arrive. I am SO fucking happy that you're breaking this down to such a simple understanding. SO many videos back 10yrs ago were just so awful. It wasn't tutorials, just people immediately drawing extremely detailed and difficult work with very awful advice that is hard to understand. They just kept saying "keep in relation to this and that and this recedes back to there but then you maintain the measurement cause of this." Made it fuckin impossible to understand and now.. I think I can begin practicing properly but breaking out of old habits at 28 is going to be a challenge!
I have watched a few videos on how to draw people in perspective, your explanation is the most clear. thank you Alphonso, The only issue was the later part of the video ,was too fast and difficult to see how you exactly applied the application in some parts.
Vi muchos videos sobre perspectiva y terminé con muchas dudas, pero él resolvió toooodas mis dudas con un video 😭😭😭💟💟💟 muchas gracias! Información valiosa y gratuita, gracias por ayudar a los artistas ❤❤
I'm learning how to draw just with your channel, great content! A nice video i'd like to study is how to keep the proportion of the body (limbs) with knees and shoulders axis in perspective :)
You r the best. You made my day. One angel that tought me in a very simple way how to understand those difficult concepts for a beginner like me. Want to know if you have published a book for beginners. I will buy one. Thanks a lot Alphonso. Keep on going. People need to know about you. God bless your future as a painter and as a teacher. We need people like you in this planet.😘
THE BEST tutorial I've seen and thank you very much for your time and effort. Also, this is one of the handful of times I've made comment. Couldn't possibly not for how awesome your expertise in explaining and demonstrating was. Thanks, again.
For about half of this video, I was presented with stuff I already knew about perspective; I was disappointed. But, by 9:46, he moved the figure a smidgen to the right. I always freeze up when moving a character. That epiphany nearly melted my brain. I can't believe I doubted you, Alphonso. You're the best art teacher on UA-cam. Even better than my previous Fine Art "teacher."
Mr. Dunn Thanks!!!!!! my son's teacher gave him your name and we're following you because he loves to draw, he loves art.... it scared me sooo much that ALL he does is ART and DRAWING... We're here in Columbus GA, from Albany GA a country boy to his little heart, very respectfully wonderful and is a 4th grader, I try my best to include him in some type of art or painting, sir I'm a nurse and rather stay in that field, but he doesn't Trace... he really draws.. I'm into supporting my loved ones, so I'll make sure my son meets you.. I'll tell you his name so when you meet him you'll know his name.. It's Camron Oshea Player.. Sir he was drawing in class and got it taken up while in class and I punished him for drawing in class, It wasn't that I wanted to, but I took away his sketch books for one full day and he was hurt, he had cried really big tears.. missnurse2u.wt@gmail.com Winterset Tyler on Facebook I hope you really read this... good day to you sir. you're very talented..
Yes!~ This will help me so much in the future! Growing up as a kid none of my Art teachers taught me any of Perspective or Foreshortening skills, which is a darn shame. I would be a real pro at comic art if it wasn't for my teachers slacking off on what I wanted to learn in the 90's. :/
You are the BEST! I have been watching video after video and nothing was clicking. You are an amazing teacher. I look forward to watching more of your videos. :)
Inspiration, hope, desire to improve and practice - that's what I get from all your videos. I do need to watch them many times before they are embedded in my brain - not because they are complicated - just that my brain is well-used. Thank you many times!
The concept at 9:40 is something that just never clicked with me. But the way you just showed it so simply makes it perfectly understandable. Thank you. I feel like I've been attempting that technique almost backwards all along.
Huge thanks, you saved me with this. I still gotta get better with body proportion, which is the only thing in drawing that I hate, but this got me 50% ahead, so thank you for real ^^
So far drawing people in perspective has kicked my ass. Even the videos that have helped ke grasp certain concepts, it's only temporary. Thank you for really simplying said concepts, I'm gonna practice them in simple form!
That Drawing looked like a time lapse of me walking around my apartment while on lock down here in the UK
Great Lesson Thank you
Haha
Man you truly are the best at simplifying concepts. You make everything really easy to understand.
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man I swear out of the hundreds of drawing videos I watch, you break everything down so simple. doing a tough project with perspective and you just gave me hope. I'm gonna look up your book. keep doing your thing!
Thanks much and I'm glad I could help
Hands down, Alfonso is the best art teacher ever. He explained the concept in a simple and understandable way. This helped me so much, thank you
I think fear is my weakness in drawing.
I need to remember to have fun while drawing and realize that my drawing might not come out the way I envisioned it, but that's okay.
Watching your videos, along with practicing and sketching everyday inspires me to keep on going!
Thanks for your simple explanations!
Brother... I appreciate you. You taught me a lot even as an experienced Artist.
I am glad : )
Tqqqq so much Broo😊😊😊😊😊
I'm constantly inspired when I watch one of your videos. I just got home from work and was going to turn on the TV after watching a couple videos, but now I have to grab my sketchpad and draw something. Thanks!
lol awesome! Draw, draw, draw!!
From the way he breaks it down you can tell hes a master at this
I've been trying to revisit perspective (my greatest weakness at the moment) and no video has been as helpful as yours. watching how you apply it really helped me out. Thank you!
When I need inspiration, I return to these fundamental lessons.
Thank you, Teacher.
Man, you are one of my most trusted art UA-camrs... Thank You very much for these content, I'm drawing for 2 weeks now and you give me a lot of free but important lessons, thanks!
This was truly an excellent tutorial on drawing people in perspective. You are an incredible teacher Mr. Dunn. Thank you.
Best teacher ever! When someone really knows something they can simplify it ,
thanks much
Alphonso, you have a gift, not only of art, but of sharing knowledge in a concise way. I went to the university, and none of the masters there taught me the way you do. Thank you!!
Thanks so much! That means alot
That last drawing is the example of the beauty that is within the simple things, excellent .
This is the absolute most helpful video on perspective I’ve ever watched. This is actually practical to drawing real scenes. Thank you!!!
ive been confused of perspective for a year already. thank u for making it clear to me now. and within minutes, no less!
i was so doubt to click on this video because idk the thumbnails isn't really promising but then i'm glad that i decided to watch this tutorial.. so simple yet so clear and is easy to understand. thanks man
This .... is something that finally sticks! Like omg, so many great teachers have showed how to do this but you sir are bar none. Thank you. So so helpful!
Easy way to understand how perspective works, how to traslade something in perspective, and still look everything cool. You're awesome.
Crystal clear. Another brilliant lesson from a master teacher. Alphonso, I love your book. Please write another.
I don't know if I've commented on one of your videos and said this already, but I just have to say, your guides been endlessly helpful to me. A couple years back I found your anatomy video and knowing nothing about anatomy (nor studying hard at all) at the time, it made me rethink how I drew entirely. I still have a long way to go but after far too long, I've started seriously practicing what I'm studying again and still, with all the sources I've found since, you remain one of the most concise teachers I've ever seen (without being vague and while encouraging experimentation). Your concise explanations have always been excellent refreshers as well, enough to properly teach or remind one of fundamentals and show them in practice, not so much dwelling on single points or drawings that they drag on. I know I'm just a rando saying this, not to mention I'm not great at drawing, but thank you so much. :)
I really struggled with this stuff in school even though I loved art, and coming back to it years later. Thank you!
One of the best lessons on the net, rates in the top 10.
I have been watching TONS of videos on youtube about drawing and just found you, you are the BEST one, you explain things really well and dont make it too complex! Thank you! I started drawing on my ipad just a few weeks back and really eager to learn aand your videos have helped me alot. Respect!
so basically proportion is key for believable perspective, this is gold, thanks ;D
I've found your channel yesterday, and I'm really enjoying your explanations. Most of other YT artists just draw digital fanart, and seeing you going the opposite direction of that is highly satisfying, especiallly because I prefer traditional myself (don't get me wrong, I like digital too, just tired of seeing it everywhere and all the time). Please, keep up with what you're doing. Cheers from Brazil.
I was skeptical when I started playing my first video of yours but I noticed instant improvement afterward. You are a gifted instructor and highlight skills that immediately translate to results.
Hey alphonso , i consider you as my teacher , my drawing has significantly improved from your videos , thank you so much.
Glad I can help : )
He explains things much clearer and better than half my college professors do.
Now I understand perspective for the first time in 20 years! I don't normal comment on any type of social media but I had to thank you for this tutorial.
Very welcome
This video is actually very helpful for animators since the characters are constantly moving about the scenes. You really are awesome!
I know this video was posted 3 yrs back but its today that you have taught me the easy way in using perspective which is always difficult for me, thanks alot and God Bless you
🙂🙏🙏
I’m really don’t know how to choose the best expression of the words to say how you’re the best teacher. Many thanks to you 👏👍🙏🏻
Can't describe how much you're saving my life, you're the best!!
2 minutes in and you already break down perspective so well. Thank you so much for your videos!!
Very welcome 🙂🙏
not only did i learn art, but i also learned some math, keep it up man!!! love your content!!!
Thanks a lot. That was very informative. Can I confirm that in addition to moving the figures in perspective with the vanishing point, you can also move them in either of the direction (up, down, right, left) anywhere on the canvas, within the each halves of the horizon level or on the opposite side of the horizon level. I noticed that happened at 12.57 and 13:14 time stamp of this video.
finally someone who makes perspective make sense to me thank you so very very very much!
You are a reward deserving teacher and artist!
My man, your videos have helped me be a better artist in all aspects. Thank you sincerely, and how can I support you
Every video is amazing! I taught humanities in an art school & only a few colleagues could match these awesome concept packed videos. The books are amazing too. Show your love & appreciation to this fantastic sensei.
I thought I knew how to work with vanishing points. Wow!!! You introduced me to something I didn't know. Light bulb moment!!!!
Thanks for your time
This is the best explanation of perspective that I've seen!
One of the best videos on teaching perspective. Really enjoyed it!
You have an amazing way of connecting concepts--x/y, vanishing point, etc. I knew all these but couldn't seem to coordinate them in my compositions. I struggled with perspective but I know this will help a great deal. Thank you.
Alphonso you are such a gifted teacher. Thanks for doing these. I can't tell you how much these videos help me!
No worries. My pleasure
This was the best explanation of this that I have found. Thank you.
Hey Alphonso,
Thank You for inspiring me different ways to create art. On your channel you've taught me valuable lessons on art. Ive been drawing for a while and now Ive even created a greeting card company that sells greeting cards and later donated to Stanford Chidldrens Hospital. I really appreciate it!!!
Thank you so much Alphonso, again you explain it easily and fun, and manage to tell just the right things, which I missed elsewhere and struggled with.
I’ve watched a few of your videos and am so impressed with your way of teaching. I went to Amazon and purchased your drawing book and workbook. I can’t wait for them to arrive. Thank you so much for sharing your talent.
This video really solidified a lot of concepts that I've come across but never quite put together. Nice job of editing too.
Thanks
You are awesome at explaining and giving useful examples. Perspective is difficult for me and you made it logical. thanks so much!
+Pat Cheshire glad I could help : )
This helps so much, you always describe drawing techniques in ways I would have never thought. Oh and I got your book as a birthday gift upon request, you did such a superb job! keep up the amazing work.
Life changing facts 🙏🏽 this is the only video I could find truly explaining the perspective issue I’m tackling thnx for the post!
That technique of repositioning the person in space was awesome and amazingly helpful! I also really like how you showed a practical example of what you explained in the video.
This is a great tutorial! The example you drew at the end with the endless possibilities for composition was very whimsical :D
: )
Thank you for all these tutorials that you make, your videos give me a lot of ambition to pick this hobby back up again.
Glad I could help. Pick it up and I hope you never put it down
Thanks you. Alphonso. I appreciate your teaching efforts and easy language for non English speakers.
I am glad that anyone can still take something away from my videos
I already thought I knew perspective well, but you opened up a new world of drawing for me! Thank you!!
Very welcome
Brilliant! Takes a unique talent explain/teach any subject that well. Thank you, Alphonso Dunn.
Thank you
Where tf were you 10yrs ago when I was trying to learn?! I gave up but recently got back into art and BOOM you arrive. I am SO fucking happy that you're breaking this down to such a simple understanding. SO many videos back 10yrs ago were just so awful. It wasn't tutorials, just people immediately drawing extremely detailed and difficult work with very awful advice that is hard to understand. They just kept saying "keep in relation to this and that and this recedes back to there but then you maintain the measurement cause of this."
Made it fuckin impossible to understand and now.. I think I can begin practicing properly but breaking out of old habits at 28 is going to be a challenge!
3 years ago and I learn from your simple video in 2020 😊 thank you so much I had problems understanding the perspectives
I have watched a few videos on how to draw people in perspective, your explanation is the most clear. thank you Alphonso, The only issue was the later part of the video ,was too fast and difficult to see how you exactly applied the application in some parts.
Vi muchos videos sobre perspectiva y terminé con muchas dudas, pero él resolvió toooodas mis dudas con un video 😭😭😭💟💟💟 muchas gracias! Información valiosa y gratuita, gracias por ayudar a los artistas ❤❤
Now I finally understand perspective correctly... Thank you man!
🙏
So we can have as many vanishing point in a shot that we want
Wow your explanation is so helpful! I am planning a busy beach painting and you have helped me so much! Thanks!!!
this is an incredible video, its so simple and to the point its exactly what i needed to push my art that bit further. thank you for this!!!
I'm learning how to draw just with your channel, great content!
A nice video i'd like to study is how to keep the proportion of the body (limbs) with knees and shoulders axis in perspective :)
Glad I can help : )
Wow I've been searching how to include people into perspective drawings and this is the first video that helped me thoroughly thanks man👍👍
Thanks much. Glad it helped
Thank you so much. Your videos changed my life. Help me a lot on drawing people.
Thank you for explaining the vanishing point and perspective so well!
You r the best. You made my day. One angel that tought me in a very simple way how to understand those difficult concepts for a beginner like me. Want to know if you have published a book for beginners. I will buy one. Thanks a lot Alphonso. Keep on going. People need to know about you. God bless your future as a painter and as a teacher. We need people like you in this planet.😘
This was brilliant! So clearly explained and easy to understand. Thank you!!
Such a brilliant tutorial. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this. It is truly appreciated.
I never thought I see math in a drawing video. This dude is good. 🤜🤛 Fist bump.
So this is the relevance of the x and y slopes my math teacher taught during 8th grade! Thank you for this simple yet very effective video!
Yup and thanks : )
THE BEST tutorial I've seen and thank you very much for your time and effort. Also, this is one of the handful of times I've made comment. Couldn't possibly not for how awesome your expertise in explaining and demonstrating was. Thanks, again.
Thanks so much. Glad it helped : )
For about half of this video, I was presented with stuff I already knew about perspective; I was disappointed. But, by 9:46, he moved the figure a smidgen to the right. I always freeze up when moving a character. That epiphany nearly melted my brain. I can't believe I doubted you, Alphonso. You're the best art teacher on UA-cam. Even better than my previous Fine Art "teacher."
Lol glad I didnt disappoint
Mr. Dunn Thanks!!!!!!
my son's teacher gave him your name and we're following you because he loves to draw, he loves art....
it scared me sooo much that ALL he does is ART and DRAWING...
We're here in Columbus GA, from Albany GA a country boy to his little heart, very respectfully wonderful and is a 4th grader, I try my best to include him in some type of art or painting, sir I'm a nurse and rather stay in that field, but he doesn't Trace... he really draws.. I'm into supporting my loved ones, so I'll make sure my son meets you..
I'll tell you his name so when you meet him you'll know his name..
It's Camron Oshea Player..
Sir he was drawing in class and got it taken up while in class and I punished him for drawing in class, It wasn't that I wanted to, but I took away his sketch books for one full day and he was hurt, he had cried really big tears..
missnurse2u.wt@gmail.com
Winterset Tyler on Facebook
I hope you really read this...
good day to you sir.
you're very talented..
Wow, so you really played with the perspective here, awesome how you made it so simple to digest, thank you a lot for this profound video.
Yes!~ This will help me so much in the future!
Growing up as a kid none of my Art teachers taught me any of Perspective or Foreshortening skills, which is a darn shame. I would be a real pro at comic art if it wasn't for my teachers slacking off on what I wanted to learn in the 90's. :/
+Toxic Phantom dont worry, its never too late
best practical perspective tutorial! Thank you for creating this!
This is the best perspective instruction I've ever seen. Thank you! Just bought your new book :)
You are the BEST! I have been watching video after video and nothing was clicking. You are an amazing teacher. I look forward to watching more of your videos. :)
This video really helped me understand a lot about perspective. Thank you very much!
Great video. I like how you break it down to its simplest parts that equal the whole.
🙂🙏
Great explanation! I have been struggling with this specific problem for a long time.
As always, thank you so much Alphonso!
Thank you soo much for the tutorial. This is exactly what I was looking for.
You are so good I shared your channel with my friends. You deserve a LOT more attention!!!!!!!
Inspiration, hope, desire to improve and practice - that's what I get from all your videos. I do need to watch them many times before they are embedded in my brain - not because they are complicated - just that my brain is well-used. Thank you many times!
very very welcome! That means much. Thanks
You really explain it so well. Simple. Easy to understand. Your book is being delivered tomorrow! And how do you sharpen your pencil like that??
Sir, I’ve been drawing portraits for years, but found I lack fundamentals when drawing from imagination. Thank you for the excellent instruction.
Most welcome 🙂🙏
Brilliant! You’re quite the instructor Alphonso! Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us! Stay healthy and safe.
This is so helpful! Thank you Alphonso!! Any chance in a part 2! ❤
Alphonso, you are an awesome teacher!
The concept at 9:40 is something that just never clicked with me. But the way you just showed it so simply makes it perfectly understandable. Thank you. I feel like I've been attempting that technique almost backwards all along.
Glad I could help : )
Huge thanks, you saved me with this. I still gotta get better with body proportion, which is the only thing in drawing that I hate, but this got me 50% ahead, so thank you for real ^^
This is the simplest way of explaining perspective that I have seen. Do you have a video on perspective on a down or up slope?
So far drawing people in perspective has kicked my ass. Even the videos that have helped ke grasp certain concepts, it's only temporary. Thank you for really simplying said concepts, I'm gonna practice them in simple form!