The Most Important Drawing Skill

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Observing gestalt is the most important drawing skill. When you're learning the other fundamental drawing skills, observing gestalt is the skill that ties all the other skills together. The most common definition of gestalt is: an organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts. In this video I explain how this idea can take your drawing skills to new levels.
This is the video I mentioned about multitasking where Micael Shermer interviews neuroscientist Amishi Jha about paying attention: • Learn How to Pay Atten...
Here are my UA-cam videos covering the other fundamental drawing skills:
• Observing Edges: • Drawing for Beginners-...
• Observing Negative Spaces: • How to Draw Using Nega...
• Observing Angles and Proportions: • Drawing Angles and Pro... • Realistic Drawing: Und... • Drawing Benedict Cumbe...
• Observing Shapes of Shadows • How Shadows Bring Your...
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[@sohel1077]

Love from india 🇮🇳

[@sohel1077]

Thanks for this video sir

[@laurenball_illustrator]

Thanks for your kind words, it means a lot!

[@shabeerali4585]

Thanks for it 💜

[@laurenball_illustrator]

You're welcome, I'm glad you liked it and I hope it's helpful!

[@destrask9413]

Thanks!

[@laurenball_illustrator]

You're welcome, and thank you!

[@HoSza1]

Gestalt is a notion impossible to explain without using intense hand gestures.

[@laurenball_illustrator]

Don't you know it!😏

[@HoSza1]

@@laurenball_illustrator I intended this remark as humour, but actually philosophy has always been way beyond me. Many will hate me for saying this but philosophy doesn't even seem "real" science to me. At least not in the sense like other exact sciences, it's more like 'meta-science".

[@laurenball_illustrator]

@@HoSza1 I agree with you, it took me a long time and research to try and have this make sense as it applies to my art. That's the main reason I didn't go into detail on each of the gestalt principles. I did find the overall idea of "the whole being more than the sum of the parts" to be a helpful idea to pull all the fundamental drawing skills together. And I did pick up on your humour, I appreciate your comment! Thanks

[@miguelrobledo2581]

@@HoSza1 Reducing philosophy to science would be even worse, so dont worry,