Thank you for sharing this! It seems quite tedious, however the result is well worth it. When I was younger, I skipped the whole drawing thing and started right into painting. I ended up doing a lot of paintings that were all way off the mark and I lost the having fun part. I thought having the general colour there would do the trick. To me it's clear as day now that the subtleties of tonality and form are a lot easier to digest in drawn form than full colour. If you master that, you'll notice that even if the hue of your painting is off, as long as the tonality and form is correct, you'll still end up with a very natural looking work. Get that and you can have fun again.

I just watched lesson 28 for the first time this morning and am relieved you mentioned the slight differences between the blocked in version and the completed version on the Bargue plates. I have been using Bargue plates as a fist exercise in my high school atelier for the past 3 years, and found the disparity the very first year. Since then, I have instructed my students to establish their notional spacebox and all measurements off the more completed version of the plate. All their measurements are taken from the completed version on the plate. I laminate the Bargue plates before the students use them, and they can mark their notional box and initial plotting points with a marker, that are then easily erased after use, for another student to reuse. I am a former student of Paul Ingbretson.

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this, it's really appreciated.

I enjoyed all of these instructional videos. You did such a great job in explaining the process. I learned so much. Thank you VERY much for sharing your knowledge with us.

Thank you so much for this content I've never seen someone in youtube trying to explain this kind of method for drawing

Thank you so much for this series. I'm a 20 y/o who has only recently really gotten into art and I've been trying to teach myself by scourging the internet for information and educative content, and finding this has been absolutely crucial in my further growth. A lot of videos give you some basic and superficial tips, but all the tiny details that you talk about and little tips and thoughts really help to flesh out the educativity (if that's a word?) of the videos. You give your videos the value of a good teacher (or as close as that you can get via digital media). So thank you so much.

I've learned a lot from this amazing video series. Your instructions are very clear and easy to understand for a beginner like me. Thank you very much.

Excellent series! Thank you for your patience. Beautiful work!

Thank you so much for these videos. I recently bought the book, Bargue Drawing Course. Your videos complement the book in every way.The techniques of drawing and rendering you shared are a great resource in understanding Bargue's approach to art. Best wishes to you.

Superb! Absolutely superb. Thank you.

thank you very much for this series

Appreciated, thanks so much for the effort.

Thank you for sharing these videos. I learned a lot.

Excellent...thanks for this.

Hi master , Excellent and thanks

That whole process was amazing to watch, thank you. How many plates do you suggest should be done to cover the different types of subjects?

Mandy, just took the plunge yesterday and started my first Bargue drawing. I had watched all of these as they came out and now am going back to watch then draw. I am excited to see my lines start to appear on the page. I noticed that on your patreon page you mentioned that you might do a cast drawing series. I hope you do. Any chance of a weekend workshop on bargue?

Do we have to use charcoal with Bargue drawings? I use graphite pencils. I don't like to use charcoal. And i don't have a good quality charcoal. Is it ok to use graphite? Whats the difference? Thanks.

That was quite a journey! I was hoping it wouldn't end... Now I forgot how you started the process... and I misplaced the links to those videos... would you mind drawing an egg in one or two sessions... or maybe just a full scale Asian elephant...

Even on modern day printing scannings the final result differs to the original. Even a camera does not take a true picture due to distortion in the optics of the lens used. Enjoyed following this series. But after copying/following the Arm drawing exercise I decided this form of art is not for me.