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She’s does a great job explaining each step in the process which gives a beginner confidence that they too can do it. Respect.

wooow! most tutorials tell you to just deconstruct stuff into simple shapes but not how, but you with those two methods made me want to try it out! I'd definitely like to see more related videos. watching how you analyse it and whith the animations it makes much much easier for me to understand it. after you take off the guidelines I can still see the shapes, which is awesome. much better than trying to figure this out by myself with a photo that to men is full of complex and random stuff. there are even things that I wouldn't think by myself and watching this made me aware of them. so cool! I'm adding this to my drawing playlist

An incredibly useful tutorial that’ll definitely help with my sketches! A more in depth one like you said would also be greatly appreciated! Plus that one month of skillshare will definitely come in handy

This might be the most beginner friendly art tutorial I have ever seen. I gotta try this method soon hopefully!

This is the most useful tip on how to start drawing in general, thank you for this, really is a good tip on how to draw.

As someone with no artistic talent and trying to learn how to draw at age 56, I have found this video extremely helpful. Thank you!!

It looks so good doing it with shapes, but it can also take time to get used to drawing the shapes into something you want

I like when the tutor give me the simplest way to draw. This is all i need. Thank you.

This is something I needed to watch for a loooooong time, cuz I easily overcomplicate things and get lost in details. I love how your video focuses on using BASIC shapes to block in or carve your sketch. Beautifully done!! Thanks so much for this!!

Thank you very much! I used to free hand everything which when I make a slight mistake is very hard to make right😥

I am just glad that you are getting frequent with your videos. I remember those times when there were hardly a few. And even then I used to watch them again and again

This really motivated me to learn drawing!

OMG you helped me so much with this, now I can draw better. Other videos didn't do this they just jumped right in.

I remember this channel, This is where I first picked up art and since then I have progressed. Thank you so much😁

Great tips and now I gonna practice. Thanks for your video.

i clicked on a random tutorial prepared for a disappointment and ended up watching the single most helpful oiece of media ot there. great job and i love you

I just wanna say THANK YOU! for all of your informative tutorials, from shading, loomis method, shading, drawing the body part one by one, realistic drawing, drawing the whole face, male and female facial feature, this one many more!. It really helps my drawing journey. Thank you

This is the first of your videos that I have seen. Found it to be very straight forward and helpful. Thanks

I needed this video. Yesterday, I was completely overwhelmed with starting to draw when I learned in college about breaking down shapes, though I get nervously excited when wanting to draw something to get my art to grow. As everything comes with a process, I stand by to at least try when it’s part of learning through. Subscribed!💯

Great video, really helpful as I've been trying to draw loosely and I struggle with proportions.

"She's 6 heads tall" Me: that feels weird, but I'll allow it

Thanks for this useful tutorial, I'm just getting started and an in-depth tutorial would be great and much appreciated!

I've been trying so many method's but this video perfectly explains everything I needed. tysm🤩

What a brilliant teacher! Sure makes things look easy.

Awesome! Super helpful. Love the idea of using magazines. Your teaching style was easy to understand . Thanks so much.

this is it, the one tutorial i needed, others are a little applied but thios one is the on e i needed all along

You are back i missed you i love the way you teach ❤️

I recently started to use this method and damn it has helped a lot, especially in traditional art. It's a good way to draw a character or object in a place you want it to be without accidentally making it for ex. too far away from the middle or you won't accidentally make it too big or too small

thank you so much. i’ve been looking everywhere for a video that explains things properly and luckily i found this wonderful video🎉

You explain so well. Thank you for the video!

I saw my first Robin of the year in my garden yesterday, been trying to photograph one for years . They're to sensitive to the noise I make 🥴🤣. Great video 👍

Amei! Muito obrigada 🥰 seu conteúdo é ótimo

Love your approach. I really like how you break it all down.

Darlene, you're an excellent artist and teacher as well.

No way! Was it that easy?! 😱 Thanks a lot!

I just want to say that I am a beginner and I learned a lot from the this tutorial and thank you for that 😁😁😍

Thanks for helping me learn to look at shapes and understand a different way to draw.

This video was actually mind blowing for me. I've seen so many of these "beginner books" for drawing and they always started off with these oval-like shapes, but I had no idea what they were for! It was so simple all this time! I had no idea you can take literally anything and break it down into simple shapes like that. Thank you so much for explaining these.

Muito boas essas dicas! Com certeza irá facilitar para quem está começando, ou até mesmo ajudar a aprimorar.

Thanks so much for this video! I have difficulty seeing the shapes on my own, so it's a huge help to have you point them out - and to demonstrate how a key shape can be used as a measuring device.

Thant you! You such a loving and kind Teacher

Thank you for that. Ive always had problems with sizing and perspective, this will help enormously

I think it's quite important to consider the vacant space in proportion to your subject. That is a brilliant idea. Most wouldn't think of analyzing what isn't part of the picture. Negative space, as you call it. Thanks. This does make me want to try to draw.

Incredible! Thank you so much! I could draw a bird It took for a hour. Telling the truth it doesn't look very nice but I'm very proud of myself as before the video I couldn't draw at all.

This is the most useful guide I could find on youtube, Thank you!

I was diagnosed with autism and savant syndrome in my early 30's. I have a IQ score of 200 and I can draw like a printer. I have difficulty walking and processing speech but I can draw like a professional and sculpt anything. I love sculpting too. It's the details, I love the work it takes to put details into my work. I don't know how I do it I just do it. I also learn by watching. I don't need guidance I just need a good view. ☺️ LoL I really like your work. I love learning how others draw. Sometimes I wish I had to learn because I get bored not having a challenge. Right now I am taking a break from my drawings and I am watching others for awhile. KZfaq is awesome for that. I have been able to draw since I was six years old. I started out drawing roses that I watched from the window of my childhood home. We had the couch underneath the living room window and I would set on the ledge of the window and watch the rose's and birds. My mom brought me art supplies for fun and I started drawing the rose's as if it was a photo even over the coloring books pictures. I covered the pages with my own drawings. My mom was very surprised but excited for me. She encouraged me to share my work with people, she also bought me better art supplies so I can do more. My teachers ended up encouraging me to submit my work to the fair and art galleries downtown when I was in first grade. I got rewards from the fair and the art galleries paid me to have my work displayed. When I was in junior highschool one of my art pieces was put in a local museum and was on display for years. I took pictures of my hometown for a art project and I draw the pictures and placed them on a board with information about the places I drew, I put the photos on the side of the board so everyone can see them. It told a historical story of my hometown. I also drew old photos of some of the houses I found pictures of at the library. I also learned more about my family history too because my family has connection's with my hometown. My grandpa and his family helped build the city we live in. I also am related to famous people who are artist and musician's as well scientists. My grandpa was interviewed by a movie director for the production of a movie for the dust bowl. I was part of the interview, I sat in my grandpa's lap for half of the interview. ☺️ He was my favorite person in the world. My journey with art and poetry has been amazing. I'm hoping for a lot more years of art and poetry are ahead of me. 👍☺️

I am grateful for learning this

Very useful for beginners! It makes you build a solid foundation in shape recognition to be able to understand how structure works. This helped me a lot, thank you so much! ❤️

You explain everything really well and very detailed. I want to learn how to draw and this makes it not as scary. 😊

Wow!! Incredible method. I really love it and thanks.

Thank you very much Rapid-fire for helping me out.

Am a big fan of your ma'am and I discovered your channel last year it was soo helpful for me and I drew a sketch of eye from the hyper realistic eye tutorial and I just want to show you cause I think its quite good thank you for that but I don't know your email..... bad luck for me. Anyone who is reading this comment and know her email please tell me.....please I request. Thank you again for helping me my art journey.......my parents are proud of me.

I am not much of a beginner but this is perfect for beginners it's so relaxing with no music 😌 and its really understandable too :D

These are great examples thank you for sharing

I love how u gave us pictures to practice

Hey Darlene!! This is an amazing tutorial and after watching this I'm pretty clear about drawing now....thank you!! I just had a question...at 7:23 the way you added the details and shading, particularly.....how do you do that? I'm a very confused about where to shade (darker or lighter) in a particular drawing to make it look more detailed....can u please help me with that ?? Please do reply to my comment

Thank you. You're getting me started drawing again.. You make ti so simple.. By following your instructions... I'm very thankful that you can help Yelp me and and my son and my daughter... We enjoy watching your KZfaq videos...

Wow, loved this - I'll be practicing this!

Thank you so much! All the other tutorials just litterly say how they do it, but i want to know differnt ways to see what works for me. Thank you!!

Thank you so so much. This is such a sensible way to approach drawing.

Wow. That was so simple and awesome. Thank you. Great tutorial.

Wow, this is amazing. Thanks a ton of sharing this skills of drawing with basic shapes. Highly appreciate your work.

So amazing. This is exactly what I need to get better and its so simple. Thank you. And for tge photos too.

thank you so much for explaining.

You are amazing! I have tried to draw an eye watching you older videos. Thank you much for sharing your skills with us 🙏

your voice so calming and thank you! I'll practice this.

Thank you. Very helpful.

Helpful, as long as your proportions are spot on

THX for giving me a glimpse into improving my Drawing abilities. Keep it UP

Thank you so much for these!!

Super well explained. 👏🏾

One of the best sketching tutorials

Very nicely done! Thank you!

A great teacher makes a great student. And you are a great teacher, opening the ceative mind. Thank you.

It's really difficult to think and teach something, that you know very well, from a beginners perspective. You are the best. 😍😍

I love your simple approach to drawing.

Easy to understand & easy to learn.

Thank you for the help

I found the shape construction very helpful. More please.

your explanations are awesome, helped me a lot thx

Thank you for sharing, you r a great teacher.

Real helpful for beginners.

this is incredibly helpful. want more of this ❤️❤️

Very good tutorial. Ive learned this from mere reason when i was a child, no one taught me. I also apply this to figure drawing. Start with basic shapes, then light details, full details then shade. This also applies to shading light and shadows. No matter how good the drawing/painting the end result will be, i love the beginning process of construction lines and shapes and perspective more.

I love your video, it's super informative and your calm chill voice just makes it so easy to get.

Came here looking for a refresher on a principle I already knew, left with an even more useful reinterpretation of it. Bravo!

This was super helpful. Thanks!

very good! I'm going to try this out next time. I'm going to combine this with my current technique to hopefully speed up my drawings.

Thank you very much! It was so helpful! 🤍

Thank you and yes. I would like to see more tutorials like this

I think this is the video I needed 35 years ago. The method you've shown takes the mystery out of drawing, for me. Thanks for sharing.

WOW...! Awesome tutorial... 😱 I love this lady 👍💙

HELPED ALOT!

This is so helpful. Thanks

I saw this in my art class! It was actually pretty helpful for me as a newer artist!

This was incredibly useful!!!!!!

Thank you very much, this has helped a ton

Very informative and what I was looking for, most other videos show only one specific way. Thank you

You just nailed it, awesome video