“How to draw like a painter” that is so beautiful, and thanks for explaining it so well, I’m so lucky to have found you !!

The title of this painting by John William Waterhouse is the first line of a poem by Robert Herrick, a major 17th-century English poet, which expresses the “seize the day” theme. The poem advises young women to get married while they are at their youthful prime, lest they “forever tarry,” growing old while waiting in vain for a lost opportunity. One can see this theme expressed in the painting by the hint of troubled self-consciousness on the woman’s face. She is beautiful, yet appears to be in her mid-twenties, and so is approaching the upper limit of marriageable age, according to Victorian and Edwardian standards (the painting was completed in 1908). In the full painting the woman is carrying a bowl of fully blown roses. I am glad you are practicing and promoting artistic realism. Your emphasis on relating shapes was eye-opening to me and deserves to be widely practiced. Your process was fascinating to watch and shows that a traditional approach to drawing can produce incredible results. The final drawing is a beautiful rendition, and I am glad you described this technique with such clarity, and contrasted its rationale to that of hyperrealism, which is the overdone orthodoxy of the day.

I like your new format so far! Less repetition, more instructive and polished.

As much as I like watching you do oil paintings these are my absolute favorite videos of yours. Maybe because I am using graphite myself now that I decided to learn how to draw on actual paper instead of digitally.

Yupari, Master Yupari. Loved this drawing session! Drawing is my weakness so I am so grateful and am learning from your super clear instructions. Excellent as always!

I am working on a portrait of my niece, who is in her 20's. Its from a photo reference though. I used classical technique, checking out some new colors like light red (as per cesar santos) as basis for skin tone. on layer #2 now, its coming along.

As Cheryl Scott (below) mentions I think the model has what iscommonly known as an 'English Rose' complexion. Often found in redheads with a very pale complexion. wonderful video Yupari. Thankyiu

I love drawing along with you as you talk. At first my drawing was unintentionally looking like Jane Fonda but I ended up with more of a young Elizabeth Taylor. I think that maybe I starting placing the values in to early. Oh well, I''ll keep practicing. Thank you for the postings.

thank you so much for sharing this great video

I you are one of the best kept secrets..ever...I'm hugely in awe of your work, philosophies and delivery...thank you😎

You are awesome!

Yupari, thanks so much for such detailed video. I’m a little behind and trying to catch up. I feel very inspired and more confident since this is how I normally start a painting. Drawing is my major concern if I want a good painting. I also considered the values are the next important stage. I’m still working with getting my values as close as I can. Certainly watching you is more encouraging and the guidance you provide are just what we all need. I strongly believe you are very humble and unselfish when teaching what you have learnt over the years and passing the information to your followers is admirable. Thanks again and looking forward to see more. Blessings and best wishes.

Great video! I have to say, even though you don't get the views you deserve, I find it inspiring that you still keep at it with continually putting out great quality videos no matter what. I'm working on some preparation for my first portrait in oil paint, which will be my second oil painting ever. (nervous about it so trying to do a test run of the person.) Learning paint by just starting with greyscale paintings by mixing white, brown, and blue.

This tutorial helped me so much! Your understanding of modern art and the loss of that classical sense really explained what I can’t express. Thank you so much!

Yupari, since you asked...I started painting in acrylic a little more than a year ago. But, realized my drawing skills needed improvement so I took a break from painting to just focus on drawing. Lately, I've been mostly focused on trying to draw portraits in graphite or charcoal. I'm very interested in trying to paint portraits in acrylic. By the way, I'm your neighbor living in the next county over from you in Carroll County, MD.

I Love this video and drawing! Awesome!

Nice

This video was so helpful! Answered so many questions. I will be practicing this technique regularly from now on.

Love watching you work. I learn so much from your videos. Sincerely Ingrid

Thanks..love your work so happy to be able to catch you live..hallo from south africa

Love your sketching videos! I've been rediscovering art and focusing on techniques and the basics - I'm looking forward to following your oil painting videos once I'm more confident :) thank you

This approach should be appreciated!!

Good idea for a tutorial. Thanks!

very beautiful drawing - good work

very nice

Great Video! Thanks for posting!!!

drawing along with you..artist painted red on cheeks as that era they use rouge as make up..a reddish powder

love it! thank you!

Fine demo

I think the red cheeks are rosacea. Its a skin condition us fairskinned people get...

I just downloaded the image and will start today.

I'm painting a Selfportrait right now

I agree the red cheeks are likely rosacea. It can be called butterfly mask, it’s an outward sign of endocrine system problems. Probably not the result of pregnancy in this model but often it worsens with the hormonal changes of pregnancy.

My inner artist is modern art and/or an angry toddler

yupari iam trying oil colors my daughter got me last christmas i asked my brother also a artist oil colors mix with water yes i also heared u talk about it colors vibrant but donot dry fast

sorry to bug but you said to ask questions in latest videos...i have a problem..in charcoal i can do planes and good tonal work..even graphite..but not at all with my oils..black and white tones in oil perfect, but colour i dont understand at all..thank you xxx

Being fair skinned myself, I get a flush of red on my cheeks from exertion. On my easel today is a large, for me, painting of peonies. Photo references from my own garden. I love my peonies but they do not last long enough at three weeks. The drawing stage is not my favourite stage. I do as little as I possibly can, that seems to work out ok for me.

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What's your thoughts about using various measuring devises (proportional divider, sight size, etc.) when drawing portraits?

I'm interested about learning dimension and perspective!!!

I’m thinking the rosy cheeks are more of a blush/ flush that shows up more on pale-skinned people. It doesn’t seem to be make-up as that would be in a different area of the face.

When you talk about transferring to canvas, do you mean tracing your drawing onto canvas?

nice new sub ^^

Can you do selfportrait ?