Years goes by but Kirsty is looking younger and younger and still as beautiful as always

I have been a working artist 40 years now. I went to Santa fe to search someone to teach me to paint, before that, I had a background in glass art. So in Santa fe I found 3 people to teach me; 1 a mixed media abstract expressionist, and 2, both of them muralists and decorative painters, and working with all 3, I stumbled upon a way to paint utilizing the accident, by seeing on their floors what I wanted to paint like, after a few years of learning their technics, I figured out how to create deliberately the accident, in my process of painting and painted in that manner for 20 years. Now learning to except the accidents in my art, I want to return to the way I drew at the beginning of my art career, which was realism, now I am looking for people to teach me to draw in color pencil, and in the last few months I have been practising and creating genuine mistakes and now I am searching for that deliberate "perfectionism". 1. Proportions 2. Form 3. Value 4. Lighting 5. Depth 6. Edges - Different 7. Texture 8. Colour theory Thank you I really enjoy your videos..!

I'm a photorealist who works with graphite, and I wanted to do 10 portraits to create an initial body of work to start my business. I ruined 2 drawings, so I only ended up with 8 sellable drawings. I made 2 particular mistakes with the 2 drawings that I ruined. For the first one, I used charcoal powder. I needed a black background so I didn't want the shine of graphite, and my mistake was not testing out the charcoal powder first. I learned as I went along. The method I used to remove the residual dust from the page was wrong and it ended up getting embedded into the paper. So now, there's a slight pattern of charcoal dust all throughout the drawing. You have to go close or zoom in to see it, but it's not sellable. The 2nd drawing I ruined was going perfectly up until the last second of the process. I'd been working on it for 64 hours, and the last day, I just wanted to rush to get it done even though I should've taken a couple extra days to finish it. I got tired while I was drawing, and I badly ruined one of the eye lids. I damaged the paper, so I couldn't fix it. As a result of these 2 mistakes, I've made critical changes to my overall system, and these mistakes helped me design the perfect methods for drawing which I use now. Rather than charcoal, I use a carbon pencil for black tones; it's less messy than charcoal, but it's still as dark as charcoal. Secondly, I set a timer for each drawing session. I put 2 hours on the clock because I notice that 2 hours is my threshold where my performance is at its best. Whenever I go passed 2 hours, I start to lose focus and I start making stupid mistakes. Surprisingly, I'm actually able to draw more than I was previously. You see, before I implemented the 2-hour time limit to my drawing sessions, I'd draw for 4, 5, sometimes 7 hours at a time! But of course, I'd go 2 or 3 days without drawing, and I'd have to work up the motivation to go through that daunting task again. Now, I'm able to draw 7 days a week, I never skip a day unless I'm sick or otherwise unable to draw. I can draw everyday because I'm only committing for 2 hours. For a drawing session, 2 hours is nothing. I know exactly what I'm doing in those 2 hours and my work is so much more efficient. Great video, Kirsty, you're very skilled and intelligent.

1. Proportions 2. Form 3. Value 4. Lighting 5. Depth 6. Edges - Different 7. Texture 8. Colour theory

Hi Kirsty… I’m Dharani an acrylic artist….I have always wanted to start a KZfaq channel… but I wasn’t sure if it will work…you were my inspiration for starting this channel….I now do KZfaq works after my college hours….thanks a ton 🎉keep inspiring so many people…

This is so true 3:42 Just when I thought I had my supplies and design skills figured out, I'd do a completely failed drawing or painting. So puzzling and discouraging, but you have to consider outside factors contributing to the failed art. The important thing is to keep creating art and not let one or two failed attempts define the totality of your skill level.

Hey kirsty I have been stuck in hospital for quite a while now and I had nothing to do but as soon as I watched your drawing videos it just kept me occupied now, thank u for all the encouragement and advice as well ❤

Great advice. After 20 years of doing art, I have found I learned more from my "mistakes" than my successes. P.S. love your sweater, it's adorable!

great video Kirsty!

I'm thinking of drawing 403 parrot drawings for a video, but have been watching your videos to make sure all the pictures are really good. Thanks!

When I was in middle school someone gave me 12 boxes of printer paper. Each box had a minimum of 2000 sheets. I drew on the fronts and backs of every sheet. It took me just a couple of weeks to draw on all the paper. I drew from sun up to sun down. Only stoping to sleep and go to school. My drawing level increased to a high school level. I even was able to do some realistic 3D sketches of people at a diner. Truth those took me at least a whole day to get the dimension right. Practice with learning new skills using old skills and time is why I got better. Realism is still the hardest for me to do. I'm close to realistic eyes. And skin tones.

I like the last one you drew more the angle makes it better

Good job kirsty!!! From the Philippines 🇵🇭

Thank u for the tips and ur drawings are soo cool and realistic 😊😊

Kristy, excellent video and thank you for sharing your journey. I truly appreciate your time. This video is an eye opening and definitely worth to look back and compare my progress. I totally agree with getting to know the fundamentals for a better outcome. Each day we learn something new. I wish you the best and much more. Blessings and take care. ❤❤❤

Thank you! Fully encouraged by your words and work.

Ooh, those look so good Bonita! 😊 I used to have a couple of sad strawberry plants in my back garden that didn't do well but I i got optimistic and planted 4 new ones this year. Nithing njcer that a strawberry tart. Yum. 😊

Hullo Kirsty, I am hopeful that you are discovering a way forward with your Art career! I have enjoyed watching your videos for quite some time and believe that you are a tremendously talented person and I am hopeful that you are discovering a way to make your art life co-exist with your family life! Wonderful video and great points for getting better results for everyone who watches and has a desire to learn! Thank you.

All of your pieces ♥️ are beautiful, but I think Herpe mouth, is my favorite ❤❤

Thank you for summarising your road bumps and lessons.

Thank you! I needed to hear this today as struggling with current portrait.

Great video! I loved the graph of our progress in drawing or painting. It takes a lot of pressure off if you can realize that sometimes the result of trying things will not be what you hoped for or expected. Another reason to learn the fundamentals is that they can guide you in knowing what step to take next no matter what media you are using. I remember when I started drawing and painting, sometimes I would just get stuck and have to ask a teacher. But if you know your fundamentals, you can usually understand the problem and generate a solution.

Thank you for allowing us to learn from you. I am a perfectionist. This has helped me a lot.😊

Encouraging advice!

All good points. I think we can be our own worst critics, but saying that, that’s why we strive to improve !!

You are definitely inspiring ❤😊 your art work is lovely, talent with multiple mixed media and i love that 😊 thankyou for your encouragement 🎉😊 keep your art bliss going 🙏🌿🩷

Thank you for sharing 😊Such a beautiful drawing you have there ❤

Love all the drawings and helpful tips! :)

Thanks so much for this video. I always get stuck on little details of my drawings that I am not happy with, but its true that they are usually much easier to fix then they first seem😄

Your videos are so helpful and my drawings are sooo much better than when ia wasnt watching. Thank you sooo much Kirsty!!!!

Thanks for the encouragement.

Love trying different mediums but my drawing still needs a lot more work, you produce some great videos.

All three portraits look fantastic to me ... I wish I could draw half as good.

thanks your amazing drawing ideas and teach how to draw and stuff is fun ans really helpful so thanks sooooooooooooo muchy

That graph bit rings so true when i think about it. I had taken a break from making art and now I'm thinking of going back in and refresh my fundamentals once more Thanks for sharing your thoughts about this subject. :D

Graphical explanation for process improvement 😊❤ You look beautiful 😉 Hair style 😍 Welcome back 😎

I love this girl she’s amazing

Thanks Kirsty, this really motivated me. I've been trying to avoid making a bad painting.

Yeah, just the other day I left this comment in a video about the need of some artists to change mediums to not lose motivation due to monotony. Since there's a lot of artists that have the mentality "Jack of all trades, master of none" "I don't have the skills yet, but I've noticed that skilled artists can change mediums and be good at them even if it's their first time trying them because they just have to change the technique a bit, but all the observational skills, how to use values, proportions, how to approach the subject and reference etc are skills that are used across all mediums, so changing mediums still lets you practice and improve those skills which are the essence of making art."

So informative and inspirational. thank you!

lovely pics❤❤❤❤

I did a digital painting course during lockdown and it made me want to try real painting. There is so much that translates, and at least you can see your brush and how loaded it is with paint in the real world. I’m very much a beginner but now also enjoying coloured pencils. I’ve learnt a lot from this channel, thank you!

Great video I really learned a lot ❤️

I hope you’re going to continue with the online course I paid for. Would be good to see new parts of it coming out soon.

Spot on about having a bad day- I have several of those drawings.

As we improve we get better at fixing things when it goes wrong. In fact, I found that as I improve I start to question more the possibility of things going wrong and how I'd fix them if the mistakes arrive. Getting better gives you the added foresight that can be so beneficial if you don't ignore it.

Excellent 😊

Amazing video!!

The Best in The Business.! 👊😎

I love your hair! 😍

i made the same mistake multiple times, an easy fix is to cover that area with something using another reference photo like a watch or tattoo something like that

such good advices especially skill development over time - expectation vs reality

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I found this helpfull and reconizable ❤😊

Wish I was as half as talented at drawing as you.

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I have learnt a lot from you

The water drop looks like a naturally occurring spot in the ski ...

100% true with the perfection part,,,, the way I got around it was swapping my pencil for a ballpoint pen after all the years and probably 000s£ spent on copic markers ect my best and fave art tool now it a simple 20p bic biro! 😍 even getting a free pen from the bookies works so well and when I need to see some colour or have a lil change up I use a diff colour bic ❤

we miss u kirsty

Hope you learned well in the end.

the second point goes even deeper: The quality of the end result and your skill to perform the drawing. The more I learn the more I want to be better at doing: Use less references, use less sketching steps, let the paint work more for me instead of forcing every color shad manually, be better at imagining 3d scenery. Barely anyone might notice this in the finished drawing, until they actually see me drawing. But the thing is: It makes me feel awesome. To be able to perform feely on the paper, it is like abandoning your training wheels. Though both ways of doing might have the same result.

4:18 shows crayola pencils, says "i was scared to try new things". yeah i was scared of crayola pencils too. they're not so bad once you get used to them.

Beautiful thumbnail ❤

Hello I am biggest fan of you...

Sometimes I'll dig out old work and go over it, as if I'm teaching my younger self how to improve. Obviously, this isn't really an option for all the work I did on cheap printer paper XD

Nice video

I'm not sure if you have covered this in a past video. But would sharpening a colored pencil like the graphite pencil be as effective?

At 5:46 I thought you were going to say her nose was crooked (I do like the drawing but try tilting the screen so her head is vertical)

I put the pencil down around 10 years ago because I was trying to do human faces, and I wasnt terrible, but the more I kept trying the more I made mistakes, and the same picture reference I used in one drawing 7 months earlier was better then the one I did 7 months later, same picture. And I got angry because I got worse, trying too hard. I put the pencil down, and only recently picked it back up in oct 2023, I've sold 8 drawings since then. I've never sold any before in all my years. I decide im not going to push myself that hard and get upset so I can keep the pencil in my hand.

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And I still say that the most useful work to do is to continually study the works (in this case, drawings) of the true masters, since one cannot find better teachers than the actual masters. Otherwise, I really believe that one risks being very much sidetracked into dead-end avenues, and developing mostly useless skills such as "photorealistic" rendition, and many other such wastes.

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5 o’clock shadow and stubble. It’s a texture thing?

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She mentioned an email list awhile ago and I subscribed but I haven't gotten any emails since like June is she not doing them anymore? Plz help I don't want to miss out

I want to start color drawings the thing is I have no clue on how and where to start ….I feel very frustrated and discouraged. I feel like I’m no longer improving. Any advice? Any course to recommend???

Are you back to doing weekly uploads?

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Your artwork is amazing Kristy. By any chance was your grand mother's name Christine and lived in Bucks. One of your aunt's moved to Australia and is involved with NLP??? I just heard on the video that your are married. Perhaps Christine etc is his Grandmother and Denny is his Aunt.

Thanks but I have been trying to learn how to draw lips with a little teeth showing if u know what I mean plz help

in your videos I see all your drawings, are they copies or the original drawings with fixation? I hardly dare to touch my drawings because it gives off a lot. I also suffer from the substance that is released with drawing, how do you do that? sorry but my native language is Dutch, this has been translated

What do you do with all those drawings....my closet is full

Your improvement curve looks Like a Stockmarket chart ,,,, 😂

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I'm a bit shocked you have so many drawings lying around. Why not sell them?

Yeah, my proportions are usually horrible, haven't had any art education, don't have the patience to do something like YT courses and all of that, i just, do. It sucks, but i do ok i guess. But portraits, pffff, nuhuh.