These 10 Shapes Unlock All of Figure Drawing

These 10 Shapes Unlock All of Figure Drawing - How? Fresh Eyes pt 1

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To join the Fresh Eyes challenge, go to: www.lovelifedrawing.com/fresh...
The free account you make will also give you access to our new reference library for your general figure drawing practice. The lighting is designed to create clear and interesting shadow shapes and the poses are fun and dynamic!
Watch Part 2 here: • The 3 forms that make ...
We are removing an entire dimension to start this 10 day challenge. By thinking 2D, we can more easily get to the heart of some of the biggest ideas the human figure presents us. If we can learn to see each of these poses in terms of the very simple 2D model we created, we can see some of the most important things we need to see for life drawing, including both gesture and structural drawing.
These ideas about the torso, shoulders, attachment of the legs, head and neck are fundamental to figure drawing, whether you are interested in gesture, anatomy or using simple 3D forms.
If you are unsure about how to see these simple shapes in these poses, there is extra guidance when you sign up to the challenge with the link above.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:21 Torso
3:44 About the Fresh Eyes challenge
4:44 Shoulders
7:18 Attaching legs
8:55 Neck and head
11.07 The model as a whole
12:59 The limitation of this model
13:24 The side view, going 3D and more
How the Fresh Eyes challenge works:
There will be two tutorials here on KZfaq - this one and another on day 6 (Sunday 20th Feb).
When you make an account with the link above, you can access the 2D model and play around with it, trying to match the poses. Each day, you’ll get a new exercise plus 5 specially designed reference photos each day to practise with and drawing. There will be additional mini-tutorials in there to explain how to see the forms in the figure, as well as the side view of the figure, plus optional live sessions for further clarification.
Then on day 6 we will switch to thinking in 3D. We will build on the ideas already developed but using simple 3D forms. On day 6, a tutorial will be posted here on KZfaq about drawing these ideas in 3D. Again on our website, there will be exercises each day on days 6-10, plus live sessions and extra explanations.
Sign up with the link above and learn to see the figure with Fresh Eyes!
For our library of reference images, go to: www.lovelifedrawing.com/figur...
Follow us on Instagram where we will post more Fresh Eyes content: / kenzoandmayko

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@lovelifedrawing 2 жыл бұрын

This video has some of the most useful ideas we have discussed on this channel. It took a ton of thought to make this model as simple as it is. But simple doesn't mean easy. The ideas are fairly sophisticated, and it's not always easy to see them in a pose. Come and practise them plus much more by joining in the full challenge - link is in the description! When you sign up for a free account, you can also access our reference library for your general life drawing practice, plus our lovely community :)

@gatoninja4387 2 жыл бұрын

UGLY MODELS

@marysortinoart 10 ай бұрын

Que bueno! Los osteópatas no unen, tu nos divides. Sumamente interesante. Dime por favor que pincel y que tinta usas para mantener los pelos del pincel sano?

@timothyrodis5716 2 жыл бұрын

Kenzo this is an unbelievable offering and to think you are doing it for no charge is amazing. Thank you so much for the time, attention, and value you are providing to the community. Bravo!

@lovelifedrawing 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Timothy appreciate your support!

@dj-murlock Жыл бұрын

5:08 is nobody gonna talk aobut how absolutely dank this looks

@ninonuestra4076 Жыл бұрын

I just finished the Fresh Eyes Challenge. I feel so much more confident in drawing figures. It's great practice, it's free, and you can get feedback from others. I feel like I went from beginner to intermediate over the two weeks it took me. Big thanks to Kenzo!

@lovelifedrawing Жыл бұрын

Ah that’s so great to hear. If you ever want to email me any of your before and after drawings, would love to see :)

@loszhor Жыл бұрын

The "Attaching the Legs" section proves this is a good video and teacher. Due to pride or just not knowing, too many art "teachers" refuse to give a anatomical point for the top of the thigh. At the ASIS when all anatomy is accounted for.

@johncolton2516 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, hard not to drown in the KZfaq "change only one thing to become a pro artist" - tutorial swamp. You really bring clarity and a good place to start and grow from!

@randominternetuser2 2 жыл бұрын

My dog loves that wooden-man/ mannikin! i gave it to him since I wasn’t learning much from it.

@lovelifedrawing 2 жыл бұрын

hehe it is a great chew toy for sure

@jackpatterson2417 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation. I love your sense of humour! I am hoping that my internet will function well enough in my small fishing village in Mexico to be able to join the live sessions as well as complete this challenge. Thank you so much Kenzo (and I also imagine help from your family :D ) for doing this !!!!!

@lovelifedrawing 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jack! If your internet doesn't hold up, don't worry there will be recordings. Yes my family really supports me so much. Even my 3 year old daughter understands (most of the time) I can't play as much as I normally do at the moment

@Jackie_Staar 2 жыл бұрын

The dog is so patient being poked in several different ways mutiple times 🤣 🐶 Very helpful video btw!

@aublivious6215 11 ай бұрын

I only found this channel like a few days ago and I'm glad I did. I cant thank u enough for these free lessons

@joyflg1rl 2 жыл бұрын

This is kind of magical. It makes so much sense and makes the figure so comprehensible to my eye. I'm kind of dazzled.

@lovelifedrawing 2 жыл бұрын

Love to hear that Ariana!

@HelderB 2 жыл бұрын

"...I use it as a pencil case because I find that a lot more useful" hahahahahah I hit the subscribe button at the very same moment, that is the humor that made the world better!

@RobertKusztos 2 жыл бұрын

Kenzo, Congratulations for these most useful mini tutorials. The way you simplified the major formes/shapes of the body, helps us tremendously to understand the human anatomy and to draw quick gestures in minutes in every possible pose.

@mmn_el 2 жыл бұрын

Just did a study like this now. This is godsent

@lovelifedrawing 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Emmanuel. I think this might be one of my most useful videos :)

@mackenziejohns267 2 жыл бұрын

I love Maggie’s long-suffering expressions! Looking forward to the next ten days!

@lovelifedrawing 2 жыл бұрын

I know poor Maggie. She wants a cuddle and to go to the park, not to be the star of an art channel

@capneyeball575 2 жыл бұрын

@@lovelifedrawing That’s what she gets for being such a natural talent. I’m sure there’s lots of cuddles and play ahead for her.

@Divinity-pg7bc 8 күн бұрын

Thanks for all the fantasic materials you create and publish, by far more useful than the info I have gotten from my in person group life classes.

@tessarivas6136 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Kenzo. Thank you.

@DerekStewart 2 жыл бұрын

This is great! I love the use of simple shapes to break down the complexity of the human figure.

@Zacarion 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Kenzo!

@franklinvanreem 2 жыл бұрын

I bought two of those mannequins, male and female. They're on Ebay now! -:)

@bilniktoys 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all you do! Looking foward to the next 10 days. Great explainations today as always.

@sofiuzc4863 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for the video Kenzo! and thank you for coming up with this fun challenges! I havent had much time for life drawing, but these challenges inspire me to make time for it

@meaganpond4695 Жыл бұрын

I just started the Fresh Eyes Challenge and finished this video. I took notes along the way. Onto Exercise 1!

@redolives2508 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for all the help!

@simonaustin5659 2 жыл бұрын

brilliant! Thank you so much for all your time and effort explaining these fundamentals in such an accessible way.

@Micheles_Canvas Жыл бұрын

I just joined the community and the Fresh Eye Challenge! I’m excited 😊

@danieleercoli5544 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I'm a new subscriber. I live in Italy. There's an artist here who's creating contents inspired by yours about figuary. Her name is Valeria Andreis, her channel is Vale su Tela. I've been practising figure drawing following her this year. And now I'm going to practice with the pictures. See you soon;)

@BiG_Chee 2 жыл бұрын

Excited to start this journey!

@MicahBuzanANIMATION 2 жыл бұрын

You break down these concepts into digestible chunks of information. This channel is helping to make the often frustrating task of life drawing more doable. Thank you!

@dieseldg 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! I appreciate the explanations. I’m getting started now!

@GillianTapping 2 жыл бұрын

Saved! Thank you! :)

@messenjah71 2 жыл бұрын

Your channel is so helpful. Bless you.

@cristinaramospinto275 2 жыл бұрын

I loved this lesson, and I can’t wait to do the challenge!!! Yay!

@irmabecx4758 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely breakdown of this slightly more advanced technique, can't wait to try it out! :)

@AxiOll 2 жыл бұрын

Wow the squashing midsection tip has connected so many dots in my head as to why I'm constantly redrawing the torso area and why my proportions are usually off. This is the useful stuff I never seem to find in the anatomy books. It's rare that I see my art improve so soon after watching a video but this did just that, thanks!

@carolynsims3285 Жыл бұрын

Great class/challenge. Thank you!

@magpiemagpie6607 2 жыл бұрын

Great Tutorial, thank you so much

@jeantheurkauf9015 2 жыл бұрын

Took a few years of life drawing in college. I wish I had seen this first! Simplifying the shapes, some of which are fixed, some of which are malleable, and relating that to anatomy was a real eye opener for me. Looking forward to more!

@lovelifedrawing 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was for me too! The figure is a series of rigid bony structures with muscle and fat squashing and stretching between them

@worktowellness9913 2 жыл бұрын

Much gratitude for this tutorial and the 10 day challenge. This tutorial breaks things down to very simple forms. The basic shapes that squish or stretch, pivot... ahhh, i can see it better already.

@Ninjashifter 2 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. Haven’t seen these shapes anywhere else and they are immensely useful. Thanks a bunch!

@CapitaineNautilus 2 жыл бұрын

Coming one month too late to follow this course live, but I have registered and am going to follow it step by step. Awsome resource you have put together in that site and in this video. Thanks a LOT!

@pauart3105 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for your videos and for this 10 days challenge, I'm on! I'm learning by myself and it's hard because, apart from learning how to draw, you need to find good sources. And this channel is resulting really useful, seriously!

@abcd43373 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video! It's a little bit late, but I'm excited to start this challenge.

@rockhayden82 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great and fun explanation. I'm very excited for this challenge

@cleversoncarvalho6240 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting approach! Pretty straightforward :) Thanks!

@LikaAlaska 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! That is very useful knowledge and the challenge specifically!

@JoyGeorgeBryden 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this exceptional way to start understanding the figure!

@justmedidi 2 жыл бұрын

this idea goes so well with what i've come to learn recently. i watched a simple video that showed how a painter sees images which is simply through shapes. the idea is so simple but it made so much sense to me as someone who can only make sense of images through lines which has it's limits since what we see is in three dimensions! i'm really excited for this challenge to helpd me solidify this thinking into my practice and continue my journey :)

@mirjamolsson3938 2 ай бұрын

THANK YOU!! Soo helpful and I'm so excited to do the challenge!! Wow, thank you!!

@davidbauer1940 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all your. And thank you for the challenge. Really motivating to see passion.

@maximme 2 жыл бұрын

i came to learn drawing BUT ended up a anatomy lesson. its soooo interesting. btw, if you go to those plastic body exhibition, you will see even MORE amazing things about the human body..

@michellechen8461 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I found your channel omg thank you so much

@culsud 3 ай бұрын

thank you for this wholesome tutorial

@lepanda8300 2 жыл бұрын

Keen on giving this challenge a go. Love your work Kenzo!

@AbrahamLure Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Knowing where to put the collarbones in relation to the ribcage shape has eluded me in my years of life drawing. This is so helpful and I'm excited to tackle more complex dynamic poses with the arms above the head! Thank you!

@mihneaurs7826 2 жыл бұрын

Kenzo, you are amazing!

@ithinkso4430 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for simplifying things

@sheilafinchfineart 2 жыл бұрын

This is such a great video to get started with figure drawing! I love how siimple you make the shapes! I've been a professional landscape painter for 40+ years, and am thrilled to get started making better figure drawings! Thank you for this course!❤

@choochoochooseyou Жыл бұрын

Invaluable information. Thank you so much.

@lulup52 2 жыл бұрын

Clear and easy to understand, thx for these explainations ^^

@user-pu2yi5in1s Жыл бұрын

I feel extreeemly lucky to find you! 😊 Thank you so much for sharing all this knowledge! ❤️

@breddy4176 2 жыл бұрын

I WASN'T READY FOR 5:07 AND IT SCARED ME SO HARD I ACTUALLY JUMPED

@markostr 2 жыл бұрын

Super ! Thanks!

@alexandrerodriguesdesouza8255 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@llamagangstar8760 Жыл бұрын

I just practised using these shapes and ideas and i felt like Ive just been enhanced so much. This video was honestly so helpful. ❤

@_Adare Жыл бұрын

Great tutorials, simple affective and well explained.

@barbaracooper7716 2 жыл бұрын

Such excellent lesson with great explanations and descriptions of the body parts and structures, Kenzo. I’m so glad to see that you’re hosting and leading this challenge, and that it’s free! Thank you for all that you do for the figure drawing community!

@lovelifedrawing 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Barbara! So great to see you here - hope you’ve been well!

@barbaracooper9626 2 жыл бұрын

@@lovelifedrawing I’m totally loving figure drawing and drawing figures every day, thanks to you and Mayko! Congratulations on the birth of your son!

@wayneschuyler2094 2 жыл бұрын

Just starting out, and so glad I found these videos!

@murk.mp4760 2 жыл бұрын

yooo I may be 2 weeks late but these are sooo good. the quality of the video and the way you explain it is so priceless!

@jendives2000 Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton! Im definitely in for the 10 days challenge!

@katemajor4954 5 ай бұрын

Wow, that was so clearly explained. I signed up last night after watching one KZfaq. After playing with the ideas, I noticed today that in my doodling, the results were simultaneously more artistic, expressive and realistic. The doodling part was also more fun...that says a lot because I always have fun doodling, which is why I do it. I can feel my doodling turning into drawings. I love how expressive you are in your videos and how much fun you are having as well.

@erikandersson9668 2 жыл бұрын

Excited to start this challenge today! :D

@BootySweat4491 2 жыл бұрын

Love this! Thanks a million for this ;)))

@tildavanwell6603 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! This is absolutely very helpfull.

@Bamdeidz 2 жыл бұрын

It's crazy how this can be free ! thank you

@kasiako355 Жыл бұрын

This tutorial is truly fantastic! I am really glad I happened to find your channel, the knowledge is really helpful and presented in such an easy to understand way! Thank you!💖

@scienceforall7096 2 жыл бұрын

Nice explanation to how find and understand the figure parts.thanks to you

@bethheath2606 Жыл бұрын

Excited to try these exercises

@emilleum48 Жыл бұрын

This is so excellent in the way the parts are broken down into these simplified shapes. This will help so much with those 15, 30, and 1 - and 2 minute gesture drawings. Thank you, MSG Leum

@i-day_chillportal Жыл бұрын

Woh! ❤ this is definitely a great method for learning how to draw. Thanks 🙏🏻 for the video.

@marktalevski 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Psyduck119 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, Built up the courage to finally start learning and practicing again. These courses are incredibly helpful. Love your way of teaching, It really makes you grab the concept. I feel like other tutorials skip up on a great deal of basic knowledge and hence it becomes incredibly frustrating to follow along. Hoping to stick with the habit this time and draw daily.

@rishabhmayank Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot mate! Can't thank ya enough!

@PhilipReader 4 ай бұрын

Very helpful and expressive method of explaining the figure and movement thank you.Hope to follow.

@tablit. 2 жыл бұрын

Always great contents, Kenzo! Thank you. I found so interesting the way you simplified the figure and explained the movements (specially the colar bone one). Joining the challenge now :)

@user-to2fo3cd3y 2 жыл бұрын

This is fun!!😀 I'll try it right away☆

@ekkiart6667 Жыл бұрын

Starting this challenge today :D Thanks for making it free!!!!!!!!

@Ruindur80 2 жыл бұрын

I've missed your videos a lot! I'm still doing Figuary as usual, and I don't know if I can fit both things each day but if not... I'll do the Fresh Eyes challenge in March. Thank you so much for this opportunity!

@ciscoponch67 Жыл бұрын

Love Life Drawing, thanks!!! I never looked at the clavicle arm intersection, before. I focused too much on the shoulder blades. Very clever, thank you!

@dogstick12 Жыл бұрын

you are the greatest, your work on figure drawing is helping me more than drawing curves, asymmetric curves help but this is the gold gold gold

@alexvirago9072 2 жыл бұрын

I am so excited to start this!!!! I feel that this is going to be super helpful for me right now, I have some really bad art block going on

@mrs.dibujandodibujos Жыл бұрын

Owww man this is gold, every beginner and not too beginner uses a cube or any thing to represent the torso, but that its bad to draw shoulders and arms correctly making some mistakes, this helped me so much

@renzougaming9168 2 жыл бұрын

I haven't drawn in years but this video made me want to try out forms again! I know I'm a month behind these sessions but I'll go through these!

@saltinecrumpet Жыл бұрын

Been looking around for a good book or program for learning how to draw figures. This program shines so much brighter than any book or online program I've come across. Bravo! I'm excited to try!

@sissisfussful 2 жыл бұрын

very interesting and helpful , thank you :)

@danieljamiesonillustrates 2 жыл бұрын

wow a really helpful, well presented video. great to see this and explain bit more about structure.

@monjenvely 2 жыл бұрын

great way to look at it, love the collarbone and chin ball! I am going to try this challenge!

@michelreiff9630 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic and really helpful. Love the 2D Model!

@debbiemitchell6055 2 жыл бұрын

The neck and head is difficult when painting I can draw it but when I try painting it in the shadow under the chin doesn't show up correctly. Drives me crazy any hints on how to correct that?

@charleouel9012 2 жыл бұрын

Mmmmm Might try it out if I ever get the time to do so... Seem interesting way of doing it form what I understand it bassicly matching the block given to the ref... sond kinda fun like... some type of Puzzle game or something ....