Using Gesture to Start a Figure Drawing - Figure Drawing Fundamentals

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4 жыл бұрын

In this excerpt from the online program, Brian demonstrates starting a figure drawing with fluid gesture lines.
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@runawayfromtoads674 4 жыл бұрын

I wish I can sign up for online classes but I am so thankful for this clip! My greatest weakness is going soft on my lines and I hope to work on that. Thank you for all your help and hope you keep making great works! ❤️

@PozerWolf 4 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for this course to be posted on your site! Will sign up for sure.

@Alsyoutubeaccount 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe it’s just me but I would find this much more useful if we could see the model he’s drawing. It’s difficult to follow his plan without seeing what the pose is and where it’s going.

@DK-th5nt 3 жыл бұрын

I guess if we could see the model then KZfaq would ban this video xD

@ilikecookies230 3 жыл бұрын

a picture with the private parts blacked out would be awesome, but in my experience you would also need to get the model's permission and it might cost extra depending on the model. besides, you could take this as an example of how to do things then you could go to a place like croquis cafe to get the nude models experience and try to implement his techniques from here to there

@diericho 2 жыл бұрын

not using model

@lshwadchuck5643 Жыл бұрын

@@DK-th5nt There are videos of real life drawing classes. But that still can't do justice to the skill of sitting in front of a 3D subject and translating into 2d on the page. I copied photos all through high school. Once I got to art college, all drawing was from life or still life.

@natashahamunene2052 4 жыл бұрын

This was really insightful. Thank you for this!

@judihopewell2499 Жыл бұрын

Super demo thank you. More clips would be great! 🇨🇦👍🏻

@Xmroker 3 жыл бұрын

Really liked it

@KillerTacos54 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video! You deserve more subs

@internaut4257 3 жыл бұрын

i wish i could afford these classes, but im thankful for the youtube clips

3 жыл бұрын

Inspiring!

@MrAddison79 4 жыл бұрын

very nice

@gokaygundogdu 3 жыл бұрын

perfect drawing....

@Manticoraa 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting method , using academic drawing and Railey rhythms. I like more vilppu conceptual approach but I will give this a shot.

@doaflamingo3713 3 жыл бұрын

i took vilppus class, he is always like : "we're not drawing contours" *continues to draw perfect contour in gesture*

@jamestrickingtonIII 3 жыл бұрын

@@doaflamingo3713 How DARE you!

@humbertotello8382 4 жыл бұрын

Excelente. Todos los Dibujos.

@whitemoonstudio 3 жыл бұрын

very good

@nynanascimento4894 4 жыл бұрын

Perfeito!

@zaccomusic 3 жыл бұрын

amazing video friend

@pervysage7719 4 жыл бұрын

Please make playlists

@rutheproppi6265 3 жыл бұрын

Hello: Your artistic genius and your teaching is appreciated. Would it be possible to download the sketches that you are demonstrating in this video. Thank you,

@AerysBat 3 жыл бұрын

Take a screenshot of it

@BryanZam9 3 жыл бұрын

I expected something different with the title of this video, I thought you'd begin drawing gesture and from there build up the figure if that makes sense. Still a great video, it was really interesting watching your process and it made me feel a lot more comfortable with my own although it's really different from yours.

@lshwadchuck5643 Жыл бұрын

From the title, I expected a light, loose gesture sketch establishing the weight distribution of the figure and the composition of the page. As soon as he started hardening the jawline he confirmed my suspicion that his lovely drawings are those of a skilled comic book illustrator who relies on anatomy and archetypal bodies to quickly build credible poses. Amateurs who are convinced that this is the how-to of figure drawing are as mistaken as piano beginners who believe they'll be able to play jazz by watching videos about theory. I made a living drawing people for fifty years. At school we learned to SEE by drawing all sorts of oddly shaped models in difficult poses. I admire skilled comic artists, but the drawings are a particular genre and only those who have a solid training in traditional life drawing can use what are essentially short cuts.

@Marwangamal 4 жыл бұрын

Please, be nice with the price :)

@pedrocastano7887 2 жыл бұрын

HOLA CORDIAL SALUDOS Y BENDICIONES DEL ETERNO MUY BUEN METODO DE ENSEÑANZA SE NECESITA MAS VIDEOS PARA PRACTICAR. GRACIAS DIOS LO BENDIGA.

@jamesbennett4285 2 жыл бұрын

great

@ledothanhvy5811 6 ай бұрын

how do we continue from that? pls does anybody know the next video for this (or any vid similar)?

@wizard6330 4 жыл бұрын

Is there a specific level to place the collarbones and shoulders? cause every artist I see just place them without any measuring

@camilopachon9845 4 жыл бұрын

There is, but once you develop your artistic eyes, you will be able to leave some references out

@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug2653 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@springthyme501 3 жыл бұрын

In Robert Beverly Hale's Cranium measurement system, the pit of the neck is equal distance as the top of the head to bottom of the nose. (Draw a perfect circle from the top of the head to the bottom of the nose. That is one cranial unit.) The male clavicle's are also one cranial unit in length from a perfect front on shot. Of course these are just estimates, but after keeping these in mind for long enough you can place them as any good figure inventor can without measurement.

@elenamaravoto1236 3 жыл бұрын

MUY BIEN

@SnigdhaBanerjee-bk7to 2 ай бұрын

I feel fortunate....

@Xoxio_NFT 2 жыл бұрын

Where can I find references which u are using…?

@therupoe 3 жыл бұрын

I miss your videos

@user-kx8zp7rt9n 4 ай бұрын

Y el modelo? Donde está?

@danieldutch8621 3 жыл бұрын

Why is the reference not included into the frame, somewhere on the side? Seems like a glaring omission.

@lshwadchuck5643 Жыл бұрын

He's using an illustration method based on anatomy to create an archetypal figure from his imagination. No reference is needed, but years of drawing quick sketches from life are a prerequisite to use this method.

@gmon78 3 жыл бұрын

May I ask why artists hold their pencil like that? Genuinely curious.

@moonmomyeehaw1207 3 жыл бұрын

I think it gives them more freedom of movement

@marcosvinicius-jk5bn 3 жыл бұрын

Its more eazy to control the stroke and you can choose if you want to make a thick stroke or a thin one You should give it a try.

@scottfitzgerald5352 3 жыл бұрын

It allows you to lay clean tones more easily, it allows you to change from a soft to a hard line in a moment notice and, most importantly, is a way of using the pencil as a tool for learning the basis of painting. If you learn your drawing this way, theoretically, you transition to painting will be smoother. Hope it helps.

@gmon78 3 жыл бұрын

@@marcosvinicius-jk5bn Thanks!

@gmon78 3 жыл бұрын

@@scottfitzgerald5352 Thank you.

@sampokemppainen3041 4 жыл бұрын

Ain't that proportion?

@damilarearah 4 жыл бұрын

is there a good book on the Reilly method?

@rafaelsmith1001 4 жыл бұрын

Mastering the Craft of Painting

@rafaelsmith1001 4 жыл бұрын

also The Student's Guide to Painting

@rahulkukreja4537 4 жыл бұрын

Why does everyone's drawing looks similar in watts atelier ?But i love the way u guys paint it's fantastic.i would really like to see u guys drawing normal people with normal bodies too instead of fitness models and gymnast (i have nothing against them).I would love to see some different work from u guys.U guys are fantastic.keep up the great work.

@gcbdiverbrockplumbing5163 4 жыл бұрын

The problem is there's way to many approaches and techniques for drawing the human form, everything becomes convoluted and complex which is why a lot of artists say fuck it and give up, this guys style happens to be parallel with how I like to draw, do woodworking, building etc,.. you just have to find an instructor that matches your learning style.

@GeoCreepypasta 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@justingoldstein1577 Жыл бұрын

show the damn model

@lshwadchuck5643 Жыл бұрын

There's no model. He's a highly skilled comic illustrator. People who believe they can learn to draw like him by beginning this way are mistaken.

@justingoldstein1577 Жыл бұрын

@@lshwadchuck5643 yeah thanks I'm trying to self teach and while I really like this knowledge maybe it's early for me to follow this until I've done more rudimentary studies... still at the lol "drawing board" I suppose, it's hard to discern the training appropriate to my understanding sometimes

@lshwadchuck5643 Жыл бұрын

@@justingoldstein1577 I went to old-fashioned art college and drew people for a living for 40 years. I suggest you get the books Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards and The Natural Way To Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study Paperback by Kimon Nicolaides. If there's a life drawing class in your area, or an artists co-op group that hires models, that would be ideal.

@justingoldstein1577 Жыл бұрын

@@lshwadchuck5643 thank you so much... practical advice can be hard to find

@lshwadchuck5643 Жыл бұрын

@@justingoldstein1577 You're welcome. You'll hear about those books everywhere. They are the absolute classics and they give you practices. Drawing isn't about tips and tricks, it's about really learning to SEE, about how to focus your mind and loosen your body.

@mg-ThisHandleIsSoStupid Жыл бұрын

You call this a gesture drawing. Wow

@lshwadchuck5643 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's not.

@ded499 4 жыл бұрын

That is not gesture drawing !!!!!!

@charlzivanjohnbabida413 4 жыл бұрын

ikr im about to say the same thing lol

@johngddr5288 2 жыл бұрын

Gesture drawing means different things to different people for different purposes. There isn't one way to make a gesture drawing but this is a gesture drawing.

@lshwadchuck5643 Жыл бұрын

It's a pencil linear. A gesture takes about a minute and establishes the composition of the rectangle and the figure's general weight distribution.

@martinvestergaardportraits5654 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful but I do not agree with making 7-11 light strokes before landing each final line - Jeff does it also - it is a Parkinsons approach! Master musicians do not play every note soft first - and actors on stage do not whisper first - so why should we do like in this video ...

@JohnSmith-gm4qe 4 жыл бұрын

I would equate a light layin more to preparing sheet music before a performance, or writing a script before a play. It's also not entirely fair in my opinion to directly compare drawing to acting or playing music. they're all different languages. the point of russian, chinese and english are to communicate, but the alphabet and structure of each language is very different. an exercise for learning english grammar might be worthless in chinese, or vice versa

@davecasey4341 4 жыл бұрын

Everybody's a critic.

@shintori2808 4 жыл бұрын

if you want to know why WATCH KIMJUNG GI you go through this phase first like playing scales learning rhythm and hormony learning to read music learning to compose. Then being able to intuitivly pull shit out of your ass. visual art is 100x more complicated

@martinvestergaardportraits5654 4 жыл бұрын

@@IVPixel Autism? - taking it to a personal level and attacking like this is not the way to go - but I guess it is part of the 2019 culture for some people...

@ishheredia9626 4 жыл бұрын

Boy it's almost like drawing is different from those two things. Nice false equivalency or whatever it's called. If working professionals do it, I'm sure it's absolutely fucking fine to do. Especially since I get the feeling these fellas' drawings are light-years ahead of yours.

@dannistor7294 Жыл бұрын

...first, this is not "gesture"... second, the approach is not consistent in dealing with torso versus limbs...third, the skill is mediocre...

@zissou6928 4 жыл бұрын

This kinda training is soul-destroying. Serious artists STAY AWAY

@Thleta 4 жыл бұрын

For serious artists, this is the ONLY way.

@zissou6928 4 жыл бұрын

@@Thleta wrong

@zissou6928 4 жыл бұрын

@Harris Witherden Youre the one with an empty artstation page lol

@derektrudelle4182 4 жыл бұрын

Why? Just curious

@zissou6928 4 жыл бұрын

@@derektrudelle4182 Unless you're Bacon, nobody needs to see John Smith's student-grade figures in 2019. Enjoy being forgotten on the bottom shelf of a random Marshalls

@fkhjjmr 4 жыл бұрын

Slow and disgusting. The result is terrible. Dislike!

@sunkyasisa1834 4 жыл бұрын

what? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

@debbiesunlight7047 3 жыл бұрын

I like some attitude.

@lshwadchuck5643 Жыл бұрын

It's quite skilled for comic book illustration. It's not a gesture drawing. I wonder if anyone online has put a camera behind an artist while she does 30 second drawings of a model who keeps changing poses. And we see the model. That would be gesture drawing!