It's a good reminder to new artists that your one hour study will not look like some of his one hour studies. Quick studies and the ability to get that much information on a page is also a skill that takes time and practice. So understand that it is also something that will build and grow with you and the effort you put into the process and your own learning. Don't let yourself get frustrated! (I know a lot of young and new artists try to follow the advice and get very frustrated when they can't replicate the same results in their studies as professional artists with thousands of hours of studies under their belt).

In art class in high school, we were learning about light and shadows, so we painted an egg still life. I was so unbelievably proud of my egg, and I was so excited to show my mom because I thought she might finally be proud of me for something since she was an artist. I showed her the egg with a huge smile, and she looked at it with no emotion on her face and blankly said, "It's an egg." That moment will forever haunt me, but I still love egg paintings and I think it's really cool how the different light and shadows are so simple but still make such a difference. It would just be a basic oval without it.

The thing that helped me the most were 1. Sam Neilson’s colour and light course 2. James gurney’s colour and light 3. Light for visual artists- Richard Yot 4. Studies

I felt very seen when you said "drawing made sense to me in line but color always confused me", thats my current problem in my art progress rn haha. Time to put pedal to the metal with these studies, and thanks for being so honest!

the thought of doing studies admittedly scares me, BUT the simple act of giving them little faces makes it so much more fun. ur a genius lmao

How helpful. I'm self taught, been painting 3 years. I'm still learning. I set aside 6 hours a day and practice. I don't work, I'm in a wheelchair. Started as a hobby but my paintings are actually selling. I'm going to do that. I feel like I've done art in other lifetimes. I intuitively know how to do things I've never been taught to do. It's weird. Thanks again.

You're like an art dad that I've never had. This is so cozy inspiring and educational all in one video. Thx man

Reminds me of a few years ago, when I was stuck being unable to improve anything with human shapes and I was like hating my art and all that jazz. Then I had to take that one mandatory class in creature design I thought I was going to hate as well because it’s not my cup of tea, and we had this exercise where we could only draw slimes, but like, thematic slimes, so everybody had 10 minutes to draw elemental slimes, emotion-based slimes, historic-figures slimes and a bunch of other crazy stuff as a smile for an hour. At first I just thought that it was relaxing, didn’t think much about it and didn’t realize that it was the first time I relaxed while drawing in months, so it came for me as a surprise when I sat to work on a major piece and it just, I don’t know how to explain but it just worked; it wasn’t flawless, and I wasn’t in the zone or any fancy stuff, but I didn’t feel as constricted as I would. Later I found out that I don’t need to be drawing humans all the time to improve that skill, our brain works in strange ways when it comes to learning, and for me it’s now about drawing some odd slimes a few minutes every day. I guess everybody has their own slimes or eggs to discover.

This is my first video I've seen of yours and I already love it. There's a lot of art channels that do too much gimmicky shortcuts or counter-to-the-grain methods but feels unnecessarily contrarian for the sake of being contrarian to seem more unique and gives false-hope to aspiring artists. But I love videos like this where it just feels honest. There's no "different angle" or "clever never before seen solution" or "trickity trick" that's going to suddenly make me become an expert. Face it head on - look at things, study things, put in the work, put in the fun. Love the videos, man

Something that fascinates me is that his art looks so realistic even with a stylized style because of how good of an understanding he has of light. That's something I've noticed throughout mediums, even with a unique or cartoony style, something that doesn't reflect actual life, and you give it really good lighting, then it looks realer than if you used a realistic style with mediucre lighting.

Seeing you put a character in your bottle for fun reminds me of when I was in college taking art and my teacher yelled at me for doing that because it wasn't "100% realistic" :') We had been drawing bottles for weeks... I was bored out of my mind so I was trying to spice things up a bit. I wish my art classes were more like what you shared in this video: drawing a variety of objects for when studying objects and not just bottles every single day. It's amazing how videos on KZfaq are so much more helpful than expensive college classes... I'm going to subscribe now.

wtf why does this only have 2,000 views? It deserves at least over 100,000. This is awesome!

This is like a mini masterclasss- KZfaq needs to get with it so that more people are exposed to it and can see it!!! Thank you so very much for sharing some truly invaluable insight and advice! Its’s rare (if it exists anywhere at all!) that an artist/illustrator who works for Pixar etc allows the public a to have glimpse into their brain’s creative process-and BREAKS IT DOWN in a way that really makes sense for anyone….I honestly feel like I stumbled across gold here, haha I mean this is a gift to all of us who watch! Thank you so so much!

😆 "Just shoot me now!" I've been feeling really down lately about getting back into art. Doing these small studies might just give me the push I need. Every time I see a product, I always wonder who the artist is! Not many people think about the work that goes into making a product and that includes the artwork! It would be such a neat feeling to see your work on something worldwide! Thanks for the vid! I'll definitely be checking out others in the near future.

I recently tried to paint a monochrome scene and the end result showed me how I had been neglecting values in favour of hues. Colours are great but you could paint an object in almost any hue and make it look realistic just by paying close attention to light / dark values and contrasts, whereas even a correctly-coloured object can look vague and undefined without the appropriate shading and highlights. I really liked that you guys spent an hour each week painting an object - that tallies up to many hours and many objects over a period of time so amazing exercise which we could easily incorporate into our weeks too :) Thanks for sharing!

With all the hype and drama nowadays... It is so refreshing to see somebody showing actual results of actual down to earth work that was repeatedly done in real life. Also it brought tangible progress that led to an actual skill you can use and build on. What a concept! No fluff, no drama, no glitter. Just light reflecting on surfaces, colors, mastered by actual practicing. The didactic structure and editing of this video is superbe. You are also a very likeable person. I also trust your guidance instantly. I write this at my personal starting point to binge watching your channel 😊 Avoiding noise and nightmares. Wonderful. Will try this. Thank you

I think you do an incredible job in the art world. Nowadays, people just focus on one side of the spectrum of art, mostly self expression, and completely forget that art is meant to convey the highest level of perfection, complimented with deepest passion and daring ideas. Thanks for all the work you put in your vids! Cheers!

Been drawing since I was a kid but in my personal opinion, I really suck at colors. I've been thinking for the past few months to do studies, and I believe this video pushes me to do so. So, thank you! Also, I feel like you yourself in this video can be a study a study as well - because of the dual lighting xD

My problem is whenever I want to paint something from my own imagination without references, my color palettes are awful I want to give up and cry lol

Colour has always been hard for me. I've always found line art easy, but when I go in to colour my art in it was so hard

I can't believe this is free. Thank you for coming to KZfaq and sharing your learning methods with us. I hope you succeed in all your endeavors!

this is such incredible advice! i thought this video would be on colour theory but it turned out to be the most practical advice, beautifully illustrated with examples and personal story

Thank you so much for sharing! You know, when I imagine the word “painting” I usually thought of something not really interesting and too academical, but when I saw your paintings, I realized how impressive and just sweet it can look, and it can feel to create it. Thank you , that is inspiring. Also, that’s good that you told you were painting this in Pixar every single week, because some guys perceive “getting job at a good company” as their end goal, and what you’ve shown is that people are keeping practicing and studying a lot, even and especially when they get a prestigious job.

You are so direct in your explanations, it's honestly refreshing! I followed along with your egg speed paint last night and it blew my mind. PLEASE keep making content like this, I cannot wait to follow along and learn from you!

You have blown my mind! I was trying to find a starting point to learn how to better my art skills and finally, I've found you! Great explanation, easy to understand. Please don't stop enlightening us with your knowledge!

I walked away from art for 10 years and just recently started making my return. I got an Ipad to make art easier on my travels and I have been finding myself quite frustrated and losing all hope. This video was so helpful and uplifting, helping me realize that it's okay to start back from the beginning and to keep things simple, especially when working with a medium I have no experience in. Thank you for this and I'm looking forward to watching all of your videos!

you are a genius, completely eye opening and can actually see myself at the very begining of understanding colour, such a clear love for art too thank you

this was great, you are really good at explaining concepts in a way that makes them seem approachable, thank you! 🖤

Only 3 minutes into this video and I instantly hit the Like and Subscribe buttons, as well as adding this to my “Art tutorial” playlist. Your channel is such a hidden gem, and I’m super thankful to have stumbled upon. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. Can’t wait for more!

Sold. I'm subscribing! I've been trying to figure out how to approach this self learning process and really appreciate how you broke it down to simple steps. Looking forward to discovering more of your content!

That diagram of art sitting between both halves of a brain is brilliant. TY. I learned as much if not more from still life painting as I did from hundreds of hours of watching technical art lectures. But i do think they go hand in hand, the lectures help your eyes and brain know what to look for and put down and the still life painting reinforces the ideas learnt.

You have a Fantastic channel. I have an art coach and I have learned a lot from her, but I see how you describe something she's been hammering on with my art for a long time and suddenly it is clicking. Thank you so much!

Instant fan, instant subscriber. I've been a hobbyist artist for years and never have I had things explained like this before... Amazing tips and advice. Thank you for sharing... This video should be blowing up!

These videos will help me immensely as I've been struggling for YEARS on color and light! I was always overwhelmed because I didn't know where to start, but putting the small studies and simple backgrounds are just the right push to get me started!

Have to say, Ive watched countless tutorials from all the pro concept artists. But your videos come across as so down to earth and easy to understand. Actually gives me more confidence listening to the way you explain things. Time to get back to them studies!👍

This video has inspired me! I always struggle with colour more than line. I need to do more colour studies! Nice to find such a great teacher online!

i love this video, youre a great teacher and this has definitely inspired me to do more studies. as being a self taught artist, it's encouraged me a lot to learn myself and be amazing like u are!

What a great video. Can really tell you're an experienced professional and your teachings are simple but profound. As a STEM student convinced I'm no good at art and am uncreative, I came across this video whilst getting into UX/UI design and looking into colour theory, and you've inspired me to actually give art a proper go! I'll subscribe and look forward to watching more of your videos!

Thank you for your attitude! I feel inspired by seeing how much you love what you do.

I listened to have of this yt and having experienced your enthusiasm TOTALLY INSPIRED!!! Thank you SIR!

Watched a couple of these videos while studying color theory and I'm really grateful for every minute of these lessons! Thanks and I look forward to watching more videos from this channel 🎨✨💪

Thank you so much for this video! I've just started learning art and I don't know where to go. This video taught me how to think for myself as an artist which is such as powerful tool that most people neglect. A truly heartfelt thank you from me for making me recognize this. Keep up the good work!!

This video was so helpful. I've been struggling with that exact same problem: I know how to draw, but when I take the big step of painting with color, I often end up frustrated with shitty paintings. This video really helped me to understand where should I start so that I can get better and achive that "color intuition". Thank you so much, cheers from Spain :)

Your first statement seems completely true, and transposable to music learning as well as far as I know. Great work!

I watch your videos multiple times, they are as inspirational as informative. Only wish you posted more. :)

Absolutely LOVED THIS ! 🙏🏻 thank you !!!!!!

Your description of your experience in making, learning skills and FAST practice is what I always describe as well to young people who think I just have talent. No. Doing alot fast is key. Really like your thinking about perception.

So glad I found your channel. After watching your first video, and checking out your lineup so far I subscribed. Looking forward to working on some light and color studies with you. Cheers!

Dude I love the content I instantly subscribed something about the way you portray yourself

Great video. Thank you! I'm a photographer and this way of seeing and playing with light is gold for me as well. Love your channel!

This video is brilliant and your attitude to other artists is so generous. Useful and inspiring. Ten points, liked, and subscribed!

Thank you, this is useful. I've been drawing my whole life but never used colors very much (cuz crappy colored pencils and markers ruin your beautiful art as a kid Lol) but in recent years I've been trying to get more into coloring my art, and creating backgrounds. It's lots of fun, but frustrating at times. Thank you for providing lots of bits of information, I find it all very helpful.😊🙏

Thanks for this information! That's surprisingly very useful! You know in these types of learning videos people usually say some basic stuff that everyone already knows, but your video in particular is very informative and inspiring)

Bro I know u posted this years ago, but I love ur channel and you are an inspiration man. Thanks for sharing these gems

This is really helpful. I have been struggling to understand how light and colours work, and how I can apply to my sketches. Thank you for breaking it down in a simplistic manner.

thank u for this! it really shows how passionate you are

THANK YOU FOR THIS! Now I know what I have to do to learn the shading and lighting stuff!! I didn't know what to do at first bc I couldn't find any video that was right, TYSM!

Just found this channel today. I turned on the notification bell straight away. Thanks Jeremy

I had some certain artistic skills all my life. It made me think for a while, I could be a professional artist! Quickly I learned that having an "eye" and the ability to focus on a subject for hours or days was never hard, wasn't nearly enough. Lots of skills Did Not come naturally! Classes like this are great, and I appreciate your generosity. 😁

i plainly love your art style and how appreciative you are towards details! thank you for the tips I am a fan now :D

I love this video. It feels like I’m in a classroom with my professor who’s amazing. We would have a small lecture in the beginning and then draw or paint after

Thank you so much for this video! First of yours I’ve seen, and I’m loving it. I’m feeling very motivated and your art is really inspirational!

This is such a great video and youre such a great host The way you talk is very real and relaxed. You feel like...beside the audience, not in front of if that makes sense a lot of videos feel like im being taught which is fine, but it always seems like the teacher is far away and almost not relatable. They speak like a teacher But i can see the passion you have and the excitement of how helpful everything was for you and its so relatable. Great video, even though i knew a lot of this, i dont actually so it, and this has made me feel like it wont be a chore to do but something fun

best video ive seen on the topic(s) in the last 2 years

This is the first video of yours that I have seen and I feel very fortunate to have found your channel! I love your enthusiasm for color and lighting. I look forward to learning from you!

this channel is about to sky rocket. And I'm here for it. Subscribed cuz you're an awesome teacher!

oh my god that are so good advice! It really helps me with my biggest problems with drawing right know. I think with those practices I can improve so much!

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!!

Wow, I just found your channel! This instruction is INCREDIBLE and exactly at the level I need it to be! Thank you for sharing your expertise!!!

Thank you so much for this wonderful lesson/advice.

I don’t care how old are you it never seems to amaze me on another artist side of the daily routine especially when they are disciplined at the craft or skill that they home and into it’s so beautiful it keeps me going at 6 o’clock in the morning when I should be getting ready for sleep or work I’m here watching you talk about art. 💯🔥 thanks 🙏🏾

Im lost for words to describe the educational purpose of your videos. Excellent material, advice and inspiration. Thanks so much for all you do. May the universe bring you a thousand times of greatness. Blessings and take care. ❤

Thank you for sharing this video!! This is reminding me of when I first realized just how powerful light studies are. When I was in college, I looked out the window from one of the computer labs and saw a beeeeaauuttiiiful display of orange sunlight cast onto the building across the street at sunset. I tried to take a picture of it, but my phone camera and its filters just couldn't do it justice. So, quickly hopping onto a tablet, I raced to capture the scene as the sun continued to set. When the night finally took over, I stepped back to look at my work, and everything clicked. Squint and zoom out reaaallly far so that you're forced to look at shapes! You guys can do this, just keep going!!!! Don't worry if it looks "ugly" cuz the point is not to look beautiful, it was to learn something out of the experience.

nice vibes from this video, thanks so much! it reminded me of my nicest art teacher, he was as encouraging as you!

i see everyone got this video recommended recently :) I just wanted to say ty, I’m an art student and i rly want to work in animation, and i lack of skills in understanding colors, but like a lot. Really looking forward to seeing the rest of your videos!

This video…just what I needed! Thank you thank you ☺️

Wow this motivated me quite a bit. You deserve way more subscribers and views cuz this content is GOLD

thank you for doing this, your advice is so common sense but so needed :)

This is very helpful! thank you so much for making this video and sharing your knowledge! Looking forward to seeing more videos about colors and light!

Thanks a bunch! I'm an aspiring 3d artist and have been in a funk lately and I think I needed to see this to remind myself that I need to let myself take a step back and start simple as there is so much to art in all forms it can be overwhelming and discouraging when you compare yourself too much to others or feel sad because you struggle with a more complex piece. I needed a reminder that it's alright to study in a more simple, more 'just do this one little thing to practice' instead of trying to practice.... everything at once xD. I think it's just so easy to get down on yourself and think I should be doing x or y and feel this pressure to do it all, especially with how our world seems crazy about being over productive all the time. Being reminded that it's not only okay to do smaller and simple subjects and stuff on the daily but that it will be much easier to absorb the information that way, was encouraging and made me think "oh, I can do that. I don't have to constantly try to push out more than what is reasonable for me. I can just do smaller things and let myself enjoy the process and focus on one or two things rather than overwhelming myself because of some false notion that I'm 'wasting time' if I don't." and, I needed that. Thank you. I just saw this, but you got another subscriber haha. Please continue to share stuff like this, It's super helpful I think, for all artists regardless of where they are in their journey, to be reminded that there's nothing wrong with smaller exercises to get used to these principles and to train our eyes and muscle memory to eventually be able to understand things more intuitively and better improve our skill. I know it helped me, and helped me remember some of what drew me to art in the first place (pun intended) and how I lost a bit of that initial joy I used to have because of feeling so pressured and putting pressure on myself. Hopefully, I can give myself a chance to let myself find that again, and find that simple joy I had back when I would just copy a bunch of art of characters from my favorite shows and how fun it was to just focus on that one thing.

I am such a fan of Pixar movies, especially The Incredibles, so the fact you have this KZfaq channel feels like I just snuck into a master class!!!

Yeah. This video needs way more views! I needed this! I am indeed subscribing. Great video!

woah, this is the first time I've watched your video and I don't usually subscribe but you just got a new subscriber:)

This video was very informative. I haven’t really practiced lighting and it’s something I really need to practice more. I also love the examples that were shown especially for Ratatouille and The Incredibles. Two of my favorite Pixar films.

Wow. Such value content that I didn't even realized the channel is new. And this is the first video! Awesome work.

Just found this video, incredible advice! I just want to thank you for your passion and reminding me that these color studies are fun and interesting. Can't wait to go study some more lighting scenarios and textures :) Just subscribed to your channel

One of the best tutorials on understanding color and light!

This is so cool! I'm excited to find this channel as I want to learn how to use an iPad and Procreate to test out various compositions! Thank you for making this!😍

this was so informative! I appreciate the colours of your lighting too, haha! the orange and purple gives a nice warm-cool colour contrast!! Looking forward to your future videos.

Amazing! I am looking forward to learning about these techniques!

I like that you are starting with the basics, its fundamental and very necessary, I like it and your approach . thank you

Thank you!!! This is SO helpful ❤️ exactly what I needed.

Wow this is the first video I've seen of yours and loved it! Your delivery and inclusion of examples are wonderful - easily digestible, to the point, inspiring, and funny. I loved the oreo and milk painting - it's hilarious! I've always disliked doing still life studies, but you, sir, have changed me mind. I'm definitely looking forward to watching your other videos 😊

this is the first video of yours that i've seen and it feels like THE most valuable advice i've seen about colour and light on youtube

Thank you, You are giving me motivation

GREAT VIDEO!! LOTS OF PRACTICE IS ONE REASON THAT YOU ARE SO GOOD .

A single video made me subscribe to your channel. I presume art teachers are probably like you. Very nice, patient and a master of arts ❤

For painting and writing, simplicity is best. Thanks for sharing and encouraging.

This is super helpful, thank you so much for taking the time to help fellow artists :]

Thank you so much for this video! Recently I started hating the 'coloring act' in a drawing because I don't understand how the colors, light and shadows work ;v; and that's why I thank you for this video - you inspired me to try this method of learning. You deserve a lot more subscribers !! When I started watching the video I thought you would have at least 100k subs and when I saw the 9k I was shocked - I really hope KZfaq's algorithm shows more of your videos to the art community :) Keep up the great work!