Yassss! I always try to explain the importance of shape design, but this video does a far better job at breaking it down than I ever could. Very nicely done! Great teaching method.
I've never seen a tutorial by you that didn't change the way I look at art. Every video is another watershed moment for me. You make things so easy to understand and apply, and your service to the art community is huge. IDK how many viewers you have, or supporters in general, but I gotta let you know that for the last half-decade, your videos have inspired me, and helped me grow as an artist. We don't even have the same style, but you have a way of breaking down universal concepts about art, and you do it so well.. Marco, dude, I don't know how you do it, but please keep doing it. Your work has weirdly made such an impact on my hobby that I just gotta say something. I'm a grown-ass man and you're seriously one of my heroes
Bernard wow, thanks for that, Bernard! It's humbling to know that there are viewers out there who are benefitting from the lessons. And having repeat-viewers is something I never really considered would even happen when I first began this channel. I really enjoy putting the lessons together, and your encouragement only amplifies that :). Thanks again and all the best!
"I think what lies at the heart of painting is a desire to return to childhood and maybe with some of the life experience we gain as adults. And, if you ask me, it is quite a profound and beautiful thing to strive for." What a beautiful quote!
"It's about turning shapes into less, so together they can communicate more!" This line struck my like a lighting. You make so much sense in such a short amount of time 😭 thank you!
I show this video to people all the time. Like. Every chance I get. I come back to it frequently when I feel lost in the weeds on a piece or like I'm going to be at that point soon. I don't know what it is about the way you break things down, it just clicks, it's such a solid foundation to step out from when I know I need a fresh approach. I wonder how many times I've even looked at this without stopping to say 'thanks'. (I'll skip it on all of my views following this one probably, but thanks.)
Oh buddy, this is absolutely gorgeous! A friendly reminder about how much we should keep an eye onto our shapes and keep the canvas clean. Amazing way to show the video as well, kept my attention the whole time and made me laugh as well, something never happens with heavy courses and art theory videos. Great job!
You are the best painting teacher on youtube, absolutely no question about it. It really shows, the work that you put in these videos. It really shows how beautiful the art of painting is. Thank you for these videos
These videos are so high quality and they keep your attention really well! Can't say any other art tutorial videos out there are doing this right now. Great job man!
oh my god... I've been struggling so hard to figure out why my sketches hardly ever pan out the way I want them to until i watched this video! I was just doodling a face and i applied this method of shape design to the cast and body shadows of the sketch, punched the value of the terminators and POOF! instant appeal. thanks so much for posting this.
I really love this series. I'm learning a lot about "basics" that aren't necessarily so basic, but you're breaking it all down in a very clear and accessible way. I rely heavily on tutorials like this for my art education, and I really appreciate what you do here.
Years of drawing, design, studying and this was what I was missing about the quality of what I do, what I always keep missing in my work. Better now than never, thanks so much for this video.
This video came out 6 years ago and here I am with my jaw to the floor, learning more from these short videos than I could ever learn from art classes in school
Thank you for the lesson Marco! I find the whole '10 minutes....' series very very very useful and perfectly explained. I'm not a painter, I'm photographer. But as I a photographer I know I must have my own visual language, my own voice, my own style. And photography is something like the little sister of painting. I believe one must learn the visual language through the way of painting if they want to be better photographer.
Honestly I learned some of this doing my makeup. Everyone stresses the importance of blending, which it is important, but nobody clarifies that they don’t mean to blend into oblivion - sometimes having a discernible shape is important. Like, /this/ is where your eyelid stops being black. That was the color I had the most issue with.
Really cool video. Another helpful thing to keep in mind I think is that Sargent and a lot of other artists always squint when they look at the subject or photo they are painting from. Doing that gets rid of a lot of small details and keeps your vision of the painting with large, simple, and clear shapes. A good line I read about that technique is " when you look at your drawing or painting with wide open eyes, it should look like your subject when you look at it with squinted eyes".
Just a point here - if you struggle with seeing shapes in paintings, try applying a strong median filter on it. The shapes then pop up nicely, though sometimes I'd advice to convert to grey levels first. Now that I think about it, there may be an even better, clearer way - have the image in a programthat can binarize the image into black and white and adjust the threshold slider. The shapes in the painting should be basically bare in front of you.
Your videos are helping me to become a better artist. I have the tendency to mold and blend my paintings but I would like to implement shapes and texture. I learned to look at shapes long ago but I did not know what kind of shapes appealed the eye. This video helped my current painting reach the next level. I will be using more s, c and line shapes.Thank you :)
In Mongolia, where I’m from, we call art classes Dursleh Urlag which means “Shaping Art” and I never really paid much attention to this name until you said shapes are more important to art than blending. Btw this is the 3rd time I’m watching this video since last year. And these lessons are slowly sinking deep into my overall understanding. Thank you so much Marco.
Every time I watch a video like this is like taking what I learned from college to another level. I learned about the c, s and straight lines for animation and for characters but I never thought about adding it to painting. I'm so happy I found this video, is like I finally found a missing piece
I relate to this sooo much. Throughout my course, I always felt I had the knowledge, but no one really explained how to use it. These videos were the final nudge that clicked everything into place.
Ive seen this video a couple of months ago, but now I'm rewatching cause I'm stuck on a painting process of a face. This, once again, helped me so much. Thank you!
:D 'shape dysfunction' after I visualized a heavy cube as the creative block. your videos are great for contextualizing my cloud of practical experience and I can feel more at control while creating.. it has been easy to block out the repetetive art theories but you actually made me listen , yay . and accept my humor for today
Thanks to give us the importance to use the simple shape and the correct value to have the essence of the painting. Also, thanks for remembering the influence of the childhood. Thanks a lot!
THIS CAME AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME OMG. Legitimately everyone else who has talked about shapes, hasn't quite broken it down in such an easy to understand and less intimidating to apply way. Its like most people who do it all the time become so conditioned that they can't say what really helps their shapes besides little tid bits. Thanks so much!
I liked your chef analogy. As a classically trained chef that is exactly how I see dishes, an amalgam of ingredients composed in a particular way. As a hobby painter it’s neat that you articulated the concept of shape in that way. Really struck home, and got the point across.
I remember waiting for new videos to be released. Marco Bucci made me able to do urban painting with gouache and aquarelle i.e. switching from digital to traditional. all these studies I did with photoshop - Marco Bucci explains so well that a lot of information I learned during my years of digital painting finally "clicked" and lots and lots of things became clear. Whenever I try to explain things to fellow artist I often revert to linking videos of Marco because "nobody does it better"~
As someone who've just picked up drawing and painting, this is probably the most important lesson I've learned so far. This is going to change the way I study and see other people's work. Thanks so much!
Some of the best tutorials I have ever watched (even outside art). It contains info straight to the point about basic principles that hardly ever anybody talks about. It actually teaches you how to really paint. Thanks.
is INSANE how good this series are. I always come back to re watch the lessons to practice painting, this and your color survival guide are my favorites!
I've always been very attracted to art that did this sort of internal simplification and deliberacy of color and light, and I knew it was somehow simpler than what I was doing with my own art, but I could never quite put my finger on what they were doing. This is exactly what I needed and exactly what I've been missing. Thank you so much
This 10-minutes series is definitely a haven for me!!! I have been self-taught for a year. This is the best best best tutorial I have seen!! 😭😭 A game changer for me 😭😭
Thisss is soo goooooood, because you explain so nice WHY shapes are working and HOW to develop them with C S Straight lines.On all tutorials around the internet I only get that shapes are important, but i didnt get how to learn this shape design. I am so happy to finally stumble upon your videos now.
man, i dont have any words to express how much glad i am for this videos. amazing produced and full of fundamental content hard to find in the internet. thank you very very much. and please keep sharing all this golden information with us.
When I've watched james gurney paint or use water color he does this mainly just paints in the shapes but now that you've explained this in greater detail I comprehend it, now I can use this with my painting. Thanks!
I think you might be one of the best art instructors I've ever come accross. Turning rather deep theories into workable 10 minute breakdowns that somehow get more or less everything through in a clear and consise way. No joke, this ten minutes was more informative than an entire year of art college.
I've watching this again after many months studying art and my head still exploding before such powerful information 🤯 Thank you so much for these video series, Marco! It's pure gold!
Halfway through and I'm in tears, laughing... "Nature is under no obligation to provide good shapes" and then CUT TO: that unfocused, homogeneous mass of hills and scrub! THANK YOU for so clearly [and humorously!] illuminating such a fundamental aspect of the visual arts -
This is a great lesson because of how not condescending it is! it feels very natural and good. You're a great teacher, and these tips are much appreciated!
Love the reference to Layers of fear!! XD Thank you for putting so much care to your videos, they are always super fan, which make it easier to remember, and very insightful
I want to say thank you very much for making these series. It does helps me a lot to see n improve my art. I am self taught here and there r tons of struggles n frustrations. U really help me. Thank u very much again. I wish u have all great things to ur life.
Very informative and even entertaining! I'm so glad the KNKL Show introduced me to this channel. I'd heard about c curves, s curves, and straights before, but never figured out how or where to to apply them until I saw this video. Maybe now I can improve at making my drawings readable even from a distance. I'm eager to apply this new information!
Ive been jumping on every video/article that covers the topic of good shape language the last couple of months, hoping that they would give me a breakdown like you just did. I feel like you just saved me months worth of time trying to get the right approach on this topic with this 10 min video .Can't tell you how glad I am about stumbling over your channel, it is true little gem here on youtube, ty so much marco!
This was so useful, that I cannot tell how grateful I am! Please do the video about values you have mentioned in the video also if you can! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
wOW!!! That's the kind of thing every artist should be watching. I'm in love with your teaching work here and as soon as possible I'll buy your courses. So informative!
'The painter speaks a different language than the picture'! Yes, this, totally this - beautifully articulated Marco. It's interesting that when this finally starts to dawn on you, only then can you stop struggling trying to paint a tree or a rock or whatever and concentrate on the shapes and values and the piecing together thereof. It's kind of a relief in a way - I've not suddenly become a superb exponent of the brushly arts but I am starting to see in a different way which will hopefully lead to, er, being more gooder at it. I wonder if there's some sort of teaching aid or game you could make with actual physical shapes in various values that can be pieced together to form images.
Your channel is the best thing I found here on RUclips lately, thank you so so much! You are fun, and tie teaching method is amazing. A big fat thank you!
Thank You! I've nevery really thought about the shapes in this context. It was always just shape of the head, or body, but never about shapes just being different values that create the picture. Simplicity at it's best. :)
Thank you, Marco! I learnt so much from you and Krenz Cushart. Your two have a lot of similar theories on composition and paintings. For the good shapes and CSI theories, I think the point is to reduce the amount of sides the overall shape have. The less sides a shape have, the more abstract and artistic it can be. Norman Rockwell and Alphonse Mucha are gods of composition and so good at creating clear shapes with realistic objects.
man, these videos are so good. they change the way i look, approach and do art. i dont usually comment but i do it for the algorithm and to show my appreciation :>
Thank you for this. I've watched many tutorial videos but I connect to your advice the most. Maybe it's just my style but your info makes the most sense to me in my practice.
This is probably the most important video i needed to watch this month. I am learning to Create vector art, but my art seemed to busy and messy. I struggled to see the difference between my work and my inspiration and i couldn't figured out why it worked and mine didn't. Now i get it, this video explains EXACTLY why my work didn't look right, because of 5:16 . thank you so much!
Holy moly this was so helpful. Thank you for your incredible explanations and for all the hard work that went into this video! Excited to put this all to work now that I feel I have some clarity on how to develop my art.
I really like you're videos marco, watching them is breaking the veil for me. I'm starting to understand how to go about learning this thing called art. thank you so much.
Thank you! I'm an aspiring comic artist who's trying to learn to paint digitally, but I was never very good at traditional painting media in the first place. This was extremely helpful.
I'm still learning English and terrible at listening but the visual explanations on your video are easy to understand even for a beginner of English like me. That's very helpful because there are a lot of videos of just "painting tutorials" in my first language but I can hardly find this kind of video.
Yassss! I always try to explain the importance of shape design, but this video does a far better job at breaking it down than I ever could. Very nicely done! Great teaching method.
Thanks Sinix! I'm a big fan of your videos/watching you paint as well.
this applies nicely when drawing like a painter
or painting like a sculptor
or sculpting like a surgeon.... wait what?
hi sinix
I've never seen a tutorial by you that didn't change the way I look at art. Every video is another watershed moment for me. You make things so easy to understand and apply, and your service to the art community is huge. IDK how many viewers you have, or supporters in general, but I gotta let you know that for the last half-decade, your videos have inspired me, and helped me grow as an artist. We don't even have the same style, but you have a way of breaking down universal concepts about art, and you do it so well.. Marco, dude, I don't know how you do it, but please keep doing it. Your work has weirdly made such an impact on my hobby that I just gotta say something. I'm a grown-ass man and you're seriously one of my heroes
Bernard wow, thanks for that, Bernard! It's humbling to know that there are viewers out there who are benefitting from the lessons. And having repeat-viewers is something I never really considered would even happen when I first began this channel. I really enjoy putting the lessons together, and your encouragement only amplifies that :). Thanks again and all the best!
this is an academy lesson, no joke.
well done explenation for every one who want to learn and improve his skills as artist.
I love art academy 😃
"I think what lies at the heart of painting is a desire to return to childhood and maybe with some of the life experience we gain as adults. And, if you ask me, it is quite a profound and beautiful thing to strive for."
What a beautiful quote!
"It's about turning shapes into less, so together they can communicate more!"
This line struck my like a lighting. You make so much sense in such a short amount of time 😭 thank you!
I show this video to people all the time. Like. Every chance I get. I come back to it frequently when I feel lost in the weeds on a piece or like I'm going to be at that point soon. I don't know what it is about the way you break things down, it just clicks, it's such a solid foundation to step out from when I know I need a fresh approach. I wonder how many times I've even looked at this without stopping to say 'thanks'. (I'll skip it on all of my views following this one probably, but thanks.)
you are literally changing my life with these videos. i've never understand digital painting better until now
Oh buddy, this is absolutely gorgeous! A friendly reminder about how much we should keep an eye onto our shapes and keep the canvas clean. Amazing way to show the video as well, kept my attention the whole time and made me laugh as well, something never happens with heavy courses and art theory videos.
Great job!
Thanks a lot!
This was a great video, and I can tell a lot of work went into this. Great job!
Well hello there!
Oh hey it’s Mattias Pilhede
You know it's a good day when a new Macro video comes out. You're an inspiration my dude
Haha, thanks a lot!
You are the best painting teacher on youtube, absolutely no question about it. It really shows, the work that you put in these videos. It really shows how beautiful the art of painting is. Thank you for these videos
Thanks a lot, Jeff :)
These videos are so high quality and they keep your attention really well! Can't say any other art tutorial videos out there are doing this right now. Great job man!
These episodes have been essential to filling in a lack of knowledge by lectures at my university. Many Thanks to you. I personally owe you one
oh my god... I've been struggling so hard to figure out why my sketches hardly ever pan out the way I want them to until i watched this video! I was just doodling a face and i applied this method of shape design to the cast and body shadows of the sketch, punched the value of the terminators and POOF! instant appeal. thanks so much for posting this.
Awesome!
I really love this series. I'm learning a lot about "basics" that aren't necessarily so basic, but you're breaking it all down in a very clear and accessible way. I rely heavily on tutorials like this for my art education, and I really appreciate what you do here.
Glad you're enjoying the videos. The "basics" are easy to understand, but hard to apply consistently. All the best!
Years of drawing, design, studying and this was what I was missing about the quality of what I do, what I always keep missing in my work. Better now than never, thanks so much for this video.
You are such a wonderful teacher. It is precise, beautiful and very memorable (and fun :)), Thank you so very much!
That smiley face blended snazzily with the parenthesis, now THAT is art
This video came out 6 years ago and here I am with my jaw to the floor, learning more from these short videos than I could ever learn from art classes in school
Thank you for the lesson Marco! I find the whole '10 minutes....' series very very very useful and perfectly explained. I'm not a painter, I'm photographer. But as I a photographer I know I must have my own visual language, my own voice, my own style. And photography is something like the little sister of painting. I believe one must learn the visual language through the way of painting if they want to be better photographer.
Miro Hristoff thank you, and all the best!
Honestly I learned some of this doing my makeup. Everyone stresses the importance of blending, which it is important, but nobody clarifies that they don’t mean to blend into oblivion - sometimes having a discernible shape is important. Like, /this/ is where your eyelid stops being black. That was the color I had the most issue with.
Excellent teacher from a teacher. Nicely done in doing.
Thanks! Means a lot coming from a fellow teacher.
Oh, just so you know - I'm a photography teacher - very nicely done.
I can't believe I learned so much in 10 minutes! wow
Really cool video. Another helpful thing to keep in mind I think is that Sargent and a lot of other artists always squint when they look at the subject or photo they are painting from. Doing that gets rid of a lot of small details and keeps your vision of the painting with large, simple, and clear shapes. A good line I read about that technique is " when you look at your drawing or painting with wide open eyes, it should look like your subject when you look at it with squinted eyes".
Robert yes, great advice and relevant to this lesson for sure! Thanks.
Just a point here - if you struggle with seeing shapes in paintings, try applying a strong median filter on it. The shapes then pop up nicely, though sometimes I'd advice to convert to grey levels first.
Now that I think about it, there may be an even better, clearer way - have the image in a programthat can binarize the image into black and white and adjust the threshold slider. The shapes in the painting should be basically bare in front of you.
Your videos are helping me to become a better artist. I have the tendency to mold and blend my paintings but I would like to implement shapes and texture. I learned to look at shapes long ago but I did not know what kind of shapes appealed the eye. This video helped my current painting reach the next level. I will be using more s, c and line shapes.Thank you :)
In Mongolia, where I’m from, we call art classes Dursleh Urlag which means “Shaping Art” and I never really paid much attention to this name until you said shapes are more important to art than blending.
Btw this is the 3rd time I’m watching this video since last year. And these lessons are slowly sinking deep into my overall understanding. Thank you so much Marco.
Every time I watch a video like this is like taking what I learned from college to another level. I learned about the c, s and straight lines for animation and for characters but I never thought about adding it to painting. I'm so happy I found this video, is like I finally found a missing piece
I relate to this sooo much. Throughout my course, I always felt I had the knowledge, but no one really explained how to use it. These videos were the final nudge that clicked everything into place.
Ive seen this video a couple of months ago, but now I'm rewatching cause I'm stuck on a painting process of a face. This, once again, helped me so much. Thank you!
:D 'shape dysfunction' after I visualized a heavy cube as the creative block. your videos are great for contextualizing my cloud of practical experience and I can feel more at control while creating.. it has been easy to block out the repetetive art theories but you actually made me listen , yay . and accept my humor for today
Thanks!
This is probably the Best drawing video ON THE INTERNET. AND THIS SERIES IS AMAZING! Marco Bucci! you are a HERO.
That closing thoughts made me cry. Thanks for your hard work
Thanks to give us the importance to use the simple shape and the correct value to have the essence of the painting. Also, thanks for remembering the influence of the childhood. Thanks a lot!
Thank you very much Marco Bucci, you are a great inspiration to me and to all of us who have just started on the road
THIS CAME AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME OMG. Legitimately everyone else who has talked about shapes, hasn't quite broken it down in such an easy to understand and less intimidating to apply way. Its like most people who do it all the time become so conditioned that they can't say what really helps their shapes besides little tid bits. Thanks so much!
I'm humbled by that, Naeem - thanks!
No, Marco, thank YOU!
I liked your chef analogy. As a classically trained chef that is exactly how I see dishes, an amalgam of ingredients composed in a particular way. As a hobby painter it’s neat that you articulated the concept of shape in that way. Really struck home, and got the point across.
U have no idea how much this video series has helped me! thank u.
MIND BLOWN , never seen how to simplify it this way
I remember waiting for new videos to be released. Marco Bucci made me able to do urban painting with gouache and aquarelle i.e. switching from digital to traditional. all these studies I did with photoshop - Marco Bucci explains so well that a lot of information I learned during my years of digital painting finally "clicked" and lots and lots of things became clear. Whenever I try to explain things to fellow artist I often revert to linking videos of Marco because "nobody does it better"~
As someone who've just picked up drawing and painting, this is probably the most important lesson I've learned so far. This is going to change the way I study and see other people's work. Thanks so much!
That's great to hear. This lesson (when I first learned it) did the same for me :)
I'm now a big fan of your way of teaching. It is just super easy to follow and understand. Thanks a lot for hard work
Geez man Thankyou.....what a great and simple to understand gem....after watching alot of terrible teachers its nice to have clear and concise lessons
Some of the best tutorials I have ever watched (even outside art). It contains info straight to the point about basic principles that hardly ever anybody talks about. It actually teaches you how to really paint. Thanks.
Thanks :)
You have improved my skill more than the months i spent in art class. Your videos are the best!
is INSANE how good this series are. I always come back to re watch the lessons to practice painting, this and your color survival guide are my favorites!
I've always been very attracted to art that did this sort of internal simplification and deliberacy of color and light, and I knew it was somehow simpler than what I was doing with my own art, but I could never quite put my finger on what they were doing. This is exactly what I needed and exactly what I've been missing. Thank you so much
The investigative reporting was my favorite part! This series is so wonderful and useful
This 10-minutes series is definitely a haven for me!!! I have been self-taught for a year. This is the best best best tutorial I have seen!! 😭😭 A game changer for me 😭😭
Thisss is soo goooooood, because you explain so nice WHY shapes are working and HOW to develop them with C S Straight lines.On all tutorials around the internet I only get that shapes are important, but i didnt get how to learn this shape design.
I am so happy to finally stumble upon your videos now.
man, i dont have any words to express how much glad i am for this videos. amazing produced and full of fundamental content hard to find in the internet. thank you very very much. and please keep sharing all this golden information with us.
When I've watched james gurney paint or use water color he does this mainly just paints in the shapes but now that you've explained this in greater detail I comprehend it, now I can use this with my painting. Thanks!
I think you might be one of the best art instructors I've ever come accross.
Turning rather deep theories into workable 10 minute breakdowns that somehow get more or less everything through in a clear and consise way. No joke, this ten minutes was more informative than an entire year of art college.
jonnyt8524 thanks a lot!
your videos are both informative and entertaining. Unique combination of skills. Great work explaining this!
This series is The Last Word in art education!
Wow! I went from feeling discouraged to feeling inspired. I'm a beginner and you've erased my frustration and drew up hope for me!
I've watching this again after many months studying art and my head still exploding before such powerful information 🤯 Thank you so much for these video series, Marco! It's pure gold!
Halfway through and I'm in tears, laughing... "Nature is under no obligation to provide good shapes" and then CUT TO: that unfocused, homogeneous mass of hills and scrub! THANK YOU for so clearly [and humorously!] illuminating such a fundamental aspect of the visual arts -
you’re really great at teaching! thank you for helping someone like me that could never go to art school ❤
This is a great lesson because of how not condescending it is! it feels very natural and good. You're a great teacher, and these tips are much appreciated!
These videos are so much better than we deserve. Thanks, my dude!
Absolutely brilliant. I’ve paid so much money for courses and in a short 10 minutes, you have explained what I have missing in my pictures. Thank you.
I can’t express enough how grateful I am for all of your wonderful videos. Thank you so much, sir!!!
No Doubt You are a Genius!!!..Teacher like u are rare to find!
Love the reference to Layers of fear!! XD
Thank you for putting so much care to your videos, they are always super fan, which make it easier to remember, and very insightful
I want to say thank you very much for making these series. It does helps me a lot to see n improve my art. I am self taught here and there r tons of struggles n frustrations. U really help me. Thank u very much again. I wish u have all great things to ur life.
hands down one of the best guides ive found. you hit the fundamentals haard I like that
it's crazy how much i'm learning in the span of a couple videos.. you've changed my entire perspective and how i view so many things
The quality in your videos is unmatched! Thanks!
Very informative and even entertaining! I'm so glad the KNKL Show introduced me to this channel.
I'd heard about c curves, s curves, and straights before, but never figured out how or where to to apply them until I saw this video. Maybe now I can improve at making my drawings readable even from a distance. I'm eager to apply this new information!
Thanks - good luck!
So cool, I feel like I’m finding this lesson at exactly the right time in my artistic development.
Ive been jumping on every video/article that covers the topic of good shape language the last couple of months, hoping that they would give me a breakdown like you just did. I feel like you just saved me months worth of time trying to get the right approach on this topic with this 10 min video .Can't tell you how glad I am about stumbling over your channel, it is true little gem here on youtube, ty so much marco!
BlahBlieBlubb thank you!
Loved the little film noir in the middle
This was so useful, that I cannot tell how grateful I am! Please do the video about values you have mentioned in the video also if you can! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
wOW!!! That's the kind of thing every artist should be watching. I'm in love with your teaching work here and as soon as possible I'll buy your courses. So informative!
'The painter speaks a different language than the picture'!
Yes, this, totally this - beautifully articulated Marco.
It's interesting that when this finally starts to dawn on you, only then can you stop struggling trying to paint a tree or a rock or whatever and concentrate on the shapes and values and the piecing together thereof.
It's kind of a relief in a way - I've not suddenly become a superb exponent of the brushly arts but I am starting to see in a different way which will hopefully lead to, er, being more gooder at it.
I wonder if there's some sort of teaching aid or game you could make with actual physical shapes in various values that can be pieced together to form images.
Your channel is the best thing I found here on RUclips lately, thank you so so much! You are fun, and tie teaching method is amazing. A big fat thank you!
Thank You! I've nevery really thought about the shapes in this context. It was always just shape of the head, or body, but never about shapes just being different values that create the picture. Simplicity at it's best. :)
Your content is incredible. Thank you for everything you do. Thank you for being you.
Thank you, Marco! I learnt so much from you and Krenz Cushart. Your two have a lot of similar theories on composition and paintings.
For the good shapes and CSI theories, I think the point is to reduce the amount of sides the overall shape have. The less sides a shape have, the more abstract and artistic it can be.
Norman Rockwell and Alphonse Mucha are gods of composition and so good at creating clear shapes with realistic objects.
Man....Marco is so good, he reminds me of the educational videos we used to watch in school.
man, these videos are so good. they change the way i look, approach and do art. i dont usually comment but i do it for the algorithm and to show my appreciation :>
Thank you for this. I've watched many tutorial videos but I connect to your advice the most. Maybe it's just my style but your info makes the most sense to me in my practice.
This is possibly one of the most helpful art videos I've watched 👌👌👌
Well done and thanks for mentioning JC Leyendecker who is undervalued.
This is probably the most important video i needed to watch this month. I am learning to Create vector art, but my art seemed to busy and messy. I struggled to see the difference between my work and my inspiration and i couldn't figured out why it worked and mine didn't. Now i get it, this video explains EXACTLY why my work didn't look right, because of 5:16 . thank you so much!
Holy moly this was so helpful. Thank you for your incredible explanations and for all the hard work that went into this video! Excited to put this all to work now that I feel I have some clarity on how to develop my art.
removing the mess by simplifying and then adding complexity back in is exactly the tool/method I needed
I really like you're videos marco, watching them is breaking the veil for me. I'm starting to understand how to go about learning this thing called art. thank you so much.
I really dont think there are better painting lessons in youtube than yours.
I come back to this series bi-monthly, Marco. I can't thank you enough for these lessons.
That's awesome, and I'm glad they're helping!
This video has transformed the way I draw and paint!!
my mind = Blown in a few minutes with this video. Pls keep doing them!!
I will - thanks!
This series is one of my favorite in art ! Thank you so much for continuing this! Bless your soul Marco!
I have learned SOOOO MUCH from your videos!!!!!
I love your teaching style! It makes everything so easy to understand, remember, and apply!
That noir detective segment got to me X) Thank you for a laugh and a lesson all in one!
May haha, thanks for watching!
Thank you! I'm an aspiring comic artist who's trying to learn to paint digitally, but I was never very good at traditional painting media in the first place. This was extremely helpful.
Watched these.. series . .. 10th time.. still getting something significant lesson after a year..
your videos are absolute goldmines
"Nature is under no obligation to provide good shapes…''. BRILLIANT vid- so helpful, tyvm!
You are truly a blessing in every artist! Thank you teacher!
I'm still learning English and terrible at listening but the visual explanations on your video are easy to understand even for a beginner of English like me.
That's very helpful because there are a lot of videos of just "painting tutorials" in my first language but I can hardly find this kind of video.
I'm glad it was understandable for you! Thanks for watching :)