Very impressive video. Your determination to help others is admirable. I am a visual learner and I draw by looking at a picture. If I see something is not right, I work until I get it right. I truly appreciate the time and effort. Thanks so much. Blessings and be safe.
I enjoyed watching your" getting a likeness" video. I have always felt intimidated when it comes to getting the likeness of someone, but I might give it a try now. Thank you.
I tried this recipe last Thanksgiving. I tried other recipes for sweet potatoes with limited success. But, this recipe, all the sweet potatoes were gone! I barely got to have some for myself. Needless to say, this recipe is going to be served next Thanksgiving.
You are inspired , enthusiastic in drawing as you are in oil painting....amazing to keep up interest in pencil drawing which is fundamental and utmost important for any artist
I like what you said about sketching in a part and then assuming there's something wrong with it that has to be changed, instead of assuming it's instantly perfect.
i guess im asking the wrong place but does any of you know of a way to log back into an Instagram account..? I was dumb forgot the password. I would love any help you can give me.
@Alvaro Arturo I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site on google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now. Takes a while so I will reply here later with my results.
That's a nice metaphor for anything in life. The first mark you have to guess, you have nothing to measure it by, compare it to... First steps are scary. 😱😅 I usually end up erasing the first lines I made, but I needed to make them. Good to remember that. 🌸👍
Florent's accent and philosophy is great along with his art skills of course...i am relearning French and painting. I want to paint Annecy, gorgeous town...has Florent painted it yet?
My journey as an artist started in graphite and though I can draw faces, I have always struggled with proportions. I had never thought of using a plumb line to better measure reference points against each other and have a fixed point to measure off of. What a brilliant solution to a problem that has plagued me for years. Thank you and I truly appreciate it.
It's a big help in the beginning and with experience, the brain naturally looks for these reference points and you can abandon the plumb line and be free, with good proportions!
Thank you for this tutorial! I think this will help me tremendously to get the likeness on my sketches from now on. I work mostly on digital but I do as much as I can to do portraits on just 1 layer as if I draw them in real paper or canvass. I have been struggling with getting the likeness for the longest time. Like what you have said, I am guilty at this, I do the roof immediately before doing the proper foundation.😁 Also, I am weird, I don't start with lines, I start with gray blobs and do it like "sculpting"/shading immediately that's why I struggle with the likeness.
So you're saying that shading is what actually CREATES the 3D sculptured appearance... and NOT the mear line drawings? So shading gives VOLUME (a fullness)? Thanks Florent... you're a GREAT teacher of art!! 😊
Yes, exactly, sometimes, in a portrait, you don't get a decent likeness until you reach the shading stage. With just like it's like the core of the likeness is missing somehow.
The techniques you show make so much more sense to me. I could never figure out why it was so difficult to get proportions look normal. Will the plumb line also work for enlarging a photograph?
Helpful, insightful video...maybe it's just the facial hair, but I think you resemble the subject...not a carbon copy, and his eyes are smaller [at least in the piece you copied] but enough to say so. Thanks for posting!
Toujours très pédagogique tes vidéos, Florent. Pourrais tu un jour faire un cours sur la ressemblance lors de portrait sur modèle vivant (quand il n'y a pas de fil à plomb possible :))) ? Could you teach us likeness in drawing life model portraits soon please ?
If you want to improve long term and be good at drawing free hand, just reduce the number of lines in your grid progressively, until you're only left with one plumb line.
Thanks a lot! Great nuggets, especially about keeping a higharchy of shapes. I tell people I can make a portrait of a person no problem but although the picture will look nice, consistency with portrait likeness is hit & miss so yea thanks for some nice food for thought 🥃Cheers
I was confused by your use of the drawing compass...How would comparing measurements to the original help, when your drawing is smaller? I’m guessing that’s why the proportions on the left side of his face are so different; with the original being both wider, and longer, than your drawing. (I don’t think the angle we’re viewing from could distort those proportions). Can you explain, please? Thank you for your time.
Thank you for this great tutorial! I have a question, though. Do this kind of practice also helps the skill of life drawing? Because it's not possible to use campus or lines in life drawing. Would it bad to rely too much on these tools? Or is it just a transition period that leads to better observation skills?
Is the goal of Life Drawing to capture the likeness of the persons face? I haven't taken the class, but I don't think that is the point of it. I think it is more about capturing the movement, gesture, overall shape of the human form, not a likeness of the face. Do they hold one pose for an hour?
I hope that the video will be translated into Arabic ... and I hope that you will always follow your content, so do not be stingy on our translation, please
Literally the most educative and useful course/resource I ve ever seen on youtube în regards to art
Happy to hear that! Glad my work can help!
Completely agree!
Your videos are helping me far better than my art college. Thank you very much 💖
Thank you for everything ♥️
Good tutorial 👍 I like very much 👌
Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you, Florent! Enjoyed your drawing tutorial.
Thank you for educating and empowering people.
My pleasure ! ;)
Thank you from the bottom of my heart, I can’t believe I am watching and learning from a true professional 🙏🏻
Thanks to you, and your patreon support. Concise, precise and honest, can't ask for more.
Thank you Florent. This is really a treasure chest. Thank you for sharing your talent with us and helping us in our road to be a better artist
My pleasure! Have a nice artistic journey !
Another very informative and easy to understand video on drawing the face.
I love this. I love seeing artists make changes, correct mistakes, and be open and honest about the process. Merci Beaucoup.
That's the entire creative process: make mistakes, correct, repeat !
Just learning that I do learn from mistakes and it’s not a race to finish has been so freeing. Thank you
Thank you for tips
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you for everything you do 🙏🏻
You are so welcome!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge ❤️
Thank you for posting this. Was awesome.
I've been painting for a few months now and your tutorials have helped massively, thankyou!
My pleasure 😊
Thank you for the different tips here and there
Thanks great tips. Merci👍❤
Really taken my portraits to the next level and helping further my own creativity. much love 🙏
Its like going back to artschool once again ❤️❤️
Thank you very very much for posting this video sir. Tour techniques are exemplary
You're welcome 😊
Very beautiful thx interesting 🙌🙌🙌
Good to know!
Excellent video. Thanks so much.
Super, très clair
Thread down the middle, and compass are good points to do for correct proportions. Thank you🙂
Very impressive video. Your determination to help others is admirable. I am a visual learner and I draw by looking at a picture. If I see something is not right, I work until I get it right. I truly appreciate the time and effort. Thanks so much. Blessings and be safe.
I enjoyed watching your" getting a likeness" video. I have always felt intimidated when it comes to getting the likeness of someone, but I might give it a try now. Thank you.
I tried this recipe last Thanksgiving. I tried other recipes for sweet potatoes with limited success. But, this recipe, all the sweet potatoes were gone! I barely got to have some for myself. Needless to say, this recipe is going to be served next Thanksgiving.
So incredibly helpful! Your videos have been invaluable to my self guided journey to be a better artist.
Love all your work and videos. Best, from Down Under.
Thank you very much! Best, from France!
Great video, fantastic channel. Lots to learn. Thank you.
Thank you for this demonstration, it is very informative.
You are inspired , enthusiastic in drawing as you are in oil painting....amazing to keep up interest in pencil drawing which is fundamental and utmost important for any artist
I like what you said about sketching in a part and then assuming there's something wrong with it that has to be changed, instead of assuming it's instantly perfect.
It's a tough idea for most people, because it's frustrating and nobody likes to assume they're wrong ! But in a learning phase, it helps !
i guess im asking the wrong place but does any of you know of a way to log back into an Instagram account..?
I was dumb forgot the password. I would love any help you can give me.
@Alvaro Arturo I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site on google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now.
Takes a while so I will reply here later with my results.
@Alvaro Arturo It did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy!
Thanks so much you really help me out !
@Cash Cristiano you are welcome =)
That's a nice metaphor for anything in life. The first mark you have to guess, you have nothing to measure it by, compare it to... First steps are scary. 😱😅
I usually end up erasing the first lines I made, but I needed to make them. Good to remember that. 🌸👍
Excellent, will definitely try this method.
Florent's accent and philosophy is great along with his art skills of course...i am relearning French and painting. I want to paint Annecy, gorgeous town...has Florent painted it yet?
wow so amazing talent, impressive, love it. new friend here support.
I just subscribed to emails on your website. Thank you for your videos and for providing the resources FREE of charge!
Great introduction to Master Copies using the sight-sizing method. Looking forward to more videos on doing master copies.
My journey as an artist started in graphite and though I can draw faces, I have always struggled with proportions. I had never thought of using a plumb line to better measure reference points against each other and have a fixed point to measure off of. What a brilliant solution to a problem that has plagued me for years. Thank you and I truly appreciate it.
It's a big help in the beginning and with experience, the brain naturally looks for these reference points and you can abandon the plumb line and be free, with good proportions!
Excellent tutorial! You've inspired me to try the site-sizing technique. Very clear instructions in this series. Can't wait to watch more videos.
Thank you so much.This is really helpful
Thanks for sharing this much info for free on yt 😁
😍love u bro
Thank you for this tutorial! I think this will help me tremendously to get the likeness on my sketches from now on. I work mostly on digital but I do as much as I can to do portraits on just 1 layer as if I draw them in real paper or canvass. I have been struggling with getting the likeness for the longest time. Like what you have said, I am guilty at this, I do the roof immediately before doing the proper foundation.😁 Also, I am weird, I don't start with lines, I start with gray blobs and do it like "sculpting"/shading immediately that's why I struggle with the likeness.
Love how u teach. I practise everyday. Thank you.
One question...how do i blur out a face in oil painting. Tku
So you're saying that shading is what actually CREATES the 3D sculptured appearance... and NOT the mear line drawings?
So shading gives VOLUME (a fullness)?
Thanks Florent... you're a GREAT teacher of art!! 😊
Yes, exactly, sometimes, in a portrait, you don't get a decent likeness until you reach the shading stage. With just like it's like the core of the likeness is missing somehow.
The techniques you show make so much more sense to me. I could never figure out why it was so difficult to get proportions look normal. Will the plumb line also work for enlarging a photograph?
What about if your picture is smaller? Love your tutorials!
Helpful, insightful video...maybe it's just the facial hair, but I think you resemble the subject...not a carbon copy, and his eyes are smaller [at least in the piece you copied] but enough to say so. Thanks for posting!
Toujours très pédagogique tes vidéos, Florent. Pourrais tu un jour faire un cours sur la ressemblance lors de portrait sur modèle vivant (quand il n'y a pas de fil à plomb possible :))) ? Could you teach us likeness in drawing life model portraits soon please ?
Oh, that guy is so similar to you! French genes.
The geometric really helps! I always have to enlarge my portraits. Does that makes finding the proportions in order to get a great likeness harder?
Thank you for sharing the knowledge - for newbie, is it ok to draw grid lines throughout ? Your drawing is amazing.
If you want to improve long term and be good at drawing free hand, just reduce the number of lines in your grid progressively, until you're only left with one plumb line.
Florent Farges - arts - thank you so much for your advice- it makes a lot of sense ❤️
Thanks a lot! Great nuggets, especially about keeping a higharchy of shapes. I tell people I can make a portrait of a person no problem but although the picture will look nice, consistency with portrait likeness is hit & miss so yea thanks for some nice food for thought
🥃Cheers
You're welcome, glad you like this approach ! Cheers🥃
I was confused by your use of the drawing compass...How would comparing measurements to the original help, when your drawing is smaller? I’m guessing that’s why the proportions on the left side of his face are so different; with the original being both wider, and longer, than your drawing. (I don’t think the angle we’re viewing from could distort those proportions). Can you explain, please?
Thank you for your time.
Your comments are always very useful ...
Glad to hear that, thanks !
Thank you for this great tutorial! I have a question, though. Do this kind of practice also helps the skill of life drawing? Because it's not possible to use campus or lines in life drawing. Would it bad to rely too much on these tools? Or is it just a transition period that leads to better observation skills?
Is the goal of Life Drawing to capture the likeness of the persons face? I haven't taken the class, but I don't think that is the point of it. I think it is more about capturing the movement, gesture, overall shape of the human form, not a likeness of the face. Do they hold one pose for an hour?
Thanks....
You're welcome!
Thank you for the lessons! Love your performance in Game of Thrones and Narcos.
I thought Holbein drew this guy. Wasn't the picture called 'The Ambassador'' ?
Thanks for this video! What did you use to make the Plumb line?
You can buy them but a fishing weight on sewing thread can work
Please do a tutorial on how to draw a nose
Where can I find the compass
Can't you use your pencil as a guide for where the marks are to be made?
Hello!! I liked it! You have one more subscribe. Are you brasilian?
It's you...! :-D
Is it ??? 🤔😉😊
how to copy if the reference is from my phone, how to capture the accuracy? hope you notice.
Have you tried to use a proportional divider to copy drawings?
For copies, I suggest using the sight size method, so dividing at a scale of 1:1. A proportional divider wouldn't help more than a simple compass.
I hope that the video will be translated into Arabic ... and I hope that you will always follow your content, so do not be stingy on our translation, please
I "did as I want, did as I pleased" my drawing looks like a cat?! Was supposed to have been Henry VIII...
:-( I can't draw!!
He looks like you 😅
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Oh, that guy is so similar to you! French genes.