My theory on why people like often like less finished pieces is because the sketchiness allows our brains to fill in the gaps of what isn't there. Perhaps the connections we make while looking at them generates that interest, and maybe it has become more interesting in the digital age where much of the content we see is very polished and finished.
@@Jacob-mh3rp I think you’re right on both counts - in an age with no photography and not the best mirrors/lighting I can see how a fully coloured, well described and polished painting would be utterly fascinating and awe inspiring. But now with cameras in our pockets and the rise of AI images it’s nice to see pictures that feel authentic 👍🏻
Your style of editing videos and just showing the way you work genuinely cures my anxiety, I cannot explain it really. They are so comforting to watch imo. Keep up the great work!
Wonderful Study! I'm particularly interested in how you started with a few lines then into small block-like features then adding value into it; A process I observed from more experienced artists. My sketches on art are like chicken scratches lmao. I think my history of trying to emulate comic/manga pieces leads me to look at the entire form rather than worrying about values of a piece giving them sharp features. Learned alot from ur process as always!
I think both work - but once you think of people as 3d objects it definitely helps with shading and simplification. line & ink drawing are beautiful too though 👍🏻
Thanks! I think hatching and raking marks they can look quite effective - they just take a while to get to the level of skill where you can control them well enough. I’m definitely a work in progress! Dave Malen is a contemporary artists I can think of who has such good control there - also Hollis Dunlap. The former more illustrative, the latter more painterly. Check them out! Still working on my control on that front 😂
Always wonder how beautifully you sketch the hairs with a few strokes 😍 Please make a slow tutorial on how to shade hairs like you........just looks so accurate yet simple.......let us decode the technique ma'am .
I have a loose guess as to why people are falling in love with unfinished sketches. I feel like people are more exposed to the process of how art is created, and it feels demystified in a sense. So people are falling in love with the different techniques used to make a sketch, and it’s easier to see that when it’s unpolished. Personally, when I see a sargent sketch I am enamored by the gestural anatomical accuracy and composition. Seeing that is easier in charcoal than in a painting.
I love following along with you and strive to get the accuracy you get❤ thank you so much for your videos. Do you have any advice on mark making , for example pencil type and pressure? At the end of my piece it always seems too dark. I have a heavy hand I think.
@@Idahadleyart thankyou ! Which pencil do you use? Generally one option is to draw lightly and take your time to build up tone with layers of tones laid in with gentle pressure - it takes a while to build up the control but you will get there. Another option - if you use pencils with various grades - is to start with a 2h/h pencil and move up the pencil grades as you build up tones - ending with 4b only for the really dark areas. That can have some good effects. Last option would be to knock the drawing back if you feel that it’s too dark by rolling over it with a kneaded eraser- that can help with too heavy graphite. Good luck!
I love your pencil, what is it called? Oh, and I forgot to say, this video and all your other videos (I just discovered your channel) have given me endless amounts of inspiration and direction, you are a blessing!
ah interesting - I don’t see that on my iPad - only that it’s tagged as lady - I did a bit of an internet hunt and a website I found claimed it as a study of Henry’s wife. it would explain the masculine aspects if it was in fact a male model 😂 either way - beautiful painting
thanks! I think you’re right there - another poster spotted some info in the description of the painting that suggests that the site I found that provided more info on the painting may have been trolling me 😂 I’m probably going to unlist the video in sheer embarrassment in a week or so 😂😂
I went to the Holbein exhibition at the Royal Collection and found his sketches so much more compelling than the final painted portraits. Something about them was freer and more alive. But I was also awed by the perfection of his lines, which were so precise - and someone suggested to me today that he must have used something like a camera lucida. Having tried to copy one of those studies I agree. If Hans Holbein can use tools to help him be more accurate, why can't we use Overlay!
@@5eonghwas yes - I love Holbeins sketches. Even more amazing when you see the evolution from artists work only a few decades earlier - it does make sense that he used a tool like that to help (or was just a genius)
My theory on why people like often like less finished pieces is because the sketchiness allows our brains to fill in the gaps of what isn't there. Perhaps the connections we make while looking at them generates that interest, and maybe it has become more interesting in the digital age where much of the content we see is very polished and finished.
@@Jacob-mh3rp I think you’re right on both counts - in an age with no photography and not the best mirrors/lighting I can see how a fully coloured, well described and polished painting would be utterly fascinating and awe inspiring. But now with cameras in our pockets and the rise of AI images it’s nice to see pictures that feel authentic 👍🏻
Always learn so much from your videos. As a beginner, seeing your process is great. Thanks for uploading
Happy to hear that!
Your style of editing videos and just showing the way you work genuinely cures my anxiety, I cannot explain it really. They are so comforting to watch imo. Keep up the great work!
I am so in love with this channel and your art beyond words
thankyou!
So insightful to see your sketching process, thank you Katie 🙏Hope to see more vids like this
I would love to see a landscape sketching video
Found your channel yesterday and I can't stop watching your videos! your drawing and thought process is great I am learning so much!
glad to hear they help!
Wonderful Study! I'm particularly interested in how you started with a few lines then into small block-like features then adding value into it; A process I observed from more experienced artists. My sketches on art are like chicken scratches lmao. I think my history of trying to emulate comic/manga pieces leads me to look at the entire form rather than worrying about values of a piece giving them sharp features. Learned alot from ur process as always!
I think both work - but once you think of people as 3d objects it definitely helps with shading and simplification. line & ink drawing are beautiful too though 👍🏻
Great video! 6:25 I have a similar “issue” where i don’t quite have other skills to describe skin besides those scratchy lines you speak about
Thanks! I think hatching and raking marks they can look quite effective - they just take a while to get to the level of skill where you can control them well enough. I’m definitely a work in progress! Dave Malen is a contemporary artists I can think of who has such good control there - also Hollis Dunlap. The former more illustrative, the latter more painterly. Check them out! Still working on my control on that front 😂
very nice video thank you
Always wonder how beautifully you sketch the hairs with a few strokes 😍
Please make a slow tutorial on how to shade hairs like you........just looks so accurate yet simple.......let us decode the technique ma'am .
Great suggestion!
I have a loose guess as to why people are falling in love with unfinished sketches. I feel like people are more exposed to the process of how art is created, and it feels demystified in a sense. So people are falling in love with the different techniques used to make a sketch, and it’s easier to see that when it’s unpolished.
Personally, when I see a sargent sketch I am enamored by the gestural anatomical accuracy and composition. Seeing that is easier in charcoal than in a painting.
I love following along with you and strive to get the accuracy you get❤ thank you so much for your videos. Do you have any advice on mark making , for example pencil type and pressure? At the end of my piece it always seems too dark. I have a heavy hand I think.
@@Idahadleyart thankyou ! Which pencil do you use? Generally one option is to draw lightly and take your time to build up tone with layers of tones laid in with gentle pressure - it takes a while to build up the control but you will get there. Another option - if you use pencils with various grades - is to start with a 2h/h pencil and move up the pencil grades as you build up tones - ending with 4b only for the really dark areas. That can have some good effects. Last option would be to knock the drawing back if you feel that it’s too dark by rolling over it with a kneaded eraser- that can help with too heavy graphite. Good luck!
I love your pencil, what is it called? Oh, and I forgot to say, this video and all your other videos (I just discovered your channel) have given me endless amounts of inspiration and direction, you are a blessing!
@@dianah7044 it’s a blackwing! and thankyou 😄
@katiemaeveart thank you! :)
The wiki article link you give in the “description “ shows your reference photo is of a male model.
ah interesting - I don’t see that on my iPad - only that it’s tagged as lady - I did a bit of an internet hunt and a website I found claimed it as a study of Henry’s wife. it would explain the masculine aspects if it was in fact a male model 😂 either way - beautiful painting
Hello. Are you using the same pencil hardness from start to finish?
hi! yes I am - the blackwing matte pencil 👍
Great copy , good tutorial, but I am not convinced the original subject of this painting is a woman .
thanks! I think you’re right there - another poster spotted some info in the description of the painting that suggests that the site I found that provided more info on the painting may have been trolling me 😂 I’m probably going to unlist the video in sheer embarrassment in a week or so 😂😂
I went to the Holbein exhibition at the Royal Collection and found his sketches so much more compelling than the final painted portraits. Something about them was freer and more alive.
But I was also awed by the perfection of his lines, which were so precise - and someone suggested to me today that he must have used something like a camera lucida. Having tried to copy one of those studies I agree. If Hans Holbein can use tools to help him be more accurate, why can't we use Overlay!
@@5eonghwas yes - I love Holbeins sketches. Even more amazing when you see the evolution from artists work only a few decades earlier - it does make sense that he used a tool like that to help (or was just a genius)