Just wanted to say thank you for your lessons. As someone who has just started drawing (mostly portraits) half a year ago i have studied a lot of great tutorial videos and books, but your course is something else. I really enjoy your way of teaching: Focused, on point, no gimmicks, with a clear goal, perfect pacing and built-up. At no point i had that "i don't get it, i guess i have to practice until i feel it"-moment. This course is a great foundation for every following specialization. Thanks!.
I'm doing the exercise (texture exercise) but it seems awful I'm really having a hard time with this exercise Every time that I look at the picture I lost myself and don't remember where I was when I tried to draw the shadows they seem flat and the texture, in general, seems really bad ( not the texture itself but my drawing) it looks nothing like the texture of the picture what should I do?
These notes may help you better understand what you're meant to be doing/looking for: drawabox.com/lesson/2/2/reminders but in general, remember that exercises are not things we're ever meant to do correctly the first time - and if we are, then those exercises are not being used correctly. An exercise serves to highlight what we don't know and don't understand, so those issues can be identified and addressed with others. We do the exercises not to succeed with them, but to produce a body of work that will help those who provide us with feedback, help us.
Thank you for all your lessons. I've been drawing for more than half my life, but I never had any sort of formal education on drawing because I just didn't have the financial freedom to get any. Your lessons have been the closest thing to getting a formal education course that I've had and I've learned plenty that I didn't realize I didn't know! This one on texture and detail is definitely one of the most helpful ones for me.
I'm glad I could help! The one thing that's always bugged me about the tutorials and lessons available to those who are self taught is that they always focus on advanced concepts, because they're meant to be - at least in part - entertainment. And the basics aren't.. that entertaining. So I'm hoping to solve that, at least a little bit.
Thanks for these. I'm currently doing the Animals lesson and I stumbled across this again. I was really struggling with elephant and rhino skin because there is always so much detail to capture, and it gets overwhelming and tedious. This helps.
@Uncomfortable, your primary goal in drawing has always been clear, to capture the 3 dimensional aspect of a 3d objects and go think beyond the boundaries of a paper, even then, for us, because we were struggling with textures, you gave everything you had, even though it was never your goal. When student's dreams become teachers' dreams, miracles do happen.
The main point is to look at the lines you interpret as part of a texture and don't just draw them. Think about what those lines actually are - they're generally shadows being cast by forms that exist along the surface. Being aware of this, allows you to be more flexible when it comes to how you can modify and manipulate those shadows and other factors that produce them (like where our imaginary light sources are, how intense they are, etc.) to communicate the texture/surface quality of the object to your viewer.
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Just wanted to say thank you for your lessons. As someone who has just started drawing (mostly portraits) half a year ago i have studied a lot of great tutorial videos and books, but your course is something else. I really enjoy your way of teaching: Focused, on point, no gimmicks, with a clear goal, perfect pacing and built-up. At no point i had that "i don't get it, i guess i have to practice until i feel it"-moment. This course is a great foundation for every following specialization. Thanks!.
I'm pleased to hear that, and I'm glad I've been able to help. Best of luck working through the rest of the lessons!
uncomfortable the type of guy that gives and asks nothing in return. Thanks for the lessons and the hours you've put on to create this amazing content
My pleasure - though to be fair, offering all of the lesson content for free is a business choice as much as one that comes from wanting to help.
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I'm doing the exercise (texture exercise) but it seems awful I'm really having a hard time with this exercise
Every time that I look at the picture I lost myself and don't remember where I was when I tried to draw the shadows they seem flat and the texture, in general, seems really bad ( not the texture itself but my drawing) it looks nothing like the texture of the picture what should I do?
But what if I genuinely cannot find the implicit texture or maybe I do find it but I don't know how to translate from reference to drawing?
These notes may help you better understand what you're meant to be doing/looking for: drawabox.com/lesson/2/2/reminders but in general, remember that exercises are not things we're ever meant to do correctly the first time - and if we are, then those exercises are not being used correctly. An exercise serves to highlight what we don't know and don't understand, so those issues can be identified and addressed with others. We do the exercises not to succeed with them, but to produce a body of work that will help those who provide us with feedback, help us.
12:24 I see chicken neck wth is wrong with me :D
Thank you for all your lessons. I've been drawing for more than half my life, but I never had any sort of formal education on drawing because I just didn't have the financial freedom to get any. Your lessons have been the closest thing to getting a formal education course that I've had and I've learned plenty that I didn't realize I didn't know! This one on texture and detail is definitely one of the most helpful ones for me.
I'm glad I could help! The one thing that's always bugged me about the tutorials and lessons available to those who are self taught is that they always focus on advanced concepts, because they're meant to be - at least in part - entertainment. And the basics aren't.. that entertaining. So I'm hoping to solve that, at least a little bit.
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Got scared thinking about the tiger. Just saying.
Thanks for these. I'm currently doing the Animals lesson and I stumbled across this again. I was really struggling with elephant and rhino skin because there is always so much detail to capture, and it gets overwhelming and tedious. This helps.
@Uncomfortable, your primary goal in drawing has always been clear, to capture the 3 dimensional aspect of a 3d objects and go think beyond the boundaries of a paper, even then, for us, because we were struggling with textures, you gave everything you had, even though it was never your goal. When student's dreams become teachers' dreams, miracles do happen.
Thanks for the company.
you are welcome
can you please explain more about the cast shadows? its really hard to look at a reference and trying to draw the cast shadows
The main point is to look at the lines you interpret as part of a texture and don't just draw them. Think about what those lines actually are - they're generally shadows being cast by forms that exist along the surface. Being aware of this, allows you to be more flexible when it comes to how you can modify and manipulate those shadows and other factors that produce them (like where our imaginary light sources are, how intense they are, etc.) to communicate the texture/surface quality of the object to your viewer.
why are you so smart. My brain is exploding (positively.)