I wish people understood that to do art you’re gonna have to go through a phase of not even liking what you draw. It might look wonky for a bit but the more you practice the more you improve.
I think what people dont know is that all artists had to overcome that one starting phase. I'm sure every artist has experienced that feeling of "I dont know how I'm supposed to draw this even if I tried!" It's one of the hurdles that all artists eventually overcome just from practicing and studying which makes them slowly understand the theories and fundamentals in an intuitive sense
Seriously! In one of my college art classes recently there were people saying they hadn’t practised in weeks… I gotta practice so frequently otherwise it looks like I’ve never held a pencil in my life lmao
Yeah. I’ve drawn almost every day for over ten years, largely dragons. People ask me how my dragons are so good. Pretty much every day, I either draw something dragon related or watch a video on drawing dragons
as a cartoonist, going into college i didn’t think model drawing would help me. one year later, i can say my anatomy in my art has significantly improved :) listen to him he’s right!!
Glad you were able to get good classes on that stuff, it really does make a difference. I remember in highschool I shared proko's anatomy for artists playlist with her, telling her i found it super helpfulbc i did. She was pretty adamant she didnt need jt
@@cnr0118 it’s a comics degree, not very common. i picked the school i go to bc it’s the only one near me that had it. otherwise i think illustration or animation would be the way to go
I've been looking at getting into doing some figure drawings for awhile, but they've always seemed "out of reach" or "above my head-" always inaccessible in some way. But this really does make it look like it's something that I could do, or that I could at least try, alongside you. Thank you for making art more accessible for all of us.
The most important thing to learn with figure drawing is to not get bogged down with details. They are not what you're here for. My art professor in college killed this notion for many people by starting us off with one minute figure drawing practice before cutting that all the way down to 15 second sessions. We'd do three to five in a go before we moved on to something else. It was a warmup for the students but also a way to break people of the habit of spiraling endlessly in circles trying to capture details instead of major shapes and forms. Details can be captured later or simply made up from memory if needed, but the form and pose must be captured faithfully to properly convey the feeling. When you remove enough time from each drawing then you must learn to intuit how to convey the form to the paper in the shortest amount of time. It took me a few sessions before I gave up trying to use a pencil or even the sharp corners of a piece of conte crayon or charcoal and instead went to the side or a sharpened edge of the media to lay down broad strokes just to fill in volume and capture the shapes in a broad fashion. Just be prepared to be disappointed in these sketches. They are not going to look impressive or be particularly inspiring, but they will help you.
Mastering art isn't a destination, it's a journey 💕 we are all in the same ocean, some have built their ships huge over the time, and some are just getting started to build their ships :) a thanks for being an inspiration Scott ♥️
Some people start off with a better ship, this is called talent, but they still must make the same journey as everyone else. Don't be discouraged if they reach their destination sooner than you, because your own efforts will still get you there eventually. And understand that the journey never ends, you simply realize that what you thought was your destination was merely one port of call and there are limitless ports to journey toward, some of which are more suitable for you than others. Honestly, a good metaphor if it can be stretched that far without breaking.
Same,my art teacher only allows us to draw with rulers and only from one perspective,with 3D objects always having a 45° angle.I know other perspectives and I drew with them.He said that I have to redraw the whole thing because it needs to be from one perspective only and that it would be unfair to others.I feel like he’s repressing me from drawing what I want
yes yes yes! My high school art teacher at the beginning of class every day would have a volunteer come up and sit in the middle of the room (desks were placed in an "o" shape so that reference could be placed in the middle of the room) we all got a charcoal stick and would have 1 minute to draw the gesture, and then 5 minutes to refine the forms. Most of our projects weren't figure drawing related, but he always had us practice drawing from a live model. I think that's probably the MOST valuable thing he ever taught me... aside from color theory that is.
This isn't entirely true, but it also isn't wrong. There are tricks you can learn but none will immediately make you a better artist. Only practice can do that.
Thank you thank you thank you! As an artist that has burnt myself out trying to immediately go in with perfect line work, you've reminded me how important this step is. And you being here to do it with us is so helpful to me!! Thank you❤
I love this. It's such a great timing for me, personally. I was looking for videos and creators to help me improve my proportions and poses, and this came in clutch! I was so lost in direction I went straight to drawing a skull instead to understand how to draw a face better (it actually helped and turned out pretty neat!)
Scott, we love and appreciate you for these. You care so much for us, even while dealing with your own shtuff. I pray you're well (and getting better). It also makes me very very happy that you're taking time for YOU. Bless you and your loverly Bride.
This is the most wholesome (and useful anf inspiring!) Channel on RUclips. This channel has seriously helped me stay motivated on my art journey and I've learned so many great tips from Scott! Tysm for posting these. We need more people like him in this world!
I CANT stress this enough, Scott is basically our second father. Wether subscribed or not, he is like an art father. He’s kind, sweet and anything good. And it’s very inspiring that he wasn’t this nice before.
LITERALLY PERFECT TIMING I hade a figure drawing class at school and I REEEALY struggles I’ve been practicing but have been struggling with good references So thank you!!
“Just draw them. Every day” That’s what I’ve done for a solid 14 or so years and I’ve finally reached the point where I’m finally able to draw exactly how I imagine things to turn out It’s a great feeling, honestly. 100% worth every single bit of time and effort
Whenever I'm at a place like a park or a beach, I do quick sketchy drawings of people I see! I do some basic shapes with colored pencil, then add a little more detail with pen :) it's very fun!
Practice makes progress. These 1,5,10,60 min exercises are.indeed wonderful. Nothing replaces practice. My drawing imlroved immensely tbrough this. I loom forward to the new series. Hope you are feeling healtbier and well rested, Scott!
I am being one hundred percent genuine when I say that ever since I discovered your channel you have been one of my biggest inspirations in becoming a better artist. I truly am grateful that I found you, it feels like I get better everyday. You’re the best teacher 💕
Seriously, great advice. You can call them tricks, but they’re not really tricks, they’re kinda just things you need to know. You just gotta practice, because that’s the no1 way to develop your understanding and memory of body parts. Great videos and advice as always Scott!
this is beyond helpful! i always see suggestions to improve and its always "just practice!" but they never show you how or what to practice so this is much appreciated
yes!! thank you!! people get so angry when the only advice i have for them to get better at art is to practice, but really, that's all you can do. like you said, there's no trick to getting better instantaneously. you HAVE to practice if you want to get better at art.
I love these! I tried doing a 1, 5, 10, and 60 minute drawing of it, because It thought it would be fun. And it was! The first one was a stick figure, but by practicing on the other ones, I’m actually proud of the 60 minute drawing. It’s not much, but I’m pretty happy with how it came out, so that’s good enough for me.
Anyone who is still in college for art now I absolutely recommend taking a live model class. Learning proportion and how to break down a person into shapes was a life saver. Though my humans are starting to lack again because I get lazy- that time had some of my favorite pieces made. Even my 5 minute sketches were pretty great by the end. If I could find/take the time to have another live model class I would for the refresher. But for now, 1 minute sketches should do!
Being a fellow artist myself I can confirm what he said is absolutely right there is no shortcut in art just practice and also don't forget to enjoy the process of creating art!
Thank you for always sharing your experiences and tips to help all of us improve alongside you :) I think there's something really special and heartwarming about that, it motivates me to try harder!
I always loved when people told me that they can only draw stick figures because I have always drawn stick figures to figure out flow and movement for the pictures I used to draw. I would always reply that stick figures are a great start to a picture!
Scott you are my hero. This was the point in my art journey that I kinda marooned. I was getting better at figure drawing but just haven't been able to get back in the habit of practicing them. But seeing you do it makes me wanna get right into it, and to hear that you did 3 hours a day in college? Yeah I got nothing to complain about when I have to take a 30 minute break every 30 minutes when I'm drawing, 30 on, 30 off to let my hands rest and my brain vent because it starts feeling like it's overheating.
When I started contour drawing in school, it was terrible to finally look at (I think for everyone it is especially in the beginning). But after a while of practice I found myself looking at my paper less when I was drawing regularly. It got me to trust my eyes more and I was shocked how accurate my eyes and pencil moving in sync could be. But yes, practice!
Thank you it's so helpful to have something that tells me to do something in a day. It is so easy to just be invisible and do nothing, and having something that gets me to create is super nice.
Gosh!! I suddenly remember 3 hours of live drawing.. back in the day when we had so much time for stuff. Still I like to draw for a whole day sometime❤
I'm already very confident drawing people, but this inspired me to set my own challenge for myself: everyday do five 1 minute sketches of a person (complex pose), a building, a landsacpe, an object, and an animal, in an attempt to improve my drawing skills in every area, not just people. Looking forward to giving it a go!
Fugure drawing helped me get faster and more fluid with my drawings. It was one of my favourite parts of university. Its been a few years and I'm quite rusty. Finally getting back into drawing more regularly now
I just love that, my 7 year old struggles a bit with writing and reading in school and when he asks me how I got that good with certain things, my answer litterally is all the time "practice" I also say, there is no need for hours upon hours, just a bit of time each and every day... I also pointed out that he might want to consider how he achieved certain things and he is slowly realising, that repeating it each day is what got him there... also the same what I tell my two "homework students" don't go for hours a day, little parts and then every day one of them is doing it by now and making good progress with understanding and pronouncing the language so thank you for sharing ❤️
Your videos are honestly amazing they've helped me so much to get better and has just generally improved my art as a hopefully future comic book artist thank you because your vids just really are amazing
I appreciate this more than people who are like “you need to learn everything in this order, and you shouldn’t be drawing these things until you get good at these other things” it’s super demotivating
That is so true! I always said that I couldn't draw people. And when I tried, I really couldn't, so I almost never drew them. But about a year ago, I realised that I wanted to be able to draw people. I want them in my landscape or make old west scenes. So I started to practise. I'm still not where I want to be, but now I can say: I can draw people. Sometimes they still go horribly wrong, but it is getting much better! Watching your video's certainly helps! You helped me understand how I could draw a face, so thank you!
yes!! for years i tried to draw exactly like the reference without drawing a stick figure first, and i recently started doing that and my art has improved so much already!
Serious and kinda long comment rq ❤: This really made my day, and I wanted to get up and try. I’ve tried drawing people on and off, and I ended up thinking I never could. But then this video really taught me, you aren’t supposed to think about it when you practice, or make it perfect, or exactly like the reference. If you’ve put the effort in, it’s art. Thank you so much ❤❤❤❤
Figure drawing is my favorite! I usually don't have a reference, just my imagination. I play with hairstyles, clothes, poses, sometimes scenes; it's great!
When I started drawing as a kid quick sketches helped me out with getting my drawings to look balanced and proportioned properly-with lots of practice and redone drawings. (Many a drawing got tossed in the trashcan due to not coming out right/couldn't be fixed, like nothing looked right now matter what I did.) I'm in my mid forties and still draw/paint when the mood hits me. Sometimes I have to walk away for awhile then come back to it to view from a different angle. Also at my age and the experience I have with drawing sometimes I have to scrap something and start from square one. Also being a lefty has it's own challenges but nothing I haven't overcome so far.
thank you so much I struggled so much with drawing people and I love watching your videos I watched this and saw you working from a picture reference and thought I would try it. I have never felt happier after finding a picture and attempting to draw it. I drew a person for the first time and felt truly happy with the outcome. thank you so much this is a tip I will use for the rest of my life.
Glad you put this video out. Too many people want a trick to get good. In this perspective book I read, the author said, 1 part theory 50 parts practice. I always think about this when I'm drawing. You haven't seen the hours of practice professionals put into this craft before they got where they are. And all of them still do put just as much time into it now as they ever did.
I love gesture drawing, possibly too much. I used to make a habit of drawing 60-90 seconds gestures every day. I haven't been that good about it in a long time, but it's still my favorite thing to do when I don't know what to draw.
Love your art your videos the fact you give us the tips we need helps so much art isnt just the peice we make its the whole adventure❤ thanks for the inspiration kept me going
Here's a direct link.
www.ssavaart.com/copy-of-photo-reference
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Can you be my dad?
Thank you!
Lovely series!
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“Back when dinosaurs roamed the land” had me crying 😭😭
Ikr!
😂😂😂😂
Bro was millions years old💀
SAME LOL
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I think alot of people don't know how long artists practise behind the scenes to draw like they do today .
I draw like 5 drawings a day for like years and im still no where near these artists, goes to show how much you have to practise
I wish people understood that to do art you’re gonna have to go through a phase of not even liking what you draw. It might look wonky for a bit but the more you practice the more you improve.
I think what people dont know is that all artists had to overcome that one starting phase. I'm sure every artist has experienced that feeling of "I dont know how I'm supposed to draw this even if I tried!" It's one of the hurdles that all artists eventually overcome just from practicing and studying which makes them slowly understand the theories and fundamentals in an intuitive sense
Seriously! In one of my college art classes recently there were people saying they hadn’t practised in weeks… I gotta practice so frequently otherwise it looks like I’ve never held a pencil in my life lmao
Yeah. I’ve drawn almost every day for over ten years, largely dragons. People ask me how my dragons are so good. Pretty much every day, I either draw something dragon related or watch a video on drawing dragons
“Practice doesn’t make perfect, it makes permanent.” -My dad
I’ve heard “practice makes progress, perfection is an illusion” I like your dads a lot though!
Thanks, that’s nice too! ☺️☺️
I was your 500 like
My band teacher
now this is going in my head, but i didnt practice for it (keyword: permanent)
as a cartoonist, going into college i didn’t think model drawing would help me. one year later, i can say my anatomy in my art has significantly improved :) listen to him he’s right!!
Glad you were able to get good classes on that stuff, it really does make a difference.
I remember in highschool I shared proko's anatomy for artists playlist with her, telling her i found it super helpfulbc i did. She was pretty adamant she didnt need jt
3 yrs later she dmed me saying it made a hug difference. She was very into becoming an animatore at the time
Also sorry its in chunks my youtube app is being kinda funky and cutting the text bubble off .-.
May I ask what kind of degree you have/how you came to be a cartoonist?
@@cnr0118 it’s a comics degree, not very common. i picked the school i go to bc it’s the only one near me that had it. otherwise i think illustration or animation would be the way to go
"Back when dinosaurs doamed the earth" omg I can'tttt💀
im once again saying this for the millionth time THIS MAN IS SO ADORABLE ❤❤
You're too kind. Thank you! ♥
@@ssavaart no man YOU are. i mean this in every way you are the kindest and sweetest most genuine and wholesome person ive ever seen
nice pfp
I've been looking at getting into doing some figure drawings for awhile, but they've always seemed "out of reach" or "above my head-" always inaccessible in some way. But this really does make it look like it's something that I could do, or that I could at least try, alongside you. Thank you for making art more accessible for all of us.
The most important thing to learn with figure drawing is to not get bogged down with details. They are not what you're here for. My art professor in college killed this notion for many people by starting us off with one minute figure drawing practice before cutting that all the way down to 15 second sessions. We'd do three to five in a go before we moved on to something else. It was a warmup for the students but also a way to break people of the habit of spiraling endlessly in circles trying to capture details instead of major shapes and forms. Details can be captured later or simply made up from memory if needed, but the form and pose must be captured faithfully to properly convey the feeling. When you remove enough time from each drawing then you must learn to intuit how to convey the form to the paper in the shortest amount of time. It took me a few sessions before I gave up trying to use a pencil or even the sharp corners of a piece of conte crayon or charcoal and instead went to the side or a sharpened edge of the media to lay down broad strokes just to fill in volume and capture the shapes in a broad fashion.
Just be prepared to be disappointed in these sketches. They are not going to look impressive or be particularly inspiring, but they will help you.
Mastering art isn't a destination, it's a journey 💕 we are all in the same ocean, some have built their ships huge over the time, and some are just getting started to build their ships :) a thanks for being an inspiration Scott ♥️
Some people start off with a better ship, this is called talent, but they still must make the same journey as everyone else. Don't be discouraged if they reach their destination sooner than you, because your own efforts will still get you there eventually. And understand that the journey never ends, you simply realize that what you thought was your destination was merely one port of call and there are limitless ports to journey toward, some of which are more suitable for you than others.
Honestly, a good metaphor if it can be stretched that far without breaking.
@@mndlessdrwer that was a nice addition!
What an amazing guy
Hi
Scott is the art teacher that I wish I had
Same,my art teacher only allows us to draw with rulers and only from one perspective,with 3D objects always having a 45° angle.I know other perspectives and I drew with them.He said that I have to redraw the whole thing because it needs to be from one perspective only and that it would be unfair to others.I feel like he’s repressing me from drawing what I want
yes yes yes! My high school art teacher at the beginning of class every day would have a volunteer come up and sit in the middle of the room (desks were placed in an "o" shape so that reference could be placed in the middle of the room)
we all got a charcoal stick and would have 1 minute to draw the gesture, and then 5 minutes to refine the forms.
Most of our projects weren't figure drawing related, but he always had us practice drawing from a live model. I think that's probably the MOST valuable thing he ever taught me... aside from color theory that is.
I could see that being very popular among slacker types. My class would’ve had a constant stream of bored kids doing that to get out of work
@kawaiidere1023 it was only for six minutes XD not much slacking to be done then. Usually he got someone from the study hall next door.
Oh I am excited to do these 1 minutes poses
Hey scott! You’re my biggest inspiration for art thank you for all the content ❤❤❤
My pleasure!!
Stick figures starts with lines then form into shapes 😢❤ AMAZING
This man is a national treasure
Brooo why does a stick figure look better than anything I’ve ever done 😭😭😭
Goes to show how much practice makes differences
@@moshroommbro thinks practice makes a difference 😹😹😹
@@DingalingNettspendFortnite bruh...what?
Never have I ever seen someone so nice just the way he acts like such a nice uncle no one in the planet can be like that except scott
'There's no trick to help you draw people
Just draw them' - Scott 2023
This isn't entirely true, but it also isn't wrong. There are tricks you can learn but none will immediately make you a better artist. Only practice can do that.
Thank you thank you thank you! As an artist that has burnt myself out trying to immediately go in with perfect line work, you've reminded me how important this step is. And you being here to do it with us is so helpful to me!! Thank you❤
“Back when dinosaurs roamed the land” Scott you can’t just- 😭
This is literally the most perfect timing as I'm trying to study dynamic poses, Thanks!
You’ve posted this literally as if you’ve been going through my google search history 😂 thank you!!
People have told me to practice every day, but this video alone already says HOW to practice. Thank you so much!
Scott really went and drew a better sketch in 1 minute than I can in 60
Same
Just what I needed! Thanks for all the great art tips, Scott!
At least he doesn’t sugarcoat it
You're such a kind and amazing influence on, not just the art community, but everyone! You're my favorite creator by far!!
You know i was having a really bad day, but just listening to your voice makes me feel so much better and restores my faith in humanity. Thanks
If you haven’t already, could you make a video about your experience in art school?
This is an old video that's unlisted... but maybe this is close to what you want?
ruclips.net/user/shortsjiC8gsRLBlY
@@ssavaart Thank you!! :D
I love this. It's such a great timing for me, personally. I was looking for videos and creators to help me improve my proportions and poses, and this came in clutch! I was so lost in direction I went straight to drawing a skull instead to understand how to draw a face better (it actually helped and turned out pretty neat!)
that was amazing. instantly you could see the baggy clothes being filled out just like the picture.
This man is an absolute delight
i love scotts lessons, he genuinely tells us whats right and whats wrong, which i love. thanks scott!
SCOTT IS THE BEST ART TEACHER!🙌✨❤️
Scott, we love and appreciate you for these. You care so much for us, even while dealing with your own shtuff. I pray you're well (and getting better). It also makes me very very happy that you're taking time for YOU. Bless you and your loverly Bride.
Id be down for this to be a series where u give us a photo to draw each day
I love when you do things that have helped you over the years to help all of us become better
This is the most wholesome (and useful anf inspiring!) Channel on RUclips. This channel has seriously helped me stay motivated on my art journey and I've learned so many great tips from Scott! Tysm for posting these. We need more people like him in this world!
I CANT stress this enough, Scott is basically our second father. Wether subscribed or not, he is like an art father.
He’s kind, sweet and anything good. And it’s very inspiring that he wasn’t this nice before.
You're too kind. Thank you! ♥
LITERALLY PERFECT TIMING
I hade a figure drawing class at school and I REEEALY struggles
I’ve been practicing but have been struggling with good references
So thank you!!
i really needed this reminder, have been finding it tough lately. thank you!!
“Just draw them. Every day”
That’s what I’ve done for a solid 14 or so years and I’ve finally reached the point where I’m finally able to draw exactly how I imagine things to turn out
It’s a great feeling, honestly. 100% worth every single bit of time and effort
you make it look so easy, i wanna draw like you one day
Scott is like the art teacher we all needed and wanted
Whenever I'm at a place like a park or a beach, I do quick sketchy drawings of people I see! I do some basic shapes with colored pencil, then add a little more detail with pen :) it's very fun!
I’ve been struggling to draw this summer & I REALLY needed this thank youuuu🥺💖
The buzzer on the timer for the one minute poses! Beeeeeepppp!!!
(I'll never forget it!)😅
Practice makes progress. These 1,5,10,60 min exercises are.indeed wonderful. Nothing replaces practice. My drawing imlroved immensely tbrough this. I loom forward to the new series. Hope you are feeling healtbier and well rested, Scott!
I am being one hundred percent genuine when I say that ever since I discovered your channel you have been one of my biggest inspirations in becoming a better artist. I truly am grateful that I found you, it feels like I get better everyday. You’re the best teacher 💕
Wow, thank you!
Hey Scott did you ride to school with the dinosaurs? Also great art tip!
Genuine, substantive advice on how to routinely build a skill. That sounds like the best hack there could possibly be.
You’re everyone’s favorite art teacher
Ive always been horrible at proportions and stuck to drawing faces, but i think this is a sign i should finally try again haha
Seriously, great advice. You can call them tricks, but they’re not really tricks, they’re kinda just things you need to know. You just gotta practice, because that’s the no1 way to develop your understanding and memory of body parts. Great videos and advice as always Scott!
this is beyond helpful! i always see suggestions to improve and its always "just practice!" but they never show you how or what to practice so this is much appreciated
yes!! thank you!! people get so angry when the only advice i have for them to get better at art is to practice, but really, that's all you can do. like you said, there's no trick to getting better instantaneously. you HAVE to practice if you want to get better at art.
I have been drawing from life for over 20 years, it’s not easy but an absolute joy!
This man without hesitation literally just old shamed himself and thought we wouldnt notice 💀
I love these! I tried doing a 1, 5, 10, and 60 minute drawing of it, because It thought it would be fun. And it was! The first one was a stick figure, but by practicing on the other ones, I’m actually proud of the 60 minute drawing. It’s not much, but I’m pretty happy with how it came out, so that’s good enough for me.
“Back when dinosaurs roamed the land”
This makes me so happy since this means he’s been around to make other people happy before we existed ❤
Anyone who is still in college for art now I absolutely recommend taking a live model class. Learning proportion and how to break down a person into shapes was a life saver. Though my humans are starting to lack again because I get lazy- that time had some of my favorite pieces made. Even my 5 minute sketches were pretty great by the end.
If I could find/take the time to have another live model class I would for the refresher. But for now, 1 minute sketches should do!
Being a fellow artist myself I can confirm what he said is absolutely right there is no shortcut in art just practice and also don't forget to enjoy the process of creating art!
Thank you for always sharing your experiences and tips to help all of us improve alongside you :) I think there's something really special and heartwarming about that, it motivates me to try harder!
I always loved when people told me that they can only draw stick figures because I have always drawn stick figures to figure out flow and movement for the pictures I used to draw. I would always reply that stick figures are a great start to a picture!
Thanks for these! You’ve no idea how much your videos have inspired me!
Scott you are my hero. This was the point in my art journey that I kinda marooned. I was getting better at figure drawing but just haven't been able to get back in the habit of practicing them. But seeing you do it makes me wanna get right into it, and to hear that you did 3 hours a day in college? Yeah I got nothing to complain about when I have to take a 30 minute break every 30 minutes when I'm drawing, 30 on, 30 off to let my hands rest and my brain vent because it starts feeling like it's overheating.
When you’re feeling demotivated, remember practice makes progress, not perfect
Oooh what a great idea!! I'm always so fascinated to see how just having the proportions right can make it so realistic! I'll try tomorrow, thanks 🤗❤️
When I started contour drawing in school, it was terrible to finally look at (I think for everyone it is especially in the beginning). But after a while of practice I found myself looking at my paper less when I was drawing regularly. It got me to trust my eyes more and I was shocked how accurate my eyes and pencil moving in sync could be. But yes, practice!
Thank you it's so helpful to have something that tells me to do something in a day. It is so easy to just be invisible and do nothing, and having something that gets me to create is super nice.
Scott you’re so helpful and thoughtful. Thank you.
You made art fun for me again, I was having so many issues with art and stressed about it but you helped me find joy in my art again❤
Gosh!! I suddenly remember 3 hours of live drawing.. back in the day when we had so much time for stuff. Still I like to draw for a whole day sometime❤
I'm already very confident drawing people, but this inspired me to set my own challenge for myself: everyday do five 1 minute sketches of a person (complex pose), a building, a landsacpe, an object, and an animal, in an attempt to improve my drawing skills in every area, not just people. Looking forward to giving it a go!
You are the main reason I got into art, you are very inspiring
Fugure drawing helped me get faster and more fluid with my drawings. It was one of my favourite parts of university. Its been a few years and I'm quite rusty. Finally getting back into drawing more regularly now
I just love that,
my 7 year old struggles a bit with writing and reading in school
and when he asks me how I got that good with certain things, my answer litterally is all the time "practice"
I also say, there is no need for hours upon hours, just a bit of time each and every day...
I also pointed out that he might want to consider how he achieved certain things and he is slowly realising, that repeating it each day is what got him there...
also the same what I tell my two "homework students" don't go for hours a day, little parts and then every day
one of them is doing it by now and making good progress with understanding and pronouncing the language
so thank you for sharing ❤️
Your videos are honestly amazing they've helped me so much to get better and has just generally improved my art as a hopefully future comic book artist thank you because your vids just really are amazing
Tysm for this I struggle on drawing everyday bc I literally get overwhelmed with like the 20 million things I can do SO TYY😭😭
I appreciate this more than people who are like “you need to learn everything in this order, and you shouldn’t be drawing these things until you get good at these other things” it’s super demotivating
YOU DONT UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH I NEEDED THIS
That is so true! I always said that I couldn't draw people. And when I tried, I really couldn't, so I almost never drew them. But about a year ago, I realised that I wanted to be able to draw people. I want them in my landscape or make old west scenes. So I started to practise. I'm still not where I want to be, but now I can say: I can draw people. Sometimes they still go horribly wrong, but it is getting much better! Watching your video's certainly helps! You helped me understand how I could draw a face, so thank you!
yes!! for years i tried to draw exactly like the reference without drawing a stick figure first, and i recently started doing that and my art has improved so much already!
Finally someone who is giving real tips
Serious and kinda long comment rq ❤: This really made my day, and I wanted to get up and try. I’ve tried drawing people on and off, and I ended up thinking I never could. But then this video really taught me, you aren’t supposed to think about it when you practice, or make it perfect, or exactly like the reference. If you’ve put the effort in, it’s art. Thank you so much ❤❤❤❤
Absolutely My Pleasure ♥
Figure drawing is my favorite! I usually don't have a reference, just my imagination. I play with hairstyles, clothes, poses, sometimes scenes; it's great!
This man is truly a nice guy always giving tips and pieces of inspiration 😊
When I started drawing as a kid quick sketches helped me out with getting my drawings to look balanced and proportioned properly-with lots of practice and redone drawings. (Many a drawing got tossed in the trashcan due to not coming out right/couldn't be fixed, like nothing looked right now matter what I did.) I'm in my mid forties and still draw/paint when the mood hits me. Sometimes I have to walk away for awhile then come back to it to view from a different angle. Also at my age and the experience I have with drawing sometimes I have to scrap something and start from square one. Also being a lefty has it's own challenges but nothing I haven't overcome so far.
Ily bro, ur like the Art Grandpa with Sam being the Art Dad. Have a good day today!
You give great advice! It helps me stay motivated to draw. Thanks for helping the art community! You are my favorite art RUclipsr!
You and I are the same age, and when you talk about your youth and dinosaurs roaming the earth, I have to laugh because I was there too. lol!
thank you so much I struggled so much with drawing people and I love watching your videos I watched this and saw you working from a picture reference and thought I would try it. I have never felt happier after finding a picture and attempting to draw it. I drew a person for the first time and felt truly happy with the outcome. thank you so much this is a tip I will use for the rest of my life.
Im having a lot of trouble with figure drawing right now and i wanna improve really badly so this will definitely help me out a lot, tysm scott!
Glad you put this video out. Too many people want a trick to get good. In this perspective book I read, the author said, 1 part theory 50 parts practice. I always think about this when I'm drawing. You haven't seen the hours of practice professionals put into this craft before they got where they are. And all of them still do put just as much time into it now as they ever did.
I love gesture drawing, possibly too much. I used to make a habit of drawing 60-90 seconds gestures every day. I haven't been that good about it in a long time, but it's still my favorite thing to do when I don't know what to draw.
wow thank youu sm!! this is gonna b so helpful, i’m tryin to be more intentional about my consistency, this feels like a sign and a blessin 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Love your art your videos the fact you give us the tips we need helps so much art isnt just the peice we make its the whole adventure❤ thanks for the inspiration kept me going
I love the way you make it look so easy
This is the nicest 'get good' I've ever heard 😊