Head Quicksketch Warm Ups with Jeff Watts

This excerpt from Jeff's Head, Figure and Quicksketch livestream class shows the beginning warm up before getting into the demo. As part of the livestream program, you can tune in for the teacher warm ups and demo, with access to high quality videos of the class in case you miss the stream.
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[@driesketels]

A teacher ones told me: "What is hard today will one day be your warm up". When I look at old drawings I realize she was right. Warm ups are one of the best ways to kill the fear of the white canvas, love them.

[@sentry9834]

Jeff should make his sketches available as ebooks. I'd buy them in a Heartbeat.

[@dust_to_dust]

This dude is outlining the planes..... He _outlines_ the _planes_ where light hits differently before he shades anything? His knowledge base and understanding of lighting must be phenomenal!! And obviously his anatomical foundations are off the charts. Sheeesh.. Would that I had the lifestyle that allowed tutelage from here...

[@soumen_mistry]

Great work...... Fast, detailed,only focusing on those things which needed to.......I learned lots of things from you sir.

[@MeshRoun]

It must be relaxing to Jeff to be able to simply draw and enjoy and not have to narrate every stroke ...great artist and great guy! I miss coming to the school.

[@damianogiolitti3416]

How much does it cost x year or semester? (Not sure how this works) I am saving money and wanted to move to California and attend this school in order improve my skills. I saw online courses but I just like interacting with people.

[@markussvonstell4092]

One of the best draftsman and teacher in the world right now. I like others too, like G. Vilppu, S. Huston, K. Gnass T. Gula etc. which are let’s say more artistic in their approach but J. Watts is like the next Frank Reilly or something.

[@ernestopena9707]

Inspiring, this guy right here made me appreciate figurative art so much more that I went back and review the figure drawing principles from the beginning, studied them once more but this time more conscious and responsible. God like mr Watts, very inspiring, nothing but the best to you and thank you.

[@chriswhitehouse8982]

Its like he's sculpting a head right on the page!

[@LoveBystroem]

This is one of the most incredible things ive ever seen

[@SebastianTinajero]

Love watching you’re flow, the shift in line weight is a treat 👌

[@jmarcguy]

This is amazing. Wish I could be so assured with my lines instead of probing & making a mess. Haven’t drawn in years & am getting back into it. Very inspiring!

[@jaimecolodro1588]

One of my favorites drawing videos ever

[@mahfoudbenhadj-djilali5525]

You are the artist that I am looking for . you have impressed me so I feel so happy

[@mahfoudbenhadj-djilali5525]

You have waken up my felling to restart drawing. You are doctor for artist felling desesperate to reach what they want. Just do for simple things like arms legs and body with clothes . very very helpful.

[@shadowlicked]

Yay, thanks for the new free content!

[@vllad74]

A pleasure to watch...

[@faljamal]

Thanks! Awesome hair Jeff!

[@kyletwebster]

Great demo, as always.

[@fakenamington6747]

So fast and he made it look so effortless.

[@kayaeki]

Sir you're amazing inspiration 🤩

[@hannomazzurana9809]

Awesome.

[@kumarbhoi3974]

Very good Sketch Technique

[@deequanimous1181]

Grand salute 🙏

[@user-gs3uc4xr6x]

Дуже сподобалося.дякую за отриману насолоду

[@shuvoDhar.5537]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@7760Mustang]

So true Dries So very true.........

[@markaguzmanartist630]

Fantanstic ot looks like its not going to be hard to do , i might be able to tackle this thank very much ❤️ one question how come you didnt finish the tired one can you do tge third one again same method please , in the future thank yiu

[@samankucher5117]

Awesome

[@timowthie]

this is almost like asmr. The way the pencil glides across the page.

[@mahfoudbenhadj-djilali5525]

I am watching old master. Wonderful. If you can do same way body proportion from distance differents position please. Thanks .

[@artvibestudios]

Hello can you please provide the fundamentals of drawing and how long should a person work on them. Thank you

[@frankiecardona1656]

Is that smooth news print ?

[@frankiecardona1656]

Can't wait tell I get my table and tools back

[@MKANDRESTINPEACE]

Are these using reference or just from imagination?????🤔😲

[@afafzabaneh3916]

So nice....pls. show a reference ....if you please...

[@adeelazahid]

woww,great

[@eyeyeye-fm9oo]

Is the pencil of choice no longer the conte?

[@grzeskowebazgroy9845]

uuuuuuuu to musi by
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[@dougg1075]

He’s good! With my help.. he could be the best:)

[@TC-dh7zi]

Have you moved on from Conte to Wolff Carbon?

[@hilbertsinn6886]

Wolff's carbon are the best pencils in the world. Those things are like magic.

[@agntsmth77]

Hilbert's Inn 6b yes?

[@hilbertsinn6886]

@@agntsmth77
Has to be. I should have mentioned, in case any reading this is thinking of trying them, that Wolff's hardness rating is very different from everyone else's and anything harder than a 6b will not work well on newsprint.
All the harder grades work superbly on regular drawing paper however, and the b pencils (the hardest) actually hold a point better than graphite but will still make jet black lines.
The only disadvantage is they won't glide across the paper without friction like graphite.

[@tiagodagostini]

@@hilbertsinn6886 A pity they are fragile.. when I import them they arrive compeltely broken in the inside so I never ever can make a long tip :(

[@hilbertsinn6886]

@@tiagodagostini Trust me, they're not fragile; that's a shipping problem. If they're not mishandled they're actually far more resistant to shattering than any other black pencil I've ever used, and certainly more so than the Conte. (I swear they're not paying me to write these comments. lol)
Also, I'd recommend sharpening them to a chisel tip rather than a long tapered cone. By this I mean expose about half an inch of lead, rub one side on sandpaper at a very shallow angle as if it's the leaning tower of Pisa right before it falls, then round off the corners so the silhouette looks like an an exacto knife blade from one angle, and a filbert or cat's tongue brush when rotated 90 degrees.
This gives you a flat edge for shading that is to some extent self-resharpening, and the sharp edge functions like a dry calligraphy pen for line variation.

[@AmasBansalArt]

Are these from imagination or life?

[@wattsatelier]

These were drawn from the live model.

[@je-sonmarioalpuerto2085]

@@wattsatelier what are the pencils that you used

[@thetawaves48]

terrible sound, but great demo.

[@martinvestergaardportraits5654]

Quick ?

[@trajtemberg]

Weird flex but ok.