The #1 Secret to Drawing

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    Drawing is a skill that anyone can learn, but there are several bits of knowledge that are especially important in being successful. In this video, I share the #1 secret to drawing. It is so simple and easy. Once you know this secret to drawing and implement it into your practice, you can draw anything and do it well.
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  • @briwoodward120
    @briwoodward120 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I so badly wish I could include the drawing I just completed. I followed along & then challenged myself to try drawing an apple, using the same 3 step method.
    I am in complete awe of what I just created. Thank you so much for posting!

  • @gamesinfoprofile
    @gamesinfoprofile ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Thank you so much for uploading this video and thank you for not making the final hammer an intimidating masterpiece. It helps so much to know that even great artists sometimes draw simple things. These exercises were fun to do. 👍😊

  • @hbug13_62
    @hbug13_62 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    "Drawing from the Right Side of Your Brain" is an amazingly helpful book. Blind contour drawings are one of the fastest ways to get your right side engaged. Before knowing this, my "good days" and "bad days" were random. Some days things clicked, other days nothing came out right. Knowing this helped me teach elementary students as well. I knew ways to transition them for different skills that primarily used one side or needed both working together. "Brain gym" was exercises that crossed the midline of the body, helping both sides of the brain engage for the task ahead.

    • @benderflendr
      @benderflendr ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your right brain and left brain are identacle there are no verified scientific studies that show that the left brain is more creative and the left is more logistical. I recommend doing research on how the 2 sides of the brain work, its really interesting and more people should know how there own body works!

    • @coleenlong8212
      @coleenlong8212 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hbugg_.
      Do you know if the “Brain Gym books are still available from any source.
      Many years ago I had the opportunity to peruse a friend’s few “Brain Gym” books; but had no time other than that brief encounter.
      In my intermittent search over the years there has been no success.
      Thank you for any information
      you may have, or wish to convey.
      Coleen

    • @coleenlong8212
      @coleenlong8212 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hbug13 _ . ,
      Previously, addressing you I did not get your name correct.
      Apologies. 🤭

    • @blondesert
      @blondesert 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I love this. I teach art and I will use this concept. The kids will LOVE this.

    • @techsolutions8921
      @techsolutions8921 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you for the video.Your videos are always helpful.

  • @ds755
    @ds755 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for the tips and insights. It was a brand new insight to me that while drawing a blind contour to match the angle of your eyes with the angle of the pencil. One of those things that sounds so simple but is brand new information. Mind blown.

  • @bethnolastname
    @bethnolastname ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Your videos always delight me. I've joined two years in a row, but I still haven't tried the classes! I show up for all the free Wednesday classes and pay for yearly membership because I want to support this channel!

    • @melaniereveal573
      @melaniereveal573 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Try the classes they are terrific!

    • @purplebutterfly412
      @purplebutterfly412 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I have had the membership for two years now and his classes (courses) are very informative. The membership is so worth it.

  • @MrBlack-wt5er
    @MrBlack-wt5er ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You're so good it is unreal, lately I just (practice, practice, practice) and hopefully it does me some good and I just about filled my first sketchbook...

  • @heatheredwards7158
    @heatheredwards7158 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is a great lesson that was both easy to understand and remember. Thank you!

  • @leslieladyhawke
    @leslieladyhawke ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Amazing! That makes sense because when I color from a reference photo, I do much better. If I can see it, I can color it. Im trying to stretch my skills by coloring without a reference. Just memory or skill I picked up from past colorings.

  • @gcj7771
    @gcj7771 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for sharing the #1 Secret to Drawing, which is amazingly practical!

  • @vicmurai1033
    @vicmurai1033 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanks for this very informative video. I am a novice artist who started drawing during the COVID pandemic. What a wonderful way to start one's creative juices flowing.

  • @yhwhreigns
    @yhwhreigns 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Loved the drawing exercise. Thank you very much. It revealed a lot about drawing from memory.

  • @lindacarol9484
    @lindacarol9484 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks, great job explaining to those of us who appreciate your teaching skills.

  • @anul6801
    @anul6801 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Im high beginner level right now and the most important for me is how to hold the pencil/pen and be loose on your wrist. Also taper the strokes. That had much more impact than understanding of faces body proportions etc.

  • @alicemurphy8715
    @alicemurphy8715 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am doing the Secrets to Drawing course. Just finished the 3 point perspective lesson. I have been really enjoying this course

  • @jacobhernandez4347
    @jacobhernandez4347 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There are so many shapes ! Thanks this is awesome

  • @mikeneale2459
    @mikeneale2459 ปีที่แล้ว

    EXCELLENT! THANK YOU!
    WONDERFUL! INSTANTLY MAKES
    YOUR DRAWINGS BETTER!

  • @henriquejanuario881
    @henriquejanuario881 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Thanks for this class! And when you will return with the 45 min livestreams? They are SO good!

  • @NahidMohebiPainting
    @NahidMohebiPainting ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm glad that I found your post and I liked the drawing exercises and I want to thank you for that. That is right that we paint with our brain and I believe the difference between artists is unique vision that every one has. Every simple creation is a image or illusion that we have back in our mind which is known or unknown by our consciousness. You know what I mean! .we all copy the things exist. The way that we present it is different. 🎨🖌

  • @T.C.Bronart
    @T.C.Bronart ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great teaching! Thank you for sharing.

  • @bettiegrady
    @bettiegrady 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    POWERFUL Knowledge! Thanks! 🙏🏾♥️

  • @arlflors6273
    @arlflors6273 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I took for granted your teachings in High School, Mr. F. You are such a great teacher.

  • @dawnzimmermann2958
    @dawnzimmermann2958 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for the video Matt, great video. 👍

  • @godfreymambwe191
    @godfreymambwe191 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent and insightful tip. Thanks

  • @Lokeshkumar-3699
    @Lokeshkumar-3699 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge to us

  • @claritzairosario68
    @claritzairosario68 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Matt, very important subject, thanks for share this shhhh secrets drawing😉

  • @Cariena66
    @Cariena66 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Matt, this video is great. Although being a member already (this is a fantastic and outstanding program btw), I like to revisit your videos just for fun, practice and "don't forget"-reasons. I would like to encourage everyone who enjoy these videos on TH-cam to at least try out the membership program. Nothing to loose, but very much to win. Buddy

  • @cheesyboii11
    @cheesyboii11 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    thanks for the tutorial of this !!

  • @wendyhughes2234
    @wendyhughes2234 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for this Sketching/Art tip. Whenever I draw/sketch a portrait, I try to use a photo. May YUH [God] bless [Baruch] you, your family, and your ministry. And give you [much] Shalom.

  • @shreyasj.purkar3229
    @shreyasj.purkar3229 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for providing this information🙏🙏

  • @cvanDOTnet
    @cvanDOTnet ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for that. Never thought of it this way.

  • @michaelervin2621
    @michaelervin2621 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I so love this thank you for your insightfulness

  • @ElizabethBattle
    @ElizabethBattle ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You know, I always did this exercise with my drawing students, but I didn't understand all the reasons why. Thank you!

  • @JessicaCardarelli
    @JessicaCardarelli ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This was a great interesting and simple exercise. Thank you so much!

  • @laskatz3626
    @laskatz3626 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you. I’ll try this method.

  • @terrystrong9787
    @terrystrong9787 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great class
    Thanks for posting it

  • @user-hk9zv9wr7i
    @user-hk9zv9wr7i 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You are excellent teacher thank you.

  • @kemt6234
    @kemt6234 ปีที่แล้ว

    🙋 Thanks for the video.. I definitely needed it.

  • @MenTalThePoet
    @MenTalThePoet ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh I'm definitely going to try these exercises when I get off work

  • @anitajulaniya1959
    @anitajulaniya1959 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Remarkable tips. Thanks.

  • @ritawashere5787
    @ritawashere5787 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for your video and channel. I just found you and shared this video on Pinterest.❤

  • @speeddemontrackandfeild6292
    @speeddemontrackandfeild6292 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for this video @Drawing & Painting - The Virtual Instructor I want to learn to draw good without copying and so I need your help but thank you do much for this video

  • @babubars23
    @babubars23 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks a lot! the methods blew my mind!

  • @juancarlosl4133
    @juancarlosl4133 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow your channel is amazing. All the subjects you talk about drawing is very good. I am a new subscriber!

  • @artieross9537
    @artieross9537 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for this video.

  • @aydakipsikolog
    @aydakipsikolog หลายเดือนก่อน

    this video is a piece of art. thank you

  • @FaisalGhaznavi
    @FaisalGhaznavi 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    thank you so much of your videos' I can't stop watching your videos

  • @williamramos3350
    @williamramos3350 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So simple...yet so powerful.

  • @joshuabauer8419
    @joshuabauer8419 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for sharing man 😉

  • @ultimatehistory09
    @ultimatehistory09 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This tutorial is just awesome just as all of those posted in youtube

  • @scottguziec3007
    @scottguziec3007 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great teacher!

  • @evamellor1922
    @evamellor1922 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s that Southern drawl. Love listening to him!

  • @annsiebel3682
    @annsiebel3682 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much.

  • @catsmeow6858
    @catsmeow6858 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I learned something new - thanks!

  • @jimrogers7841
    @jimrogers7841 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The blind contour applies to sculpting too, try sculpting with water-Clay inside a paper grocery bag while looking only at your model, it’s another great warmup tool

  • @valerieservice1531
    @valerieservice1531 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you!

  • @vincentcooper9139
    @vincentcooper9139 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant!

  • @smartheartart
    @smartheartart ปีที่แล้ว

    Great tutorial!❤

  • @barryallenflash1
    @barryallenflash1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Smart! Thanks Matt! I've been drawing this way my entire but never knew it! I just thought looking at a picture was how EVERYONE drew, but nope. It's time to break my sketchbook back out!!

    • @reginaldforthright805
      @reginaldforthright805 ปีที่แล้ว

      HAha copying a picture isn’t drawing my dude

    • @miaschu8175
      @miaschu8175 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think it's the part about "keep looking back at what you are drawing" that those of us who have never been good at drawing don't think to do. We look once, or just occasionally, then think that we are just incapable because what is on our paper doesn't look like what we had looked at (way too briefly).
      I've recently found that I don't look in enough detail, either. There is an art to seeing, as well as to drawing.

  • @xadrezazul8712
    @xadrezazul8712 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Obrigado pelas dicas 😊

  • @Joy-tl1bk
    @Joy-tl1bk ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your videos. I have learned so much thank you ❤

  • @lifesence71
    @lifesence71 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very good, very helpful, thank you for sharing this awesome content with us, it really helps. 😁

  • @PrototypeFreak89
    @PrototypeFreak89 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very true... I have steady hands and good at drawing but have a terrible mind when it comes to thinking in detail.

  • @MintyIshi
    @MintyIshi ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thx, It will be useful for me to practice with it. :⁠-⁠)

  • @thissunchild
    @thissunchild ปีที่แล้ว

    What a great exercise!

  • @3valastingstudios
    @3valastingstudios ปีที่แล้ว

    Great advice + tips thanks

  • @Portal2099
    @Portal2099 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Another great thing about pencils is that erasing can add a lot to the drawing as well. Cool video, thanks!

    • @TyDmenace
      @TyDmenace ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Im a charcoal guy so I rely heavily on erasing

  • @Robloxgamer-ii3dg
    @Robloxgamer-ii3dg 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much 😊😊 you helped e get good at drawing thank you😊.

  • @johnhoag4698
    @johnhoag4698 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    good teaching. thanks.

  • @user-hd4cn2vk4p
    @user-hd4cn2vk4p 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent video! Thanks very much.

  • @miaschu8175
    @miaschu8175 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video lesson! Thanks.

  • @paulagreen6005
    @paulagreen6005 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was a fun exercise!

  • @trailwalker19
    @trailwalker19 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just started drawing again about a month ago after 52 yrs. I entered into a contest where I spent 4 hours drawing a face and later a man from the minnesota art school wanted me to join them. while my parents wanted me to finish high school it did leave a lasting impression...

  • @EasyAndcutedrawing2295
    @EasyAndcutedrawing2295 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing tutorial❤

  • @b00gi3
    @b00gi3 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really cool ideas and insights here. Sub, thank you!

  • @F_N.artgallery
    @F_N.artgallery 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for your video ❤

  • @clashgamer5010
    @clashgamer5010 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    bruh you really helped me
    THANK YOU

  • @rocklee7509
    @rocklee7509 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks a lot sir👍❤❤❤

  • @MyVintageLife
    @MyVintageLife ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing content! I need your skills! Thanks for sharing!

  • @ssn1972neumann
    @ssn1972neumann 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello! Thanks for such a good video. I liked it very much.

  • @Willy_Sad
    @Willy_Sad 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Woww.. wonderful 👍, from now, i know the secret. Thanks friends

  • @fredkelly6953
    @fredkelly6953 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've always drawn fairly well but I've known people who can draw next level and it's been my experience that the better you can draw using observation the better you can draw.

    • @reginaldforthright805
      @reginaldforthright805 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There’s a huge difference between understanding and copying. Someone who understands what they’re doing can draw with or without reference and there is an authority and personal signature that is missing from the works of mere copyists.

  • @Ionecoyote
    @Ionecoyote ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video. A real beginner here and I hope I can apply this to my drawings. I observed my hammer still doesn't look nearly as good as yours or the photo itself but I hope one day it can get there....

  • @Xanderades
    @Xanderades 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very helpful thank you

  • @glr_creations
    @glr_creations ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you very much!

  • @user-sg2vq1bg4e
    @user-sg2vq1bg4e 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank u 🎉🎉🎉

  • @prasadanisilva8766
    @prasadanisilva8766 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very interesting

  • @MOYAZE
    @MOYAZE ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you

  • @DjArtC
    @DjArtC 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the creativity of this channel. Feel free to check out a few pieces of art when your super bored lol😅, keep up the good work!

  • @jamessotomayer2941
    @jamessotomayer2941 ปีที่แล้ว

    This Artist is a great Craftsman!: Look at the work! Not just what he says!

  • @danieltrinh1399
    @danieltrinh1399 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video sir thank you for the tips

  • @DesignsbyKellie
    @DesignsbyKellie 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This blew me away!I wish I could share my 1- memory, 2-blind one line and 3-50% observation pics here. The progression from someone who can't draw was mind-boggling.

  • @DB_in_AZ
    @DB_in_AZ 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thx for your content. I’m stumbling on it a year later. Love the lesson.

  • @onsidebike7262
    @onsidebike7262 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am just a beginner and this video already taught me 60% of drawing

  • @brenohenrique9383
    @brenohenrique9383 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Life changer video

  • @AtizayFantezi_Art
    @AtizayFantezi_Art หลายเดือนก่อน

    Facts, observation is really important, many dont do it correctly. Theres a difference when you truly “see” and understand what youre doing. Especially when youre trying to 100% copy a refrence :) take time to pause and step back and look

  • @tripti16165
    @tripti16165 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks it really helped😊😊❤❤

  • @Djenggot76
    @Djenggot76 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    drawing scret so cool 👍

  • @Avyay10
    @Avyay10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks

  • @NormanHuard
    @NormanHuard 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I taught visual arts in high school. I used this method. From your imagination/memory draw a profile view of one of the shoes you are wearing. Then the blind contour line drawing. Finally, the 50% observation. Then I’d move on to have reproduce a complex line drawing of a scene with a person in it. To make the students focus on what they were drawing ( and keep their brains from telling them what they were seeing), I had them turn the reference image upside down. Quite a few students discovered that they could draw after all.

  • @tusk242
    @tusk242 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good Job, you started out with the BRAIN. Betty Edwards, was who also did this. I was good in art when very very young. Being Dyslexic, did not help me. Good art class back in the 60's taught drawing without looking at the paper. Perspective( took me awhile to spell it), vanishing point , and many basic tools were TOSSED out all over in late 60's. It was Andy Warhol and Picasso, a simple yellow square next to a blue square is in Art Galleries. Anything in Nature, only if dead ( like a bird with feet in the air ) is accepted , or like the artist who did beef carcuses hanging in a slaughter house by a hook, YES agree it was very good, but that got Rave Reviews by art critics. I met Robert Bateman, when young, he thought my art was great, But I read in one of his books and he said art critics would not accept his art in an art gallery. too copied, or illustrative type work. Single parent, all art supplies, sketches of plants, birds, animals, stolen, no money to replace. I am 75 now, have some art supplies. but starting again, but now supplies are not as available, prices went up. But at least out doors is still there, and the few nature notes help. GOOD JOB, I used the book "ANIMAL PAINTING AND ANATOMY", b y W. Frank Calderon. Helpful when in my 20's, Think it just came out, when NEW AGE ART was all ready in, so the book did not sell as well.