@0:33 [1] General Advice: "Get good enough at anything and someone will pay you to do it." @2:29 [2] Art Advice: Form before detail. @3:38 [3] Pacing Advice: Only go as fast as you can with accuracy. @4:27 [4] Efficiency Advice: 80% of the outcome is governed by 20% of the work. @6:23 [5] Clarity Advice: Back off from the canvas. @7:50 [6] Motivation Advice: If you don't enjoy painting it, why should anybody enjoy looking at it? @9:29 [7] Priority Tip: It’s either being promoted or it's promoting something else. @12:08 [8] Values Tip: Play down the darks in the light areas, and play down the lights in the dark areas. @14:21 [9] Portrait Tip: The features are not separate things on the face, they are part of a single unit. @15:33 [10] Figure Tip: Hips and shoulders are opposite.
My biggest mistakes while drawing was was always getting into the details first without understanding the form. I was so frustrated why my drawings always looked so off. I thought i made them "pretty' enough but they just didn't look right. Then very recently, I began to learn more about proportions and form and measurements which I feel has improved my art. Learning this has changed everything about how I draw. I now try to break things into simple shapes then build my way from there. I need to practice a LOT more to even begin getting good enough to get paid. Thank you for the video! I can see you learned a lot!
Ollie I know it's been a year since you've written this... but reading your comment I see a lot of similarities in myself right now. I'd like to ask HOW you advanced towards form, proportions, all those fundamentals.
Ollie I do something similar, I block out the forms into silhouettes then go in and draw the line art or paint on top of the “blobs” this is something I just started doing and it makes the process so much easier than actually sketching out the figure, it’s really easy to lose a lot of time dealing with lines that construct your figure, especially when doing a perspective shot unfortunately this is simply not something that is feasible with only a pencil and paper, but most of us work in digital 50% of the time, so it’s just another shortcut we can use to save time and improve our illustrations
It's really hard to start with plain shapes without going into details, because it always bothers people like us that it's so...how to say it...lack of everything. I really need to learn to stop rushing, and it's a big problem for me now...I have hard time focusing on evolving, and because of it I have a hard time to doing things slowly and properly.
Thank you so much for these great tips! I'm sure they are gold. I'll leave some brief notes of them pasted over here just in case they are also useful for someone else: 1. General Advice: "Get good enough at anything and someone will pay you to do it." 2. Art Advice: form before detail. 3. Pacing Advice: only go as fast as you can with accuracy. 4. Efficiency Advice: 80% of the outcome is governed by 20% of the work. 5. Clarity Advice: back off from the canvas. 6. Motivation Advice: if you don't enjoy painting it why should anybody enjoy looking at it? 7. Priority Tip: it's either being promoted or it's promoting something else. 8. Values Tip: play down the darks in the light areas, and play down the lights in the dark areas. 9. Portrait Tip: the features are not separate things on the face, they are part of a single unit. 10. Figure Tip: hips and shoulders are opposite.
The best trick is looking at your art piece in a mirror. After staring at your piece for hours, seeing it in reverse will show you if there is an error in symmetry, perspective, contrast, etc.
I always use this method, but my bf doesnt seem to see the errors. I think prerequisite of this skill is knowledge of symmetry/perspective/ contrast, etc. (in short, if you just draw without knowledge, you wont see the errors through the mirrow). *this is just base on my observation
@@exuralaxis2705 Someone who has no understanding of it can't really see the problems to begin with, so skip the part about asking your bf what are the problems in your work if he failed once to bring them out, since for casual person it always will seem fine if they have no understanding how it all works.
Thank you for putting together this video for us! I am a new artist that lacks imagination. I am in love with drawing and painting since I have been a kid but I had to work a 'real job' since I had no support from my family. Only a year ago I decided that I can't live my life without doing what I love, I could not look at a painting without getting extremely emotional and remembered how much I love art so here I am pouring my heart into each painting that I create even if my work is not great for the moment. Painting and drawing is a surreal experience to me and it can brighten any day for me, it can get me out of an anxiety attack and so much more. Every time I can afford to make a painting I feel so priviledged!
The rewatchability value of your videos is limitless, I come back to them often and always leave with things that I need to work on. Thanks for that Clint.
"Form before detail" ... it took me a long time to get that one and it is absolutely art-life changing. I think I came out of the womb, diving into the details, not realizing it was THAT that made the work suffer.
It's counter to what most us want to do naturally but you're right, if you can make it a habit it can dramatically change your art process and success.
Something I had to learn, was that I didn't always have to finish what I started all at once. It's OK to walk away from something and to take a break. Then come back to it when you're refreshed, in the mood and not just trying to finish it.
How's that working out for you? I've rarely, read "never" met a successful person in any field who thought it was all right to walk away from unfinished work. Things happen and we can be forced away temporarilyly, or even permanently, but if we believe it's all right to walk away just because we don't want to do the really hard weork of finishing everything, failure results, not just with that task, but with everything, even with life itself.
Will Bernd I agree... I’ve worked on a painting and I thought that what I had just finished stunk. I put the lid on the pallet, cleaned the brushes, left till morning, came back and was amazed at how good the work I had done the day before actually was. Yeah, you’re right, take a break!!!
I agree, it's alright to walk away and come back later, I say that with an art piece or a piece of code you're running to get data for a bank. Sometimes your brain needs a break so you can come back with a fresh perspective and even notice some mistakes earlier than later. In our GCSE art exams, we had to do a final piece for 10 hours, and were encouraged to rexamine the piece after lunch, or the next five hours (the next school day).
Start a painting, shelve it, get loads of references, then 2 years later watch fantastic Swatches instructional videos, and get really excited about how to finish it! Was just lacking in knowledge on values, perspective, colour theory, shapes and forms and shading... and maybe composition. Thank you Clint! 💛
Or do another piece and not feel you have to stick to its finished and get frustrated and then start messing it up I used to ask friends what they think before I finished and then feel rushed cause they would criticise bits and make you have self doubt I don't ask anymore xxxx
Some of the best advice I've learned in my 77 years! Never heard of this guy nor have I ever seen any of his work that I'm aware of, but I will know more in just a few minutes after I've done a search on him. I've subscribed and will put his advice to work immediately. Thanks. Larry McGrew
Your advice "If you don't enjoy painting it, why should anybody enjoy looking at it?" is meaningfully resonant. Love that line. I will draw what I love to draw and have a darned good time doing it.
If you get good at anything be sure you want to do it for a living. There are two schools of thought on hobby versus work. #1 If you make your hobby your work? You need a new hobby. #2 If you make can make money with your hobby you'll never work again. Both are true. If you love what you do it will feel less like work but if it IS work you HAVE to do it. Deadlines and demanding customers will enter into what a hobby has much less of. Stress. (That is where the new hobby comes in)
Same. What would have helped me the most would have been using references. I was too stubborn and thought of it as cheating because I've always seen artists draw from their minds.
True, I wouldn't say it "cheating" more of a guide for accuracy. Its like a blueprint, you wouldn't look at a blue print for a house once and say alright. You go back to the reference again and again. That is how I try to see it now
Foreignerrocks but your end goal is to have the blueprints of a million different houses in your mind, how can you get to that if you always look it up like facts from wikipedia that you immediatly forget anyways
True true, but in order to get a new and better idea you need to build from previous achievements, or experiences, learning from mistakes You can expand and build or even change from that first print. Its good to have basics down, like anatomy, and perspective. But to remember every fiber of every tissue, muscles at every possible angle, how cloth, and fabrics move. The color of a sunset, to the way water reflects, scale and proportion, foreshortening, lighting, shading. Its impossible to catalog all this. That's the reason references are highly suggested, plus having inspiration to keep you moving
Clint, I am familiar with the 80/20 principle but have never clearly understood it until I heard your analogy of a bow and arrow. Being able to visualize the degree in which you hold an arrow and how very small increments in the change of angle can make a huge impact on the direction that the arrow flies is so much easier to imagine than some ephemeral concept of 20% and 80%. Thank you for finally bringing clarity to a concept that has baffled me for years.
Thank you for keeping the advice short, on point and keeping things real. There are so many artists on TH-cam that really just crave attention, like the sound of their own voice, more than actually helping people's art study.
I started my art journey at the beginning of last year and it's kind of crazy how I'm still learning new things each day. About half of these advices are new to me but totally make sense. Thank you for sharing your wisdom!
I think then point of the "heart" that one puts in their work is a very important element, its definition seems elusive yet it cannot be over looked. I believe its as you said, do we love what we're doing? Not art in general, but the project we are working on. This factor guides me in deciding what will be my subject, its like I'll know when I see it always keeping an artistic mind as I go thru my day, Thank you, very inspiring.
1. Good at anything and someone will pay 2. Form before details 3. Accuracy before speed 4. 80/20 rule 5. See the whole picture 6. Put heart into your work 7. Promote the thing (face, story..) 8. Tune down the light of the dark and vice versa 9. Features are part of the face, tune down edges 10. Hip and shoulder are opposite indeed great advices !
*ThAnK YoU!* These 8 tips made soooo much sense! Thought initially they might not work for me as my usual subject matter differs from yours... Nope!! Because your advice really describe good basic practices that can be applied to virtually ANY art medium & subject matter, heck even many other life activities as well. ♡ One piece of advice I struggle to abide by is "Remember, you can't see the forest for the trees..." I do tend to dive in whole-heartedly to the minute details as it's what I enjoy most, & at times it's truly laborious to spend time on the IMPORTANT aspects of a piece. But remind myself that my focal details will really Shine if they have a good solid foundation under them.
I was into mountain biking as a kid and one of the best pieces of advice I've ever received was in an article on the basics of trail biking: Always look at the path you want to take and not the obstacles. The point was that your body tends to follow where your eyes are looking, but I took it to apply to pretty much every task. Keep your eyes on the prize!
I completely agree with the point made at 9:12. When looking for references for long brown hair i checked some portrait drawings featuring hair. I tried to pick the ones that resonated for me and a few of the artpieces although at a very beginner level were fantastic because the subject of the drawing shone through because of the heart of the artist. Also, I like the last tip: imbalance in hips in relation to the shoulders are generally opposite. One of the main things I learned while doing cartoon style characters is to follow the curve of the spine to acheive stability or dynamic action in the character.
That's a great way to sum up things. Most of your lecture is about known facts of creative practice of visual art, yet it's so pragmatically dealt that it has created new meaning to each point! I just had to subscribe! Thank you!
These art advices are so good. Sinse retiring I have been studying how to paint with the help of youtube. Thank you very much for these very relevant tips. A big thumbs up!!!
Subbed because I spent a good 5 or 10 minutes at work thinking on the impact of "get good enough at something and someone will pay you for it". Everything else was solid too man, thanks for the inspiration today.
Love these tips. I'm at the point in my work were I can understand them now. Before I'd have likely ignored them or not known how to apply what you teach because I was stuggling as it was. Now subtlies like 'no edges' on the face really make sense. "Get good enough at anything, and someone will pay you to do it." -Almost worth a tattoo! :) Thanks Again!
You really nailed a lot of the main foundational problems. Any artist can forget about these really important things. thanks for this awesome video. your analogies are fantastic by the way.
it is rare to exactly find what your looking for. you usually end up collecting pieces from different videos to form a concept. not here .. some of the best advices that apply across many art forms including music.
064razor that's not true at all. Having nicer/more expensive materials have nothing to do with talent. Using more expensive Pencils might make your art look prettier and easier to make but it won't make you more talented. All I need to get started is a typical yellow pencil and a piece of paper. I don't need any fancy equipment or anything like that.
Kaitlyn Argyle but instagram and tumblr and pinterest do not need talented ones. people want something and they will not learn how talented you are if your art is likable. and likableness today tends to be farther and farther from greatness
The elephant in the room is something called "fundamentals". Nothing will work without a good grasp of fundamentals. Almost no artist out there writing books or making videos about how to do this or that, speaks of the fundamentals.
Great advise. I would add to #5 is walk away. Let your eyes and mind rest so that when you come baxk you will be able to see your eye with fresh eyes and work on it from there
Best Art Advice 1. 0:33 GENERAL: Get good enough at one thing and someone will pay you to do it 2. 2:28 ART: Form before detail 3. 3:39 PACING: Only go as fast as you can WITH accuracy 4. 4:28 EFFICIENCY: 20% of your effort affects 80% of work 5. 6:24 CLARITY: Back up and make sure image works as a whole 6. 7:50 MOTIVATION: The more you enjoy working on it, the more others will enjoy viewing 7. 9:31 PRIORITY: Determine the primary focal point of your image 8. 12:10 VALUES: Balance your tones by lightening the darks and darkening the lights 9. 14:22 PORTRAIT TIP: All facial features are part of the whole 10. 15:35 FIGURES TIP: Hips and shoulders are opposite Thanks Clint. Great advice.
thanks for this couple of advises i like drawing and i always draw such things like faces, animals, heroes and some graffiti too so i will take these advises seriously to improve my style and to get better.
I really appreciated the 80/20 rule and how it relates to pacing and efficiency in the early stages of a drawing. I have been studying more advanced perspective techniques for a while now and have found that just being more thorough and confident with my line quality has greatly improved the overall attraction of my drawings. I used to give accuracy very little credence and my work really suffered because of it. I feel as though this kind of advice is really hard to truly appreciate until you buckle down and figure it out first hand.
I've pretty much been an artist my whole life. The last tip that is almost hidden at the end there, tacked on slyly, is the best one imho. So simple, very true, and something I actually haven't heard/noticed before! Thanks so much for the tip(s), and for making this video in general. Much appreciated!
very informative. but even better than the the information was the way you presented the entire video. you were articulate and comprehensive, something which many videos lack. thank you so much and I will pass on some of this information to my students.
i am also an artist but i was very confused what to do and i watched your video. its very helpful and motivational for me. i really appreciate your guidance and healthy suggestion. thanks buddy.
The best advice I ever heard was that the money you are payed by the company you work for will always be in exact proportion to the need for what you do, your ability to do it, and the degree of difficulty involved in replacing you. I heard while listening to Earl Nightingale, I find keeping this in mind while drawing is very motivating because it gives me a guideline for how to achieve my goals and what aspects I need to improve if I am to do so.
These are some really good advices! Some I knew some not and thank you for all. I have to mention one advice that is regularly on my mind due to the fact that I'm trying to fight it off while functioning as an artist: do not listen to any coments of other people what is it that you should be doing! Especially what motive you should be doing and especially from people that are not artists.
im currently starting out with digital art, and it is so different from traditional. but overall this video really gave me a new perspective on some things and defenetly alot to think about when i draw! thank you!
I don't have any talent in drawing but enjoyed your advice. Still it was interesting advice one can use in any situation in life. Even for a non-artist like me who enjoys scrapbooking must make sure the spine and pages are lined up pefectly. Or the other 80% of the book is never going to be right. Maybe I'll get good enough at it and someone will want me to make them one. Thanks for sharing your advice.
Thanks for offering awesome tips that actually do make sense. A few I already knew which was great because then you confirmed to me that I'm on the right track. I'll look forward to seeing more of your videos
The one with the face really helped me. I always would hear advice similar to this message, however it just didnt really make as much sense to me as this one did. Thank you!
@0:33 [1] General Advice: "Get good enough at anything and someone will pay you to do it."
@2:29 [2] Art Advice: Form before detail.
@3:38 [3] Pacing Advice: Only go as fast as you can with accuracy.
@4:27 [4] Efficiency Advice: 80% of the outcome is governed by 20% of the work.
@6:23 [5] Clarity Advice: Back off from the canvas.
@7:50 [6] Motivation Advice: If you don't enjoy painting it, why should anybody enjoy looking at it?
@9:29 [7] Priority Tip: It’s either being promoted or it's promoting something else.
@12:08 [8] Values Tip: Play down the darks in the light areas, and play down the lights in the dark areas.
@14:21 [9] Portrait Tip: The features are not separate things on the face, they are part of a single unit.
@15:33 [10] Figure Tip: Hips and shoulders are opposite.
Thanks for the time stamp bro.
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Awesome recap!
God bless people who do the recaps 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
My god
My biggest mistakes while drawing was was always getting into the details first without understanding the form. I was so frustrated why my drawings always looked so off. I thought i made them "pretty' enough but they just didn't look right. Then very recently, I began to learn more about proportions and form and measurements which I feel has improved my art. Learning this has changed everything about how I draw. I now try to break things into simple shapes then build my way from there. I need to practice a LOT more to even begin getting good enough to get paid. Thank you for the video! I can see you learned a lot!
Post your twitter, I gonna follow you.
Ollie I know it's been a year since you've written this... but reading your comment I see a lot of similarities in myself right now. I'd like to ask HOW you advanced towards form, proportions, all those fundamentals.
Ollie I do something similar, I block out the forms into silhouettes then go in and draw the line art or paint on top of the “blobs” this is something I just started doing and it makes the process so much easier than actually sketching out the figure, it’s really easy to lose a lot of time dealing with lines that construct your figure, especially when doing a perspective shot unfortunately this is simply not something that is feasible with only a pencil and paper, but most of us work in digital 50% of the time, so it’s just another shortcut we can use to save time and improve our illustrations
It's really hard to start with plain shapes without going into details, because it always bothers people like us that it's so...how to say it...lack of everything. I really need to learn to stop rushing, and it's a big problem for me now...I have hard time focusing on evolving, and because of it I have a hard time to doing things slowly and properly.
I know how you feel ..if one thing is out it can make other bits out and your correcting bits and its stressful then .x
Thank you so much for these great tips! I'm sure they are gold. I'll leave some brief notes of them pasted over here just in case they are also useful for someone else:
1. General Advice: "Get good enough at anything and someone will pay you to do it."
2. Art Advice: form before detail.
3. Pacing Advice: only go as fast as you can with accuracy.
4. Efficiency Advice: 80% of the outcome is governed by 20% of the work.
5. Clarity Advice: back off from the canvas.
6. Motivation Advice: if you don't enjoy painting it why should anybody enjoy looking at it?
7. Priority Tip: it's either being promoted or it's promoting something else.
8. Values Tip: play down the darks in the light areas, and play down the lights in the dark areas.
9. Portrait Tip: the features are not separate things on the face, they are part of a single unit.
10. Figure Tip: hips and shoulders are opposite.
Thanks!
Thank you so much! I'm not good at english so It's very useful :">
Thank you for your caring about others
thanks!!!!
The best trick is looking at your art piece in a mirror. After staring at your piece for hours, seeing it in reverse will show you if there is an error in symmetry, perspective, contrast, etc.
I always use this method, but my bf doesnt seem to see the errors. I think prerequisite of this skill is knowledge of symmetry/perspective/ contrast, etc. (in short, if you just draw without knowledge, you wont see the errors through the mirrow). *this is just base on my observation
Thats pretty cool
what I do is find a light from any source, raise my paper and flip it, works better for me than finding a mirror 😂
@@exuralaxis2705 Someone who has no understanding of it can't really see the problems to begin with, so skip the part about asking your bf what are the problems in your work if he failed once to bring them out, since for casual person it always will seem fine if they have no understanding how it all works.
Crystal Wish I take a picture of my painting and look at that. It always looks different.
Thank you for putting together this video for us! I am a new artist that lacks imagination.
I am in love with drawing and painting since I have been a kid but I had to work a 'real job' since I had no support from my family.
Only a year ago I decided that I can't live my life without doing what I love, I could not look at a painting without getting extremely emotional and remembered how much I love art so here I am pouring my heart into each painting that I create even if my work is not great for the moment. Painting and drawing is a surreal experience to me and it can brighten any day for me, it can get me out of an anxiety attack and so much more. Every time I can afford to make a painting I feel so priviledged!
The rewatchability value of your videos is limitless, I come back to them often and always leave with things that I need to work on. Thanks for that Clint.
"Form before detail" ... it took me a long time to get that one and it is absolutely art-life changing. I think I came out of the womb, diving into the details, not realizing it was THAT that made the work suffer.
It's counter to what most us want to do naturally but you're right, if you can make it a habit it can dramatically change your art process and success.
Something I had to learn, was that I didn't always have to finish what I started all at once. It's OK to walk away from something and to take a break. Then come back to it when you're refreshed, in the mood and not just trying to finish it.
How's that working out for you? I've rarely, read "never" met a successful person in any field who thought it was all right to walk away from unfinished work. Things happen and we can be forced away temporarilyly, or even permanently, but if we believe it's all right to walk away just because we don't want to do the really hard weork of finishing everything, failure results, not just with that task, but with everything, even with life itself.
Will Bernd
I agree... I’ve worked on a painting and I thought that what I had just finished stunk. I put the lid on the pallet, cleaned the brushes, left till morning, came back and was amazed at how good the work I had done the day before actually was. Yeah, you’re right, take a break!!!
I agree, it's alright to walk away and come back later, I say that with an art piece or a piece of code you're running to get data for a bank. Sometimes your brain needs a break so you can come back with a fresh perspective and even notice some mistakes earlier than later. In our GCSE art exams, we had to do a final piece for 10 hours, and were encouraged to rexamine the piece after lunch, or the next five hours (the next school day).
Start a painting, shelve it, get loads of references, then 2 years later watch fantastic Swatches instructional videos, and get really excited about how to finish it! Was just lacking in knowledge on values, perspective, colour theory, shapes and forms and shading... and maybe composition. Thank you Clint! 💛
Or do another piece and not feel you have to stick to its finished and get frustrated and then start messing it up I used to ask friends what they think before I finished and then feel rushed cause they would criticise bits and make you have self doubt I don't ask anymore xxxx
Some of the best advice I've learned in my 77 years! Never heard of this guy nor have I ever seen any of his work that I'm aware of, but I will know more in just a few minutes after I've done a search on him. I've subscribed and will put his advice to work immediately. Thanks. Larry McGrew
A very polite comment from you Larry. I fell the same. Videos like this brings humanity forward. / Tom Tóme
77 years? Dang dude
Hey we have a senior, good going mister!
Your advice "If you don't enjoy painting it, why should anybody enjoy looking at it?" is meaningfully resonant. Love that line. I will draw what I love to draw and have a darned good time doing it.
If you get good at anything be sure you want to do it for a living.
There are two schools of thought on hobby versus work.
#1 If you make your hobby your work? You need a new hobby.
#2 If you make can make money with your hobby you'll never work again.
Both are true. If you love what you do it will feel less like work but if it IS work you HAVE to do it. Deadlines and demanding customers will enter into what a hobby has much less of. Stress. (That is where the new hobby comes in)
As a young artist, thank for sharing this advice :)!
what is artist?
a noob
ClashixTV lmao
Same. What would have helped me the most would have been using references. I was too stubborn and thought of it as cheating because I've always seen artists draw from their minds.
When I started drawing I thought using References was cheating too.
I still feel very strongly that it is cheating even after I heard many artist tell me otherwise, I can't really change how I feel about it
True, I wouldn't say it "cheating" more of a guide for accuracy. Its like a blueprint, you wouldn't look at a blue print for a house once and say alright. You go back to the reference again and again. That is how I try to see it now
Foreignerrocks
but your end goal is to have the blueprints of a million different houses in your mind, how can you get to that if you always look it up like facts from wikipedia that you immediatly forget anyways
True true, but in order to get a new and better idea you need to build from previous achievements, or experiences, learning from mistakes You can expand and build or even change from that first print. Its good to have basics down, like anatomy, and perspective. But to remember every fiber of every tissue, muscles at every possible angle, how cloth, and fabrics move. The color of a sunset, to the way water reflects, scale and proportion, foreshortening, lighting, shading. Its impossible to catalog all this. That's the reason references are highly suggested, plus having inspiration to keep you moving
As a Creative Spirit (formerly known as Visual Artist), I truly appreciate that you advise "form before detail" It is very true!
Clint, I am familiar with the 80/20 principle but have never clearly understood it until I heard your analogy of a bow and arrow. Being able to visualize the degree in which you hold an arrow and how very small increments in the change of angle can make a huge impact on the direction that the arrow flies is so much easier to imagine than some ephemeral concept of 20% and 80%. Thank you for finally bringing clarity to a concept that has baffled me for years.
Love love love love love Joy in painting . Yes it always shows
This video is absolutely SOLID ADVICE!
As a newbie I cannot tell you how much help this advice is! Thank you.
I like to do abstract art like acrylic pouring and resin art. Your advice works for this type of art as well.
Thank you for keeping the advice short, on point and keeping things real. There are so many artists on TH-cam that really just crave attention, like the sound of their own voice, more than actually helping people's art study.
I appreciate you saying that, thanks for watching.
I started my art journey at the beginning of last year and it's kind of crazy how I'm still learning new things each day. About half of these advices are new to me but totally make sense. Thank you for sharing your wisdom!
I think then point of the "heart" that one puts in their work is a very important element, its definition seems elusive yet it cannot be over looked. I believe its as you said, do we love what we're doing? Not art in general, but the project we are working on. This factor guides me in deciding what will be my subject, its like I'll know when I see it always keeping an artistic mind as I go thru my day, Thank you, very inspiring.
My favourite tutor.. very serious things here.. thank you
1. Good at anything and someone will pay
2. Form before details
3. Accuracy before speed
4. 80/20 rule
5. See the whole picture
6. Put heart into your work
7. Promote the thing (face, story..)
8. Tune down the light of the dark and vice versa
9. Features are part of the face, tune down edges
10. Hip and shoulder are opposite
indeed great advices !
THE BEST ADVICE
I HAVE EVER HEARD
FOR ART
MAKES SO MUCH SENSE
AND SO NICELY
EXPLAINED
THANK YOU!
great video! Some really good advice which will help me
Bro big fan
*ThAnK YoU!* These 8 tips made soooo much sense! Thought initially they might not work for me as my usual subject matter differs from yours... Nope!! Because your advice really describe good basic practices that can be applied to virtually ANY art medium & subject matter, heck even many other life activities as well. ♡
One piece of advice I struggle to abide by is "Remember, you can't see the forest for the trees..." I do tend to dive in whole-heartedly to the minute details as it's what I enjoy most, & at times it's truly laborious to spend time on the IMPORTANT aspects of a piece. But remind myself that my focal details will really Shine if they have a good solid foundation under them.
Everything you're saying rings true in my work as a custom boot maker. Great advice, especially about working with heart. Thanks for posting.
I was into mountain biking as a kid and one of the best pieces of advice I've ever received was in an article on the basics of trail biking: Always look at the path you want to take and not the obstacles.
The point was that your body tends to follow where your eyes are looking, but I took it to apply to pretty much every task. Keep your eyes on the prize!
Excellent advice. Thank you very much, Clint.
I completely agree with the point made at 9:12. When looking for references for long brown hair i checked some portrait drawings featuring hair. I tried to pick the ones that resonated for me and a few of the artpieces although at a very beginner level were fantastic because the subject of the drawing shone through because of the heart of the artist. Also, I like the last tip: imbalance in hips in relation to the shoulders are generally opposite. One of the main things I learned while doing cartoon style characters is to follow the curve of the spine to acheive stability or dynamic action in the character.
That's a great way to sum up things. Most of your lecture is about known facts of creative practice of visual art, yet it's so pragmatically dealt that it has created new meaning to each point! I just had to subscribe! Thank you!
Thank You.Came back here after 2 years ( started self-taught drawing 2 years ago ),
and now it has completely different meaning. Very helpful tips !
These art advices are so good. Sinse retiring I have been studying how to paint with the help of youtube. Thank you very much for these very relevant tips. A big thumbs up!!!
Fantastic and very wise advice, can be applied to so many things outside of the visual arts too.
Too good. Such genuine and effective tips.
Subbed because I spent a good 5 or 10 minutes at work thinking on the impact of "get good enough at something and someone will pay you for it". Everything else was solid too man, thanks for the inspiration today.
You are a such a good role model for so many people out there (I guess including me) when it comes to art.
Love these tips. I'm at the point in my work were I can understand them now. Before I'd have likely ignored them or not known how to apply what you teach because I was stuggling as it was. Now subtlies like 'no edges' on the face really make sense.
"Get good enough at anything, and someone will pay you to do it." -Almost worth a tattoo! :) Thanks Again!
WOWW.....Ur 80/20 Rule just blew my mind!!!! and its so applicable to so much in my life ! thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
You really nailed a lot of the main foundational problems. Any artist can forget about these really important things. thanks for this awesome video. your analogies are fantastic by the way.
Great advise. Would love to have seen examples as you gave those technical tips. Thanks for sharing.
This video is what got me into your channel and the clip that I keeo getting back to remind myself. Thank you Clint.
That's one of the most useful shortlists of art tips I've ever been through! Thank you so much!
Glad you found it helpful, thanks for watching!
Great advice - for art and for life. Needed to hear these. Thank you.
These tips are really great! real core competency things that any artist has to apply in order to be successful.
Great advice! Love how that one sentence from the book stuck with you. Thank you so much for sharing these awesome nuggets. Your art is amazing!
Excellent advise, thanks.
it is rare to exactly find what your looking for. you usually end up collecting pieces from different videos to form a concept. not here .. some of the best advices that apply across many art forms including music.
Such helpful tips here and boosting mindsets, much gratitude to you sir!
Here's the best advice ever for art
Practice
Truth.
Practice does nothing if you don't have the tools or equipment
064razor that's not true at all. Having nicer/more expensive materials have nothing to do with talent. Using more expensive Pencils might make your art look prettier and easier to make but it won't make you more talented. All I need to get started is a typical yellow pencil and a piece of paper. I don't need any fancy equipment or anything like that.
Kaitlyn Argyle but instagram and tumblr and pinterest do not need talented ones. people want something and they will not learn how talented you are if your art is likable. and likableness today tends to be farther and farther from greatness
The elephant in the room is something called "fundamentals". Nothing will work without a good grasp of fundamentals. Almost no artist out there writing books or making videos about how to do this or that, speaks of the fundamentals.
Great advise. I would add to #5 is walk away. Let your eyes and mind rest so that when you come baxk you will be able to see your eye with fresh eyes and work on it from there
great advices, for even any project in life, on how to go through with the flow of life and progress. many thanks for your time and sharing :)
that last advice is so simple but so good :D
thanks for that
Clint. Thank you for sharing these with us. I find this and these to be very effective methodologies to grow and add to my tool set.
Best Art Advice
1. 0:33 GENERAL: Get good enough at one thing and someone will pay you to do it
2. 2:28 ART: Form before detail
3. 3:39 PACING: Only go as fast as you can WITH accuracy
4. 4:28 EFFICIENCY: 20% of your effort affects 80% of work
5. 6:24 CLARITY: Back up and make sure image works as a whole
6. 7:50 MOTIVATION: The more you enjoy working on it, the more others will enjoy viewing
7. 9:31 PRIORITY: Determine the primary focal point of your image
8. 12:10 VALUES: Balance your tones by lightening the darks and darkening the lights
9. 14:22 PORTRAIT TIP: All facial features are part of the whole
10. 15:35 FIGURES TIP: Hips and shoulders are opposite
Thanks Clint. Great advice.
thanks for this couple of advises i like drawing and i always draw such things like faces, animals, heroes and some graffiti too so i will take these advises seriously to improve my style and to get better.
so far this is the best advice.. great great... should i say his advice is epic...
one of the best artist teacher
Great advice about toning down dark areas when they're surrounded by light. Good video. Have liked and subscribed. Thanks!
I felt terrible today and this video really lifted me up somehow... Thank you
I found this very helpful. Loved the first principle. Thank you of reshaping.
I just want to say thank you for that helpful video ! 👏👍
Awesome, palm 🌴springs, calif, thanks.
I really appreciated the 80/20 rule and how it relates to pacing and efficiency in the early stages of a drawing. I have been studying more advanced perspective techniques for a while now and have found that just being more thorough and confident with my line quality has greatly improved the overall attraction of my drawings. I used to give accuracy very little credence and my work really suffered because of it. I feel as though this kind of advice is really hard to truly appreciate until you buckle down and figure it out first hand.
Thanks Clint ! Your advice is insightful and interesting to listen too, please keep making videos in the future !
You're welcome and thanks for watching!
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No problem in the future can you make a video about painting edges and edge control ?
Best advices I have seen in TH-cam so far. Got me thinking.
Thank you! I watched it 2 times in a row!
I've pretty much been an artist my whole life. The last tip that is almost hidden at the end there, tacked on slyly, is the best one imho. So simple, very true, and something I actually haven't heard/noticed before! Thanks so much for the tip(s), and for making this video in general. Much appreciated!
Thanks for your good suggestions :) Heart, yes! When I look at van Gogh I FEEL his passion!
Fántastico Vídeo. Gracias por ayudarnos!
your words empowered me..Thank you for this video!!
Well done...good advice for all artists.
Hi, thank you for sharing this precious advice! Very clear and straight to the point!
god i love you, you speak such reason and you are so likeable even your face is so likeable, you are my favourite person at the moment
Ah, thank you. But credit goes to my parents for the face, didn't have much say in that one.
FANTASTIC tips, thankyou so much
very informative. but even better than the the information was the way you presented the entire video. you were articulate and comprehensive, something which many videos lack. thank you so much and I will pass on some of this information to my students.
Clint, thank you very much for these advices. I have checked your works on Google and they are really really awesome!
Great explanation...Thank you for sharing...
i am also an artist but i was very confused what to do and i watched your video. its very helpful and motivational for me. i really appreciate your guidance and healthy suggestion. thanks buddy.
Good advice for artists at any level.
The best advice I ever heard was that the money you are payed by the company you work for will always be in exact proportion to the need for what you do, your ability to do it, and the degree of difficulty involved in replacing you. I heard while listening to Earl Nightingale, I find keeping this in mind while drawing is very motivating because it gives me a guideline for how to achieve my goals and what aspects I need to improve if I am to do so.
Brilliant insight. I really like, they way you put it, its really clean and understandable.
These are some really good advices! Some I knew some not and thank you for all. I have to mention one advice that is regularly on my mind due to the fact that I'm trying to fight it off while functioning as an artist: do not listen to any coments of other people what is it that you should be doing! Especially what motive you should be doing and especially from people that are not artists.
Excellent video, a life changer! Thank you !!!
Amazingly useful video, Clint! Thank you
Thank you for sharing your knowledge it is much appreciated by us beginners.
Thanks so much for the great advances, you explained everything so well
So powerful!!! This was just what I needed. I felt like you made this video just for me. Wow, so helpful, thank so very much!
You're very welcome, thanks for watching!
good reminder, things we know but tend to doubt or even forget
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this! Very helpful advice xx
This video changed my life's curve 5 years ago. Best advice you can ever get to become a professional.
im currently starting out with digital art, and it is so different from traditional. but overall this video really gave me a new perspective on some things and defenetly alot to think about when i draw! thank you!
I don't have any talent in drawing but enjoyed your advice. Still it was interesting advice one can use in any situation in life. Even for a non-artist like me who enjoys scrapbooking must make sure the spine and pages are lined up pefectly. Or the other 80% of the book is never going to be right. Maybe I'll get good enough at it and someone will want me to make them one. Thanks for sharing your advice.
heart and passion is the most powerful weapon that a person can have indeed you won a new sub
Thanks for offering awesome tips that actually do make sense. A few I already knew which was great because then you confirmed to me that I'm on the right track. I'll look forward to seeing more of your videos
Thanks a lot for all these advices. Very helpful.
The critical and valuable advice you shared in this video encouraged me to subscribe to your channel. Thank you for sharing all of this!!!
Thanks for watching, I appreciate the sub!
The one with the face really helped me. I always would hear advice similar to this message, however it just didnt really make as much sense to me as this one did. Thank you!
Ecxellent tips for all aspiring artists. thumbs up!
I appreciate it, thanks for watching!