Improve Your Drawings by Avoiding This Detail Trap

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  • @mattkean1128
    @mattkean1128 ปีที่แล้ว +302

    Overshading and losing contrast is a pitfall I easily fall into

    • @CloudCookie1013
      @CloudCookie1013 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Atleast you can shade🙄 but seriously how do you shade i wanna know. TELL ME YOUR SECRETS

    • @SUGAR_XYLER
      @SUGAR_XYLER ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@CloudCookie1013 people that are really talented use colors. It's not very realistic in black and white and looks boring 🥱

    • @hawkeyescoffee6399
      @hawkeyescoffee6399 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'm the opposite, i always understate, especially if I start off and it's going well, I get afraid of ruining it by adding too much shadding. 🤦
      I'm still teaching myself that it's ok to have an ugly phase and to trust the process.

    • @Mellow-p2g
      @Mellow-p2g ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I find I make most mistakes when I don't take enough breaks, and come back after awhile to see if I notice something that needs fixing.

    • @LuchArcade
      @LuchArcade 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@SUGAR_XYLER I like black & white, yeah the world isn't in black in white but it reminds me of old films (I only have a pencil)

  • @scarlett3205
    @scarlett3205 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I think the reason why too many details make a drawing look off is because usually, when our eyes focus on something, we only see one part in details - everything else, like the background, gets blurry. So the drawing must capture that effect.

    • @quantumjourney1
      @quantumjourney1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Good point; drawings usually have no depth of field

  • @Highcastle_of_Geek
    @Highcastle_of_Geek ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Thank you for sharing your old drawings, it really helps to see how far you’ve come in a relatively short time.

  • @fex144
    @fex144 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    6:41. That is where the answer is. In a seven minute video 6½ minutes in is where it starts.

    • @liilox
      @liilox หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Them yap wildin'

    • @Awkwardpotion-j2k
      @Awkwardpotion-j2k หลายเดือนก่อน

      Saved me time

    • @riasd_wan
      @riasd_wan 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thanks

  • @gigiartstudiowithartistvir3919
    @gigiartstudiowithartistvir3919 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I think value is almost the most important thing in painting as well. I'm always thinking about values before I concern myself with color. I noticed once I had a good handle on values, my paintings turned out so much better. Your drawings are lovely. I never had the patience required for hyper realistic pieces of art.

    • @I-serve-you-tea
      @I-serve-you-tea 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes exactly

    • @frankkennedy6388
      @frankkennedy6388 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What's the difference between values and shading?

  • @SheilaLandry
    @SheilaLandry ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Thank you for this. I have been drawing and painting for many years and have realized this exact point just in the last several months. I have been working more with monochromatic drawings and paintings and it has really helped me do things more realistically as well as quicker. I just wrote a blog about it today in which I did a pastel painting that was probably one of my quickest to finish, yet has an incredible amount of realism. Moreso than some of the paintings where I made the mistake you spoke of - too much detail everywhere. This is a huge breakthrough for me and I can see how your class will be so beneficial to so many. Also, I am loving being on your mailing list. Thank you for the thoughtful and informative emails. They are very appreciated.
    EDITED: Wow! I didn't even realize it was free. I went to sign up and I hadn't noticed that it was a free mini class. THANK YOU! :)

    • @jeffersonmorant215
      @jeffersonmorant215 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello Sheila how are you doing,
      where are you from?

  • @dianeo
    @dianeo ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I really appreciate you showing your early drawings! I feel like I was born with zero art talent and it has improved over the years. Knowing your tips and tricks (plus lots of practice) really makes for dramatic improvement no matter how weak one's skills are.

  • @FernCurtis
    @FernCurtis ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Didn’t even have to guess. I already knew that contrasts and shading are the vital parts of what makes for the best results.

  • @krishgujaran3987
    @krishgujaran3987 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I have been drawing for the last 8 years now I am now 17 and I just started doing realistic drawings and no thought me how do do drawing i am a self taught person and am still learning and this video is very help fun for the people who are getting into realistic drawings for the first time.

  • @tradingrush7972
    @tradingrush7972 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    I make at least 5 different artworks every month. But I don't know how to sell them?
    Any idea please.

    • @arnoldchukwudi5342
      @arnoldchukwudi5342 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can sell your artworks to known art collectors like Mr nickyhall.

    • @arnoldchukwudi5342
      @arnoldchukwudi5342 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can become your own boss with the help of an art collector

    • @arnoldchukwudi5342
      @arnoldchukwudi5342 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can take advantage of NFTs Web 3 smart contracts

    • @Amy-qd7it
      @Amy-qd7it ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@arnoldchukwudi5342, do you mean Mr Nicholas Hall from USA.

    • @Amy-qd7it
      @Amy-qd7it ปีที่แล้ว

      He's really a gem

  • @lshwadchuck5643
    @lshwadchuck5643 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you so much! This has, I hope, helped me over a hump on my piano journey. I've been a professional illustrator for fifty years. You speak my language. I'm learning piano on a deep foundational level at age 71. When my fluency and improvisation coach tells me my busy, patterny playing is 'flat', I struggle to understand. I'm supposed to be driving my moment-by-moment choices with the big waves of the groove I'm feeling, the poetic metre I'm feeling/creating/chanting, but I tend to let the metre flatten to a mere time-keeping function and then my choices are many and similar. If I do it from my depths, two measures can sound epic. If I get lazy/busy, it all sounds what I call diddly-poo. A grey drawing with an evenly distributed texture of tiny details is diddly-poo. A simple, boldly lit drawing can be epic.

  • @VasanthArtz
    @VasanthArtz ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Im one of the person without commented about how much you taugh me and your speech is like hypnotising . Have a gud day my teacher ❤

  • @PRINZYT
    @PRINZYT ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i love how it took her a solid 5:30 just to say "value"

  • @danielburris3932
    @danielburris3932 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    There’s nothing wrong with adding lots of details as long as the values are there. The world is full of details, lights, darks, colors, shapes, angles, proportions, perspective and more. If you get the values in there with the right proportion and detail, placement of features and forms, you can achieve realism and create drawings like you never thought you could. Just look at her old drawing compared to now. She learned it, I’ve learned it and so can you.

  • @kenvng
    @kenvng ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is exactly happened to me and I gave up drawings for years. I was so good with detailed but things looked so flat. I get lots of comments on how great and good they are but that was the problem. No one really opened my eyes by giving me a real critic. I recently decided to come back and researching more on my style. This is what I want to know and hear. I need to learn and fix what I am doing. Thank you.

  • @kellysmith2322
    @kellysmith2322 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wish I could upvote this more than once. It was EXACTLY what I needed to know. Thank you!

    • @semdesk1965
      @semdesk1965 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s nothing you didn’t know… value wow

  • @rowdyryderleather5139
    @rowdyryderleather5139 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Great video! As a photographer, I get this so much. It’s depth of field.

    • @someuser4166
      @someuser4166 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's interesting to learn even photographers have to fight flatness

    • @BioClone
      @BioClone 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wouldnt it be lighting/contrast or composition?

  • @artistchris2004
    @artistchris2004 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have been involved into drawing from 11 years, and my paintings have been going better when I know how tones and values matter. Everything told in this video is true and helpful.

  • @Ritch564
    @Ritch564 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I improved so much just by listening to you. Your speech is also hypnotising😊
    I compared my drawing before and after watching your videos, improvement was huge.
    I was immediately hooked after watching your colored pencil tutorial :)))))

  • @Bridget7521
    @Bridget7521 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You read my mind. I was thinking about this very thing as I was working on my drawing this morning. I was deciding on what to detail from what to keep simple from my reference. Thank you for bringing this to my attention! 💞

  • @Mojhutch1992
    @Mojhutch1992 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    THANKS Kristy😭💜lots of help
    I struggle with realism but I can draw animation really well like anime AND THIS HELPS ALOT💜

  • @AnnaLiu-jk4lx
    @AnnaLiu-jk4lx ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I don’t think you know how much this helped me.

  • @Smgs-ue7tj
    @Smgs-ue7tj ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love those little birds at 2:24 😅, they look so cute and huggable.

  • @paigesb2601
    @paigesb2601 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you!! I used this advice to go back and work on a drawing of my late husband that I was never "quite" happy with, and it made such a difference! 😯 I look back at my pics of how it was, and I'm amazed at the improvement. It's improved to the point I am now pretty happy with it and ready to hang it on a wall 🥰

  • @EmilyRaeGable
    @EmilyRaeGable 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This whole video was informative and helpful for a beginner like me. Thank you Kristy Partridge Art. ✨🌷🎨

  • @mariatrapani851
    @mariatrapani851 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I LOVE YOUR FLOWERS IN BLACK AND WHITE

  • @VDArtworks
    @VDArtworks ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for sharing your artistic journey and inspiring others with your talent. Your video has undoubtedly encouraged countless artists and art enthusiasts to explore their own creative endeavors with renewed enthusiasm.

  • @HannahJenkins-l8p
    @HannahJenkins-l8p 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    How I found kirsty: looking through some random art videos, then I saw her. And so, I knew that she was the one that I needed. I was a early learner, I started drawing realistically when I was 11, but I wasn’t getting enough depth. Then when she told me that there was different values of darkness, I was like “WHAT! How didn’t I know that!?! THERE’S 14B! WWWHHHAAAATT!!!!” and so I learned that I needed more darker values then just plain boring HB. Thank you kirsty for helping me understand the stuff I needed to understand 🎉🫶🏻❤️❤️🫶🏻🎉

  • @JNeedels
    @JNeedels ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for the tips Kirsty. Your mini course is fantastic.

  • @qweentiy4030
    @qweentiy4030 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Waited 6 minutes for her to say the most important part💀 /j

  • @kurosakiichigo7815
    @kurosakiichigo7815 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love your videos always helpful and amazing there are basically no words to describe how amazing you and your drawings are ❤️

    • @somtougwu2734
      @somtougwu2734 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ban-Kai!!
      sorry I couldn't help myself😄

  • @yasminehsan727
    @yasminehsan727 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your videos always make me want to draw even if I am tired ❤
    I hope that the next video will be about the experience of using makeup as pastel pan 😊❤

  • @dumbo2408
    @dumbo2408 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Your tutorials have helped me a lot, thankyou so much for making these! :)

  • @SkitZHitZ
    @SkitZHitZ ปีที่แล้ว +10

    i would literally be so happy to do either of the drawings
    the one at 5:59 i actually like the original more but i love the facial pigmentation and hair
    the hair looks glossy it looks great

  • @alkannahcartwright4984
    @alkannahcartwright4984 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lighting is really important . Kelvin dgree plus contrast and harmony

  • @ChantelleArts
    @ChantelleArts ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just joined your mailing list! Art critiquing is such a great idea, I look forward to seeing them ☺

  • @divert4abit86
    @divert4abit86 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am a beginner ♥ I am practicing to get better, and then I am going to sign up for your course. I am not good enough for the course yet ♥

  • @1995marixsa
    @1995marixsa 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Value, form, light and shadow

  • @brucenunn3268
    @brucenunn3268 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Best in the Business.! Thank you for all that you do.!
    👊😎

  • @ROBYNMARKOW
    @ROBYNMARKOW ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very few of us are born w/artistic "Talent"; we work our a**** off to become Talented. ( & your tutorials definitely help u get there 👍)

  • @larag4646
    @larag4646 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for your tutorials. It's really helped me improve.

  • @Itsiliartstories
    @Itsiliartstories ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You deserve a lottttttttttt of subscribers

  • @miharadissanayake7738
    @miharadissanayake7738 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you very much for the tips and your free mini class is very helpful. Love everything on your website!

  • @richardborowski5463
    @richardborowski5463 ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree with what you say , one tip I got is take your drawing and hold it infront of a mirror , you will see a different perspective

  • @DavidLeeCoach
    @DavidLeeCoach ปีที่แล้ว

    Some of the best advice that made a big difference for me: "You're not drawing the thing. You're drawing an illusion of the thing."

  • @lenkylee2279
    @lenkylee2279 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I noticed a lot of your drawings have a lot of dark shading on the drawings you did Professionally. Try adding more white and blur instead of too much dark. My friend always tells me that my drawings aren't black enough and I agreed but now I realize too much black isn't good but not enough black isn't good either but really good work! You should try really smooth paper and make your drawings very smooth instead of bumpy, canvas material papers!❤

  • @charlesthomas3147
    @charlesthomas3147 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for all the wonderful advice! I can't wait to use it. I mean, I REALLY can't wait.

  • @kitwithoutkat
    @kitwithoutkat ปีที่แล้ว +4

    great work, Kristy! i wish i could draw as good as you. ❤

  • @albertpietrosanu2667
    @albertpietrosanu2667 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tone of deep shadows is the key.

  • @Mothersubs
    @Mothersubs ปีที่แล้ว

    I signed up and also I love you.
    Wow if I told you my story you'd laugh and cry and then laugh. I came to art school in America and NOBODY was teaching how to actually draw or paint. It was ALL critique and talking and honestly it was driving me nuts. Then I was prescribed a really bad psychiatric drug which messed up my hand eye coordination. And my seeing. So now I am relearning how to draw after catastrophic art school times and rebuilding my skills. Art school was terrible ! Absolutely wasted $110,000 when I should have just found someone like you to learn from. Your art is amazing and I am genuinely in awe. Your skills are exactly the way I wanted to draw and maybe by signing up to your classes now I will become an awesome artist too. I'm still a really good musician and dj though! Lol and I'd love to send you gifts for free! Where can I send them too ? Much love to you! You are one the greatest artists who has ever Lived. Even better than Da Vinci!

    • @kathleenstoin671
      @kathleenstoin671 ปีที่แล้ว

      Art schools won't teach you photorealistic drawing. It's something you have to teach yourself by studying the drawings of someone as skilled as Kirsty and practicing! Don't be discouraged! Some people sneer at realism, others love it. But ultimately, to be a happy artist, you must please yourself first. Don't let criticism beat you down! Make your kind of art, for yourself.

  • @spirallion6829
    @spirallion6829 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Simplicity is sometimes better sometimes less is more

  • @darthpaul5534
    @darthpaul5534 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am a big fan of implied detail.

  • @mawisch2987
    @mawisch2987 ปีที่แล้ว

    very helpful, thx for showing me some of the parts about drawing I am starting to forget while doing it

  • @DrawnInk1
    @DrawnInk1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Most important is shape and by that i mean substance/feeling of subject, then tone.

  • @katedavison5926
    @katedavison5926 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This helps so much

  • @emilyestelle7471
    @emilyestelle7471 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think shape and value is probably the most important part of getting a likeness.

  • @alexiswilliams3233
    @alexiswilliams3233 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love this video very helpful ❤️

  • @artloverhridaya2023
    @artloverhridaya2023 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you very much for your tips. I improved my drawing

  • @iceteeize
    @iceteeize ปีที่แล้ว

    In school I had an art teacher that told the whole class “children, you are so scared of using black!” because we didn’t do the full range and I keep remembering that when drawing now
    (We were like 16, but she called all students children)

  • @BeckyMirdamad
    @BeckyMirdamad หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well done.

  • @DarkChaosMC
    @DarkChaosMC ปีที่แล้ว +2

    TLDR: draw like you’re looking through a camera

  • @fileminokilicho1292
    @fileminokilicho1292 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you so much. You've explained really well what I needed to hear. And you have the luckiest husband to have married such a beautiful, smart, and outgoing and just overall good personality artist.

  • @johnjay1723
    @johnjay1723 ปีที่แล้ว

    A good tip to see where your missing Value is to take a picture of the subject and your artwork and turn it them too B/W using a greyscale filter. You'll see what you need to change.

  • @LizMillerDesign
    @LizMillerDesign ปีที่แล้ว

    I got it right! I guessed contrast was the most important thing!

  • @I-serve-you-tea
    @I-serve-you-tea 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In a sense you add elements of painting.

  • @eslammohamedaziz3007
    @eslammohamedaziz3007 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing 😍
    I need teacher like you

  • @artbykshitij17
    @artbykshitij17 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for this video 🙂👍

  • @donnawalter3061
    @donnawalter3061 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video sweetheart, lots of useful information and tips. Wow some of those drawings you shown brought back memories ie: the 1950's pin up lady, I remember you doing them and I thought then you were fantastic. So proud of you my love ❤️ 😍

  • @Semut987
    @Semut987 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you please give tutorials for drawing bug's eyes? Like bee or fly eyes. Thank youuu ❤

  • @DirkOhde
    @DirkOhde ปีที่แล้ว

    I Love your fantastic artwork and subscribed to your channel, thanks for all your tips , please keep up your high quality work, looking forward to your upcoming videos , greetings from Germany 😊

  • @Bassbarbie
    @Bassbarbie ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved this and the mini course, thank you. I absolutely love doing the shading - that's the fun part. I'm far too impatient with the drawing and getting the proportions right. I still probably don't add enough contrast.

  • @smollsquishytaeil
    @smollsquishytaeil ปีที่แล้ว +1

    shadows are what helps realism

  • @MrAnders1000
    @MrAnders1000 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your channel. Learning so much 😀

  • @gracie_stories
    @gracie_stories ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the emails too!
    I received it and love reading all the things you've shared!
    the video is very helpful as well!!!

  • @Aisaaax
    @Aisaaax ปีที่แล้ว

    I actually like the "bad" drawings much better. They look cleaner and not so heavily shaded.

  • @bbarker5766
    @bbarker5766 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Blurring out some of the background is exactly like the Dof (Depth of field) in photography. Dof is how much sharpness the photo will have. In other words how much of the photograph is in sharp focus. If the subject is real sharp and the background is blurry the less Dof you used in the photo.

  • @annalarose5392
    @annalarose5392 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like both lol I think both artistic styles are valid

  • @7USC7
    @7USC7 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi....if it's not too much trouble...could you please make a short list of the items I'll need to make a drawing like these? 😊😊😊

  • @bm6753
    @bm6753 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! Super energy! 💖💖💖

  • @a.a.1867
    @a.a.1867 ปีที่แล้ว

    The "wrong side" looks better lmao

  • @firenfirst1234
    @firenfirst1234 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I LIKE YOU SAY " THE WOW FACTOR "

  • @jx4219
    @jx4219 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's like photography with a pencil.

  • @AzureSymbiote
    @AzureSymbiote ปีที่แล้ว

    I am interested in your beginner art class.

  • @7USC7
    @7USC7 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video 😊😊

  • @MasAlo-o2g
    @MasAlo-o2g 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That was super helpful thanks but wish we can do it easily still struggling in same place unfortunately 😢

  • @mossabmoss
    @mossabmoss 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Holy yapachino

  • @jimcorbett3764
    @jimcorbett3764 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great advice, thanks!

  • @StaminaLoss
    @StaminaLoss 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Video starts at 2:20
    It's fine giving context. Just... it's frustrating for newer artists to learn with so much information to learn. Adding this much and this slow.
    Yeah, would help to just give a quick blurb in 20-30 seconds.

  • @thomasburdon660
    @thomasburdon660 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a helpful video ❤

  • @Yashkirtivardhan
    @Yashkirtivardhan ปีที่แล้ว

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤so informative.... As always.

  • @laxmanmasal7426
    @laxmanmasal7426 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thankyou for this

  • @marshalepage5330
    @marshalepage5330 ปีที่แล้ว

    I figured this out when looking at Zelda Breath of the Wild art lately.

  • @lucci2hot
    @lucci2hot 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +129

    Omg get to the point

  • @akshayakshay8274
    @akshayakshay8274 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you start a drawing series for beginners plz

  • @onlyhoasibuiart448
    @onlyhoasibuiart448 ปีที่แล้ว

    So beautiful 💐💞

  • @SaranyaKuls
    @SaranyaKuls ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello ma'am,
    I am following you since 2 years... I really have learnt a lot and improved my art to realism. I love the way you teach us... I started during covid and after so... Much practice I have improved. i just have a request can you please do a art class on colour pencils. I would be amazed to join
    Can it also be online (cause I live in other country) please reply if you read

  • @PaulDrawsArt-c4o
    @PaulDrawsArt-c4o ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks 😊

  • @mayfly9319
    @mayfly9319 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks

  • @jowmama2598
    @jowmama2598 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCHHH

  • @sinbincreations
    @sinbincreations ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow. Motherhood Kirsty, am I right? 😅🙌👌