After learning stuff about art technically, especially in art school, you kind of become stiff, you stick to certain rules and principles... you always think about the subject, content and form but when you do this, you just let it flow. As a student artist, this is actually very healing.
Someone redirected me to this video and i'm literally the opposite if that, started from a year to draw(not practice, draw at all, scribbles including) with no formal training or practice, have no idea about rules ans whatnot.
Art school was the most destructive thing for my creativity. A great teacher can provide priceless guidance and support and a bad one can do a lot of damage.
Yeah I found art school creates a cruel competitive attitude, perfectionism, and a comparison complex. It has to be perfect anatomy, and you have to be constantly doing hard things to improve … not just having flowing free fun
"Just do it, it doesn't have to be anything, just move the pen and let it free, don't get pressured, it's very relaxing, stay relaxed, it's alright" Me: (Never been so pressured to stay relaxed)
Marco Rio - your so right !!!! It’s like doing a sport - first time you have 2 left feet both in buckets of concrete!! After 10-15 times your still awkward but not as much and the embarrassment of your efforts starts to lessen. Do something 100 times and you become skilled , do it 300 times and you become efficient, do it a 1,000 times and they call you Master
This is how I started discovering the art in myself when I was a teenager, and I think it saved my life. I had studied and practiced drawing from an early age - I was a shy and withdrawn child. I never realized until now that this is a "thing" - so suddenly, after all these decades, I feel like I exist in something that's shared. I think this "automatic" drawing is an expression of one's true identity, when it comes after maybe learning at least some basic portrayal skills. That is, I think you can tell that when this gentleman does his automatic drawing, he's been practicing controlled methods as well, and for a long time. So - it's all good, for EVERYONE to do. But the more you do on BOTH sides of the coin (controlled, and automatic, both) the further you're going to go in turning your art into YOUR SELF expression. (hope that makes sense) Thanks for this video - so much!
I'm the same way. I do this stuff all the time, especially when I'm stressed. It's very relaxing and while most of the stuff ends up being nothing but maybe some cool looking shapes or abstractions, I have occasionally come up with some really cool ideas for more "real" drawings by doing this. I had no idea this was an actual "thing" either. This is kind of amazing and almost freeing in a way.
I feel like these drawings are a direct reflection of the state of mind. When you're relaxed it will look smooth and flowing and when you're tense it will look a little stiff, but by continuing I become more relaxed.
I just started doodling for the first time in months. I am speechless. I have been way too stressed out to draw lately cause I have been so focused on perfection, so trying to draw has been overwhelming. But here I am, doodling weird tree snails, and I am surprised to be happy while doing it. I just wanted to say thanks! This may have helped fix my art block. I am very grateful for the help and encouragement I didn't realize I needed until now!
I just started drinking again this evening cuz everyday I am so sick and tired of TRYING to force myself to find “joy or a reason” to draw… then I saw this vid in my feed…… omg … this is amazing… started doing this exercise before the vid was even over … this may even help end my frustration and depression… Ty very much for this vid!
No lie. This brought me to tears. I haven't really drawn like I want to --- like I know I can and should --- in such a long, long time. I'm trying this to see if I can get that break through and release.... Thanks for the post!
@@lova368 It's really awkward trying to "let go" when I want to control everything. I'm something of a perfectionist and find that I am VERY critical of what I have drawn. I get easily discouraged if the image on the page doesn't look like the image in my head, which leads to my frustration and lack of motivation to draw again.
@@williamcolbert996 i know how that feel! Although its very embarrasing I challenge myself and post it as my first abstract drawing.I hope you can give it a try too!
@@lova368 I will promise to work on it. If I could get back to drawing like I did several years ago, I wouldn't want to do anything BUT draw. The art just "flowed" from the pencil(s) and I was happy and at peace.
@@lova368 I'm sure your art is wonderful. Like you said, we can be our own worst critics. I try to take the criticisms and compliments with a grain of salt and use it to improve. Most of the time, I get good feedback. Then, I wonder to myself, "If they like this garbage, they'd love the image I had in my mind!" And THAT'S the frustrating part for me: learning to capture the images on paper accurately. ONE DAY, I hope to be there like these masters in this video. I'd love to see your art. And I appreciate the encouragement.
@@sleeperino3054 free jazz is largely why i do not like jazz lol HOWEVER .... i do appreciate it. it has its place. but yours and Scott's comment put it into a new perspective for me.
@@MateoKupstysChica when I'm in the mood and washing the dishes for example or sometimes during sleep I can punch out complete texts with rhyming sentences. Usually it would take me quite a while to do that...
I just filled a 104-page sketchbook with automatic drawings and illustrations from my dreams. I've been doing this every morning for the past few months, and I'm in love! My next challenge is to fill a 200-page sketchbook, then do this for a year! I'm so excited to see how this technique will grow and enhance my art and the other areas of my life. Thank you so much for sharing this!
Hey, Tim. Great to see you again. I remember you used to hang out next to me while I was painting backgrounds for the Bakshi/Frazetta movie "Fire and Ice. We would chat and you would slip into your "Dagobanian" barbarian dialect.
When I was starting as a comic Illustrator, I made friend with Alex Nino's brothers, Pol Nino and Lando Nino both were illustrator and has the style as Alex Nino. What I realized is they are more on the artistic side while I'm on the more technical side of illustration... and their works are more appealing. Yeah, to be artistic, you need to be inspired and be meditative.
I did this a few times, the last time i started with just scribbling all black... the endresult was something very psychological. I drew my emotional state. Some kind of therapy
Doing this since I was a kid without knowing it's a technique. People asked me what I was drawing and I always replied "I'm not sure yet, I will discover that later"
Yeh same but what i didn't realise is it didn't have to be of anything so i'd get fustrated when i'd finished and it just looked too random. Now I know i was just following intuition and should of trusted that. I used to doodle everywhere on everything without thinking especially during school in class.
@@OWalexutza97yes i've heard and integrated this knowledge so many times. Unlearning and relearning. I base my entire life on that with all I choose to work on and learn about, erasing those old programmes and reprogramming my mind to allow new energy and thought constructs.
Okay, honest to goodness, I have entire sketch books filled with this free style sketching that I've never shown anyone. I thought it was odd and didn't count as 'real' art because I would draw completely useless fractal pages full of this kind of sketching exercises I'd do warming up for class or teaching....good to know I'm not the only one!
How does he talk so coherently while he draws? I have done this for years and years, especially when I am somewhere that I have to sit still and quiet. I can also look at the drawing, and remember what I was hearing at the time; even years later. Very calming! I’ve always thought it’s my best work.
:^ Kim Jung Gi like Norman Rockwell, but I think I'll go for his master Leyendecker, Norman used to be my idol, but Leyendecker is just out of my mind.
@Mel Gibsokarton In this case, wouldn't any artist with a style be called a 'gimmick'? It's quite evident he can draw from an extensive visual library and has a seamless ability to visualise it in an 'agile' way, especially on demand. Personally for me, some of his works have stayed memorable for years.
@Mel Gibsokarton I'm pretty sure I'll remember a certain piece of his until my memory fails me, or I die. But that's rather subjective. I could say the same about any artist you would praise.
This is quality content stan, quality , gold knowledge that every being needs to know, remember when we used to doodle at the back of the notebooks at a boring class? maybe our minds wanted to relax to at that state. just some curves and lines, weather be triangles or circles without focusing on the end result. keep up this content. Again, i recommend this practice to everyone out there. 100 points for the title selection!
Oh my god this is so true. I remember when i use to doodle whatever I wanted on the margins of my notebook paper. It felt liberating and relaxing. I feel like as children or even teens, it's easier to let go and just be. As we get older, we attach ourselves to the stresses of life and forget to let go before it's too much. We worry too much on appearances and what the rest will think of us. But this exercise is a great way to disconnect and relax. I'll definitely try it out.
This reminds me of an old note pad I had, with the cardboard back. My job was boring and I filled that baby within a month. I’m sorry I lost it when I left. Some of the best doodling I ever did.
I've also feel that way, especially when my teacher taught some lessons and I got bored. I'm present physically in the class but my mind is somewhere else not on the lesson. Then I started to draw at the back of the notebook or some pages of book or even at the back of the test papers.
I used to do a lot of these but after working at small studio I was all pressured to “once you grab a pen or pencil sort of tool. You have to done something recognizable to everybody,and it has to be good.” Kind of mental state. But actually I started draw much worse when I started to compare to others whose producing “useable and productive” paints. It has been a big period of my dark time that I was following somebody’s dogma. I’ll quit patient practice, instead of doing this, I’ll start “drawing” from now on. BIG THANK from Japan.
This video was so enlightening. When I was in college I was doing this all the time and never realized it was an actual technique. I just referred to it as "randomness" and even submitted my final project as such. It's really been the driving technique behind a lot of special pieces I've made over the last decade, as well as ones that I've left unfinished. Great to see this chap break it down in the most humble of ways, thanks for sharing this video! Good luck to all artists, and just try to relax ☺️
It's about feeling the Flow, it really helps you loosen up. It's about feeling the medium, pencil, pen, watercolor, acrylic all have a feel to it that comes from handling it. In a sense, doing is knowing. It's strokes soak into your muscles and you learn little things about different mediums. I loved drawing with pencils because the way it feels when you move it across a sheet of paper, how it glides- its a delightful textural feeling, quite soothing. It feels restorative on the mind. It's like a little escape. Pencils are lovely because of the little tricks you can use to make different textures. What's your favorite medium to make art?
@@emilydixon3886 Exactly. That's how BOB ROSS and the fellow who taught him developed WET ON WET painting. Jyst enjoying the brushes and tools with the different amounts of paint. And all the different kinds of strokes and pressures.
@@emilydixon3886 My favorite ARTISTIC medium is WORDS. Bur after warching thus and reading all the comments from artists and drawers, I'm going to get some pencils and drawing pad and HAVE SOME FUN!!!
@@emilydixon3886 sorry for all the typos. Very embarrassing for a writer but I get so excitec here on YiuTube, my mind goes faster tgan my typing finger!!
I'm a realist oil painter, and just this year I decided to try abstract painting. Initially I stood in front of the blank canvas with a paralyzed feeling of "what do I do? Where do I start?" But finally I made a few broad lines, and then just kept going. And it was exactly as this artist describes - no mind - just intuition - gut. And now I am addicted to doing abstracts for the freedom and joy it gives!
This my new favorite unintentional ASMR. You can hear how much it relaxes Tim by how his voice becomes so calm and soothing when he starts auto-drawing. I tried this for the first time and if felt wonderful!
Perhaps your creative processes emerged from different backgrounds but are converging? Perhaps try and draw looser linework and see if it helps you think clearer, and if it doesn't, perhaps you seek more orderedness in your gesturing? Either way congrats on already having great creative technique!
this is godsent. recently I got asked if I could do artworks of sci-fi scenario on some unknown planet. they asked me to draw something "you never saw anywhere before" and since now I had no idea how to approach this...but this "technique" could be the solution I was looking for. awesome :D
After learning stuff about art technically, especially in art school, you kind of become stiff, you stick to certain rules and principles... you always think about the subject, content and form but when you do this, you just let it flow. As a student artist, this is actually very healing.
I am not an artist. I am just now almost at 30yo trying to fire up my interest in drawing/painting again and I loved this video because it reminded me of one of the things I had most fun doing more than 10 years ago. I would let my pencil touch the paper and then just let my hand flow making random lines, curves and shapes. Then I would lift the pencil up and I would try to find things from reality in the middle of the doodle and try to bring them to life. In the end you would get a bunch of random elements and characters in a weird but yet funny composition. That whole process of discovery was awesome and fun.
This is game changing for me. Always to stressed thinking if I am good or not enough, trying to do exercises and learn about anatomy and perspective... and this is just feeling good, as he says. Thanks for sharing!
oh my goodness thank you for sharing this! I used to do this as teen ager without knowing it and rediscovering this has almost brought me to tears! A huge invisible wall has been shattered: Thank you!
Woah, I've been doing automatic drawing my whole life and had no idea it was an actual technique. I always just called it doodling. XD I never saw any of my art friends doing drawings like this, so I thought I was just weird, but I always found it so relaxing. I'd do them a lot before tests or during finals weeks.
Watching him draw and relax his mind through sketching was so intriguing and mesmerizing. The next time I draw, I'm going to try just letting my mind relax and draw what ever. That is something that all artists should try out at some point because a lot of the people I know wouldn't even think of just relaxing their mind while drawing. Very enlightening video, thank you.
I seem to lose a huge weight off my back after a mindless drawing session. I get so stressed and it manifests as incredibly painful muscle tension. And during these times I cant speak or express emotion at all. I can only draw quietly. It. Helps.
Yes but trouble is I've got bad neuro probs & very damaged neck so almost EVERYTHING hurts to do and way too cold inside where I live which also causes muscle tension - but I still do it/try...
ash canicall Just spoke to my neighbor about this vid. She is highly stressed and I get writer's block. Our lack of pent up self expression manifests as COMPULSIVE OVEREATING so when you mention literally getting the WEIGHT off yr shoulders I had to reply cause we think if we do this drawing technique WE MIGHT LOOSE WEIGHT!! ??
You just made my day kind sir. I never knew this was considered a meditation... this is what i draw constantly. I thought it was jibberish (still frame all of it tho) but to hear its a way of meditation for the mind, almost takes some of the weight off this giant boulder on my shoulders
I was in a rut for a few weeks, couldn't really get myself to properly draw and learn. And this video really helps me a lot. I needed to let go and free some space inside my head. Thank you Mr Proko and Mr Tim Gula for this. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I tried this exercise yesterday, putting on a psychedelic song to help build up the trance and, I must say, what I drew was an absolute mess, lol. But it was really fun. I feel like I can breath. Thank you.
Beautiful! No hard edges which reveals aspects of the artist's character. Paradigm shift occurs and I see several images within this one image! Connected, no separations! Wow, indeed! Thank you! :)
i believe drawing is more like driving a bicycle if you think too much how you do it you will be overwhelmed and eventually you will fall. if you trust your trained instinct you will drive it flawlessly without having any scientific explanation how you were able to do that :D
with the added bonus of not having a mad man on a bus or a car run you over because he had no knowledge of the mirror... then again, that mad man may be our own consciousness and fears on this scenario
In the space between wake and sleep is when the creative ideas arrive. I think that's the well he's drinking from. Thanks for this! So wholesome and lovely,truly inspirational
I did this the other day for the first time, and it is a very psychedelic experience. Everyone should try it - it helps you access the state of mind you have as a very young child, and vividly imagine in your minds eye whilst your hand is moving over the page. 💗
@@innusafar9438 do it some more and maybe it will help develop beyond your "limitations" ... i don't have aphantasia and struggled with this the first time. he even says you might struggle because it requires letting go. so let go! draw patters over and over then smoosh them together. draw through them. trace the spaces between them.
bunnyfreakz Here we go again, somebody with the need to put in a box an experience which has been lived by humans from the very beginning, thousands of years before Buddhism came about.
@Always watching thank you. So weird that anytime there is the smalledt reference to ANY spiritual belief SOME HARD ASS ATHEIST feels compelled to complain and/or abuse that person. So unnecessary. Now they will attack me. Just watch. 😢😢😢😢😢
When I was a kid, my mom forced me to destroy a whole folder of drawings cause they looked creepier than she liked It was one of the worst days ever... I had to destroy them one by one and she was happy to see me doing that If you don't like your kid's art, please don't do this, it kills the soul of an artist
@@marcelineabadeer6359 wow this is worse than your family/worst enemy reading your diary. Hopefully you are still expressing your art in your own ways:)
Such humility for a true master. I'm not even a person who draws a lot. But this felt like it transcends the medium. I'm thinking this is totally how writing and calligraphy and anything else works.
When your mind relaxes some of the stuff you've been subconsciously suppressing is released. I've had similar experience with yoga. I would say you could benefit from doing more and see what comes up and allow yourself to process the suppressed emotion. When I am oversrtedded this is one of my go to activities.
I agree with Melissa. Some people cannot just relax the mind and sit still for any length of time, They end up wanting to scream or break something. Or maybe they just can't get to the calm inner self. I believe meditation is a good way to heal your past. Let's your mind grow into new thoughts rather than rehashing the past.
The same emotional response happens to ppl getting their first massage. They breakdown and often cry. Because the body has all that pent up pressure. When it gets relaxed the build up has to come out some way. The more you let THE FLOW STATE do it's thing, the less you will feel uneasy.
I started doing this subconsciously when I was in college because I was overwhelmed with intense boredom and anxiety during lectures. They started as anxious scribbles and as time went on they transformed to interesting and sometimes scary creatures and now to people in abstract settings. Then I started learning more about art and as I practiced techniques, when I would get anxious and doodle again, the doodles looked more advanced. It was really fascinating to look at my journal full of "notes" from class :P This is how my interest in drawing began!
I watched this video a while ago, attempted it a few times but never really managed to get into that trance/meditative state described. I just did it for the first time on accident... I was starting a painting when something in me just let go and I managed to turn my brain off and let the brush go where it wanted. Such a mentally liberating experience. This is easily my new favorite way to paint/draw.
Back when in was in art school during the time when i was really getting into drawing I started playing around with psychedelics. Especially Acid. On it I was having just so much fun just letting my hand wander over the paper and it would create the weirdest shapes. No goal in mind. Just playing. I remember feeling so overwhelmed with joy from just lying on the floor and feeling what graphite on paper would feel like. Even though I wasn't aiming for anything I feel like I learned so much. Visualization was also one of those concepts. I would trace lines in the air with my pencil and it felt like the lines appeared in the air long enough for me to trace the right ones. At times there were so many that it was hard to distinguish the real marks from the imaginary marks. Crazy times and so much fun.
I’ve done this a few times without realizing what exactly I was doing lol. I can’t draw neatly for crap so when I feel like it I just start drawing geometric shapes and lines until something forms. After watching this I think I want to try doing this more often and get a little book to fill with random crap :)
I've practiced automatic drawing for many years. It truly is the best possible relaxation tool when in tandem with either room ambiances or a really good record playing. The first few minutes of a drawing are usually the most ecstatic as there's so much possibility and it starts to level out into focus as there's more on the page. Once the page gets nearly full it turns into frustrating obligation to see it to completion! (Nothing is better than seeing the product of many culminated hours of meditative work though so it's all worth it. It's like one of those mostly about the journey things but the destination is a good cherry on top.)
This is exactly how ive always done my art. Ive never been able to do anything else really. This has always just been more satisfying for me on a personal level
Thank you for making and sharing this video! I’ve forgotten how it felt like to just doodle and let your mind go and that it’s ok to do it. Not every drawing has to make sense...
Wow, thank you so much for sharing. This helped me finish the direction of a piece outside my comfort zone Ive been working on/been stuck on for the last day or so. I’ve been drawing for 6 years now and this is one of the best pieces of advice. I applied it to an “actual” piece and like he said, abracadabra, i can see what i want out of this now. Thanks 🙂
Not at all. Ultra instinct is literally instinct. Its your body's natural ability to survive and overcome. Automatic drawing is letting your unconscious guide your hand. Its not instinctual, its years of experience and knowledge being used without you being aware. Its ultra unconscious, not ultra instinct
When the guy was talking about just sketching freely I felt like I was sinking into the sunken place. It was so weird, he was describing everything I was feeling as I was feeling it, and my mind just like, couldn’t think of anything else.
Totally agree. Free ur mind and the flow will come. I remember I did some exercise similar to this at the drawing class long long time ago. For sure, u might not satisfied of what u are drawing cos it doesn't look like anything u expected, but that's the way it's. Just let the abstraction brings out ur creation.
Yeah I notice a lot of people copying Peter Draws which is annoying like J. Sheetz Artwork th-cam.com/channels/jiV6lPCHH4cJ0d6-_b7cVQ.html I find it annoying because he's just imitating with a positive twist. A lot of people like him but I bet a lot of them think he was first. (Peter 2006 J. Sheetz 2017). Too many other imitators are the same. Not saying that about the guy in this video though, he actually taught me how to do what Peter does without the annoying time lapse.
I started one about a minute into the video and did it as I listened. I feel like it made listening smoother, and as enjoyable as listening to this affable artist
I needed this so badly today. I've only been drawing for a couple months. Today, nothing was working. My joints hurt, and I couldn't put anything together. The peacefulness and tranquility that I lacked, was expressed here.
I see the drawing in the paper and simply trace over it, it was purely something that came out of a lot of drawing. The only way I can describe it and I am not sure it is completely true but it makes a starting point: is imagining the paper in your mind as well as seeing in reality and letting your imagination do all the work of finding the forms within the papers texture or subtleties on the surface, and then after a while you begin to "see through the paper." It sounds hard but it is more about being completely passive and relaxing the elbow and wrist and working from the shoulder. It's gotten to a point where I don't have to feel good or even inspired for it to work, I can be feel like something the cat dragged in and still be able to draw(as in see the forms), so it comes from something more than day to day life, I can tell it is from me though as the drawing reflect my interests. At first all I drew were patterns, now I draw figures and faces and all manner of objects, so probably nothing mystical, more like the subconscious or some other higher function. I think anyone could do it if they spent enough time drawing and painting, just takes time for the brain to adjust and make the connections, and then suddenly everything falls into place it's a really good feeling like mastering a musical instrument or something like that, just have to put the hours in just like anything else.
I remember making that shift as a kid playing the piano after 7 years of playing songs mainly about birds I was allowed to move up to Bach. It was glorious. Looking back the songs were scales in disguise I guess. Maybe it will come with drawing as well although I already get into the zone sometimes and loose all track of time when I try to draw say a coffee cup :). ps. didn't Leonardo also talk about this , seeing patterns or shapes in just cracks or stains in stucco or wallpaper or was it the other one Michael Angelo?
Thank you for this comment. The way you described drawing is very similar to how i feel when i write a poem. When it's going good, it's not honest to say that i'm writing it. It comes to me, not from me. I feel more like the first listener of the poem, and it's very passive and easy. Any logical thought disrupts it to some degree. I find poetry to be the easiest art form, because it has no requirements- no notes to hit, no shape to adhere to, and no clear goal- so it doesn't take practice like other things. What you write about the brain adjusting and making connections, i've experienced playing bass. At first i was probably thinking too much, and i didn't know the instrument well. I wasn't acquainted with it. Then i would stumble into some kind of a zone where i would inexplicably hit the right notes. It felt like i couldn't do anything wrong, like i was locked in. As time goes on your brain figures out how to do that more often, and to stop thinking when you play. I've been trying to take this concept to songwriting, which i find the most challenging. There are notes to adhere to, rhythms to line up with, and words that you can get caught analyzing. But when it works, it's as easy as anything else. This video and this comment have straightened my brain out a little on the nature of art. It's also helpful to remember that you don't have to feel good or inspired. I tend to use that as an excuse.
@@SeeSawMassacre Yeah it's not always easy but just doing it even if it is something meant for enjoyment and relaxation, it still requires discipline and commitment, emotions like inspiration are like weather we still have to go to work even if it's not exactly sunny out, but thankfully it doesn't rain all the time, not for me anyway for which I am grateful.
@@SeeSawMassacre I just saw your comment, you seem to know the experience of what I am talking about very well. I can't say I know anything about playing music, my approach to writing poetry is very similar and thanks for drawing the compassion. And like drawing I have a suggestion that comes to mind but it takes about five or more ideas to heard or seen before I choose, at least at the start before I have warmed up. It's like stripping away layers with a chisel sometimes. Hard work but well worth it in the end, some days are easy but it's just luck, still have to show up to get the work done can't wait for sunny weather. Cheers
@@donatoliotino1872 no dont get me wrong, its good you're doing it But its the kinda thing i feel like ill see every video from now till he does it. And this is the thing stressing me xD
It’s one of the hardest thing to let go. We‘re taught to always think and keep ourselves straight and collected. But it’s the most beautiful thing to just be „in the flow“, be free and let go.
I have been doing this for years. My guides love to draw zen tangles. I sit for a moment with ink pen or pencil close to the paper, take some deep breaths and then allow them to draw through me with no expectations. It's like open eye meditation.
Right off the bat, I can't unsee the uncanny resemblance of his nose to the grandpa's in UP Also, This seems exactly like what I used to do back in school, doodle mindlessly in the back of every notebook or in between the white spaces in history books I really like this one exercise, You don't have to worry about the fundamentals (phew) and you get an abstract art as a bonus lol Love these interviews, keep 'em coming my dude
Indeed. For the beginners Kim Jung Gi is sort of an idol. But for the talented colleagues with a comparable skill - it is ok to call him "a Korean guy". TIM Gula is really gifted and laborative, besides he worked side by side with true legends. They are all top masters, and I do not think they care what people call them.
I have friend who is amazing and i always tell her the paint just flow out of her fingertips!! She however has no clue how to make money being an artist. I am always so thrilled when I see and know there are plenty that can and do!
Yeah, it's a very known technique for artists. I do a variant of it myself, but a webbing type structure. You can do it in MANY ways. Jean Arp did it like 100 years ago. Miro is one of the most known for it. As an artform.
@@nerdinvader6740 that's a disappointing thought process. By your definition the famous art piece, "La persistencia de la memoria" isnt real art. sorry for your loss, of braincells I mean, I don't know when it happened but I feel lament.
This is what happens when you allow your soul to dance. It goes a little slow at first. It has to learn and become confident. The learning may take a while, so be patient. Eventually, your soul will flow free, and take your mind, and art, to the most magnificent places...true freedom. Thank you for posting this. He is lovely to watch, and listen to.
One thing I love doing is to do a drawing of whatever is in front of me - the scene. It could be a room or a cat or out and about. The aim is to just capture as much detail as you can without caring about perspective or the quality of the drawing. You just have to depict what you are seeing. I prefer ink, as it feels more permanent and you commit more. After half an hour you've got a snap shot of part of your life and you are relaxed. I started doing it around fifteen years ago and they are like finding photos! I definitely recommend doing it. I've never tried this automatic technique yet but once it's light I will give it a go. They reminded me of phone doodles, or the doodles I used to do when we only had a landline. You had to sit in the same place to talk and usually the phone book would be full of these nonsense scribbles. Awesome stuff.
I loved this!! thank you! I forgot I used to do this stuff when I was a kid (i guess some people just call it doodling) but its also a great way to practice a drawing tool without any pressure.
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You need more automatic drawing vids by the look of your numbers on this one.
After learning stuff about art technically, especially in art school, you kind of become stiff, you stick to certain rules and principles... you always think about the subject, content and form but when you do this, you just let it flow. As a student artist, this is actually very healing.
Yes, I had the same experience, and healing is an apt description.
Someone redirected me to this video and i'm literally the opposite if that, started from a year to draw(not practice, draw at all, scribbles including) with no formal training or practice, have no idea about rules ans whatnot.
Art school was the most destructive thing for my creativity. A great teacher can provide priceless guidance and support and a bad one can do a lot of damage.
yep. it’s like im stuck and can no longer think of ideas out of these boundaries of form, perspective etc.
Yeah I found art school creates a cruel competitive attitude, perfectionism, and a comparison complex. It has to be perfect anatomy, and you have to be constantly doing hard things to improve … not just having flowing free fun
"Just do it, it doesn't have to be anything, just move the pen and let it free, don't get pressured, it's very relaxing, stay relaxed, it's alright"
Me: (Never been so pressured to stay relaxed)
Really? I don't get any feeling of pressure from this guy at all.
jesuisravi its a joke dawg lmao
Everytime I meditate lol
That is so funny man..😄
Marco Rio - your so right !!!!
It’s like doing a sport - first time you have 2 left feet both in buckets of concrete!! After 10-15 times your still awkward but not as much and the embarrassment of your efforts starts to lessen.
Do something 100 times and you become skilled , do it 300 times and you become efficient, do it a 1,000 times and they call you Master
This is how I started discovering the art in myself when I was a teenager, and I think it saved my life. I had studied and practiced drawing from an early age - I was a shy and withdrawn child. I never realized until now that this is a "thing" - so suddenly, after all these decades, I feel like I exist in something that's shared.
I think this "automatic" drawing is an expression of one's true identity, when it comes after maybe learning at least some basic portrayal skills. That is, I think you can tell that when this gentleman does his automatic drawing, he's been practicing controlled methods as well, and for a long time. So - it's all good, for EVERYONE to do. But the more you do on BOTH sides of the coin (controlled, and automatic, both) the further you're going to go in turning your art into YOUR SELF expression. (hope that makes sense) Thanks for this video - so much!
I'm the same way. I do this stuff all the time, especially when I'm stressed. It's very relaxing and while most of the stuff ends up being nothing but maybe some cool looking shapes or abstractions, I have occasionally come up with some really cool ideas for more "real" drawings by doing this. I had no idea this was an actual "thing" either. This is kind of amazing and almost freeing in a way.
Thanks, very insightful.
His strokes are out of this world, insanely firm and straight forward.a guy who has been drawing and painting for probably 55 years.
I'm actually relieved that he said that it will be hard at first. It really took the pressure out of the first few drawings
Almost all attempts at something is hard at first.
I feel like these drawings are a direct reflection of the state of mind. When you're relaxed it will look smooth and flowing and when you're tense it will look a little stiff, but by continuing I become more relaxed.
Exactly, the pressure of not being under pressure. Difficult for sure.
I just started doodling for the first time in months. I am speechless. I have been way too stressed out to draw lately cause I have been so focused on perfection, so trying to draw has been overwhelming. But here I am, doodling weird tree snails, and I am surprised to be happy while doing it. I just wanted to say thanks! This may have helped fix my art block. I am very grateful for the help and encouragement I didn't realize I needed until now!
Yeah, that.
"When your mind is relaxed, its the most creative."
Unfortunately a relaxed mind is just a dream for some of us that seems way too out of reach
facts!
@@Jrock3891 yea man.. when banktuptcy chases you every living moment sometimes u just feel like u need to just end it all.
Bro cmon don't say stuff like that
@@AMBanosidhc well my reality is not gonna change if i dont say it 😂
My automatic drawing consists of making little circles, his is amazing.
I like little circles. They're great.
Your are amazing too! Remember what he said. Its not about what it looks like but rather how you feel
Circles circles circles and relax
I like doing that too... but for some reason, I add little antenas and a smiley face. They end up looking like caterpillars.
Im more dots, thousand littles dots everywhere. Do you do circle in circle or juste little individuals ?
I just started drinking again this evening cuz everyday I am so sick and tired of TRYING to force myself to find “joy or a reason” to draw… then I saw this vid in my feed…… omg … this is amazing… started doing this exercise before the vid was even over … this may even help end my frustration and depression… Ty very much for this vid!
Good for you man! Hope you're doing well. Hugs through the net
So....still drinking? ha!
stay positive and except all feedback just focus on the good ones and take the opinions of the others lightly. good luck to you
VonJhonn Cheers to that
Lots of strength to you.
No lie. This brought me to tears. I haven't really drawn like I want to --- like I know I can and should --- in such a long, long time. I'm trying this to see if I can get that break through and release.... Thanks for the post!
How you fare?have you done it?
@@lova368 It's really awkward trying to "let go" when I want to control everything. I'm something of a perfectionist and find that I am VERY critical of what I have drawn. I get easily discouraged if the image on the page doesn't look like the image in my head, which leads to my frustration and lack of motivation to draw again.
@@williamcolbert996 i know how that feel! Although its very embarrasing I challenge myself and post it as my first abstract drawing.I hope you can give it a try too!
@@lova368 I will promise to work on it. If I could get back to drawing like I did several years ago, I wouldn't want to do anything BUT draw. The art just "flowed" from the pencil(s) and I was happy and at peace.
@@lova368 I'm sure your art is wonderful. Like you said, we can be our own worst critics. I try to take the criticisms and compliments with a grain of salt and use it to improve. Most of the time, I get good feedback. Then, I wonder to myself, "If they like this garbage, they'd love the image I had in my mind!" And THAT'S the frustrating part for me: learning to capture the images on paper accurately. ONE DAY, I hope to be there like these masters in this video. I'd love to see your art. And I appreciate the encouragement.
My curves became flowers, with petals that became wings, and the wings led to angels.
That’s beautiful
Yes! Always morphs
I actually wish I could see that it sounds really beautiful
"when your mind is relaxed, it's the most creative"' I love that quote
I’m a musician and I liken this to free jazz! No rules, yet incredibly expressive and meditative! Love it
Except free jazz is stressful to experience for those that aren’t playing the instruments 😂
@@sleeperino3054 free jazz is largely why i do not like jazz lol HOWEVER .... i do appreciate it. it has its place. but yours and Scott's comment put it into a new perspective for me.
Musicians do the same thing, we “riff” nonsense and things just come out.
Great info!
yes! I remember Bobby McFerrin saying: "sing nonsense for 10min nonstop! see where does it takes you"
its called flow
Yahh me too. That's how I used to do music lmao.
@@MateoKupstysChica when I'm in the mood and washing the dishes for example or sometimes during sleep I can punch out complete texts with rhyming sentences. Usually it would take me quite a while to do that...
@@xthrax dude, yeah
I just filled a 104-page sketchbook with automatic drawings and illustrations from my dreams. I've been doing this every morning for the past few months, and I'm in love! My next challenge is to fill a 200-page sketchbook, then do this for a year! I'm so excited to see how this technique will grow and enhance my art and the other areas of my life. Thank you so much for sharing this!
Did you improved your drawings? (I'm thinking about try it too)
Up
I like to sleep to relax
Did your art improve
did it improve
Hey, Tim. Great to see you again. I remember you used to hang out next to me while I was painting backgrounds for the Bakshi/Frazetta movie "Fire and Ice. We would chat and you would slip into your "Dagobanian" barbarian dialect.
Greetings James!
He forgot to beat the devil out of it.
he wouldn't be able to draw after, doe
+krislalev hah jackson pollock reference?
@@jaype5 bob ross
He aikido-cqc'd the devil out of it
@@jaype5 ....look up Bob Ross.....hard to believe you dont know who he is. Most relaxed art teacher ever !
I have this weird impression that for anyone who wants to become an artist, this is the most important video in the world.
When I was starting as a comic Illustrator, I made friend with Alex Nino's brothers, Pol Nino and Lando Nino both were illustrator and has the style as Alex Nino. What I realized is they are more on the artistic side while I'm on the more technical side of illustration... and their works are more appealing. Yeah, to be artistic, you need to be inspired and be meditative.
I did this a few times, the last time i started with just scribbling all black... the endresult was something very psychological. I drew my emotional state. Some kind of therapy
I think this is what actually happens
I had a guy suing my wife for years,instead of doing him harm i drew a cartoon book about him it WAS therapy.
Sure it's therapeutic, but once that emotional channel is free but directed, then it could become art.
It’s actually a practice I think they use in art therapy :)
This reminds me of how Peter Draws create his arts.
This is exactly what i was thinking too
The man's a machine.
YES
Yea exactly what I thought
Me, too, as well, also, in addition.
Doing this since I was a kid without knowing it's a technique. People asked me what I was drawing and I always replied "I'm not sure yet, I will discover that later"
Jaz Choreo same here!🤷🏻♂️
Yeh same but what i didn't realise is it didn't have to be of anything so i'd get fustrated when i'd finished and it just looked too random. Now I know i was just following intuition and should of trusted that. I used to doodle everywhere on everything without thinking especially during school in class.
@@angel79892What we have to learn when they taught us everything is how to unlearn what they taught us and return to autenticity, to us...
@@OWalexutza97yes i've heard and integrated this knowledge so many times. Unlearning and relearning. I base my entire life on that with all I choose to work on and learn about, erasing those old programmes and reprogramming my mind to allow new energy and thought constructs.
@@angel79892 making souls visible... making souls alive again. Sending virtual hug & positive energy
Okay, honest to goodness, I have entire sketch books filled with this free style sketching that I've never shown anyone. I thought it was odd and didn't count as 'real' art because I would draw completely useless fractal pages full of this kind of sketching exercises I'd do warming up for class or teaching....good to know I'm not the only one!
Post them! I’d like to see!!
How does he talk so coherently while he draws? I have done this for years and years, especially when I am somewhere that I have to sit still and quiet. I can also look at the drawing, and remember what I was hearing at the time; even years later. Very calming! I’ve always thought it’s my best work.
"oh yeah the korean guy" lol
And still we exactly know who he means.
:^ Kim Jung Gi like Norman Rockwell, but I think I'll go for his master Leyendecker, Norman used to be my idol, but Leyendecker is just out of my mind.
@@danhdao7417 I'll take Leyendecker too. His painted sketches are more accomplished than most people's final painting
@Mel Gibsokarton In this case, wouldn't any artist with a style be called a 'gimmick'? It's quite evident he can draw from an extensive visual library and has a seamless ability to visualise it in an 'agile' way, especially on demand. Personally for me, some of his works have stayed memorable for years.
@Mel Gibsokarton I'm pretty sure I'll remember a certain piece of his until my memory fails me, or I die.
But that's rather subjective. I could say the same about any artist you would praise.
This is quality content stan, quality , gold knowledge that every being needs to know, remember when we used to doodle at the back of the notebooks at a boring class? maybe our minds wanted to relax to at that state.
just some curves and lines, weather be triangles or circles without focusing on the end result.
keep up this content.
Again, i recommend this practice to everyone out there.
100 points for the title selection!
Oh my god this is so true. I remember when i use to doodle whatever I wanted on the margins of my notebook paper. It felt liberating and relaxing.
I feel like as children or even teens, it's easier to let go and just be. As we get older, we attach ourselves to the stresses of life and forget to let go before it's too much. We worry too much on appearances and what the rest will think of us. But this exercise is a great way to disconnect and relax. I'll definitely try it out.
This reminds me of an old note pad I had, with the cardboard back. My job was boring and I filled that baby within a month. I’m sorry I lost it when I left. Some of the best doodling I ever did.
I've also feel that way, especially when my teacher taught some lessons and I got bored. I'm present physically in the class but my mind is somewhere else not on the lesson. Then I started to draw at the back of the notebook or some pages of book or even at the back of the test papers.
This film deserves some kind of journalism award. That was a great interview.
soo sooo true ... this is happiness.... real relaxation..
I used to do a lot of these but after working at small studio I was all pressured to “once you grab a pen or pencil sort of tool. You have to done something recognizable to everybody,and it has to be good.” Kind of mental state.
But actually I started draw much worse when I started to compare to others whose producing “useable and productive” paints. It has been a big period of my dark time that I was following somebody’s dogma.
I’ll quit patient practice, instead of doing this, I’ll start “drawing” from now on.
BIG THANK from Japan.
This video was so enlightening. When I was in college I was doing this all the time and never realized it was an actual technique. I just referred to it as "randomness" and even submitted my final project as such. It's really been the driving technique behind a lot of special pieces I've made over the last decade, as well as ones that I've left unfinished. Great to see this chap break it down in the most humble of ways, thanks for sharing this video! Good luck to all artists, and just try to relax ☺️
This is awesome, thank you
wooo
one my fav milenial artist god :'3
omg a legend
It seems so easy but it's so gosh darn hard. Letting go like this is one of the most challenging things.
It's about feeling the Flow, it really helps you loosen up. It's about feeling the medium, pencil, pen, watercolor, acrylic all have a feel to it that comes from handling it. In a sense, doing is knowing. It's strokes soak into your muscles and you learn little things about different mediums. I loved drawing with pencils because the way it feels when you move it across a sheet of paper, how it glides- its a delightful textural feeling, quite soothing. It feels restorative on the mind. It's like a little escape. Pencils are lovely because of the little tricks you can use to make different textures. What's your favorite medium to make art?
@@emilydixon3886 Exactly. That's how BOB ROSS and the fellow who taught him developed WET ON WET painting. Jyst enjoying the brushes and tools with the different amounts of paint. And all the different kinds of strokes and pressures.
@@emilydixon3886 My favorite ARTISTIC medium is WORDS.
Bur after warching thus and reading all the comments from artists and drawers, I'm going to get some pencils and drawing pad and HAVE SOME FUN!!!
@@emilydixon3886 sorry for all the typos. Very embarrassing for a writer but I get so excitec here on YiuTube, my mind goes faster tgan my typing finger!!
@@joannaedwards6325 I didn't know that words could be a medium! That's very interesting... Do you write fiction or nonfiction?
I'm a realist oil painter, and just this year I decided to try abstract painting. Initially I stood in front of the blank canvas with a paralyzed feeling of "what do I do? Where do I start?" But finally I made a few broad lines, and then just kept going. And it was exactly as this artist describes - no mind - just intuition - gut. And now I am addicted to doing abstracts for the freedom and joy it gives!
This my new favorite unintentional ASMR. You can hear how much it relaxes Tim by how his voice becomes so calm and soothing when he starts auto-drawing. I tried this for the first time and if felt wonderful!
I just realized that I do this too, but my shapes are usually more rigid and mechanical, like I'm drawing a giant abstract machine.
Perhaps your creative processes emerged from different backgrounds but are converging? Perhaps try and draw looser linework and see if it helps you think clearer, and if it doesn't, perhaps you seek more orderedness in your gesturing?
Either way congrats on already having great creative technique!
There’s nothing wrong with your creation. As long as you feel free whiles drawing . It’s just your own personal form of expression
Me too but mine is more organic. Tree bark, stems, rock and soil kind of shapes.
My mom does that and it's beautiful
Weed puts you in that state to let go and do it aswel
I was definitely getting depressed with my art and frustrated but I'm really glad I saw this, thank you so much for sharing. I'm excited to try.
this is godsent. recently I got asked if I could do artworks of sci-fi scenario on some unknown planet. they asked me to draw something "you never saw anywhere before" and since now I had no idea how to approach this...but this "technique" could be the solution I was looking for. awesome :D
this is one of my favorite videos on the site Tim gules voice is so relaxing thanks for posting
i just started doing this and it does feel amazing, it feels like meditating! i HIGHLY recommend you do this immediately. clear your mind.
I’ve been doing this for years but until now just called it “doodling” 😁
Top comment!
Right? I thought that all artists doodled this way.
Lmao riiiight!!?
After learning stuff about art technically, especially in art school, you kind of become stiff, you stick to certain rules and principles... you always think about the subject, content and form but when you do this, you just let it flow. As a student artist, this is actually very healing.
it is doodling
I am not an artist. I am just now almost at 30yo trying to fire up my interest in drawing/painting again and I loved this video because it reminded me of one of the things I had most fun doing more than 10 years ago. I would let my pencil touch the paper and then just let my hand flow making random lines, curves and shapes. Then I would lift the pencil up and I would try to find things from reality in the middle of the doodle and try to bring them to life. In the end you would get a bunch of random elements and characters in a weird but yet funny composition. That whole process of discovery was awesome and fun.
This is game changing for me. Always to stressed thinking if I am good or not enough, trying to do exercises and learn about anatomy and perspective... and this is just feeling good, as he says.
Thanks for sharing!
I have been doing this for years.This is the first time I have ever found another artist talking about it. I consider it a form of meditation.
oh my goodness thank you for sharing this! I used to do this as teen ager without knowing it and rediscovering this has almost brought me to tears! A huge invisible wall has been shattered: Thank you!
Woah, I've been doing automatic drawing my whole life and had no idea it was an actual technique. I always just called it doodling. XD I never saw any of my art friends doing drawings like this, so I thought I was just weird, but I always found it so relaxing. I'd do them a lot before tests or during finals weeks.
Watching him draw and relax his mind through sketching was so intriguing and mesmerizing. The next time I draw, I'm going to try just letting my mind relax and draw what ever. That is something that all artists should try out at some point because a lot of the people I know wouldn't even think of just relaxing their mind while drawing. Very enlightening video, thank you.
This is how I have always drawn and painted. It feels magnificent. So freeing. The ability to be disconnected from the end result is bliss.
I draw like this all the time, most of my idea's start like this. I usually find something in there that I can expand on. I love it, no pressure.
I seem to lose a huge weight off my back after a mindless drawing session. I get so stressed and it manifests as incredibly painful muscle tension. And during these times I cant speak or express emotion at all. I can only draw quietly. It. Helps.
Yes but trouble is I've got bad neuro probs & very damaged neck so almost EVERYTHING hurts to do and way too cold inside where I live which also causes muscle tension - but I still do it/try...
ash canicall
Just spoke to my neighbor about this vid. She is highly stressed and I get writer's block. Our lack of pent up self expression manifests as COMPULSIVE OVEREATING so when you mention literally getting the WEIGHT off yr shoulders I had to reply cause we think if we do this drawing technique WE MIGHT LOOSE WEIGHT!! ??
You just made my day kind sir. I never knew this was considered a meditation... this is what i draw constantly. I thought it was jibberish (still frame all of it tho) but to hear its a way of meditation for the mind, almost takes some of the weight off this giant boulder on my shoulders
I was in a rut for a few weeks, couldn't really get myself to properly draw and learn. And this video really helps me a lot. I needed to let go and free some space inside my head. Thank you Mr Proko and Mr Tim Gula for this. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I tried this exercise yesterday, putting on a psychedelic song to help build up the trance and, I must say, what I drew was an absolute mess, lol. But it was really fun. I feel like I can breath. Thank you.
"you'll be able to grow more completely" - that was beautifully said!
Wow! I always called it "Stream of consciousness drawing" This is something I discovered in my teens, and enjoy very much.
Beautiful! No hard edges which reveals aspects of the artist's character. Paradigm shift occurs and I see several images within this one image! Connected, no separations! Wow, indeed! Thank you! :)
i believe drawing is more like driving a bicycle if you think too much how you do it you will be overwhelmed and eventually you will fall. if you trust your trained instinct you will drive it flawlessly without having any scientific explanation how you were able to do that :D
btw i never had a bicycle :D
with the added bonus of not having a mad man on a bus or a car run you over because he had no knowledge of the mirror... then again, that mad man may be our own consciousness and fears on this scenario
Golf!
Great analogy.👍🏼
@@mizo2452 haha lol that "btw I never had a bicycle" got me good
In the space between wake and sleep is when the creative ideas arrive. I think that's the well he's drinking from. Thanks for this! So wholesome and lovely,truly inspirational
Oh man imma be honest, i knew moebius because of this video. Now im in awe with Tim’s and moebius’ works! They are so so good!
I did this the other day for the first time, and it is a very psychedelic experience. Everyone should try it - it helps you access the state of mind you have as a very young child, and vividly imagine in your minds eye whilst your hand is moving over the page. 💗
I tried this but i forgot I have aphantasia so im very disappointed
@@innusafar9438 how would aphantasia effect this? I don't know if a mind's eye is needed for this
@@copeless1090 it worked but not really a psychedelic experience. More like drawing patterns over and over
@@innusafar9438 do it some more and maybe it will help develop beyond your "limitations" ... i don't have aphantasia and struggled with this the first time. he even says you might struggle because it requires letting go.
so let go! draw patters over and over then smoosh them together. draw through them. trace the spaces between them.
This is pretty much core of Buddhism. Clear your mind and living on present. Not worrying about past or future.
bunnyfreakz Here we go again, somebody with the need to put in a box an experience which has been lived by humans from the very beginning, thousands of years before Buddhism came about.
@@vaderetro264 here we go again another unnecessary comment.
@Always watching thank you.
So weird that anytime there is the smalledt reference to ANY spiritual belief SOME HARD ASS ATHEIST feels compelled to complain and/or abuse that person. So unnecessary.
Now they will attack me. Just watch. 😢😢😢😢😢
I feel like I could breathe in for the first time in a very long time, watching this. Thanks
Check out Peter Draws. It's a whole channel of this basically. I love it.
When your kids starts to draw, dont correct them...
When I was a kid, my mom forced me to destroy a whole folder of drawings cause they looked creepier than she liked
It was one of the worst days ever... I had to destroy them one by one and she was happy to see me doing that
If you don't like your kid's art, please don't do this, it kills the soul of an artist
@@marcelineabadeer6359 That hurts man!
Marceline Abadeer that’s horrific. I’m so sorry that happened to you. As a mother I can’t imagine doing such a thing.
@@marcelineabadeer6359 Fucking hell, man.
I can't even imagine that...
@@marcelineabadeer6359 wow this is worse than your family/worst enemy reading your diary. Hopefully you are still expressing your art in your own ways:)
I did this and wow it change my whole way of drawing and writing etc i do all while meditate and relax .
Such humility for a true master.
I'm not even a person who draws a lot. But this felt like it transcends the medium. I'm thinking this is totally how writing and calligraphy and anything else works.
At some point, somehow, I felt very emotionally overwhelmed for whatever reason. Don't know what that was about.
When your mind relaxes some of the stuff you've been subconsciously suppressing is released. I've had similar experience with yoga. I would say you could benefit from doing more and see what comes up and allow yourself to process the suppressed emotion. When I am oversrtedded this is one of my go to activities.
I agree with Melissa. Some people cannot just relax the mind and sit still for any length of time, They end up wanting to scream or break something. Or maybe they just can't get to the calm inner self. I believe meditation is a good way to heal your past. Let's your mind grow into new thoughts rather than rehashing the past.
The same emotional response happens to ppl getting their first massage. They breakdown and often cry. Because the body has all that pent up pressure. When it gets relaxed the build up has to come out some way.
The more you let THE FLOW STATE do it's thing, the less you will feel uneasy.
Crazy how the only thing that i let out is electricity? or something like that
it’s like being a kid and smushing colors onto paper and BEING JOYOUS about it even though...10 years later u see it and it’s utter trash lmao
I started doing this subconsciously when I was in college because I was overwhelmed with intense boredom and anxiety during lectures. They started as anxious scribbles and as time went on they transformed to interesting and sometimes scary creatures and now to people in abstract settings. Then I started learning more about art and as I practiced techniques, when I would get anxious and doodle again, the doodles looked more advanced. It was really fascinating to look at my journal full of "notes" from class :P This is how my interest in drawing began!
You had a journey. Maybe I can have one, too.
I watched this video a while ago, attempted it a few times but never really managed to get into that trance/meditative state described.
I just did it for the first time on accident... I was starting a painting when something in me just let go and I managed to turn my brain off and let the brush go where it wanted. Such a mentally liberating experience. This is easily my new favorite way to paint/draw.
Back when in was in art school during the time when i was really getting into drawing I started playing around with psychedelics. Especially Acid. On it I was having just so much fun just letting my hand wander over the paper and it would create the weirdest shapes. No goal in mind. Just playing. I remember feeling so overwhelmed with joy from just lying on the floor and feeling what graphite on paper would feel like. Even though I wasn't aiming for anything I feel like I learned so much. Visualization was also one of those concepts. I would trace lines in the air with my pencil and it felt like the lines appeared in the air long enough for me to trace the right ones. At times there were so many that it was hard to distinguish the real marks from the imaginary marks. Crazy times and so much fun.
I’ve done this a few times without realizing what exactly I was doing lol. I can’t draw neatly for crap so when I feel like it I just start drawing geometric shapes and lines until something forms. After watching this I think I want to try doing this more often and get a little book to fill with random crap :)
wow i never thought of making art in a relaxing way before.
I've practiced automatic drawing for many years. It truly is the best possible relaxation tool when in tandem with either room ambiances or a really good record playing. The first few minutes of a drawing are usually the most ecstatic as there's so much possibility and it starts to level out into focus as there's more on the page. Once the page gets nearly full it turns into frustrating obligation to see it to completion!
(Nothing is better than seeing the product of many culminated hours of meditative work though so it's all worth it. It's like one of those mostly about the journey things but the destination is a good cherry on top.)
This just taps into the visceral world of drawing/art/mark making..... not sure if I said it enough...but thank you.
This is exactly how ive always done my art. Ive never been able to do anything else really. This has always just been more satisfying for me on a personal level
Dude this was such a good video! This is a side of art that we all need to acquaint ourselves with!
Thank you for making and sharing this video! I’ve forgotten how it felt like to just doodle and let your mind go and that it’s ok to do it. Not every drawing has to make sense...
This is one of the best videos on youtube, thank you I very much needed this 👍🏼👍🏼
Wow, thank you so much for sharing. This helped me finish the direction of a piece outside my comfort zone Ive been working on/been stuck on for the last day or so. I’ve been drawing for 6 years now and this is one of the best pieces of advice. I applied it to an “actual” piece and like he said, abracadabra, i can see what i want out of this now. Thanks 🙂
ultra instinct of drawing
Not at all. Ultra instinct is literally instinct. Its your body's natural ability to survive and overcome.
Automatic drawing is letting your unconscious guide your hand. Its not instinctual, its years of experience and knowledge being used without you being aware.
Its ultra unconscious, not ultra instinct
Yes
@@BanditLeader arnt the unconscious mind and the instinctual mind one in the same
@@roxasparks they are not.
Instinct is your genes.
Unconscious is your memories, interests, and motivations.
That would be Kim Jung Gi.
When the guy was talking about just sketching freely I felt like I was sinking into the sunken place. It was so weird, he was describing everything I was feeling as I was feeling it, and my mind just like, couldn’t think of anything else.
He just Akira'ed the hell out of his drawing.
Yeah but actually looks very similar to the abstract stuff that moebius did in the past, but moebius also did with colors and painting
the way he holds the pencil and the way he strokes those lines already made me relax. so much...
Totally agree. Free ur mind and the flow will come. I remember I did some exercise similar to this at the drawing class long long time ago. For sure, u might not satisfied of what u are drawing cos it doesn't look like anything u expected, but that's the way it's. Just let the abstraction brings out ur creation.
I was drawing whilst listening to him and I found that very relaxing. I have a nice sketch too.
i think an artist who does a good example of automatic drawing is a you tuber called Peter Draws he does alot of things like this
Yeah i was thinking about peter the entire time. His streams are great to watch as well.
@@samuelg.6066 ya he is a pretty chill guy if he had a bit more of a cheerful demeanor he would be the next bob Ross
Peter is chill af
Yes Peter draws like this all the time!!!!
Yeah I notice a lot of people copying Peter Draws which is annoying like J. Sheetz Artwork th-cam.com/channels/jiV6lPCHH4cJ0d6-_b7cVQ.html
I find it annoying because he's just imitating with a positive twist. A lot of people like him but I bet a lot of them think he was first. (Peter 2006 J. Sheetz 2017). Too many other imitators are the same. Not saying that about the guy in this video though, he actually taught me how to do what Peter does without the annoying time lapse.
So the "letting your mind go 'derp'" is actually a pro technique?, damn...
I started one about a minute into the video and did it as I listened. I feel like it made listening smoother, and as enjoyable as listening to this affable artist
I needed this so badly today.
I've only been drawing for a couple months. Today, nothing was working. My joints hurt, and I couldn't put anything together.
The peacefulness and tranquility that I lacked, was expressed here.
I see the drawing in the paper and simply trace over it, it was purely something that came out of a lot of drawing. The only way I can describe it and I am not sure it is completely true but it makes a starting point: is imagining the paper in your mind as well as seeing in reality and letting your imagination do all the work of finding the forms within the papers texture or subtleties on the surface, and then after a while you begin to "see through the paper." It sounds hard but it is more about being completely passive and relaxing the elbow and wrist and working from the shoulder. It's gotten to a point where I don't have to feel good or even inspired for it to work, I can be feel like something the cat dragged in and still be able to draw(as in see the forms), so it comes from something more than day to day life, I can tell it is from me though as the drawing reflect my interests. At first all I drew were patterns, now I draw figures and faces and all manner of objects, so probably nothing mystical, more like the subconscious or some other higher function. I think anyone could do it if they spent enough time drawing and painting, just takes time for the brain to adjust and make the connections, and then suddenly everything falls into place it's a really good feeling like mastering a musical instrument or something like that, just have to put the hours in just like anything else.
I remember making that shift as a kid playing the piano after 7 years of playing songs mainly about birds I was allowed to move up to Bach. It was glorious. Looking back the songs were scales in disguise I guess. Maybe it will come with drawing as well although I already get into the zone sometimes and loose all track of time when I try to draw say a coffee cup :).
ps. didn't Leonardo also talk about this , seeing patterns or shapes in just cracks or stains in stucco or wallpaper or was it the other one Michael Angelo?
Thank you for this comment. The way you described drawing is very similar to how i feel when i write a poem. When it's going good, it's not honest to say that i'm writing it. It comes to me, not from me. I feel more like the first listener of the poem, and it's very passive and easy. Any logical thought disrupts it to some degree. I find poetry to be the easiest art form, because it has no requirements- no notes to hit, no shape to adhere to, and no clear goal- so it doesn't take practice like other things. What you write about the brain adjusting and making connections, i've experienced playing bass. At first i was probably thinking too much, and i didn't know the instrument well. I wasn't acquainted with it. Then i would stumble into some kind of a zone where i would inexplicably hit the right notes. It felt like i couldn't do anything wrong, like i was locked in. As time goes on your brain figures out how to do that more often, and to stop thinking when you play. I've been trying to take this concept to songwriting, which i find the most challenging. There are notes to adhere to, rhythms to line up with, and words that you can get caught analyzing. But when it works, it's as easy as anything else. This video and this comment have straightened my brain out a little on the nature of art. It's also helpful to remember that you don't have to feel good or inspired. I tend to use that as an excuse.
@@Marysart It sounds like Leonardo, he was endlessly curious about things, his studies of water and cloud are superb.
@@SeeSawMassacre Yeah it's not always easy but just doing it even if it is something meant for enjoyment and relaxation, it still requires discipline and commitment, emotions like inspiration are like weather we still have to go to work even if it's not exactly sunny out, but thankfully it doesn't rain all the time, not for me anyway for which I am grateful.
@@SeeSawMassacre I just saw your comment, you seem to know the experience of what I am talking about very well. I can't say I know anything about playing music, my approach to writing poetry is very similar and thanks for drawing the compassion. And like drawing I have a suggestion that comes to mind but it takes about five or more ideas to heard or seen before I choose, at least at the start before I have warmed up. It's like stripping away layers with a chisel sometimes. Hard work but well worth it in the end, some days are easy but it's just luck, still have to show up to get the work done can't wait for sunny weather. Cheers
hey Proko, can you do a video on cloth and clothes?
your asking him every video its stressing me xD
@@ywoak3288 its been 2 videos, people are liking it man. And how else am I, a common viewer, supposed to get his attention?
@@donatoliotino1872 no dont get me wrong, its good you're doing it
But its the kinda thing i feel like ill see every video from now till he does it.
And this is the thing stressing me xD
He did, he handed over the task to draw with Jazza, they did a collaboration.
I’m working on a drapery and costuming course with a guest instructor right now. Not sure about release date. Early phase still.
It’s one of the hardest thing to let go. We‘re taught to always think and keep ourselves straight and collected. But it’s the most beautiful thing to just be „in the flow“, be free and let go.
I have been doing this for years. My guides love to draw zen tangles. I sit for a moment with ink pen or pencil close to the paper, take some deep breaths and then allow them to draw through me with no expectations. It's like open eye meditation.
Right off the bat, I can't unsee the uncanny resemblance of his nose to the grandpa's in UP
Also, This seems exactly like what I used to do back in school, doodle mindlessly in the back of every notebook or in between the white spaces in history books
I really like this one exercise, You don't have to worry about the fundamentals (phew) and you get an abstract art as a bonus lol
Love these interviews, keep 'em coming my dude
aye but it is pritty hard to get back to that state.
lol what's a Kim jung gi😂😂
What indeed.
"Oh yeah! That Korean Guy!"
Indeed. For the beginners Kim Jung Gi is sort of an idol. But for the talented colleagues with a comparable skill - it is ok to call him "a Korean guy". TIM Gula is really gifted and laborative, besides he worked side by side with true legends. They are all top masters, and I do not think they care what people call them.
Sergei Kritzien I’m not a beginner and I love Kim’s work.
Omg this killed me 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I have friend who is amazing and i always tell her the paint just flow out of her fingertips!! She however has no clue how to make money being an artist. I am always so thrilled when I see and know there are plenty that can and do!
I love it when the shapes eventually emerge from the spontaneous doodles to create a unique image...That's IMAGINATION
Soo..what peterdraws does all the time?
That's why he's always chill
He is heavily influenced by moebius, he says it himself
@@freakyyoshi thanks :)
Yeah, it's a very known technique for artists. I do a variant of it myself, but a webbing type structure. You can do it in MANY ways. Jean Arp did it like 100 years ago. Miro is one of the most known for it. As an artform.
When I do it looks more like caves or eye sockets in a skull. It’s kind of like stream of consciousness writing which I also love doing
I'm a surrealist and this is exaxtly how I draw 99% of the time
it's gorgeous
No you're not. You just draw random shit. Like most of us did xD
@@nowonmetube That is what a surrealist is -_-
Surrealism ain't art
@@nerdinvader6740 that's a disappointing thought process. By your definition the famous art piece, "La persistencia de la memoria" isnt real art. sorry for your loss, of braincells I mean, I don't know when it happened but I feel lament.
This is what happens when you allow your soul to dance. It goes a little slow at first. It has to learn and become confident. The learning may take a while, so be patient. Eventually, your soul will flow free, and take your mind, and art, to the most magnificent places...true freedom.
Thank you for posting this. He is lovely to watch, and listen to.
One thing I love doing is to do a drawing of whatever is in front of me - the scene. It could be a room or a cat or out and about. The aim is to just capture as much detail as you can without caring about perspective or the quality of the drawing. You just have to depict what you are seeing.
I prefer ink, as it feels more permanent and you commit more.
After half an hour you've got a snap shot of part of your life and you are relaxed.
I started doing it around fifteen years ago and they are like finding photos!
I definitely recommend doing it.
I've never tried this automatic technique yet but once it's light I will give it a go.
They reminded me of phone doodles, or the doodles I used to do when we only had a landline. You had to sit in the same place to talk and usually the phone book would be full of these nonsense scribbles. Awesome stuff.
I loved this!! thank you! I forgot I used to do this stuff when I was a kid (i guess some people just call it doodling) but its also a great way to practice a drawing tool without any pressure.
"What the heck was that? But I don't care". Love it.
His story and his generosity made me smile.