im a pretty good artist but it requires me to visually draw. like i have to look at someones eyes to draw their eyes. practicing to draw without a visual example is a huge challenge for me
Hi Mark. Thank you for your instructional videos. They’ve helped me so much to draw and paint face features. Please, do not stop talking. You explain things so clearly that I wouldn’t get if you talked less. Same goes for the length of your videos. Please don’t shorten them. You are a great teacher as you are. Thank you again.
Mark, today I just got your book,thank you so much for making this, I'm 13 years old and the art lessons in my school aren't very good, but this book made me see art in a whole new perspective, and I found the ending so heartwarming and sad at the same time, you and your books are my inspiration. Thank you
To achieve a more natural look, use a blending stump to blend the shaded areas so there's no marbled texture, and you can also lift some of the pencil off using a kneaded eraser for highlights.
honestly? mark crilley is the most soft, pure man on this entire website. he just loves to teach people how to draw??? he is so sweet and funny and makes dumb dad jokes and honestly wowie he is so nice i love mark crilley what a cool dude i love u mark
I got The Drawing Lesson this Friday and I love it so far. I'm trying to go through it as separate lessons the same way David is to really get a feel for it and remember each point. I'm only allowing myself to read the next chapter after I've done at least 10 drawings focusing on the last lesson I've read. I'm eight drawings in... two more till chapter 3!
your videos, I just binge watched all of them a couple of days ago and they have helped me improve do much that my art teacher changed my expected grade from a b to an a* thank you so much! I am so grateful!!
I wish "The Drawing Lesson" was around when I first learned how to draw. It's a great book, especially for beginners. I enjoyed it. Thanks for publishing it.
Thank you for give so good TH-cam tutorials mark! I didn’t like art at school at all but when my teacher began to show us your tutorials 3 years ago i loved it :)
Why are you so good at being creative, being funny, being awesome, drawing, basically why are you so good at life 😂 you are such a good teacher and literally idk why but you make everything so easy!!!! It's actually AMAZING!
Hey mark i just started to try drawing and i was watching your youtube videos for a while then i decided to get a book went and the only book they had left was yours keep up the good work man never knew you were that big of an artist
I loved The Drawing Lesson so much!!! It was so well thought out! I loved the annotations at the end of the chapters so we could practice, and the epilogue was so good it gave me chills!!! I think it's your best work so far!
I drew exactly what you did, following every step, taking my time. In the end, yours looks like a photograph and mine looks like shit LOL what happened?!
Very nice video. On my portrait drawings, the ears have always posed challenges. Now I think they'll be better just practicing this technique. Thanks. Oh, and no you don't talk to much. It's entertaining and stays on topic.
Hey Mark, when you draw the guidelines, you always seem to find the center of the page then you draw the guidelines? I need help with this as when I try to draw a perfect square guideline like from the video "How to draw a Lion", my lines are always slanted and don't look perfect. Oh and can you maybe make a video on drawing fur as I tend to struggle with them, on the video "How to draw a Wolf" the fur just looks like lines whiles yours actually looks like fur, what's the technique you use?
wow, and I just drew a reasonable facsimile of a human ear thanks to you. You don't talk too much.. I much prefer your voice to music and I like your sense of humour.
Thanks for this video. Awesome! I just purchased my copy of "The Drawing Lesson". Was really interested in the Hyperrealism book but was afraid it would scare me off since I'm at a very early stage in my drawing. Look forward to going through it!
Hey Mark! I was wondering what pencil sharpener you use for your Prismacolours. I have a pack of Prismas and I got a new sharpener (Just one from an office-type store) only to find out that it ate them. I can't just waste them, so what do you use?
Mark, could you do a video on how to add variety to your drawings? As in, how to draw different eyes? I'm having a lot of trouble adding a bit of spice to my eyes and it's kind of frustrating.
I wish you were around when I was 11 learing to draw ears you make it look so easy! though I've already mastered it the grid would of been most helpful.
Hi Mr. Crilley! If you're taking requests, I have an odd one for you: could you go over how to draw scars? Not necessarily scars from battle or something, nothing super intense, but scars on the arms and legs and stuff. To be honest I'm working on a character that resembles me. I have self harm scars from shoulder to ankle and ironically have a difficult time drawing them without them looking like dark cuts or just lines on skin. Do you know anything about that? Thank you! (Please don't feel obligated or anything if you're not doing requests or it upsets you. And if you do take this into consideration, I would have a trigger warning in the video because scars could obviously be unsettling.)
yes I did see this, and while it was truly amazing, I was hoping maybe an ultra realistic eye, maybe with art supplies you rarely ever use to make it more of a challenge, maybe its just me but I think this would be really interesting! All up to you of course!
Hey. I am 13 years old, from Norway and I'm making a manga ( have made a lot of them before, but I'm always distracted. I get new ideas) I have told my mom about the story and she want me to publish it when I'm done. (I am not sure about that, but i really want to!) I don't quite know how to go forward or how to edit in Photoshop. Should I start by sharing a little and a little of the story or wait until I'm completely done with everything. Sorry for all the questions and my bad English writing! I need help, but I don't know where I can find it here in Norway.
Hey mark crilley I was wondering whether it was possible if you could do a video on how to draw Asian eyes. I think they are beautiful but in a way co fusing maybe it's because I used to drawing 'western eyes' thanks
Not sure if you still see these comments. First thank you for this video. It is clear that while I am a natural at drawing and shading lips that ears are much much harder for me. Maybe everyone should just have long hair lol. Also I bought your how to draw graphic novel. I will enjoy reading it as well but I thought my 9 year old would enjoy it. So thanks.
Yup Mark you did make it complicated, although it was good! And your books are really well made too.though I have noticed that you spend too much time in doing the rough pencil work than the inking, you can actually produce better sstuff if you are more efficient at it. Probably i am no one to speak as i am just 14, but can you make videos on worm's eye view pointerview and placing characters in perspective?
oh my goodness.. I dropped my phone accidently (fumbled the ball lol) and when it landed I finally saw that our ear and a back folded dog ear looks exactly the same. It's just a matter of angle :) Thanks for the video :)
Hey mark I hope this comment founds you well. My name is Dariel I'm a huge fun of you I have all you books and I love the way you draw and explain everything. I would love to ask you 2 things. # 1 would you do a video showing how to draw digitally using an iPad Pro or the procreate app, and # 2 there's many methods and ways to sketch things but sometimes i get confuse and overwhelm by all of them. Would you do a video teaching a easy and very effective way to sketch thing like human posses mostly the whole body. Pls I would appreciate you help
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So helpful! Actually I appreciate it when you talk during the videos - your humor is relaxing! Cheers to the ears!
"I should probarbly stop talking". Don't ever do that :) I love the sound of your soothing voice as I learn from you
Thank you Jonas!
Yeah Jonas 😁
Yeah👌👌
im a pretty good artist but it requires me to visually draw. like i have to look at someones eyes to draw their eyes. practicing to draw without a visual example is a huge challenge for me
lots of artists still use references.
Hi Mark. Thank you for your instructional videos. They’ve helped me so much to draw and paint face features. Please, do not stop talking. You explain things so clearly that I wouldn’t get if you talked less. Same goes for the length of your videos. Please don’t shorten them. You are a great teacher as you are. Thank you again.
Mark, today I just got your book,thank you so much for making this, I'm 13 years old and the art lessons in my school aren't very good, but this book made me see art in a whole new perspective, and I found the ending so heartwarming and sad at the same time, you and your books are my inspiration.
Thank you
Thank you William!
Hi u must be 18 right ??
To achieve a more natural look, use a blending stump to blend the shaded areas so there's no marbled texture, and you can also lift some of the pencil off using a kneaded eraser for highlights.
honestly? mark crilley is the most soft, pure man on this entire website. he just loves to teach people how to draw??? he is so sweet and funny and makes dumb dad jokes and honestly wowie he is so nice i love mark crilley what a cool dude i love u mark
Thank you Noah, you're ver kind :)
i bought mastering manga a couple of days ago. love the book and your videos.
Thank you!!
BEST TUTORIAL IN TH-cam ♡
I got The Drawing Lesson this Friday and I love it so far. I'm trying to go through it as separate lessons the same way David is to really get a feel for it and remember each point. I'm only allowing myself to read the next chapter after I've done at least 10 drawings focusing on the last lesson I've read. I'm eight drawings in... two more till chapter 3!
Wow, thanks for being so devoted to it-- you're going to learn a lot!
your videos, I just binge watched all of them a couple of days ago and they have helped me improve do much that my art teacher changed my expected grade from a b to an a*
thank you so much! I am so grateful!!
Thank you for watching, glad my vids can help :)
I love your instructional videos and appreciate all the talking! Thank you
I wish "The Drawing Lesson" was around when I first learned how to draw. It's a great book, especially for beginners. I enjoyed it. Thanks for publishing it.
Thank you Jo!
Hey mark, could you do a tutorial for a werewolf?
Thank you for give so good TH-cam tutorials mark! I didn’t like art at school at all but when my teacher began to show us your tutorials 3 years ago i loved it :)
Awesome tutorial. Thank you for doing it detailed. I am trying to learn to draw faces anatomically correct lol. Stay well!
Thank you Lisa ^_^
Why are you so good at being creative, being funny, being awesome, drawing, basically why are you so good at life 😂 you are such a good teacher and literally idk why but you make everything so easy!!!! It's actually AMAZING!
hello sir.....awesome art...I love your techniques very much.....
I gave this tutorial a go and it was fun to draw, I like the shading part of the ear, thank you Mark for the tutorial.
I think after watching many of ur vids I may check out some of ur books. If they're as good as ur art then I will be very happy
Your video’s are amazing and you make me giggle I love listening to you,you make my day bright thank you Sandy
very handy tutorial. thanks. I've been drawing the general shape of the ear in everything of a year now.
Wow, I always end up with something much better than I anticipated when I follow you. I really appreciate the power of shading now! Thanks
Hey mark i just started to try drawing and i was watching your youtube videos for a while then i decided to get a book went and the only book they had left was yours keep up the good work man never knew you were that big of an artist
Brodys Ghost and The Drawing Lesson just got delivered to me this morning and I'm sooooo happy and excited to read both of them
Thank you so much!!
please do no line challenge just use shade method
That's a good idea
That is more or less painting haha (just in greyscale).
I have been looking at many of your tutorials, and I certainly will check out some of your books. I like the look of Brody's Ghost!
Thank you Daniel :)
I loved The Drawing Lesson so much!!! It was so well thought out! I loved the annotations at the end of the chapters so we could practice, and the epilogue was so good it gave me chills!!! I think it's your best work so far!
Thank you so much :)
I drew exactly what you did, following every step, taking my time. In the end, yours looks like a photograph and mine looks like shit LOL what happened?!
skill happened
How is your drawing now?
Very nice video. On my portrait drawings, the ears have always posed challenges. Now I think they'll be better just practicing this technique. Thanks. Oh, and no you don't talk to much. It's entertaining and stays on topic.
Cool, how's the new book selling.
I love your videos! I'm watching them again and again! I get so inspired by them. thank you Mark Crilley!
Thank you :)
OMG I JUST GOT YOUR BOOK "The drawing lesson"!
HAVEN'T READ MUCH ,BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH! 💙
Hey Mark, when you draw the guidelines, you always seem to find the center of the page then you draw the guidelines? I need help with this as when I try to draw a perfect square guideline like from the video "How to draw a Lion", my lines are always slanted and don't look perfect. Oh and can you maybe make a video on drawing fur as I tend to struggle with them, on the video "How to draw a Wolf" the fur just looks like lines whiles yours actually looks like fur, what's the technique you use?
I think I will buy "the drawing lesson". I really like the Idea.
I read it twice! It's amazing
My copy came in today, and I love it.
Nice! Very good. I have never been made to feel so wholly inadequate as I did watching you draw a mere ear.
Respect to you. You've got yourself a loyal viewer. Salute
Thank you!!
wow, and I just drew a reasonable facsimile of a human ear thanks to you. You don't talk too much.. I much prefer your voice to music and I like your sense of humour.
Hi mark, can you make a video about drawing realistic hair?
Thanks
I always think I can draw ears until I draw them lol
Very nicely explained with demo.
many artist used cotton or paint brush for blending but you, you used hand for blending.. hahaha.. amazing..
Thanks for this video. Awesome! I just purchased my copy of "The Drawing Lesson". Was really interested in the Hyperrealism book but was afraid it would scare me off since I'm at a very early stage in my drawing. Look forward to going through it!
Thank you so much!
I just bought 'Mastering Manga' and it's already helping me with my drawings!! i've seen so much improvement! great job! ^_^
Thank you for your support :)
No problem! :)
Hey Mark! I was wondering what pencil sharpener you use for your Prismacolours. I have a pack of Prismas and I got a new sharpener (Just one from an office-type store) only to find out that it ate them. I can't just waste them, so what do you use?
I always feel that drawing is easy to you ... your work is amaaaaazing and sample ☆♢ good ...
Dont knock yourself. I like to hear how youre thinking as you draw... I think much along the same lines. Great tutorial!
Question. Did you use your own ear as a reference or did you use other sources? Great work as always. The videos always get me in the mood to draw.
Yeah, me too. I actually did my profile pic while watching a markcrilley vid.
i am watching this in art class
me too
Mark, could you do a video on how to add variety to your drawings? As in, how to draw different eyes? I'm having a lot of trouble adding a bit of spice to my eyes and it's kind of frustrating.
I wish you were around when I was 11 learing to draw ears you make it look so easy! though I've already mastered it the grid would of been most helpful.
what is that black prisma colour? please tell me..... thank you
Hey mark,which kind of pencil do u use??plz tell me
This is awesome I never knew where to put shades,thank you😁
Interesting way of take the pencil for shading! I've never tried util I saw you! It's works :) Nice tutorial!! thanks
When are you going to do your next Live Stream? I would love to watch it! I'm a big fan.
mark,I'm just wondering but do you use COPic markers?[anyways,great vid :D]
LY Dav this is a bit old, but he does own a few Copics. but he relies on many different brands
oh!thnks
Hi Mr. Crilley! If you're taking requests, I have an odd one for you: could you go over how to draw scars? Not necessarily scars from battle or something, nothing super intense, but scars on the arms and legs and stuff. To be honest I'm working on a character that resembles me. I have self harm scars from shoulder to ankle and ironically have a difficult time drawing them without them looking like dark cuts or just lines on skin. Do you know anything about that? Thank you! (Please don't feel obligated or anything if you're not doing requests or it upsets you. And if you do take this into consideration, I would have a trigger warning in the video because scars could obviously be unsettling.)
this was super helpful... ive been struggling with this. thx
Hey Mark, could you possibly do another eye tutorial just to see your newest rendition of an eye?
Did you see this one from a few months ago? th-cam.com/video/ORa66PK2dWc/w-d-xo.html
yes I did see this, and while it was truly amazing, I was hoping maybe an ultra realistic eye, maybe with art supplies you rarely ever use to make it more of a challenge, maybe its just me but I think this would be really interesting! All up to you of course!
hi!!!! I bought your books!!! Mastering Manga & Mastering Manga 2
Thank you for your support ^_^
great job, mark! By the way, Im soon gonna order the drawing lesson and i cant WAIT to read it!!
Hello Mr. Mark! I was wondering what ever happened to the series you did a while back, where you drew something and then drew the evil version of it?
You're talking about the mermaid videos I did a couple years ago. I never said it would be a series, but who knows, maybe I'll try it again sometime.
I love your videos so much! I've improved so much without spending money for drawing lessons. xD Thank you!!!
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Hey. I am 13 years old, from Norway and I'm making a manga ( have made a lot of them before, but I'm always distracted. I get new ideas) I have told my mom about the story and she want me to publish it when I'm done. (I am not sure about that, but i really want to!) I don't quite know how to go forward or how to edit in Photoshop. Should I start by sharing a little and a little of the story or wait until I'm completely done with everything. Sorry for all the questions and my bad English writing! I need help, but I don't know where I can find it here in Norway.
Hey Mark. Do you ever smudge?
thank you, i struggle with drawing ears in general.
Hey mark crilley I was wondering whether it was possible if you could do a video on how to draw Asian eyes. I think they are beautiful but in a way co fusing maybe it's because I used to drawing 'western eyes' thanks
"What is this, an assignment?"
*Me doing this for my assignment in art...* 🤧
very good video. Thak you!
Excellent example very good ideas thank
Could you make a video that share your rules or techniques from your own experiences when it comes to shading, please?
I got the realism challenge the two pencil method enjoy your videos
Your voice is so relaxing lol 😍 like paul rudd
Not sure if you still see these comments. First thank you for this video. It is clear that while I am a natural at drawing and shading lips that ears are much much harder for me. Maybe everyone should just have long hair lol. Also I bought your how to draw graphic novel. I will enjoy reading it as well but I thought my 9 year old would enjoy it. So thanks.
Hey Mark! I love your videos. I was wondering if you ever use charcoal for drawing. if so, would you be willing to do a video about it down the road?
You are more unique then many TH-camrs I see 😕😁
😀👍💕I love your drawing mr mark
Perfect
Thanks for tutorials
Yup Mark you did make it complicated, although it was good! And your books are really well made too.though I have noticed that you spend too much time in doing the rough pencil work than the inking, you can actually produce better sstuff if you are more efficient at it. Probably i am no one to speak as i am just 14, but can you make videos on worm's eye view pointerview and placing characters in perspective?
i still dont understand why you shade in the middle of the lobe...
Are we getting a Mastering Manga 3?
oh my goodness.. I dropped my phone accidently (fumbled the ball lol) and when it landed I finally saw that our ear and a back folded dog ear looks exactly the same. It's just a matter of angle :) Thanks for the video :)
Exactly what I needed! Thank you!
wonderful video! Thank you so much!
16:27 I bought that book. It was really helpful.
Hey mark I hope this comment founds you well. My name is Dariel I'm a huge fun of you I have all you books and I love the way you draw and explain everything. I would love to ask you 2 things. # 1 would you do a video showing how to draw digitally using an iPad Pro or the procreate app, and # 2 there's many methods and ways to sketch things but sometimes i get confuse and overwhelm by all of them. Would you do a video teaching a easy and very effective way to sketch thing like human posses mostly the whole body. Pls I would appreciate you help
Ups I meant fan lol sorry
I really like your videos, they are realy helpful thnx :)
I got The Drawing Lesson!!! I tagged you in a picture on Instagram! I love ittttt
Thank you so much Tom!
Good job markcrilly
can u teach us realistic baby pencil drawing....
you should do a ear with gauges in it I think that'd be really cool ☺
bro can u plez tell me what was the black pencil name which u highlight the drawing at last
wow you really helped me with art and you have inspired me in so many ways ;-)
Hey Mark, can you do a drawing of a worms eye view?
Draw a flying bird
They don't have eyes xD
nice view and video man your such a great artist keep it yp
hello sir Mark. Can you draw a pokemon based on the new pokemon Go game?
+markcrilley just got your Mastering Manga 2 today, so happy right now!!!
Thank you!!
Thank you so much for making this video it was so helful and it made me subscribe