This is absolutely amazing. I'm just starting out but I recently started applying this and my drawings look SOO much more proportionate and easier on the eyes. Before this I was trying to be way too precise and the proportions turned out to be all off and uneven. Thanks for posting this.
Absolutely not.This has nothing to do with lines.... She trained you to " THINK " = deconstruct things from top to bottom, from complex to simple. To then being able to not see a all and be submerged by it but see each and every part of the whole. This is definitely the best video on " how to think " on the internet. One that can apply to absolutely everything in life ! Love it. Love people like her 🤍🔥 passionated, curious who love to share their knowledge.
"Do the long lines first, (in the blocking). Long line, long line, long line,......" Very powerful teaching. It drilled the above concept into my brain. Long line first. 👍
I began learning to draw only a few weeks ago, and this is by far the best video - and I've watched plenty - on how to block in. Now I see how to do it right.
I’ve never had formal art training so this is helpful and useful information for me to practice. I’m one those guys who wants to get the details right early in drawing but have seldom used any blocking in until recently. I must watch this a couple more times. Thanks for sharing this video. ❤️ it.
I had 4 years of formal art training at a top US art school and never learned this. I learned this from taking workshops with Classical Realist artists in my 30's. This method was systematically rejected by US art schools in the 20th century. Modern Classical Realist ateliers are now making the information available again, and the internet is helping artists and students who want to learn to draw well find one another. There is so much information now available than there was for artists who trained in the 20th century.
Great illustration! Instructions was clear and straight forward- thank you so much! I have been trying to learn to draw using knitting needles for measurements which drive me nuts because every-time the measurement yields different results- I think enveloping, observed and correct is a better approach for me - thank you so much ❤️
Absolutely marvellous. This is indeed the correct way to draw. Thanks Ms Valeri, you're the real thing. - John Angel, Studio Director, Angel Academy of Art, Florence.
This is a great video Sadie. With the fruit, are you employing the sight size technique? If not, you placed the arbitrary width of fruit. How did you determine the height without measuring? This is all done by eye? And then editing if it doesnt ‘seen’ correct?
I might be wrong but the way I see it the initial width doesn't matter, it just determines the scale of the drawing ( It can be anything, she's definitely not doing sight size ). Something very important she talks about is how the lines afterwards like the height of the pear/apple etc. 'vibrate'. Like they're not exactly anywhere, they're just in a general area. They may be wrong and she constantly adjusts them using her eye as she properly continues the drawing.
I teach the artist to develop their shape accuracy without external tools. An artist who learns to rely on their intuitive knowledge continues to develop their accuracy and sensitivity every year for the rest of their lives. My Intro to Classical Drawing course shares the method I teach: svatelier.net/downloads/intro-to-classical-drawing-and-bargue-plates-r1/
When you finally found someone analytical that is walking you through the process of drawing jesuuuuuuuus she's good ! Not only at understanding things for herself but for " TEACHING " which is just a synonym to " EXPLAIN " THEM !!! 🔥🔥🔥 This is the first time that i'm watching an old video on the internet and the first thing that come to my mind is " I HOPE SHE'S STILL ALIVE, CAUSE SHE HAVE A LOT TO BRING TO THE WORLD. " !
Alive and well! Thanks for your comment. The TH-cam content is just a sample, I have an entire program of pre-recorded courses at www.sadievaleriatelier.com along with mentorship options.
I believe this method was "new" in the 18th & 19th French academies. But it was designed to train art students to use their eyes the way the masters going back to the Renaissance do: Scanning to perceive the large shapes and values, and delaying zooming the eyes in on small details until deep into the drawing process, which is the opposite of what untrained artists do.
@@thomaseulogy7206 No. External tools teach you how to use external tools, they don't teach you how to draw. In order to draw well, learn to pay attention to your feelings., Your feelings are more precise than any external tool. Most people block out the feeling that a shape is too wide or too tall, because our egos prefer to pretend we never make mistakes.
With this method you can draw at any scale you like. Start the drawing with two tiny ticks marking EITHER the left/right points, or the top/bottom points, whichever is longer. Set the largest dimension any size you want, and don't draw outside of that.
At that timestamp I am drawing little details all around the edges, which is a great way to make a terrible drawing. For better drawings, draw the big shapes first, medium shapes second, small details last.
This is absolutely amazing. I'm just starting out but I recently started applying this and my drawings look SOO much more proportionate and easier on the eyes. Before this I was trying to be way too precise and the proportions turned out to be all off and uneven. Thanks for posting this.
This is good! She's teaching us how to train the eyes and the hand to carve out lines that eventually turned into a drawing.
Absolutely not.This has nothing to do with lines....
She trained you to " THINK " = deconstruct things from top to bottom, from complex to simple. To then being able to not see a all and be submerged by it but see each and every part of the whole.
This is definitely the best video on " how to think " on the internet. One that can apply to absolutely everything in life ! Love it. Love people like her 🤍🔥 passionated, curious who love to share their knowledge.
I NEVER understood this concept fully until watching this video. This is by far the most helpful art channel I've ever watched. Thank you so much!
I love how she is doing the blocking without measuring the with a ruler or line plumb it force you to develop a processes instead of relying on tools
"Do the long lines first, (in the blocking). Long line, long line, long line,......"
Very powerful teaching. It drilled the above concept into my brain. Long line first. 👍
One of the best drawing videos I've ever seen.
I began learning to draw only a few weeks ago, and this is by far the best video - and I've watched plenty - on how to block in. Now I see how to do it right.
SO, hows you're drawing? Still doing it?
I’ve never had formal art training so this is helpful and useful information for me to practice. I’m one those guys who wants to get the details right early in drawing but have seldom used any blocking in until recently. I must watch this a couple more times.
Thanks for sharing this video. ❤️ it.
I had 4 years of formal art training at a top US art school and never learned this. I learned this from taking workshops with Classical Realist artists in my 30's. This method was systematically rejected by US art schools in the 20th century. Modern Classical Realist ateliers are now making the information available again, and the internet is helping artists and students who want to learn to draw well find one another. There is so much information now available than there was for artists who trained in the 20th century.
I love ur teaching style...❤️❤️❤️
Thank you!
This has to be the best block in video I have ever seen!
Thank you so much! I love teaching block-in!
Thankyou for teaching this ❤️ this helped me a lot.
You are so welcome!
Great illustration! Instructions was clear and straight forward- thank you so much! I have been trying to learn to draw using knitting needles for measurements which drive me nuts because every-time the measurement yields different results- I think enveloping, observed and correct is a better approach for me - thank you so much ❤️
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this insightful approach to blocking in the image, this is the proper way to do it.
Best block in explanation!
I like it very much - it gives a nice overall bodily feeling of basic forms
Absolutely marvellous. This is indeed the correct way to draw. Thanks Ms Valeri, you're the real thing. - John Angel, Studio Director, Angel Academy of Art, Florence.
Thank you, John, very honored by your comment.
There is no correct way to draw.
I did this exercise before watch your video and was completely wrong I will try to make again with your tips thank you a lot!
This is a great video Sadie. With the fruit, are you employing the sight size technique? If not, you placed the arbitrary width of fruit. How did you determine the height without measuring? This is all done by eye? And then editing if it doesnt ‘seen’ correct?
I might be wrong but the way I see it the initial width doesn't matter, it just determines the scale of the drawing ( It can be anything, she's definitely not doing sight size ). Something very important she talks about is how the lines afterwards like the height of the pear/apple etc. 'vibrate'. Like they're not exactly anywhere, they're just in a general area. They may be wrong and she constantly adjusts them using her eye as she properly continues the drawing.
@@nunu7797 ok great, thanks for that :)
I teach the artist to develop their shape accuracy without external tools. An artist who learns to rely on their intuitive knowledge continues to develop their accuracy and sensitivity every year for the rest of their lives. My Intro to Classical Drawing course shares the method I teach: svatelier.net/downloads/intro-to-classical-drawing-and-bargue-plates-r1/
When you finally found someone analytical that is walking you through the process of drawing jesuuuuuuuus she's good !
Not only at understanding things for herself but for " TEACHING " which is just a synonym to " EXPLAIN " THEM !!! 🔥🔥🔥
This is the first time that i'm watching an old video on the internet and the first thing that come to my mind is
" I HOPE SHE'S STILL ALIVE, CAUSE SHE HAVE A LOT TO BRING TO THE WORLD. " !
Alive and well! Thanks for your comment. The TH-cam content is just a sample, I have an entire program of pre-recorded courses at www.sadievaleriatelier.com along with mentorship options.
This is so helpful! Thank you Sadie!
Very helpful.Thank you very much!
Did the old renaisance masters use this technique or was this method recently used?
I believe this method was "new" in the 18th & 19th French academies. But it was designed to train art students to use their eyes the way the masters going back to the Renaissance do: Scanning to perceive the large shapes and values, and delaying zooming the eyes in on small details until deep into the drawing process, which is the opposite of what untrained artists do.
Hi Sadie! May I ask where you studied art? And who were your favorite instructors? Thanks! Enjoy your videos.
My bio is here: www.sadievaleriatelier.com/about-sadie-valeri
YOURE AWESOME !!!
Well thank you! I'm currently working on a series of videos and essays about block-in, watch for that!
@@SadieValeriAtelier omg yes i totally need more of that !! Thank you and keep up the great work!
Which drawing board are you using here?
The Helix with the metal edge. You can see my full materials list on this page:
www.sadievaleriatelier.com/help
@@SadieValeriAtelier thank you.
Thank you So Much for your invaluable advices and help!....
thank you ! it was very informing and extremely helpful :-)
you have extended videos of this subject ? ( drawing fundamentals ) i want to buy
this is so helpful!
Please clarify what your saying at 7:37 :) Are you saying your students aren’t breaking down shapes/envelop for as long as they should?
I'm saying beginning students draw tiny short lines all around the edges. DON'T DO THAT DON'T DO THAT DON'T DO THAT. Is that clear? :) :) :)
@@SadieValeriAtelier oh wow... seriously like, an aha moment!
@@AyaSmith Sorry I didn't reply earlier, didn't see your question till now. Happy drawing!
nice demonstration, but lets say i want to draw this drawing scaled " bigger or smaller " how to determine the lines lengths?
www.amazon.co.uk/Accurasee-Proportional-Divider-by/dp/B005QSBA2S learn to use this and then after couple of years you don˙t need it.
@@thomaseulogy7206 No. External tools teach you how to use external tools, they don't teach you how to draw. In order to draw well, learn to pay attention to your feelings., Your feelings are more precise than any external tool. Most people block out the feeling that a shape is too wide or too tall, because our egos prefer to pretend we never make mistakes.
With this method you can draw at any scale you like. Start the drawing with two tiny ticks marking EITHER the left/right points, or the top/bottom points, whichever is longer. Set the largest dimension any size you want, and don't draw outside of that.
THAT .. VIDEO.. IS ..FULL..OF.. A W E S O M E ..INFO !!!!
LIKEEEEEEE
This video is why I bought the course. Thanks for breaking it down and not being nice.
Ha ha ha, glad you enjoyed it!
!st time for me as I am a new student, but it got me off to a good start. Thank you!
You study fine arts? where?
Pretty much on my own at the present time.
Ok, Good luck Anne Marie.
Thank you :)
Thank you - great, simple video!
Thanx for information
Perfect 👌🏼
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So in other words it can be simpler then you are probably already doing it
Exactly.
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She is married.
Please clarify what your saying at 7:37 :) Are you saying your students aren’t breaking down shapes/envelop for as long as they should?
At that timestamp I am drawing little details all around the edges, which is a great way to make a terrible drawing. For better drawings, draw the big shapes first, medium shapes second, small details last.