How to Learn Good Drawing Skills
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Drawing simple objects prepares students for more advanced topics like drawing a human eye, for example. Because an eye has a spherical shape and students already know how to draw a sphere, depicting an eye is a not a great leap from simple objects to human body forms. If an adult decides to learn drawing, his or her way to art would be very tough. Such a person usually doesn’t have time to spend the whole year drawing just spheres, cones or cubes. At the same time, one would need to develop muscle memory to handle a pencil proficiently, which requires separate long exercises.
Art academy entry exams include drawing a figure and a portrait from life. A student should demonstrate high level of drawing skills and full understanding of constructive drawing principles and the knowledge of human body proportions and anatomy. Such skills and knowledge students receive in art schools and courses, where the first year is spent on drawing only geometrical objects. It starts with flat casts of rosettes. From flat objects, they move to three-dimensional bodies like spheres, cubes, prisms, cones, and cylinders. The next year is dedicated to a transition from drawing single objects to simple still lifes, which consist of man-made geometrical objects. Such still lifes become more complex with the addition of draperies. Thereafter, students move to drawing classical order capitals, organic three-dimensional rosettes, and still lifes with organic items that are getting more elaborate and advanced. Drawing man-made and natural things lasts a long period of time. The next step is progressing to drawing separate facial features, like eyes, a nose, a mouth, and an ear. Afterward, students draw a human skull in various views. Life drawing continues with simple head casts that have geometrical planes.
The skill to draw realistic portraits and figures does not necessarily make someone an artist. To become a fine artist at a high level, students must enter one of the best art academies in Moscow or Saint Petersburg, where they will spend another 4 to 6 years, depending on the course. There, they will take part in more advanced tasks than just drawing proportionate portraits with likeness. Now, a student will learn how to portray personality and describe moods in portraits and figures. A student will learn how in simple drawing of a head to tell the story about the person, his life, his thoughts, and his moods.
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I have never seen another artist who explains her/his thought process so well and in so detail. Wow! well done. thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is exactly what I'm looking for!
I'm currently studying at the only fine art university available in my country which took its courses from the old French program (which seems similar to the Russian) though it is very diluted now. I previously studied at an art high school which dilute even further the program of said university. I had thought of applying for an abroad university in Europe or Russia for the pure traditional training after realising the contemporary art programs most universities offer is not suitable for me. True to what was said in the video, the language barrier, preparations and costs of pursuing what I wanted was far from ideal.
The only path available for me is online courses, this is literally a dream come true to get an education from Russian instructors. *slap myself* I sound like an ad but wow ok this is real. Just wanna say, thank you so much?? This means a lot to a bumpkin like me?? That's an amazing deal fingers crossed I'm not late yet
that's the sort of art education i've always wanted
I would love this education. This is about learning tools to add to your kit. Anyone bitching about creativity overlooks the fact that you can still be creative and skilled. You can still mix traditional with unconventional. Learning the rules doesn't mean you can't go ahead and break them, it's just another way to render your vision without being limited by your skill level. Western art Schools are all about money so we de-skill and put a higher value on concept because it's easier to mass produce, easier to teach and less time consuming. People will argue with me on that, but it is the truth.
you will get no argument from me.
No argue and right you are ...working for the sake of art I yhink is a law of human spirit evolution .Money and any other interest than in the divine spoils and rotts everything .
It is true what they say about the western art schools. I went through a program and learned absolutely nothing other than what I learned from my own volition.
I was fortunate to draw in the life room regularly (everyday) because the teachers could see I didn’t want to do anything else. I knew as one painter said: much drawing from life allows you to draw from the mind.
The Russian school curriculum is really the best in the world at this time. It is a shame the modern art movement ruined the classical approach in the west. atelier programs are coming back into fashion but the collectors market is still widely dominated by non representational art due in part by the ability to quickly produce product for the market and the inability to objectively evaluate the work which enables “experts” to control the market and value of works.
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In previous videos, I saw you give specific instructions with drawings. In this video, you just introduced how to draw, if you can add your drawing skills, great. This video will be very helpful for people like me. Thanks for your sharing.
Thank you. The usa does not teach art in school. So sad I wish I would have been exposed. To art earlyerin my life. Im 60 am never expect to achieve high level. But have made. Improvement.
PAuse at 5:35 ! Wow best sketches of still life/human body I've ver seen!!!
Thank you so much about this video!! It helps me a lot. I'm studying academy art and it makes me discouraged because it's hard. I'm just start learning it, lots of things I don't understand, especially solid geometry and how it implements into portrait. I'm kind of discourage because of my slow progress and missing skills. But after seeing this video, I feel better after figuring that I can't shorten the progress if I want to be professor in art. I'll start again and keep moving on my practicing academy art progress.
Your lessons never let me disappointed 😍👍Always impresses me a lot 😌👍
Thank you! 😃
This feel like the red pill of art
schizo movement
The death of the academy in the West might have been alright for the first generation of artists who developed the modern cannon (iconoclasts who of course benefitted from a classical education to better be equipped to deconstruct it) but has since led to conceptual decadence and an overall decline in quality. We need to go back to the old ways of teaching art in the West for sure, and all the essay writing and photo bashing on earth won’t help us until we do. As an artist educated in the West I can honestly say I feel ripped off, and after many years of even selling mediocre work have started over to actually learn my craft, with great difficulty as a so-called ‘advanced’ artist.
Nice lesson and thank you 😊😊😊
Thank you! 😃
I had to teach myself art and spend money on expensive third rate classes before I could actually take art in high school, and was constantly punished for drawing in school. It makes me furious at my teachers and American school system when I think about how good I’d be right now if I was born in Russia
I just realized the same thing and I wanna cry, since I was 10 I've been trying to teach myself art, my parents always told me they will put me in art school someday, but that day never came, and I spent all those years learning from the internet. Now I'm 18 and I'm starting to think that those 8 years were a waste of time.
Muy bueno!! 🥳🥳
Saludos desde Panamá, totalmente de acuerdo con su filosofía de educación artística, debes tener la base clásica para construir a partir de ahi
Amazing!
Thank you! Cheers!
But first step first,u gotta be motivated
wow so interesting this is exactly what i'm looking for, i have a dream to become a professional artist and i really love it, well done.
You can do it!
Thank u
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Боже, храни систему академического художественного образования.
It's interesting,
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I wish to had gone a path where I have been doing or learning art since I was 6 or earlier.
I see this as a half an hour roast of the terrible things america calls art
Ouch! 🇺🇸
Hello to you! Is this course for elderly people also? Or, is there a limit for the age? Thank you in advance for your answer... :)
Yes, absolutely
Wow Absolutely so good content✌️🤗👍🇵🇰💟
Thank you so much 😀
Copyists are not artists … it is not about copying it is about looking and processing
Would you suggest the anatomy masterclass or the life drawing course? Are they in essence the same? I noticed that they have similar lessons
Thank you for asking, the answer is well explained here drawingacademy.com/How-to-learn-art-online.pdf
@@DrawingArtAcademy Thank you
I have heard about your art schools and about how hard it is to get in.
As I am a firm believer in the notion that we all can learn from each other, (no matter what skill level we have), I DO hope that one day some of your Russian art schools loosen up their requirements / entry standards, to allow anyone who wants to study there, can do so.
You do not need to wait for anything. You can take the proper drawing course right now - lifedrawing.academy/correspondence-course
@@DrawingArtAcademy Thank You for your response. Please keep up the good work. Your video was highly enjoyable.
The biggest take away here for me was in the detail of your explanations. Hearing how you speak of art and explain everything give, me a better appreciation for, academic (school subject) art.
Once again, I was merely making the point that art schools shouldn't just be about how 'correct' or exacting each and every stroke is. But rather art schools should be about 'art' for 'art's sake'. This is not a criticism at all. I am only stating my own seperate thoughts and ideas. Please don't take my remarks as a negative response to your video. As a matter of fact I enjoyed your video so, much that, I recommended it to 2 other people that I know.
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im done drawing vases and cubes
Very nice view
Yes, thank you
The whole section on international students is hilarious. Looks like children were trying to apply to a mature art school. Wow, they must have been shocked.
Jeah 10 jear learn.
Hello. Nice video ! I was wondering : what schools provide those requirements to access art schools such as Strogonov or Repin ? What are those school who teach over 3-4 year progressively geometrical drawing, and then constructive drawing… ?
Thanks for asking, check the info here lifedrawing.academy/life-drawing-academy-news/how-to-learn-drawing-and-painting
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I would love to sign up for the quoted price ($700) but can't find any link for it. On your site there is only for the normal price.
Students who enroll in the online course can upgrade at a discounted price of only $700, they don't have to pay the full price of $997
How does an assigned lesson that the student performs get submitted to the teacher/instructor?
Thanks for asking. Check out this video to see how it works lifedrawing.academy/correspondence-course
How do we know when the slots a open for new students
Enroll now - lifedrawing.academy/correspondence-course
I wish I could afford :( Such a good price. Another question, if the slots are filled will it ever be this price again?
We can't promise to keep the low price forever, but you can get the Online Course and then upgrade for the difference in price: lifedrawing.academy/pricing
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You can learn good drawing skills here lifedrawing.academy/pricing
I always drew but never learned it in a structured way up until 4 years ago with 26... also, I only started digital painting with 28.... I fear I will never be an artist due to not having a formal education and being 30 by now.... I should give up
Many people give up and then come back to art in their late 60s, regretting silly decisions of not pursuing their dreams. Make your dream come true now, enroll today lifedrawing.academy/pricing
I go to an art academy in my city but its nothing like this. Its drawing based on feeling.
But the course is only in English?
You can translate video texts in any language you need
You mean you actually require your students to develop their skills and talent? That is so anti-American. Here in the states if you exhibit any real drawing skills, you're called an illustrator and are told you're not a real artist and faculty and the student body will avoid you like you're a leper.
So bad for you if you are an artist. Do you think that American writers also should be deprived from learning English because otherwise they would be able to write novels using correct grammar, spelling and punctuation?
Except you will get a job where the abstract artists AND the classical portrait painters alike will most likely end up selling shoes. Or drawing your portrait for a few bucks on the boardwalk. Just go to the right school here, it is not considered leprosy in many quality schools, it is considered training for a paid job.
lol right! its because most art teachers in the west are just failed jealous artists...
i agree 100% with the art fundamentals part but years of fundamentals isn't necessary i think so many self taught concept artists are proof of that .. i taught myself everything mentioned in the last 15 mins of the video on my own, have ways to go but i disagree you cannot be self taught, i'm pretty sure craig mullins is self taught
This sounds like a way to become a human copy machine and produce technical impressive but ultimately boring art that is simply derivative of older master works but nowhere nearly as impressive since it's just copying.
Technical skill is important but is not the be all and end all of art. Idea's, creativity and personal taste are still a factor. Also, copying a bunch of art doesn't guarantee you'll be able to draw from imagination if you don't apply it to original work.
That is why he said the Russian schools teach other academics at the same time to hone the students imagination and knowledge of the world so mature concepts can be Illustrated.
This is only the foundation a fine artist obtains before they unleash their own vision an creativity. Do you think all artists before Pollock were uncreative "copy machines"? Because I guarantee you the vast, vast majority of them learned to draw properly and academically. Even ones like William Blake, my favourite artist, still learned many of the rules of composition, use of color and anatomy before he quit his academic pursuit. You are spreading ignorance and devaluing the education of art and art itself by saying things like this.
All I know is, when I was in University level art school, I was with people who had "handled a pencil" (whether tutored or not) since they could hold one, and we NEVER got "praise" unless our work deserved it. We got the harshest of critiques, and our grades reflected it. There is nothing shown in the drawing in this video that the dedicated ones in my classes didn't learn and weren't capable of in my school "in the West" in the first year of art school.
And I DIDN'T go to school in Florida.
Not only did we have intense life drawing/anatomy/portrait classes, we also had drawing and color concepts, architectural drawing, and even product and package design, ALONG WITH academic classes. You see, in my department we were ultimately looking to get jobs.
In Communication Arts and Design, we were called "The Marines of the Arts" by the abstract expressionists who hated us because we were illustrators, designers, graphic designers, photographers, filmmakers, and animators. Did that bother us? Not really, most of us had jobs in our field either upon graduation, or in many cases, a year or more BEFORE. I have no clue what the abstract expressionists do for a living.
I do agree that there is not enough focus on the basics in some schools, but not every "western" (notice he showed American schools?) is as sloppy with the training. Notice he didn't show any examples of the best student work from Art Center in Pasadena, CA or VCU in Richmond VA or even the comic book art school, The Kubert School in Dover NJ.?
Finally, while understanding the ranges and limitations of different media is a good learning experience, I have one suggestion:
Get a Cintiq and Photoshop. Keep the pens and pencils for your sketchbook.
Agreed Eddy, you speak for alot of us out there
So what is the point of your comment? People should not use a video like this one because you think you don't need it?
Or people with experiences other than the one you had should not be allowed to study art? Please, enlighten us. We can hardly wait to hear it.
makes sense only the dedicated ones learn the material, low ranked (internationally) western schools are little more than a day care + book club using dated teaching methods from centuries ago
what is even scarier is how many westerners do not undo the damage from early-education STEM/humanities, and will graduate with very little knowledge in topics like physics/mathematics/history/chemistry/etc. (i.e. see the level of science denialism in their press/social media)
Well i have unfair advantages
I’m exhausted from the sheer un democratic nature of art instituons. So if I’m not rich, I can’t get the same quality of information, even if I’d give it my all? I’m not giving up, but I feel very disappointed, in myself too.
Russia is only way to truly learn how to draw.
What " skeletons” in the art schools.
Why. 🤓😃Do. 😀You. 🤓Talk. Like.🤓🤓😃 That🤓😃?
russia is amazing 🇷🇺🌹
Tunnel vision art school ? Diversity ? Inclusion ?
I have a neurological condition where my hands cramp up constantly, and I can't draw a straight line. Also, I can't draw what I see in proportion. I've tried to go to a variety of art instructors about how to address my issues, and I get a crappy word-salad of 'Go By Feel' stuff, no specifics. When I try, the idiot instructors are eager to tell me what I did wrong, but offer absolutely nothing how to do it right, other than 'You've got to do it right'. Artists won't accept the fact that I can't draw what I see (And yes, I've tried for decades, it does not work), and they won't work with disabled people like me. This Drawing Art Academy stuff is only for people who can already draw, not for people like me. Thanks for wasting my time.
For real???
I think Picasso had it right...get back to the child artist that is in you...you may be able to draw brilliantly like a perfect draftsman...and Picasso could as good as any but Picasso understood that individuality is the key to amazing art...just like every child is uniquely different. Rather than draw whats in front of you, try and see it like a child...its only my opinion but this sought of training destroys creativity...there is no such thing as skill just the conditioning of the mind
Originality not valued, it seems.
Which originality in classical art do you mean? Drawing by menstrual blood? In my opinion, creator should strongly learn basics and rules of art and then he could start to perform experiments, break those rules and successfuly transform basics through artistic vision.
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Name a ground braking Russian artist
If you do not know any it doesn't mean they do not exist; it only shows your ignorance. Check this, for example - drawingacademy.com/life-drawings-nikolai-blokhin or this one en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Repin or this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Bryullov the list is very long to educate you in this comment
Looking at your avatar, I think you need to learn the history of arts to evolve culturally
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In previous videos, I saw you give specific instructions with drawings. In this video, you just introduced how to draw, if you can add your drawing skills, great. This video will be very helpful for people like me. Thanks for your sharing.
You are welcome