Hello my friends, if you want to follow along, don't forget that you can download the model (completely free, no email required) on my website. Check the links and let me know how it goes for you ! Joy and inspiration to you all ✨✨😊😊✨✨
Yes I am so thought to I started drawing because of my disability use my hands again I was sent to Centre to start using my hands and my whole body rattled you too what is the about self-taught is a lovely thing to know you can work alone buy an artist
Thank you for sharing that with me it is an amazing thing did you hear that you were self-taught I went to the centre call the dragon cafe and I had a teacher her name was Lee give me a pen some pencils use my hand but because of not able to use my hand I'm having Parkinson's disease I had to special here to help me so that I can draw with my hands that is a wonderful thing a lot of people will try to do that self-taught hard if you can help yourself drawing everything little bit at a time and you will be able to do much better
My father was painter. He finish academy for art and was very good. He didnt let me use paint until i was 11. Drawing and shading only. Black and white mostly. He was right. Painting is like icing on the cake. You have to have cake first and drawing is foundation.
This is really weird but my technique is... taking my glasses of. I have terrible long distance eyesight. It really helps me see the overall shape of things better, because the details often confuse me. When I get the shape right, then I go crazy with details. :D
Another technique is to gently pull corner of your eyes with a fingers. This way eyes won't get too tired. I doesn't work for me, but I know people who do it.
Don't waste your time watching tutorials on TH-cam often it only makes the process of learning way harder than it should be, rather save money, buy somes good art books or pay for some lessons. Please trust me it will save you a lot of time 🙏🙏🙏
@@CodenameJameslee thanks for the advice. A retired art professor from one of the local universities gave me a list of books, which I have been working through. At the same time, while TH-cam is no substitute for a structured program, I have picked up some interesting tips and tricks from videos.
I didn’t go to art school, either. However I did have an apartment when all my friends were in art school & still lived with their parents. They came and did art at my kitchen table, taught me what they learned that day, while they got stoned without parental interference. 😅 So much marijuana and I got a free education! Ha! That was 27 years ago, and I’m still learning. Thanks for the great video! 🖤
As someone who did do some art school I must say how he describes needing to know the discipline to do art is 100% spot on. To do art that has the desired affect you have to know and understand well the rule to be able to break them in a way that achieves the desired affect. If you know proportion and framing you can distort them to create dramatic effects and etc etc. There's so many parts to know and it take iterations or phases of learning. Artists should be adding to their skills or knowledge often. If you're jsut starting or stuck in a rut, I believe in you and you will get where you want to be. Try new things, have fun with them, and do your best to push through the awkward phases and really learn the skills of the technique or properties of the mediums you try!
For left handed artists, remember to reverse your source work and drawing surface. The picture you're copying from should go on the right side of the board. That keeps your hand and wrist from blocking the view of your subject.
The beauty in art is that the artist will not make the proportions identical to the original but still make the drawing feel like the original and that is what gives art that feeling and look.
I honestly would go bonkers stepping back and forth from my easel like that but I must confess that the reward is fantastic. I like the quality of the final artwork.
I love both drawing and painting and I learned from my virtual class last summer that drawing is the foundation of painting. The best relationship in Art is the relationship of drawing and painting. The value contrast , color saturation make the painting comes alive. I’m learning proportions right now and doing the application memorizing the guidelines in my head and practice as much and analyzing the photo pr sceneries I see in my surroundings. I do love your tutorials because I love charcoal drawing and keep learning to reach my goal to be able to do realism portraiture. Thank u for sharing your in-depth knowledge 🔥🔥🔥
I didn't have any formal training and art lessons at school were not very useful for really developing skills. The Great Leap Forward for me came when a really good art teacher at high school got me to work on one drawing, in detail and with close observation, for the entire term (12 weeks, about 24 hrs of work).. I never finished it but it gave me a very useful foundation experience for my art. This is very useful to watch, thank you.
Bargue is wonderful. I did about half the book, although not "correctly" as you describe in this video, and it taught me a ton. I'd love to go back and actually do one of these sight size like you did in this video.
I've seen that gesture, with the flat line pencil/brush, in some old cartoons when I was a kid without understanding what they were exactly doing, and now that I see you hold your pen like this, it all begins to make sense in my mind and it's awesome! hank's dude! Merci!
I've done something like this, but digitally in Clip Studio on my laptop, using a cabinet as a makeshift standing desk and moving back to look at the canvas. Very effective painting study method.
A very helpful video Florent. I've dabbled with portrait drawing and painting and when I spend time on the subject I can see the improvements, However my first love is seascapes. When I come back to portraits I have the same sense of being a beginner all over. The difference is that I can recover more quickly each time I take a break. Good practice is essential as you indicate in your video. Look forward to the next one.
@@enrater123 - Hi - this is Florents channel so I hope he doesn't mind my answer🤔🤔 I've painted with almost every type of material and keep coming back to oils as they dry slow and are great to learn with. However the finished paintings need time to dry so maybe not the most convenient. Water mixable oils are a game changer as the clean up is so easy without using thinners. My advise is to look for a local art class and see if they provide the paint for the class before diving into purchasing your paint. Try out different styles and materials - Happy Painting -
@@PaulRansonArt oh, I see, there were painting classes in my school but I unfortunately didn't sign up for them on time, I'll see if I can get in next year while I work on my drawing skills
Thanks for creating this channel, you have been most helpful with this technique re shapes to get a likeness. There are similarity’s to this method in a book I found fascinating many years ago & have used ever since ‘Drawing on the right side of the brain’ Observing is number one for me. The shapes, positive & negative angles etc & their relationships to other parts of the subject matter.
what I noticed immediately is your cheekbone is closer to the line and the whole head isn't wide enough. When I was in art school I used to draw 3d models and transferring them in 2d in my vision before putting on paper. That helped me a lot to get a 1:1 replica. You have to kind of disassociate from the 3d object in your mind and see it in this more abstract shape, it's not easy to explain, but this helped me a lot. It's like a meditative practice where you try to trick your brain to flatten the shape like it's already on paper.
@@Mathias_NB I guess it just comes with time, and you have to be relaxed and let the mind zone out, without thoughts or processes. It's basically meditation. Also we did a lot of croquis, which definitively helped a lot to see the whole picture, without focusing too much on the details. I think shadows and details become distraction for novices, we were always taught about the importance of the whole object and placement in space and movement and then reducing to details later if necessary for the assignment.
Ok... now if I were to draw this... that vertical plum line makes it easy to follow. Starting with the neck and underchin... because it's closest to the plum line, begin the shading on the neck, working your way out onto the underchin while darting your eyes back n forth (this helps your vision BLEND the 2 objectives TOGETHER). With out picking up your pencil, work your back to the neck and with a curved line UP to the ear, noting how the bottom ear lobe is in alignment with the bottom of the high cheek bone. THIS TYPE of drawing is called FREE ASSOCIATION DRAWING. 😊 It's like "leep frogging" from rock to rock with out falling into the pond... ha!! 😅
there are so many parallels in painting and drawings, glazing for example. thin layers of pencil shading looks much better than one layer of hard pressure, just like glazes in painting
thank you so much ☺️ I can see how this technique works long but sure. also I was very inspired by the fact you are a self taught Artist, as am I. I really thought you had gone to art school , remarkable 👍clear dedication from you shines through
Wait FORGOTTEN? Bargue Plate??? We study it! , i'm italian i'm 48 years old and by us this technique is a common technique. part of base studies of art. Everybody knows it, many people use it especially in the beginning when you are studying anatomy and composition. Is it not used anymore? Is it a "strange" thing? Heck I am older than I think. It's a matter of course from us almost everybody studies and works that way. LOL you don't need the tape on the floor, just take 2 steps back :D You have no idea how much trouble this was causing in Atelier! Take 2 steps back, you are immersed in the work you know how it works..and BONK! bump another artist or easel! ahahah
Sight and size technique its not forgotten but not popular since it is time consuming and requires absolute patience to make even a single mark. This technique is use full for comparative drawing.
I'm gonna be honest here. I just watched your video on So called masters secrets and this video played next. This video was so eye opening to me. I never learned or even imagined this technique of capturing the essence of what I would hope to capture in a drawing. Thank you soooooo much for teaching and sharing you knowledge. 🥰
Hi Florent, quick question: do you look at the picture you are drawing at all when in the ‘drawing position’ or is it just when you are in the ‘observation position’? Thanks! I love your channel! 🎉
.... Playing(a wrongly done practice copy ) with a demo in Harold Speed book made me realize the variations ( of such lessons of/ like that Barque and Bridgman & other). My development was very sadly pathetic long. My work then always sell[out].
one time when i was a kid i wanted to draw this picture i had of my cat, so i took the photo, and measured out a one inch grid and drew it on with a pen. then i just drew a pencil grid on paper and then i could see that all the lines in the photo were just a line at this angle and it's this far from the corner, this far from top etc. it worked really well and i think if was a useful technique. kind of like a view finder
I never went to fine arts school asa digital artist, and i noticed many traditional artist marks out areas before shading or painting. Is there a specific name for it? I think it’s very interesting method to mark out and design a shapes.
Hi Florent. I'll be travelling to Paris on December and I don't wanna miss your exhibition. Do you know by any chance the opening hours? I guess weekends shouldn't be an issue, but just in case. Thanks :)
Thank you for posting this and sharing your knowledge and expertise. I got the Drawing Course book earlier this year but I've been lost on where or how to begin. This video has given me the inspiration to start, thank you so much!
Ce qui est intéressant avec ton utilisation du crayon, bien que la longueur de la mine soit déjà un truc qui fait s'exclamer de surprise, c'est que tu fais des traits avec si peu de pression sur la mine que lorsque tu passes l'efface pour effacer les traits d'encrage, peu importe comment ça s'appelle, éh bien il n'en reste plus aucune trace, et le résultat est vraiment très propre!
His pencil lead is super long that is strange 🤣 But haven't you invested in good drawing tools? good set of pencils, and some erasers. It is definitely worth to get a good set of erasers. But the softer pencils can make dark lines with little pressure. So the pencil does not get deep in the paper... With the right eraser it will come off clean. Same way with a good eraser you can bring some highlights to a drawing
First time watching a drawing video, did you shave your pencil down to graphite by hand? Does so much exposed lead help with pressure control to avoid breakages? Really interesting technique video overall, thank you.
I'm not an artist at all, but I have to sketch what I see quickly and somewhat accurately for my studies and line of work. Would this type of technique be of use for someone like me?
This technique helps overall but it always have to be complemented with quick drawing sessions, like 5 min poses etc. that part of the technique is the most important in your case, I would suggest to do 80% quick sketch and 20% of this sight-size.
From what I see you basically want to be exactly 2 arm lengths away from the subject. This way you don’t get foreshortneing and the scale is 1:1. Your “image plane” is 1 arm length always.
Bit random but Vincent van Gogh is my favourite painter if all time, I just find his style so unique that it's impossible to replicate without his hand, that's why I don't like all these new gen artists work, they never take risks and always looks like it's done by the same person, hard to tell them apart
You need to be looking for different artists then. There are plenty of contemporary artists who have unique styles. Much more unique than even Van Gogh.
Hi from Serbia, and here we are, baroque are my way standard realism,but also still life love,animal art but all are in Baroque, why just because great shadows and ligts, and prefer power chrome painting.
Every Road leads yo Rome. I learnt drawing in traditional way(half of them were Russian way) in northern China in Later 1980s to early 2000 through my childhood to university. I spent a lot hours on drawing. Thousands of thousands of hours. I never copied a 2d work. We went through hard way, directly copy from 3d objects to paper. But I still made it through. I guess in China, a lot us did it the hard way. I wish I knew this technique earlier. But I only found this technique like 5 years ago.
Oh my)), I see, right - it's a r t s. Because, according to the initial image, it looked like a video about removing nose hair, (using a 19th century technique.)) But I really liked it. Besides nose hair removal , painting is my other great passion. So, Thank You
... I can tell you're self taught, because this isn't a forgotten technique... It's literally taught in most art colleges. Hell I was taught this in a small college.
@@Heidi2003 Yes, but the title is "This FORGOTTEN Nineteenth Century Technique...". If it's "once forgotten, now commonly used", then he didn't use a "forgotten technique" to self-teach himself anything and the title is just clickbait.
I've got Bargue plate lessons in my college. I don't think it's really that forgotten, just that it's quite tricky to do it because of the constant drafting and measurements. I sometimes do Bargue.
Hello my friends, if you want to follow along, don't forget that you can download the model (completely free, no email required) on my website. Check the links and let me know how it goes for you ! Joy and inspiration to you all ✨✨😊😊✨✨
Hello, Teacher Florent Farges. May I request that you do a video on Da Vinci's techniques and materials?
Thanks, Sir.
Yes I am so thought to I started drawing because of my disability use my hands again I was sent to Centre to start using my hands and my whole body rattled you too what is the about self-taught is a lovely thing to know you can work alone buy an artist
Thank you for sharing that with me it is an amazing thing did you hear that you were self-taught I went to the centre call the dragon cafe and I had a teacher her name was Lee give me a pen some pencils use my hand but because of not able to use my hand I'm having Parkinson's disease I had to special here to help me so that I can draw with my hands that is a wonderful thing a lot of people will try to do that self-taught hard if you can help yourself drawing everything little bit at a time and you will be able to do much better
How do i learn how to draw at all though? no way i could do shadows and the details like this, does the book teach you how to do these things?
My father was painter. He finish academy for art and was very good. He didnt let me use paint until i was 11. Drawing and shading only. Black and white mostly. He was right. Painting is like icing on the cake. You have to have cake first and drawing is foundation.
Incredible dad fr 🥳
@E dad is just snob one:)
@E God forbid a child have fun and be creative without being perfect. I feel sad for this person.
I wonder why you changed lanes to pursue violin instead 🙄
Damn your dad dogged you hard. Paint should be available to everyone.
This is really weird but my technique is... taking my glasses of. I have terrible long distance eyesight. It really helps me see the overall shape of things better, because the details often confuse me. When I get the shape right, then I go crazy with details. :D
I squint to get the general shapes and to check values.
It's not weird actually, it's a great technique, I cover squinting and tilting the head in a video on my channel 👍😉
Squinting is similar - you only see the general shapes and not all the distracting detail.
Another technique is to gently pull corner of your eyes with a fingers.
This way eyes won't get too tired.
I doesn't work for me, but I know people who do it.
I know excatly what you mean. So I guess there is a silver lining for those who have difficulity in seeing distance.
The fact that you’re self-taught gives me a lot of hope for myself!
Yes, I've been wondering about this for years. I haven't been following lately so maybe it came up before and I missed it, but it's good to know it.
Don't waste your time watching tutorials on TH-cam often it only makes the process of learning way harder than it should be, rather save money, buy somes good art books or pay for some lessons. Please trust me it will save you a lot of time 🙏🙏🙏
@@CodenameJameslee thanks for the advice. A retired art professor from one of the local universities gave me a list of books, which I have been working through. At the same time, while TH-cam is no substitute for a structured program, I have picked up some interesting tips and tricks from videos.
@@MarkSheeres 🙏🙏🙏
@@MarkSheeres that great man, I really hope for the best
I didn’t go to art school, either. However I did have an apartment when all my friends were in art school & still lived with their parents. They came and did art at my kitchen table, taught me what they learned that day, while they got stoned without parental interference. 😅 So much marijuana and I got a free education! Ha! That was 27 years ago, and I’m still learning. Thanks for the great video! 🖤
I love cannabis too
As someone who did do some art school I must say how he describes needing to know the discipline to do art is 100% spot on.
To do art that has the desired affect you have to know and understand well the rule to be able to break them in a way that achieves the desired affect. If you know proportion and framing you can distort them to create dramatic effects and etc etc. There's so many parts to know and it take iterations or phases of learning. Artists should be adding to their skills or knowledge often.
If you're jsut starting or stuck in a rut, I believe in you and you will get where you want to be. Try new things, have fun with them, and do your best to push through the awkward phases and really learn the skills of the technique or properties of the mediums you try!
Thanks sharing your insights, much appreciated 😊✨
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For left handed artists, remember to reverse your source work and drawing surface. The picture you're copying from should go on the right side of the board. That keeps your hand and wrist from blocking the view of your subject.
so on the side of the artists drawing hand?
The beauty in art is that the artist will not make the proportions identical to the original but still make the drawing feel like the original and that is what gives art that feeling and look.
This is how my father taught me to draw. I’m happy to learn the technique has a name, thank you.
Wonderful tip. I think in order to draw anything observation is the key.
When I was in art school, we used this technique for our still-life projects, straight down to the marker on the floor. Well done, Florent!
That’s was the basic of drawing for our courses in Belgium.
And received few days too when I was in Firenze.
I honestly would go bonkers stepping back and forth from my easel like that but I must confess that the reward is fantastic. I like the quality of the final artwork.
I love both drawing and painting and I learned from my virtual class last summer that drawing is the foundation of painting. The best relationship in Art is the relationship of drawing and painting. The value contrast , color saturation make the painting comes alive. I’m learning proportions right now and doing the application memorizing the guidelines in my head and practice as much and analyzing the photo pr sceneries I see in my surroundings. I do love your tutorials because I love charcoal drawing and keep learning to reach my goal to be able to do realism portraiture. Thank u for sharing your in-depth knowledge 🔥🔥🔥
I didn't have any formal training and art lessons at school were not very useful for really developing skills. The Great Leap Forward for me came when a really good art teacher at high school got me to work on one drawing, in detail and with close observation, for the entire term (12 weeks, about 24 hrs of work).. I never finished it but it gave me a very useful foundation experience for my art. This is very useful to watch, thank you.
Bargue is wonderful. I did about half the book, although not "correctly" as you describe in this video, and it taught me a ton. I'd love to go back and actually do one of these sight size like you did in this video.
Forgotten my arse! This gruelling technique is still taught everywhere from Venice to Eaglehawk.
Thank you! This guy has the longest art videos without actually saying anything.
I've seen that gesture, with the flat line pencil/brush, in some old cartoons when I was a kid without understanding what they were exactly doing, and now that I see you hold your pen like this, it all begins to make sense in my mind and it's awesome! hank's dude! Merci!
i always knew that illustrating traditionally was some sort of physical activity. it's like dancing in a way, and it's beautiful
It is a bit like dancing, indeed
I've done something like this, but digitally in Clip Studio on my laptop, using a cabinet as a makeshift standing desk and moving back to look at the canvas. Very effective painting study method.
Very cool! 👍
The best book I have ever bought. Though it is an expensive text book. Very much worth it.
A very helpful video Florent. I've dabbled with portrait drawing and painting and when I spend time on the subject I can see the improvements, However my first love is seascapes. When I come back to portraits I have the same sense of being a beginner all over. The difference is that I can recover more quickly each time I take a break. Good practice is essential as you indicate in your video. Look forward to the next one.
Man, I wanna get into painting, what kind of material do you recommend for starters? (Like watercolor, oil, etc.)
@@enrater123 - Hi - this is Florents channel so I hope he doesn't mind my answer🤔🤔 I've painted with almost every type of material and keep coming back to oils as they dry slow and are great to learn with. However the finished paintings need time to dry so maybe not the most convenient. Water mixable oils are a game changer as the clean up is so easy without using thinners. My advise is to look for a local art class and see if they provide the paint for the class before diving into purchasing your paint. Try out different styles and materials - Happy Painting -
@@PaulRansonArt oh, I see, there were painting classes in my school but I unfortunately didn't sign up for them on time, I'll see if I can get in next year while I work on my drawing skills
I went to art school. We didn't learn in the atelier method. Most don't. So much of this information is new to me.
Thanks for creating this channel, you have been most helpful with this technique re shapes to get a likeness. There are similarity’s to this method in a book I found fascinating many years ago & have used ever since ‘Drawing on the right side of the brain’ Observing is number one for me. The shapes, positive & negative angles etc & their relationships to other parts of the subject matter.
Excellent, excellent advice as always. Thanks!!!!!
Yay Florent!!! 🎉 Love your videos!!!
I started drawing first before I started Oil painting 🎨🖌️ and I stand back regularly when I am painting too,. Yes observation is key , 👍
Just got my bargues this weekend. Started with some of the smaller ones, the eyes in the first pages. Challenging!!
I really like how you just jumped into it
Ultimately, we are all self-taught...
The creation of excellent art is most definitely a discipline. ...and in this case, actual exercise.😊
what I noticed immediately is your cheekbone is closer to the line and the whole head isn't wide enough. When I was in art school I used to draw 3d models and transferring them in 2d in my vision before putting on paper. That helped me a lot to get a 1:1 replica. You have to kind of disassociate from the 3d object in your mind and see it in this more abstract shape, it's not easy to explain, but this helped me a lot. It's like a meditative practice where you try to trick your brain to flatten the shape like it's already on paper.
Definitely tricky. Any tips in how to do that?
@@Mathias_NB I guess it just comes with time, and you have to be relaxed and let the mind zone out, without thoughts or processes. It's basically meditation.
Also we did a lot of croquis, which definitively helped a lot to see the whole picture, without focusing too much on the details. I think shadows and details become distraction for novices, we were always taught about the importance of the whole object and placement in space and movement and then reducing to details later if necessary for the assignment.
Barque plates. I've been thinking about them and just got a video recommended.
Ok... now if I were to draw this... that vertical plum line makes it easy to follow.
Starting with the neck and underchin... because it's closest to the plum line, begin the shading on the neck, working your way out onto the underchin while darting your eyes back n forth (this helps your vision BLEND the 2 objectives TOGETHER).
With out picking up your pencil, work your back to the neck and with a curved line UP to the ear, noting how the bottom ear lobe is in alignment with the bottom of the high cheek bone.
THIS TYPE of drawing is called FREE ASSOCIATION DRAWING. 😊
It's like "leep frogging" from rock to rock with out falling into the pond... ha!! 😅
Its a shame kids stopped learning draftsmanship. This is like abc's for an artist.
People appreciate artistic skill when they learn this.
Thank you so much for the book
I will buy it and do as you said.
Loved your video and your art. You are doing great
God bless you ❤
Thank you
This is what I am looking for for a long time
I like this technique
The preview picture almost made me sneeze! :P Hey, first time on your channel! I feel like it'll be really enjoyable to stick around for a while!
there are so many parallels in painting and drawings, glazing for example. thin layers of pencil shading looks much better than one layer of hard pressure, just like glazes in painting
I've got myself hocker on wills and it's very comfy, I can move back and forth while sitting down.
thank you so much ☺️ I can see how this technique works long but sure. also I was very inspired by the fact you are a self taught Artist, as am I. I really thought you had gone to art school , remarkable 👍clear dedication from you shines through
Thank you Florent, very interesting.
Wait FORGOTTEN? Bargue Plate??? We study it! , i'm italian i'm 48 years old and by us this technique is a common technique. part of base studies of art.
Everybody knows it, many people use it especially in the beginning when you are studying anatomy and composition.
Is it not used anymore? Is it a "strange" thing? Heck I am older than I think. It's a matter of course from us almost everybody studies and works that way.
LOL you don't need the tape on the floor, just take 2 steps back :D
You have no idea how much trouble this was causing in Atelier!
Take 2 steps back, you are immersed in the work you know how it works..and BONK! bump another artist or easel! ahahah
Sight and size technique its not forgotten but not popular since it is time consuming and requires absolute patience to make even a single mark. This technique is use full for comparative drawing.
Eres un gran Maestro,muchas gracias desde Bogotá Colombia
Intelligent approach thanks
I'm gonna be honest here. I just watched your video on So called masters secrets and this video played next. This video was so eye opening to me. I never learned or even imagined this technique of capturing the essence of what I would hope to capture in a drawing. Thank you soooooo much for teaching and sharing you knowledge. 🥰
Hi Florent, quick question: do you look at the picture you are drawing at all when in the ‘drawing position’ or is it just when you are in the ‘observation position’?
Thanks! I love your channel! 🎉
I wonder if the old masters would have used the grid method if it were available to them.
thank you. I will do this. so great
Very helpful 👍🏻👍🏻❤❤❤
beautiful video
.... Playing(a wrongly done practice copy ) with a demo in Harold Speed book made me realize the variations ( of such lessons of/ like that Barque and Bridgman & other). My development was very sadly pathetic long. My work then always sell[out].
Great video!
Can a smaller picture help to avoid moving back? Maybe positioning It slightly tilted to look at It as straight as possible
I can't draw haha but want to improve a bit. Would you ever use grids?
Looks a lot like how you would set up the basic shape in a CAD program.
one time when i was a kid i wanted to draw this picture i had of my cat, so i took the photo, and measured out a one inch grid and drew it on with a pen. then i just drew a pencil grid on paper and then i could see that all the lines in the photo were just a line at this angle and it's this far from the corner, this far from top etc. it worked really well and i think if was a useful technique. kind of like a view finder
0:47
What if you don't have the space or don't have the most functional legs?
Is there a reference photo or video,of the naked woman drawing,on the background at 1:20 please?
what type of paper/sketchbook would you recommend for this exercise? great video as always man 👍
Good stuff, thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
I must copy a few Barque lessons in pan pastel !!
I also have a paperback edition of "Cours de dessin" by Charles Barque and Jean-Leon Gerome. It is a wonderful way to learn how to draw.
Thank you.
You're welcome!
I never went to fine arts school asa digital artist, and i noticed many traditional artist marks out areas before shading or painting. Is there a specific name for it? I think it’s very interesting method to mark out and design a shapes.
Title of the book you held up, please.
There are many variations and looks for this book. MANY. Sadly they not done.
Hi Florent. I'll be travelling to Paris on December and I don't wanna miss your exhibition. Do you know by any chance the opening hours? I guess weekends shouldn't be an issue, but just in case. Thanks :)
Thank you for posting this and sharing your knowledge and expertise. I got the Drawing Course book earlier this year but I've been lost on where or how to begin. This video has given me the inspiration to start, thank you so much!
That is the sharpest pencil I’ve ever seen.
Haha, it's an art in itself to sharpen a point like this 😉
Ce qui est intéressant avec ton utilisation du crayon, bien que la longueur de la mine soit déjà un truc qui fait s'exclamer de surprise, c'est que tu fais des traits avec si peu de pression sur la mine que lorsque tu passes l'efface pour effacer les traits d'encrage, peu importe comment ça s'appelle, éh bien il n'en reste plus aucune trace, et le résultat est vraiment très propre!
His pencil lead is super long that is strange 🤣 But haven't you invested in good drawing tools? good set of pencils, and some erasers. It is definitely worth to get a good set of erasers. But the softer pencils can make dark lines with little pressure. So the pencil does not get deep in the paper... With the right eraser it will come off clean. Same way with a good eraser you can bring some highlights to a drawing
I’ve not seen a pencil sharpened like yours. I guess it avoids having to switch pencils frequently. 🤔
Indeed, it mostly helps getting more angles and pressure variety which makes it easier to reach light values with great precision.
It is necessary to be that sharpe to have even tones thus to make subtle transitions. 😊
How do you sharpen it like that??
@@MiddleEarths I’ll ask around and get back to you.
@@MiddleEarths use sand paper
First time watching a drawing video, did you shave your pencil down to graphite by hand? Does so much exposed lead help with pressure control to avoid breakages?
Really interesting technique video overall, thank you.
Yes, it helps a ton with pressure and amgle variety. You multiply your range by ten, easily. Downside is you get super sad when you drop it 🤣
I'm not an artist at all, but I have to sketch what I see quickly and somewhat accurately for my studies and line of work. Would this type of technique be of use for someone like me?
This technique helps overall but it always have to be complemented with quick drawing sessions, like 5 min poses etc. that part of the technique is the most important in your case, I would suggest to do 80% quick sketch and 20% of this sight-size.
@@FlorentFargesarts Thank you!! I'll look into exercises like that!
this type of drawing i grew up admiring
If i draw one model every month is it enough ?
Your 100% right on about standing, I had started doing that to help find better scale,for figures and I use coal so it helps limiting smudges.
From what I see you basically want to be exactly 2 arm lengths away from the subject. This way you don’t get foreshortneing and the scale is 1:1. Your “image plane” is 1 arm length always.
Bit random but Vincent van Gogh is my favourite painter if all time, I just find his style so unique that it's impossible to replicate without his hand, that's why I don't like all these new gen artists work, they never take risks and always looks like it's done by the same person, hard to tell them apart
Vincent used these plates to copy . He commented on how useful they were to improving his figure drawing.
You need to be looking for different artists then. There are plenty of contemporary artists who have unique styles. Much more unique than even Van Gogh.
Can someone please explain to me why pencil measuring distance is a thing? I never understood it and I don't see the point either 😭
Hi from Serbia, and here we are, baroque are my way standard realism,but also still life love,animal art but all are in Baroque, why just because great shadows and ligts, and prefer power chrome painting.
Do you have a way for us to send our work ,to suggest, recommend ways to improve?
Got the Excalibur of pencils tf💀💀💀
Every Road leads yo Rome. I learnt drawing in traditional way(half of them were Russian way) in northern China in Later 1980s to early 2000 through my childhood to university. I spent a lot hours on drawing. Thousands of thousands of hours. I never copied a 2d work. We went through hard way, directly copy from 3d objects to paper. But I still made it through. I guess in China, a lot us did it the hard way. I wish I knew this technique earlier. But I only found this technique like 5 years ago.
I just want to know how to sharpen my pencil like that
aw come on brother, staring at goddamn easel for 14 hrs? have we never held a pencil before?
anyway off to try it
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Anyone ever do them upside down or to the side?
Oh my)), I see, right - it's a r t s. Because, according to the initial image, it looked like a video about removing nose hair, (using a 19th century technique.))
But I really liked it. Besides nose hair removal , painting is my other great passion. So, Thank You
I wish I new you a long time ago
No worries, my previous aren't going anywhere and there's plenty coming up in the future 😉👍
... I can tell you're self taught, because this isn't a forgotten technique... It's literally taught in most art colleges. Hell I was taught this in a small college.
I was gonna say.
Yeah this is taught in most art schools but doesn't show up online much.
His actual quote at 0:09 is: "ONCE forgotten, NOW commonly used"... He didn't make that mistake...
@@Heidi2003 if it's a 19th century technique, that's been taught in schools since the 19th century... When was it forgotten?
@@Heidi2003 Yes, but the title is "This FORGOTTEN Nineteenth Century Technique...". If it's "once forgotten, now commonly used", then he didn't use a "forgotten technique" to self-teach himself anything and the title is just clickbait.
Thank you, great video and technique. Well taught.
TLDR: use a Bargue Plate, and sight-see with a pencil.
...with music or even a podcast in the background... Or even a rooster! 🤣
Haha, I know, this little monster is ruining my days 🤣
Wow, wth with that pencil lead?
“Forgotten technique”
*except at any figure drawing lab
The thumbnail made me think this was a video about lobotomies
I've got Bargue plate lessons in my college. I don't think it's really that forgotten, just that it's quite tricky to do it because of the constant drafting and measurements. I sometimes do Bargue.
Seriously, what a self-important, click bait title. Most collegiate art programs touch on the Bargue method per the French approach.
Heya
Heya 😊😊👋👋