Have you made any of these mistakes? If you enjoyed this video check out How to Draw a Face for Beginners th-cam.com/video/cbV6TEc_Fjc/w-d-xo.html Next!
This is my first time watching one of your videos. I loved it! I have made every one of those mistakes at one time or another but I loved your explanations. Particularly "where are you viewing this from" and the face one. I need to explain that I love drawing and while I am not really good at it, I am getting better because of tutorials like this one.
I no longer draw, but plan to again someday, on thing I did when I did draw was to just use the same standard black and yellow pencil for everything, I knew of different hardness of graphite but on the one occasion I did I found it all a bit daunting knowing what was for what and very messy/smudgy
I am so glad that I found your channel. I'm 64 and just started to learn watercolor. I learned how to set up my palette by your videos. I haven't drawn anything since 6th grade and have been beating myself up and quitting so many times. But I'm stubborn and want to learn. You have put so much in perspective for me. Thankyou so much. You can tell that you are a good teacher. I love how you use examples and explanation the reason behind everything'. I will be watching a lot of your previous videos. Retired and looking forward to my new adventures 😊
It was wonderful to have someone show the importance so prospective in drawing. I am 83 and just started drawing, I started with my grandchildren and great grandchildren. The faces are getting better and I am learning so much from you. Thanks
Getting a proper perspective on objects is a continual struggle for me, your advice on depth etc is extremely helpful. Like the last commenter, I am 64 too, and I began trying my hand at watercolour during the first lockdown when my granddaughter said: “Come and do some art with me, Nanny.” The moment I held that paintbrush in my hand I was hooked. I’m not good, but I love it. My old office is now my craft room (though one of my daughters calls it my ‘crap’ room because she thinks that’s what I make 😂). I don’t care. I discovered your channel only a couple of weeks ago but I’ve already subscribed and watched several of your videos. You’re easy to listen to, very instructive and honest about your own shortcomings. I like that. Makes me, and I’m sure everyone else, feel they don’t have to get things perfect right away. Thank you so much 😊
I love ur channel. I'm 52 and was just diagnosed with MS My right hand goes numb a lot and it really affected my drawing ability . But I am getting better. Ty .
I'm in my 70's, and have been trying to draw over the past couple of years, and every one of your top 10 have been my issues, thank you so much for your easy to follow and understand ways to correct them.
Let's get Michele's subscriber numbers up to 50k. She deserves it for all the fantastic teaching she does for the art community AND for free! Yay Michele!
Totally agree!!! I love Michelle!! I’ll put her videos on while I’m milling around the house, letting the commercials play through to the end in hopes she gets a better payout(not 100%how that works but..🤞)!!! 🤘🫀🤘
My “aha” moment was #2…actually realized I was smiling as I listened…never thought about this & your completely right that this is the reason my landscapes, with a building, look “off”…for this reason I don’t often do these type of paintings! Thank you Michele!
Great material here that most new artists don’t think about. Perspective is a hard thing to learn even when you’ve been given the basics. This is a good start and I encourage you artists out there to watch more of Michelle‘s videos. She’s a great teacher and really knows her stuff.
Thanks Michelle. I started to draw just 1 week ago and have been doing 1 a day. First a calculator - then a cup - a house - a small village bridge - lamp sitting on a chair. Certainly made some errors you highlighted and your video is excellent. Look forward to watching more and more importantly - improving.
@@holly50575 When you find yourself alone after 20 years marriage. Gotta do something creative! Glad I found drawing. Thought I had some talent - until I tried drawing a face! What a joke - straight to the bin.
Oh Michele, you're such a great teacher, not just straightforward information but humour. I only decided to learn to draw last year and my sins start at 10 and go up to 1, but the greatest of these is 1. Get involved in intricate detail which then expands and expands as I try to pack more in. I don't feel so frustrated now I know I am not alone.
Thank you for this 🙏 Years ago I learnt to paint with Chinese brush strokes. The best tip I learnt is something you said, which is not to draw strokes with just the hand but to move the whole arm. It was shown to me as almost a dance, it was beautiful & extremely helpful when drawing
I've started drawing again after many years away from this creative side of me. I started with colouring in, then sketching and shading and I've just bought myself some Derwent watercolour pencils and have watched some of your really helpful (and witty!) tutorials. Thanks for these. I am about to do the rectangles of colour of my new watercolour pencils. Cheers - and I will be back for more of your helpful hints.
Hi Michelle, just found you! I want to thank you for having so many basic, basic videos for those of us at beginner level or just needing revision for confidence. Too many videos are wonderful to watch but leave us feeling so grossly incompetent in comparison, we give up. You are a born teacher...wonderful! Blessings, and many thanks!❤❤❤
Oh how I needed to see this!! I've learned so much in just this little bit of time from you!!! I'm 70 learning to draw and watercolor, your videos are just what I've needed!!
Extraordinary! I learned so much in this 30 minute video. You answered about a million questions I’ve had forever about drawing. I had a drawing instructor decades ago that made us all erase and start over, over and over, but she never explained what we were doing wrong and why we had to start over. I gave up on drawing for many years because that’s the impression I was left with about it, erase and start over ‘til you get it right, never having the HOW answered. Big heavy sigh. Thank you for sharing, Michelle! I’m close to tears of relief right now. I’ll be watching this many times. My biggest issue at the moment is drawing or painting from the shoulder. I don’t think I’ve quite got that yet because I have aches and pains I probably shouldn’t have, but I’m old too, lol. I’ll keep working on it. Blessings to you from Indian Rocks Beach in sunny Florida!
Beware of art teachers who won't teach drawing, usually means they can't draw. Bless you I am so glad you liked the video! I recommend Tai Chi for joint stiffness, anyone of any age or health condition can do it, I have done it for years ;-)
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber So true! In hindsight, I’d have been better off dropping the class and finding a REAL drawing instructor. I watched all of your short videos too, and also learned a lot. Would you consider doing a short that demonstrates the mechanics of drawing from the shoulder. For some reason my head doesn’t get it. Either my elbow is moving too much, or my hand is moving too much. Maybe I need to clamp my arm to my side until I get a hold of this, lol. You know, I had the same trouble back in the ‘70s when learning to cut hair, I always had my arms up too high until one of my instructors pointed to the lift at the bottom of the chair and said in a commanding voice “LOWER YOUR CHAIR,” lol. I finally got it after that. Thanks for all you do and especially for your straight up approach. So many out here on YT teach a concept, and then blast the thing away with wishy washy commentary that only confuses me (and likely everyone else). Your a star Michele! Oh, and I’ve done tai chi, but currently doing Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr here on YT. Blessings to you!
@@rmuller366 I will try and do a demo. Allow your arm to move freely at the shoulder, not only forward and back but also to the side, as if you were making a chicken wing motion, so you get a full circular motion. Your elbow can move a little. 🙂
Your sketching lessons are the best. I have learned so much from you. You are a great teacher who always knows what tips will be the most useful for beginners 💕🇨🇦
Michele has to be one of the funniest of the TH-cam artists. “That tree looks like it’s from a horror movie. OK, I’m going to stop drawing a tree now“. In another video, can’t remember which one, she said that playing Céline Dion music loudly should be outlawed. 😆 Also, she’s quite intelligent/knowledgeable outside of art. Considering drawing a flat fish as an example of a rule breaker was pretty cool.
I’ve never really thought about how to use other parts of the body instead of just my hand. Now if I generate the movement from arm or shoulder the results are much more satisfactory. Thank you for this gem of a tip!
It's funny how I've been an artist since my first 'wall installation' at age 2, much to my mom's chagrin... and I still learned or re-learned an easier way how to do a couple basics! Thank you Michele. :) I'm lucky because Mom did right by me and she encouraged my art and writing . At 15 she let me take over the basement, and it became my first studio. THAT was sheer luck and her generosity. So moms and dads out there - teach your kid how to clean up when their art ends up on the wrong canvas, and give them a better canvas - be it a simple pad of paper , or a spare room with table and chair and a way for them to earn money to fill it with the gear for the form of art that grabs them. The lovely madness began there in that studio and the 48 years since my first art gallery show have been made better by creating many types / forms of art. It never hurts to try something new! The best part of my art journey was the years I volunteered as an art assistant at my local VA (vet's hospital).
Thank you for sharing this very useful information that beginners can actually use rather than quick sketches that really explain nothing about what to look for in the subject. I knew about 8 of the mistakes, but I taught some drawing in High School. I saw students making these mistakes constantly. Personally, I would like to learn about how to draw forest scenes that capture the essence of particular trees ( how the limbs are shaped in different types of trees) and how to suggest the light and shadow without drawing every leaf. Complicated I know but I thought I would put this out there. Drawings can be so much more magical than photos and this is what I would like to capture.....
That's great Karen, I have a ton of free drawing videos on this channel, plus a full online course which is half the price of the one you were looking at :-)
All good stuff. Especially the eyes not being on a straight line. I've been drawing for years but it only dawned on me recently that it is wrong to draw eyes on a straight line.
No she's wrong about this. Human eyes and eye sockets are forward facing and in line with each other, they don't curve around with the skull face out at different angles.
I showed a watercolour painting of an owl on FaceBook a while back, asking why it looked wrong, and Michelle pointed out that it wasn't the painting, but the drawing...is this tutorial for me Michelle?! 😂
I’ve been drawing for about two years and have, and continue, to make most of these mistakes. But #1 was the very best tip! Recently, I was thinking about how to draw buildings or an urban scene and thought, why don’t I place little marks to guide where I’ll put the building. It just made sense to me to do so, but I’d never seen anyone teach that. However, it never occurred to me to use them for something a lot less linear. Thanks for all these tips and I know I’ll be revisiting this video.
You were completely correct that all of us would think “How did you know I do that?” I messed up a painting only last night (number 1 rule) and had to start cleaning the canvas. New subscriber right here, thank you!
In the hundreds of watercolor videos I've watched, I've never heard anyone talk about how to get your water to lie flat instead of running uphill. I couldn't figure it out by myself since I've never taken any classes, (and don't have any natural talent) but at least you touched on it in this video. I would like a more in depth explanation since I'm a little slow. lol I'm 69 and have been fiddling with watercolor off and on for many years, but I'm still not good. Your videos have really helped me a lot of times with questions I had.
Thanks Ruby! Basically if anything looks like it's tipping up towards you make it less deep, ie flatten the shape so it's wider than tall. Have a look at my other drawing videos, I think I did a landscape one that features it.
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Hi Michelle, I did see another one of your drawing videos where you explained it more in depth and it helped a lot! I really enjoy your videos, but I have to pace myself...if I watch one where you're talking about watercolor pencils, I have to get mine out. Then before I've done anything with them I see another one of your videos on watercolor....out come the paints. lol I can never decide what to do because I want to do it all! I have a terminal illness, so I need to hurry. lol
I believe learning art fundamentals for me is key to improving my abstract (acrylic pouring paintings) -- drawing, perspective, design, color theory -- skills. Just because it may look pleasing to my eyes, doesn't mean the poured piece follows artistic reasoning as you are showing in this video. Thank you for the instruction!
Bless you! As a senior citizen I decided to learn to drawing, so now all my essential tools are here, read a ‘how to book’ and yup, I made all the mistakes you stated, 1 thru 10! Thank you for showing the how-too, as I’m a visual learner I’m saving this video with my plan to watch all your other ones too. I will then restart from video 1 and draw with you! Thank you again for a great video!
This was great! I draw a barn that i went to as a kid and always draw the roof. It never occurred to me not to. Also very refreshing to hear that everyone makes mistakes. I had thought that i ‘had to’ get it right/accurate right away. Just recognizing recently that that i have put a lot of pressure on myself. I have had so many misconceptions about drawing. As a kid/12 years old (mid 1970’s)someone who taught art at a private school that i didn’t attend saw me drawing and commented this kid can’t draw, how can she paint’. I had been painting in oil for about a year at that time. I stopped painting right away and have struggled with drawing and painting. My inner voice repeatedly said you can’t draw. I allowed that negative thought to define me. It is time to change that. I can draw and i will draw.
I am very new to watercolor and artistic endeavors in general....a true newbie. I find your style of teaching extremely good to follow and I am able to repeat the steps you lay out. And I watch your videos over and over!
I , unwittingly, make the error of NOT drawing a repeating motif in perspective. I am so very appreciative of your time and knowledge. You just saved me a an unquantifiable amount of frustration. I. can't thank you enough for sharing your experience with us. Personally, I am forever in your debt. Between you and Alphonso Dunn, I WILL learn to draw well and in the proper manner.
Wow! I have just started drawing and painting at 60 years old and I've learnt more from this video than from hours and hours of others I've watched (even some Skillshare ones!). I have to giggle because I've made so many of these mistakes and I feel so much more confident to try different things now and understand why something looks "off" and how to correct it. The lessons on perspective and the angle I'm looking at my subject from are particularly helpful. Very happy new subscriber!
This tutorial is sooo helpful. I am learning watercolour technique two years now) but find myself constantly frustrated because I’ve never learned to draw - so I copy drawings made by others. Then I feel like I’ve cheated and am unhappy. Your tips and the explanations behind the mistakes are invaluable. Thank you. I’m a dedicated subscriber of your channel.
Loved this! You have such a great way of explaining things. The difference is in the details. I know my sketching is going to improve greatly as a result of applying these new techniques and retraining the brain to draw only what it really sees.
Thank you for the face lines. For years I used straight lines when drawing faces and just could not make it work. Now I know why. I just thought I was not able to draw faces. And would give up. So thank you for showing me there IS a better way. And I had been guilty of number 10? Struggled with centering my subject. However I have learned to use guidelines. Even though I'm not a beginner, I do like a refresher course now and again. I have learning disabilities and your tutorials have helped me improve my technique/style. 😊
I am a 'new' artist at the ripe age of 65. I stumbled onto your videos and am so glad I did. I do almost every one of the beginner mistakes you mention. Thank you so much for putting these videos out for people like me. I will be joining your online classes as I find your explanations easy to understand which is something I need :-)
Your attitude to improving the standard of beginner art is highly commendable. No one has a defined list of do's and don''t put your pencil in that. So tutorials from a person kind enough to share their years of making every single mistake that has been made by all the greatest artists in history is fantastic. So many of the comments confirm that they have also made these mistakes, even though your videos don't stop people making these mistakes, they know why it happened wich is priceless info Keep pointing out every ones mistakes because the only true way to get better at anything is to make mistakes. But now they can understand why it happened and know its not due to a lack of talent.
Wow! I am a watercolorist who doesn't often sketch first but I do want to know how to do it and have always been quite bad at it. One lesson with you here (I followed along with my sketch pad) and I saw my drawing abilities improve almost instantly! I still have to do much more practice, but for the first time I know that I can do this, I can sketch! Up until now I told myself I had to accept that I will never be able to sketch adequately. Thank you SO much for this great tutorial. I am over the moon with my results already. I can't wait to keep practicing and see how far I can go with this skill.
Some of these I've intuitively found as I've made (bad) sketches, like making motifs shrink with distance, but others I completely missed (like the flat vase bottom). You've made a few basic rules concrete. And I followed your face-drawing tutorial to make my first portrait: my Dad for his father's day card. It actually looks like him! Thank you! I'm going to try your tip for flower facing next.
This video is so helpful in pointing out not only the mistakes, but how to avoid making them. I make numerous mistakes when drawing, sometimes without even knowing that they are mistakes. Your video is just perfect for pointing me in the right direction. Thank you Michele x
Omg this is a masters level.tutirial. perspective placement and all.of it...explained so.simply and easily...now I cannot look.at any drawing without judging it along the lines of the pointers in this video. I'm.very far from drawing well but this helps me atleast know a good drawing from.a bad one....and most importantly why is it that the drawing is not quite looking right.
Hello Michele!! I have made alllll of these mistakes! I particularly appreciate the admonishment of drawing what the eye actually sees rather than what my brain says is there. Very helpful information! Thank you!
thank you Michele. Now in my early sixties, I decided to start drawing. not artistically talented, nor having picked up a paint brush or pencil since high school, I decided it's about time I learn something new. I love colors, the beauty of nature, architechture, paintings and fotography. I would very much enjoy being able to draw beautiful things I see, but have no knowledge about techniques. So, I thought to find myself a tutor and stumbled upon your channel. While waiting for my order of sketching paper and pencils to arrive, I decided to get a head start and just absorb some information about a variety of basic skills and pitfalls to avoid. this is my first video I listened too and you got me hooked. Thank you so much for these wonderful tips. I bookmarked your channel. greetings from Los Angeles.
Oh my gosh! You are AMAZING!! I learned so much from all these tricks and can see an immediate improvement in my drawing already. Thank you SO much for sharing your gift of drawing with us newbies!!
Just yesterday I as attempting to draw a bowl after watching a video about...how to draw a bowl. It was well done, but omitted the tips you include here. All through, this beginner had multiple ah-ha moments. Bravo! So glad I've subscribed and just downloaded your watercolor tips from your web site and will go now and devour those. Thank you so much!
Hi Glenda, this is my first time watching your channel and I have subscribed. I'm 75 years old and on a whim I bought a sketch pad. Now that I've discovered your channel, I'm going to try to learn how to draw.
The technique tips are so simple to understand and I find your method of explaining very calm and clear. That's always an indecation that you have a deep knowledge of your subject. Thank you.
I am not a professional artist, but have had college level art training. And you are definitely right, they do not teach these techniques. They tell you about one and two point perspective which is generally linear in content, but do not, hands on, teach how to accomplish it. Nor do they describe how you can correct your mistakes (or learning opportunities). Lol. Mostly, I draw for my own enjoyment now. Due to life's complications, there has been a large span of time since I drew last. When I began again, I could see some improvement but it was still missing something. I tried reviewing fundamentals again, but they lacked basic common sense approaches. Your video finally enabled me to see where the errors were. Most definitely, I was not taking the extra step to set up my composition grid. I was short-cutting. And your refresher for perspective was easily understood. Even though I feel I will still need more practice drawing at different perspectives/angles, it has reminded me of the importance of taking the extra step of awareness of my position to the item I am perceiving. Thank you.
Hi Michelle, I picked up the pencil after many years. The saying goes, if one fails to plan, you plan to fail. I decided to refresh my skills first and was fortunate to come across your video. I shall defenately make and effort to follow your guidance and advise. It is well structured and put together. Thank you, Thinus
I'm guilty of every single mistake you explained and probably more. Thank you for your detailed explanations. Retraining my brain is going to be so helpful! You've broken down the brick wall I've been struggling to get over.
Thinking of taking up sketching for something to do and fill in time. A good tutorial for beginners so they are saved from making the mistakes and getting frustrated, thank you.
Have you made any of these mistakes? If you enjoyed this video check out How to Draw a Face for Beginners th-cam.com/video/cbV6TEc_Fjc/w-d-xo.html Next!
This is my first time watching one of your videos. I loved it! I have made every one of those mistakes at one time or another but I loved your explanations. Particularly "where are you viewing this from" and the face one. I need to explain that I love drawing and while I am not really good at it, I am getting better because of tutorials like this one.
@@laurie3881 so glad it helped you, keep going!
Thank you 💗
I no longer draw, but plan to again someday, on thing I did when I did draw was to just use the same standard black and yellow pencil for everything, I knew of different hardness of graphite but on the one occasion I did I found it all a bit daunting knowing what was for what and very messy/smudgy
Loved the river idea
I am so glad that I found your channel. I'm 64 and just started to learn watercolor. I learned how to set up my palette by your videos. I haven't drawn anything since 6th grade and have been beating myself up and quitting so many times. But I'm stubborn and want to learn. You have put so much in perspective for me. Thankyou so much. You can tell that you are a good teacher. I love how you use examples and explanation the reason behind everything'. I will be watching a lot of your previous videos. Retired and looking forward to my new adventures 😊
Good luck with you painting Glenda!
I'm 62 and just starting out as well - we can do this!!!
I am 55 and hoping to figure all this out, also.
@Allie @Maggie @sfrench @Glenda 65 and starting out with you all. Yes, we can do this! Thank you, Michele, for these incredible videos ❤️
67 and starting now. Love you videos, you are such a great teacher
It was wonderful to have someone show the importance so prospective in drawing. I am 83 and just started drawing, I started with my grandchildren and great grandchildren. The faces are getting better and I am learning so much from you. Thanks
Good for you! All anyone needs is the patience to learn and the desire to go with it. Michele is one of the very best teachers you'll find!
Getting a proper perspective on objects is a continual struggle for me, your advice on depth etc is extremely helpful.
Like the last commenter, I am 64 too, and I began trying my hand at watercolour during the first lockdown when my granddaughter said: “Come and do some art with me, Nanny.” The moment I held that paintbrush in my hand I was hooked. I’m not good, but I love it. My old office is now my craft room (though one of my daughters calls it my ‘crap’ room because she thinks that’s what I make 😂). I don’t care.
I discovered your channel only a couple of weeks ago but I’ve already subscribed and watched several of your videos. You’re easy to listen to, very instructive and honest about your own shortcomings. I like that. Makes me, and I’m sure everyone else, feel they don’t have to get things perfect right away. Thank you so much 😊
Ah, so glad you have taken up art, it's the enjoyment that's the main thing!
I love ur channel. I'm 52 and was just diagnosed with MS
My right hand goes numb a lot and it really affected my drawing ability . But I am getting better. Ty .
Best of luck!
I'm in my 70's, and have been trying to draw over the past couple of years, and every one of your top 10 have been my issues, thank you so much for your easy to follow and understand ways to correct them.
You are most welcome Beth!
54yrs this video has helped me greatly. New pad, new pencils, new artist (possibly) lol thankyou
Ah, good luck Bob!
Let's get Michele's subscriber numbers up to 50k. She deserves it for all the fantastic teaching she does for the art community AND for free! Yay Michele!
Bless you, fingers crossed!!
I agree..its one of the most honest teachings channel. Honesty thats rare
Absolutely!
Totally agree!!! I love Michelle!! I’ll put her videos on while I’m milling around the house, letting the commercials play through to the end in hopes she gets a better payout(not 100%how that works but..🤞)!!! 🤘🫀🤘
It's 54.5k now!!
Thank you Michelle this really helps. Onwards to my pencil 😊
I just found you and I’m thrilled about how you teach…I’m a beginner sketcher at 62 yrs old. Thanks so much for this tutorial 💕
You are so welcome!
Thanks Michelle
My “aha” moment was #2…actually realized I was smiling as I listened…never thought about this & your completely right that this is the reason my landscapes, with a building, look “off”…for this reason I don’t often do these type of paintings! Thank you Michele!
I think you are just adorable. I love learning your various painting techniques.
Great material here that most new artists don’t think about. Perspective is a hard thing to learn even when you’ve been given the basics. This is a good start and I encourage you artists out there to watch more of Michelle‘s videos. She’s a great teacher and really knows her stuff.
So glad to find you. Have been self teaching enjoy your style speech. Love and light
Thanks Michelle. I started to draw just 1 week ago and have been doing 1 a day. First a calculator - then a cup - a house - a small village bridge - lamp sitting on a chair. Certainly made some errors you highlighted and your video is excellent. Look forward to watching more and more importantly - improving.
Brilliant idea! You have also inspired me!!! Thanks, both of you💛
@@holly50575 When you find yourself alone after 20 years marriage. Gotta do something creative! Glad I found drawing. Thought I had some talent - until I tried drawing a face! What a joke - straight to the bin.
Brilliant, I have learned so muc
Oh Michele, you're such a great teacher, not just straightforward information but humour. I only decided to learn to draw last year and my sins start at 10 and go up to 1, but the greatest of these is 1. Get involved in intricate detail which then expands and expands as I try to pack more in. I don't feel so frustrated now I know I am not alone.
Thanks so much, glad it helped!
Very good and will take note of many errors you have shown I make
Thank you for this 🙏 Years ago I learnt to paint with Chinese brush strokes. The best tip I learnt is something you said, which is not to draw strokes with just the hand but to move the whole arm. It was shown to me as almost a dance, it was beautiful & extremely helpful when drawing
Thank you. That was illuminating.
I've started drawing again after many years away from this creative side of me. I started with colouring in, then sketching and shading and I've just bought myself some Derwent watercolour pencils and have watched some of your really helpful (and witty!) tutorials. Thanks for these. I am about to do the rectangles of colour of my new watercolour pencils. Cheers - and I will be back for more of your helpful hints.
That's great!
THANK YOU!!!! YOU ARE A GEM!!!
I am a beginner and so happy I found you!
Thanks so much!
Hi Michelle, just found you! I want to thank you for having so many basic, basic videos for those of us at beginner level or just needing revision for confidence. Too many videos are wonderful to watch but leave us feeling so grossly incompetent in comparison, we give up. You are a born teacher...wonderful! Blessings, and many thanks!❤❤❤
Thank you so much!
Great tips Michele✋🏼5️⃣
I have always remembered this tip. Draw what you see, not what you think you see.
I took a course and you covered an entire semester in one video.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Ah glad you liked it 😄
Oh how I needed to see this!! I've learned so much in just this little bit of time from you!!! I'm 70 learning to draw and watercolor, your videos are just what I've needed!!
I'm so glad!
#2 is just another way of saying 3 point perspective point. and I do agree, it is logical that the eye line has to be curved!
Extraordinary! I learned so much in this 30 minute video. You answered about a million questions I’ve had forever about drawing. I had a drawing instructor decades ago that made us all erase and start over, over and over, but she never explained what we were doing wrong and why we had to start over. I gave up on drawing for many years because that’s the impression I was left with about it, erase and start over ‘til you get it right, never having the HOW answered. Big heavy sigh. Thank you for sharing, Michelle! I’m close to tears of relief right now. I’ll be watching this many times. My biggest issue at the moment is drawing or painting from the shoulder. I don’t think I’ve quite got that yet because I have aches and pains I probably shouldn’t have, but I’m old too, lol. I’ll keep working on it. Blessings to you from Indian Rocks Beach in sunny Florida!
Beware of art teachers who won't teach drawing, usually means they can't draw. Bless you I am so glad you liked the video! I recommend Tai Chi for joint stiffness, anyone of any age or health condition can do it, I have done it for years ;-)
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber So true! In hindsight, I’d have been better off dropping the class and finding a REAL drawing instructor. I watched all of your short videos too, and also learned a lot. Would you consider doing a short that demonstrates the mechanics of drawing from the shoulder. For some reason my head doesn’t get it. Either my elbow is moving too much, or my hand is moving too much. Maybe I need to clamp my arm to my side until I get a hold of this, lol. You know, I had the same trouble back in the ‘70s when learning to cut hair, I always had my arms up too high until one of my instructors pointed to the lift at the bottom of the chair and said in a commanding voice “LOWER YOUR CHAIR,” lol. I finally got it after that. Thanks for all you do and especially for your straight up approach. So many out here on YT teach a concept, and then blast the thing away with wishy washy commentary that only confuses me (and likely everyone else). Your a star Michele! Oh, and I’ve done tai chi, but currently doing Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr here on YT. Blessings to you!
@@rmuller366 I will try and do a demo. Allow your arm to move freely at the shoulder, not only forward and back but also to the side, as if you were making a chicken wing motion, so you get a full circular motion. Your elbow can move a little. 🙂
Usually I have no ambition to draw anything whatsoever and now I know why. Thank you so very much!
I have watched this several times and appreciate the refresher on drawing.
Your sketching lessons are the best. I have learned so much from you. You are a great teacher who always knows what tips will be the most useful for beginners 💕🇨🇦
Thank you so much!
You make more sense than most youtubers.
Why thank you!
I'm at the very first "Bonus" rule brain and hand perspective; that one alone is golden, I haven't heard the others yet! Good on ya!!!
I learned so much! Made all of these mistakes! now I know how to do it properly
I’m progressing so much because of your tuition. In my head anyway! Must get down to some practice. Thanks Teach!
You got this!
Best drawing tutorial I’ve ever seen. Thank you so much.
Wow, thank you!
Just hold the pencil enough so it won't fall to the table😹😹😹😹😹Love your humor!
LOL! "It's not a dog lead or a horse!" I love your sense of humor, Michele!
Michele has to be one of the funniest of the TH-cam artists. “That tree looks like it’s from a horror movie. OK, I’m going to stop drawing a tree now“. In another video, can’t remember which one, she said that playing Céline Dion music loudly should be outlawed. 😆 Also, she’s quite intelligent/knowledgeable outside of art. Considering drawing a flat fish as an example of a rule breaker was pretty cool.
Looks like it's time to take off my paper dunce cap, flatten it, find a pencil, and start practicing the lessons. Thanks for this video, Michele.
Maybe sketch the cap instead?
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Number one is great!
I’ve never really thought about how to use other parts of the body instead of just my hand. Now if I generate the movement from arm or shoulder the results are much more satisfactory. Thank you for this gem of a tip!
The eyes!! You're a genius!
I may not be... but thank you anyway, glad it was helpful!
It's funny how I've been an artist since my first 'wall installation' at age 2, much to my mom's chagrin... and I still learned or re-learned an easier way how to do a couple basics! Thank you Michele. :)
I'm lucky because Mom did right by me and she encouraged my art and writing . At 15 she let me take over the basement, and it became my first studio. THAT was sheer luck and her generosity.
So moms and dads out there - teach your kid how to clean up when their art ends up on the wrong canvas,
and give them a better canvas - be it a simple pad of paper , or a spare room with table and chair and a way for them to earn money to fill it with the gear for the form of art that grabs them.
The lovely madness began there in that studio and the 48 years since my first art gallery show have been made better by creating many types / forms of art. It never hurts to try something new! The best part of my art journey was the years I volunteered as an art assistant at my local VA (vet's hospital).
Fantastic story!
You explain well! These are definitely my mistakes. That's why I'm a photographer 😂
Thank you for sharing this very useful information that beginners can actually use rather than quick sketches that really explain nothing about what to look for in the subject. I knew about 8 of the mistakes, but I taught some drawing in High School. I saw students making these mistakes constantly. Personally, I would like to learn about how to draw forest scenes that capture the essence of particular trees ( how the limbs are shaped in different types of trees) and how to suggest the light and shadow without drawing every leaf. Complicated I know but I thought I would put this out there. Drawings can be so much more magical than photos and this is what I would like to capture.....
I love the points that u make! 32:35
I'm so glad I found u. If I don't. I'll never know how great u can teach.
You make the best instructional videos I have ever seen. EXCELLENT!!! Thank you ❤
Wow, thank you!
Must remember to repeat, repeat, repeat these tutorials
I couldn't afford the local drawing course for £350, and was sad. The next day, I have found this video, so thank you xxx
That's great Karen, I have a ton of free drawing videos on this channel, plus a full online course which is half the price of the one you were looking at :-)
All good stuff. Especially the eyes not being on a straight line. I've been drawing for years but it only dawned on me recently that it is wrong to draw eyes on a straight line.
No she's wrong about this. Human eyes and eye sockets are forward facing and in line with each other, they don't curve around with the skull face out at different angles.
Great tips I will be sure to use in my next art project. Thank you Michele
I showed a watercolour painting of an owl on FaceBook a while back, asking why it looked wrong, and Michelle pointed out that it wasn't the painting, but the drawing...is this tutorial for me Michelle?! 😂
Now don't be complaining because you got your very own video :-) :-)
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber lol.. Shucks!!! ❤️ ❤️
I’ve been drawing for about two years and have, and continue, to make most of these mistakes. But #1 was the very best tip! Recently, I was thinking about how to draw buildings or an urban scene and thought, why don’t I place little marks to guide where I’ll put the building. It just made sense to me to do so, but I’d never seen anyone teach that. However, it never occurred to me to use them for something a lot less linear. Thanks for all these tips and I know I’ll be revisiting this video.
Glad you found it useful Jane :-)
I remember my old art teacher used to say "draw what you SEE, not what you know..."
Good advice!
You were completely correct that all of us would think “How did you know I do that?” I messed up a painting only last night (number 1 rule) and had to start cleaning the canvas. New subscriber right here, thank you!
Thanks for subscribing, glad you found it helpful!
In the hundreds of watercolor videos I've watched, I've never heard anyone talk about how to get your water to lie flat instead of running uphill. I couldn't figure it out by myself since I've never taken any classes, (and don't have any natural talent) but at least you touched on it in this video. I would like a more in depth explanation since I'm a little slow. lol I'm 69 and have been fiddling with watercolor off and on for many years, but I'm still not good. Your videos have really helped me a lot of times with questions I had.
Thanks Ruby! Basically if anything looks like it's tipping up towards you make it less deep, ie flatten the shape so it's wider than tall. Have a look at my other drawing videos, I think I did a landscape one that features it.
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Hi Michelle, I did see another one of your drawing videos where you explained it more in depth and it helped a lot! I really enjoy your videos, but I have to pace myself...if I watch one where you're talking about watercolor pencils, I have to get mine out. Then before I've done anything with them I see another one of your videos on watercolor....out come the paints. lol I can never decide what to do because I want to do it all! I have a terminal illness, so I need to hurry. lol
@@rubyfisch5077 bless you, I hope you stay healthy for as long as possible and get to make lots of art 🙏❤️
In some cases, this is why someone invented abstract, nothing matters then! haha
I believe learning art fundamentals for me is key to improving my abstract (acrylic pouring paintings) -- drawing, perspective, design, color theory -- skills. Just because it may look pleasing to my eyes, doesn't mean the poured piece follows artistic reasoning as you are showing in this video. Thank you for the instruction!
Great tips, I'm on my beginners art journey and to have explanations I can understand is gold. Thank you Michele
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Bless you! As a senior citizen I decided to learn to drawing, so now all my essential tools are here, read a ‘how to book’ and yup, I made all the mistakes you stated, 1 thru 10! Thank you for showing the how-too, as I’m a visual learner I’m saving this video with my plan to watch all your other ones too. I will then restart from video 1 and draw with you! Thank you again for a great video!
I have committed all the mistakes when attempting to draw anything. Thanks so much for explaining so brilliantly
These were super helpful. You caught me while drawing and I litarally made the one with the flat bottom of objects on a flat surface.
Glad it helped!
This was great! I draw a barn that i went to as a kid and always draw the roof. It never occurred to me not to. Also very refreshing to hear that everyone makes mistakes. I had thought that i ‘had to’ get it right/accurate right away. Just recognizing recently that that i have put a lot of pressure on myself. I have had so many misconceptions about drawing. As a kid/12 years old (mid 1970’s)someone who taught art at a private school that i didn’t attend saw me drawing and commented this kid can’t draw, how can she paint’. I had been painting in oil for about a year at that time. I stopped painting right away and have struggled with drawing and painting. My inner voice repeatedly said you can’t draw. I allowed that negative thought to define me. It is time to change that. I can draw and i will draw.
Good luck Lisa!
Thanks!!
I am very new to watercolor and artistic endeavors in general....a true newbie. I find your style of teaching extremely good to follow and I am able to repeat the steps you lay out. And I watch your videos over and over!
Thank you so much!
I , unwittingly, make the error of NOT drawing a repeating motif in perspective. I am so very appreciative of your time and knowledge. You just saved me a an unquantifiable amount of frustration. I. can't thank you enough for sharing your experience with us. Personally, I am forever in your debt. Between you and Alphonso Dunn, I WILL learn to draw well and in the proper manner.
You can do it! Happy to help!
Wow! I have just started drawing and painting at 60 years old and I've learnt more from this video than from hours and hours of others I've watched (even some Skillshare ones!). I have to giggle because I've made so many of these mistakes and I feel so much more confident to try different things now and understand why something looks "off" and how to correct it. The lessons on perspective and the angle I'm looking at my subject from are particularly helpful. Very happy new subscriber!
Thanks so much for subscribing Wendy!
I love that this video so wholly encompasses my theory that learning to draw is like 90% learning to SEE
This tutorial is sooo helpful. I am learning watercolour technique two years now) but find myself constantly frustrated because I’ve never learned to draw - so I copy drawings made by others. Then I feel like I’ve cheated and am unhappy. Your tips and the explanations behind the mistakes are invaluable. Thank you. I’m a dedicated subscriber of your channel.
Thanks so much for your support, glad I could help!
Very helpful. Have been particularly guilty of no. 1. Thank-you very much.
You're very welcome!
Thanks
Thank you for actually explaining perspective in a way that I can understand better.
Loved this! You have such a great way of explaining things. The difference is in the details. I know my sketching is going to improve greatly as a result of applying these new techniques and retraining the brain to draw only what it really sees.
Awesome! Thank you!
Thank you for the face lines. For years I used straight lines when drawing faces and just could not make it work. Now I know why. I just thought I was not able to draw faces. And would give up. So thank you for showing me there IS a better way. And I had been guilty of number 10? Struggled with centering my subject. However I have learned to use guidelines. Even though I'm not a beginner, I do like a refresher course now and again. I have learning disabilities and your tutorials have helped me improve my technique/style. 😊
That's great, thanks for watching Eva!
Great practical advice--worth watching more than once--engaging and easy to understand--thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am a 'new' artist at the ripe age of 65. I stumbled onto your videos and am so glad I did. I do almost every one of the beginner mistakes you mention. Thank you so much for putting these videos out for people like me. I will be joining your online classes as I find your explanations easy to understand which is something I need :-)
Wonderful!
Your attitude to improving the standard of beginner art is highly commendable. No one has a defined list of do's and don''t put your pencil in that. So tutorials from a person kind enough to share their years of making every single mistake that has been made by all the greatest artists in history is fantastic. So many of the comments confirm that they have also made these mistakes, even though your videos don't stop people making these mistakes, they know why it happened wich is priceless info
Keep pointing out every ones mistakes because the only true way to get better at anything is to make mistakes. But now they can understand why it happened and know its not due to a lack of talent.
Wow! I am a watercolorist who doesn't often sketch first but I do want to know how to do it and have always been quite bad at it. One lesson with you here (I followed along with my sketch pad) and I saw my drawing abilities improve almost instantly! I still have to do much more practice, but for the first time I know that I can do this, I can sketch! Up until now I told myself I had to accept that I will never be able to sketch adequately. Thank you SO much for this great tutorial. I am over the moon with my results already. I can't wait to keep practicing and see how far I can go with this skill.
Brilliant. Anyone can learn to draw and that includes you. It just requires belief and practice!
Some of these I've intuitively found as I've made (bad) sketches, like making motifs shrink with distance, but others I completely missed (like the flat vase bottom). You've made a few basic rules concrete. And I followed your face-drawing tutorial to make my first portrait: my Dad for his father's day card. It actually looks like him!
Thank you! I'm going to try your tip for flower facing next.
This video is so helpful in pointing out not only the mistakes, but how to avoid making them. I make numerous mistakes when drawing, sometimes without even knowing that they are mistakes. Your video is just perfect for pointing me in the right direction. Thank you Michele x
You are very welcome!
Guilty of many of these mistakes!! Thanks for opening my eyes!!!
Any time!
Omg this is a masters level.tutirial. perspective placement and all.of it...explained so.simply and easily...now I cannot look.at any drawing without judging it along the lines of the pointers in this video. I'm.very far from drawing well but this helps me atleast know a good drawing from.a bad one....and most importantly why is it that the drawing is not quite looking right.
Hello Michele!! I have made alllll of these mistakes! I particularly appreciate the admonishment of drawing what the eye actually sees rather than what my brain says is there. Very helpful information! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you. I learned more in this video than in any of my art classes from school. It gave me more confidence to pick up a pencil and try again.
Oh, good luck Amy :-)
thank you Michele. Now in my early sixties, I decided to start drawing. not artistically talented, nor having picked up a paint brush or pencil since high school, I decided it's about time I learn something new. I love colors, the beauty of nature, architechture, paintings and fotography. I would very much enjoy being able to draw beautiful things I see, but have no knowledge about techniques. So, I thought to find myself a tutor and stumbled upon your channel. While waiting for my order of sketching paper and pencils to arrive, I decided to get a head start and just absorb some information about a variety of basic skills and pitfalls to avoid. this is my first video I listened too and you got me hooked. Thank you so much for these wonderful tips. I bookmarked your channel. greetings from Los Angeles.
Thanks Bianca, I have a whole drawing playlist if you find it helpful :-)
Oh my gosh! You are AMAZING!! I learned so much from all these tricks and can see an immediate improvement in my drawing already. Thank you SO much for sharing your gift of drawing with us newbies!!
You are so welcome!
Just yesterday I as attempting to draw a bowl after watching a video about...how to draw a bowl. It was well done, but omitted the tips you include here. All through, this beginner had multiple ah-ha moments. Bravo! So glad I've subscribed and just downloaded your watercolor tips from your web site and will go now and devour those. Thank you so much!
Brilliant Frank, thanks for subscribing!
Thank for helping to be able to draw better... :) I am using your teachings to help me plot out my paintings... :)
Wonderful, glad you like the tips!
Hi Glenda, this is my first time watching your channel and I have subscribed. I'm 75 years old and on a whim I bought a sketch pad. Now that I've discovered your channel, I'm going to try to learn how to draw.
Thank you I learnt so much. Especially the top of the chimney etc.
You are very welcome
Thank you Michele! I learned more from this tutorial than I have learned from months of face to face drawing classes. Gwen
Glad it was helpful!
The technique tips are so simple to understand and I find your method of explaining very calm and clear. That's always an indecation that you have a deep knowledge of your subject. Thank you.
Thank you 😊
I have made pretty much all of those mistakes. I'll be practising my drawings using your methods.
Danke!
Bitte!
I am not a professional artist, but have had college level art training. And you are definitely right, they do not teach these techniques. They tell you about one and two point perspective which is generally linear in content, but do not, hands on, teach how to accomplish it. Nor do they describe how you can correct your mistakes (or learning opportunities). Lol. Mostly, I draw for my own enjoyment now. Due to life's complications, there has been a large span of time since I drew last. When I began again, I could see some improvement but it was still missing something. I tried reviewing fundamentals again, but they lacked basic common sense approaches. Your video finally enabled me to see where the errors were. Most definitely, I was not taking the extra step to set up my composition grid. I was short-cutting. And your refresher for perspective was easily understood. Even though I feel I will still need more practice drawing at different perspectives/angles, it has reminded me of the importance of taking the extra step of awareness of my position to the item I am perceiving. Thank you.
Glad it helped you Cynthia, thanks for watching!
Hi Michelle, I picked up the pencil after many years. The saying goes, if one fails to plan, you plan to fail. I decided to refresh my skills first and was fortunate to come across your video. I shall defenately make and effort to follow your guidance and advise. It is well structured and put together. Thank you, Thinus
Your'e welcome!
I'm guilty of every single mistake you explained and probably more. Thank you for your detailed explanations. Retraining my brain is going to be so helpful! You've broken down the brick wall I've been struggling to get over.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video, thank you Michele! Very instructional, I learned a lot.
Glad it was helpful!
Thinking of taking up sketching for something to do and fill in time.
A good tutorial for beginners so they are saved from making the mistakes and getting frustrated, thank you.
Go for it!
Excellent knowledge and ability makes good sense all examples are relevant thanks again.
Glad you think so!