20 FAST Tricks to Transform your Drawing Skills!
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ค. 2024
- Anyone can learn to draw, including you. In this beginners tutorial I show you 20 fast and easy step by step drawing and sketching tricks and tips to instantly improve your skills.
Did you miss my 20 Fast Drawing Tricks Video and free download?
Grab your illustrated PDF Guide HERE: mailchi.mp/7c9fed6c0009/20-fa...
Watch the associated video here: • 20 FAST Tricks to Tran...
• To see ALL my online COURSES including my most popular Basic Watercolor Techniques for Beginners course go here: bit.ly/2zn2ALP
• Take a FREE online Mini COURSE! Some of my online courses are free. From full paintings to techniques guides, see all my free and paid courses here; you will need to create a free account when you have chosen your course: in-the-studio-with-michele.th...
• GRAB More Free PDF downloads:
20 Watercolor Pencils Tips mailchi.mp/67fa80517e6e/water...
50 Watercolor Tips for Beginners bit.ly/37PnQpt
50 things Amateurs do that Professionals never would bit.ly/2NulViB
• Join my FACEBOOK GROUP bit.ly/3atdAUG
• SUBSCRIBE on TH-cam - it’s Free! bit.ly/2W9dSuh
• Check out my Etsy SHOP for original art etsy.me/2VnESpq
If you would like a discount off of your first order of my branded paints or brushes at Jackman’s Art Materials please use my code MICHELE10 at the checkout: www.jackmansartmaterials.co.uk Worldwide Shipping, all products hand-made and vegan!
PATREON Notice: I am no longer using the Patreon platform, as I wasn’t happy that the site functionality was allowing me to give the excellent tuition I pride myself on. To see my current (if any) membership programs please visit my website.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
1:31Trick for scaling up paper size
5:19 Trick for a faster 'grid'
7:10 Trick to draw a straight line
8:01 Trick to get the point back on your pencil
9:01 Trick to check angles without measuring
10:53 Trick for drawing things that grow
12:04 Trick to make rivers and paths lay flat
13:15 Trick for drawing non-solid objects
14:26 Trick for drawing water reflections
15:15 Trick for drawing fine white lines
17:13 Trick for drawing things behind foreground objects
18:39 Trick for drawing a smooth ellipse
19:50 Trick for drawing flowers facing in any direction
21:58 Trick for keeping tall objects symetrical
23:18 Trick for making buildings look taller
24:46 Trick for finding the centre point of an angled wall
25:51 Trick for adding distance to landscapes
27:13 Trick for drawing lips
28:07 Trick for drawing realistic eyes
28:56 Trick for showing smooth and rough textures
Disclaimer: Some of the website links above may be affiliate links which pay this channel a small commission (at no extra cost to the buyer) which enables me to make more free videos for you to enjoy. Thanks for your support!
www.michelewebber.com
• 20 FAST Tricks to Tran... - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Which of these tricks did you like the best? Don't forget to download your FREE pdf guide (it's in the video description) and try this video next: Building Perspective Drawing (9 Clever tricks!) th-cam.com/video/rx4WTameWjo/w-d-xo.html
The method of drawing a diagonal line from small print to maintain proportion and how to find the half way point by drawing diagnols from opposing corners. I have put your video in my bookmarks for future reference that tells you I appreciate this ver much.
It's always about perspective, however I'm getting better watching your videos.
Lately I'm using paper coffee filters for wiping my brushes when painting watercolors,
it works very well. The filters also can work a few miracles with smoothing shadows
for charcoal sketches. I found my old Conte soft pastels, the white Conte is the best
white for covering up any cloud lines then softly blending. So in a hurry I shopped online
to buy more...OMG the price of Conte pencils or pastels made in France quadrupled in price.
Missing the old days. Thanks for sharing, love your tips and techniques.
Canada is mourning our Queen Elizabeth, we have faith King Charles will be following in
his mother's footsteps. Blessings and take care.
The lesson on perspective was very helpful - thank you
@@theodoresweger4948 This was my favorite tip also!!! I can’t wait ti try it!!
@@susanholloway975 Ive tried it and it works beaufiful no math needed and math was my major...
My aunt started drawing and paining at the local Arts Centre when she was in her 60s. She had never done any art before but ended up producing incredible paintings. What was even more astonishing is she was partially sighted. Learning to draw/paint gave her years of joy for the remainder of her life.
that is such a wonderful story. Whilst a slight bit younger(not much) than your aunt, I hope to get the same pleasure with my journey
@@Jeff-lk4dv I'm sure you will have many happy hours.
Your story about your aunt is so inspiring. It makes beginners
feel better about themselves.
@@margiepoulos1028 I own one of her paintings. It is a beautiful scene of a cove with waves breaking on the beach. Whenever I feel life is tough, I look at it and remember it was done by someone who was registered blind. Truly inspiring.
Thank you for no baby talk and no sick music in the back ground.❤️
Oh yes, good point! There are so many videos out there with dreadful music in the background! Thank you for leaving out the tunes.
I completely agree!
So many helpful tips!!!!! My favorite was the flowers facing in different directions, using the dotting tool and symmetry. I think these tips are going to help my drawings look so much better. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent tips! Thank you for sharing your expertise so freely, it really does make us beginners feel more like “we’ve got this!”
I really liked the tips on proportion, fitting the turtle image onto a larger paper, and finding the centre of a wall to insert a door. Great tips. Many thanks.
Excellent tips! I have been watching your watercolor videos. I came upon your watercolor painting tip that basically said no amount of watercolor can fix a bad underpainting. I realized that was my biggest problem area, so I clicked on this drawing video. As a retired geometry teacher, I am so impressed with the power of using the diagonals to find the center of shapes and to get the right proportions. Brilliant
Thank you Lydia!
Also used in technical drawings , a basic drafting technique utilized in a non tech way. Good lesson.
I also thought about how much mathematics and geometry is involved in many...maybe most...of these tips.
Great tips! What I would suggest for angles is to place the pencil where the line would be above the photo and above your drawing, and simply slide the photo out from under the pencil. Angles can change while moving it across, so if you hold the pencil steady and slide the photo out from under it, then there will be a higher probability that the angles will be the same. I hope I explained this well enough.
Great tip!
Or use an adjustable drafting triangle.
@@samstewart215 I think the point is to duplicate an image without having the drafting or duplication tools. Freehand. And if I were to duplicate an image using tools, I simply would use a projector and just trace the image.
This is a keeper! Best set of drawing hints I’ve ever seen in one collection! Thank you!
Thanks so much!
Yeah I agree I've been watching a ton of different content and she takes the cake when it comes to simplifying and explaining so I myself can understand so quickly and clearly..🙂🙂 so glad I found this. Plus the accent is super easy on the ears. Your awesome thank you for definitely helping me understand important information that I never knew even existed. Keep them coming. New Orleans sends love
I’ve seen you demonstrate some of these tips before, but I appreciate that you continue to share as I definitely need refreshers as I continue trying to improve. Sure appreciate all you share.
You are so welcome!
You are awesome! Thanks for sharing lots of info in a short little video! Each video contains so much valuable help I get overwhelmed at how much I don't know! Thanks to you I keep pushing forward!! Condolences over your Queens passing! Truly a great lady the entire world can celebrate!
Indeed!
All those tips are great. The most helpful to me are the ones on how to keep the proportions of the motive when enlarging it, and how to get a straight line without visibly using a ruler. Thank you very much for this helpful instructional video.
So glad to hear someone say “options that you have just got lying around your house”. Too, too many people these days have started saying “… laying around …”, as if these options are laying tiles or something in various locations around your house.
Lots of bad grammar in the world...
One of my pet peaves is grammar AND SPELLING 🤣🤣
@@cindysheets1824 I think I may have missed a comma or two in my original comment. Sorry.
I just found your channel yesterday, and I've watched 3 videos now. Each of them has held so many
"A-HA!" moments for me. I've learned far more from 3 videos than I ever would have guessed. I really appreciate the fact that you not only demonstrate the incorrect way to draw something but then also the correct way. Perspective now makes much more sense. I'm 55 and getting back into drawing after years away. In less than 48 hours, I've learned more from you than I did in all the time before. Thank you so much!
We are the same age 😊 let's call it young 😄
I am appreciating these tips for the light pencil sketches for watercolor paintings. Without having the base correct, no matter how nice the paint application is, it still won’t look right. I’ve been a fan of yours (and your paints) for a long time now!
Ah, thanks so much Lynn!
Thank you! Some of these brought back memories from courses i took long ago in college. Im trying to get back into it. The river or walkway tip and the building was really good. Also liked the texturing or shading which i can also use to add depth.💕
I really like the geometry tricks for getting the right sizes and perspectives.
I also caught the green nails with the frog ring, a nice touch 🐸
Thank you! Cheers!
This was sooooo helpful. The PDF is appreciated for reference. Thank you for giving this information all in one place rather than scattered only in various videos. I do watch for tidbits of info in your other teaching sessions/ demonstrations but fail to remember them. Thank you so much for this.
You are so welcome!
Good tips. Thanks. I thought I'd mention that for the fence line, you can draw a rectangle, like the side of the house with the door, just using the height of the posts at the near end and the far end. With the cross to find the center, and dividing the halves into halves again and again, you can draw the fence line spaced essentially accurately.
Great tip!
Oh wow! This is very clever! You put those two tricks together! I absolutely love it. Thank you!
I’m an artist and a lover of drawing and painting I’m a bit new to the canvas and even though I pumped out several paintings at this point I still find it tricky to draw as we all do, I just wanna sincerely, thank you for these tips. They seriously are very helpful.
I am so thrilled and grateful with this knowledge. I have never taken a drawing class so your "tricks" give me quite an arsenal to accelerate growth and skill. I appreciate the pace at which you present the course and the precise "straight shooting".
Every tip was helpful to me! Your quick & concise descriptions with demonstrations made it extremely easy to apply these tips to my art.
Thankyou so much for all you do!😊👍
You are so welcome!
Love your drawing tutorials. I always learn something new and love the encouragement. Thank you 🙏 🌵🌵🌵
You are such a natural teacher. You found your calling which is a nice combination with your art talent!
Thank you! 😊
Thank you so much for this video. I've just recently started trying to draw and sketch things to go along with learning how to paint with acrylics. These tips are super helpful and I can't wait to try them out! My favorite one was the flowers. I struggle to get my flowers to look right when I'm painting.
More flower painting tutorials coming up this year!
Yeah! This is what I've been waiting for. I'm not much of an artist, my wife is the artist, but I like to create things like woodwork, metal work, music, resin works and my newest thing is making props for my puppet stage music performances. Your tips come in handy when I'm doing colors or using different mediums. Using your tips could possibly make my wife go OOOH! lol Been retired for a few years, but now is when I'm starting to do some projects.
Wishing you a lovely day. And thanks so much for sharing...
You are very welcome! Drawing helps with all sorts of crafts I find :-)
Brilliant,Michele! Thank you so much for all your videos and hard work. They are so helpful. You are an awesome teacher!
Thanks so much!
I liked the reflection tip best. The importance of mirroring the object instead of continuing it makes sense and was easy to see by your examples. Thank you.
Glad it helps!
LOVE this!! Thank you so much Michele!! Wonderful tips and tricks. Please do more, especially for drawing. Thank you!!
Noted!
This is so incredibly helpful and has made drawing more of a pleasure. Thank you!
You never cease to amaze me with how savvy and helpful you are. I love your channel so much! Sending love from Virginia! 💗💗💗
Thank you so much!!
Michele, thanks again for your practical advice. Good teachers, like you, anticipate what students don’t realize. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
I really benefit from your videos even though I usually work in different mediums. The knowledge is so transferable. Thank you.💛
I only discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago but I have found each of your videos packed with information. So much so that I need to take notes. I am working my way through all of them. One thing I appreciate is that I don’t feel pushed towards certain products, though I did buy a set square just in case. Several things about the way you used it made great sense to me.
I especially enjoy the colour mixing tips. I took a short online course in colour mixing a few years back but I had no idea even how much water to put on my brush so it wasn’t a great success for me. You don’t leave anything out and, while you don’t talk down to your viewers, neither do you presume they know things that are that basic yet make all the difference.
I would love to be able to draw but I have Essential Tremor and it is very hard for me. I still watch the videos on drawing though. There were so many interesting tips in this one but the one that particularly struck me was how to find the centre point on an angled wall. Also the method of really looking at photos to see that what my brain tells me is straight is actually at a bit of an angle. I do draw even though my lines are wonky. I have learned a lot from you already and I hope you make it well past your 100K subscribers! I always click the Like icon but realized from watching another person’s videos that comments also matter so here I am.
Ah, thanks Esther. If you suffer with tremors/shaking hands it's important to support your wrist, rather than 'float' it in the air, this will help a bit. Take care :-)
Also, don't be too put off if your drawings don't look so much like perfect representations of what you see. Your tremors will help to give your work its own signature, in the way that being left handed or colour blind can.
Some very famous artists worked with disabilities of one sort or another and they produced characteristics that made the work special.
Wonky lines are great for sketches, they look more interesting than straight lines 😉
This was sooooo helpful- and I’ve been an illustrator for decades! Fantastic tips! All of them!
Praise indeed then Susan, thanks for watching!
I liked the tip to finding the centre of the angled wall of the building. So simple.
It is so refreshing to watch someone cram a lot of really useful information into a short video. I don't have time for chatty videos so I really appreciate your staying on subject, and being prepared to quickly illustrate the tips being presented.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm just learning to draw, and I watch every TH-cam video I can find on the subject, especially those labeled tips and tricks. Most are really disappointing, and the promised tricks are more like advice (take an in-person class, for example). I was blown away by all of your very useful and easy tricks. I'm old enough to know that there's a trick to everything, and I'm so very grateful that you share truly valuable gems here. Thank you! I've subscribed. :)
Thanks so much!
Lots of great tips. Many I had noticed myself over the years just by drawing, but tips 2 and 3 are the most useful to me, especially 3 (the mini grid). I'm going to use these two scaling and mini grid until I can eyeball it again. I didn't draw for 15 years after being a prolific drawer and painter. Motherhood and side hustles....
Your skills will come back, I took a break too at one point :-)
I love the tip on drawing flowers facing any direction.
You are most welcome!
I'm barely a 'beginner' and been dreadfully discouraged at my attempts/practices to learn to draw. Your tips are soooo helpful. Thank you for sharing.
I'm so glad!
The best tip for me is to draw, and draw and continue drawing...the more you do it, the faster you educate your eyes to proportions and measurements...tip No 2 though is always useful when you have a composition with different ekements. Thank you! 💜
Yes practice is everything!
You never stop surprising me with your incredible tips!!!!! You rock, Michele.
Thanks Sherry!
Thank you Michele! Most helpful! Just as I’ve chosen to start sketching, your wonderful video crossed my path. Happy drawing!
Happy New year 🎉
Wow! I just leveled up my art. Two tips hit home today. Remembering to fore shorten the barn when inserting the door and letting the top eyelid droop over the iris.
I’ve recently been painting my niece. Her expression was very dead pan. She just had a peaceful pleasant face in the original photo. It was just a small adjustment in the corner of her smile that changed the whole expression.
I somehow fell away from the charcoal for Beginners into this video. I can’t find my way back at the moment, but want to say how you’ve really inspired me to try again with charcoal. I love all your videos I love the way you teach, I don’t think I’d still be even trying to do any form of art if it weren’t for your videos. Thank you so much. Stay safe❤
Ah thanks, you should find the charcoal video in the drawing playlist I believe :-)
Great video there are to many tips that I enjoyed to mention. I am a beginner at drawing and these tips are so helpful. Thank you for doing this, take care
Thanks for watching!
Yay! Love the excellent tips! Thank you soooo much!
Thankyou Michelle for such a great range of drawing tips! Many of them are new to me and will be very useful!
I'm glad!
What a great video - each tip so helpful. I especially liked: how to make size of drawing proportional to photo, the sort of star grid rather than the usual grid of lines, again for proportion, as well as the narrowing of tall buildings. Proportion and perspective are big challenges for me. Thank you for this help.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you very much, I'm a horrible drawer (not the cupboard type, that would be weird) but your tips have inspired me to have another go. You are wonderful!
Aw, thanks!
Great, as always! I find drawing the basic outline of an object before working inwards helps keep its proportions right. Also a loose grip on the pencil and, as you said, drawing from the shoulder (or even, daft as it sounds, the hips/knees on larger pieces) makes the drawing smoother.
Great tip!
Working on a sketch to be used in a watercolor with a bunch of wonderful flowers ... thank you for your help in changing angles. Perspective tips appreciated as well.
My pleasure 😊
thank you Learning a lot and easy understand
Glad to hear that!
Great tips . Thank you ❤
You're welcome 🙂
you're going to keep me busy for a good week practicing all this tricks! Thanks so much. It's all about shapes!!!
You got this!
Loved how to create an even sided vase!
Very good tips Michele. Thx as always. 🥰💕🐶💕🥰
You're welcome Alicia ☺️
A drafting erasing shield is indispensable when erasing graphite and you want to get a curved or sharp edge when shading. They have lots of different shaped cut in them so they are extremely useful for any pencil drawings.
Great tip, thank you!
OMG! These were wonderful tips and I’m so excited to make some new sketches using your tips. I knew a few of them but not all of them. Especially like the ones of scaling up the drawing not using a grid.
Glad it was helpful!
Second time watching this and find I had forgotten some ideas. Great review. Especially liked tips on proportions. Thank you again, Michelle 💕
Hi Michele, I love your videos, and this one is just perfect for me right now. I LOVE the tip you have of sharpening pencils because they just look at me and disappear. All the tips are great but this tip of light sandpaper for sharpening pencils is a new one on me and is just what I badly needed to keep my pencils that much longer. Also the straight lines without the ruler. Keep these great videos coming I love them, and judging by the comments here, so do many more. And I love your sense of humour. Don't ever take your humour out of your videos. It's great to have a lesson and laugh at the same time. It works. Saying that please dont think I'm demanding it or trying to pressure you into putting it into every video. No. I know its not something you can throw into every video you can't force these things. It would not work. Just keep doing what you're doing now. You know where the humour fits in and when it doesn't. You have the perfect balance. Thank you so much Michele for everything you've done. Much love and God bless. Susan 👍❤❤❤❤🎨🖼🌹🌹🌹🤗🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for your lovely comments Susan, I appreciate it!
I’m so glad this video was recommended to me today! It’s, by far, the best drawing tips & tricks on one video, I’ve ever seen! Helpful and your instructions are so easy to understand! I’m definitely a new subscriber and definitely sharing to my artistic friends! Thank you!❤️ ⭐️
Thanks that's very kind of you!
I liked the tip on expanding the drawing to fit the space.
A huge thank you. I need to re-watch this and take notes of all these tips.
You are very welcome!
The tip to determine the paper size is extremely helpful. Thanks for all the tips. I always enjoy your videos.
Thanks Marti, I am glad!
I learned so much! Thank you Michelle ❤
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for these tips Michelle, I’ll be using most of these in the future. X
That's good!
My favorite tip was how to get the correct measurement of your surface in relationship to the drawing. As well as using the same technique of drawing a criss cross and the center point being the center of a diminishing structure. Love it!
Thanks Mary!
The vase trick. Brilliant.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful informational video with us. I really appreciate the new tips you’ve added. I really like the last tip of making smooth fabric & the tips for eyes & lips as well. Have a great weekend!
And you 🙂🙏
Thank you sooo much. I loved this tutorial.
As usual it helped me emensly. I just returned to art after 20 years of serious illness and watching you has helped me un-muddy the waters. Love them.
Goodness, hope you are feeling better :-)
This was a super helpful video. ! Thank you so much. The tip about using a ball point pen over tracing paper (burnisher) to make white fur was one of my many favourites😊 I've saved in my library and shared it to a friend.
Thanks so much, it was actually one of my subscribers that mentioned the tracing paper trick. We all learn from each other :-)
Great tutorial Michele. All super tricks but my favourite was the flowers. Thank you for sharing.
I think I have a flower drawing video too if you have a look in the drawing playlist!
Not only are you, an absolutely gorgeous instructor, but also, very thorough and talented. Thank you for this video.
Wow, thank you!
Lots of great tips ! Also love your breakdown of chapters, thanks.
THKS FOR SHARING - I appreciated the to find the centre front of the cottage in order to know where to place the door, and also to angle the vertical lines to make a building appear taller. 😊
Michelle I am blown away with all of these tips thank you so much for all of your videos they are all so informative
You are so welcome!
Liked the angles with the pencil, shadows in water, and drawing flowers. Thanks for explaining this so well.
My pleasure 😊
Thank you for sharing- your time & expertise is much appreciated!
Awesome tutorial! All you drawing tips are very helpful, thank you so much 😊
You are very welcome!
Thank you so much. I have just started learning to draw because I wanted to use watercolour and realised I needed to know the basics of drawing and your instructions are very clear and helpful.
I loved watching your video with 20 drawing techniques. I loved the idea of drawing the middle line of the lips first and then draw the upper and lower lip lines. That is one I never knew before.
Thank you so much 😀
The lips & the doorway trick were ones I did not know. Thank you!
Awesome video. I will watch your other videos now. Thanks for sharing your knowledge Michele!
Probably one of the best drawing tution videos ever! Thanks 🥰
Thanks so much!
Fantastic, thank you! Even after 30 years of drawing I learned new stuff. Stellar.
these tips were gorgeous!
I especially liked the tip for whiskers. Thank you!
Thank you! All fantastic suggestions!
This was suuuuuuuch a wonderful teaching video. I learned more in this lesson than I have in 58 years lol. Wow, I love you for being so sweet to offer your knowledge to us ! I just wanted to say, THANK YOU!!!! 😊
You are so welcome!
Thank you for these tips. I found them very helpful!
Thank you so much for taking the time to share that wisdom. I’ll be incorporating all of this into the journey to better my artistic skills.
Thank you so much! These tips are so very useful! ❤️
This was very helpful. Thank you so much Michele!☺
Oh, my goodness, you are the artist/teacher I’ve been needing!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Wow, thank you for watching!
I remember pencil sharpeners like that from school in 70's & 80's.
I used to draw when I was a kid but stopped due to various reasons and I think I will start again. This video is helpful.
Michele, thank you so much, I love to draw and have been doing so for years but this video was the very best and so informative.
Glad it was helpful!
The faster grid is one I didn't know. What a good video to refresh our memories. Thank you,
No problem!
Amazingly clear as always, thank you Michelle
You are very welcome!