Beginner's Guide to Art Fundamentals - Episode 1 - Introduction
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- This is the first episode of a series of tutorials that I am selling on Gumroad going over the basics of the major fundamentals of art. Anatomy, Values, Color, Perspective, and Composition. Each video will be releasing over the next couple of months.
In this episode I try to give tips and advice based on my personal experiences of working as an artist over the last few years as well as describe the fundamentals and suggest additional sources available to help learn them yourselves.
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Finished watching and then bought immediately xD I got the full series :) Good work !
I been drawing for a year yet I still lack skill in many fundamentals. Thanks sir!
I'll buy the entire set once I have the funds. thanks for the guide.
Oh... I was wondering why this was the only one... Well I guess I wont even bother with this one because I can't afford to buy the rest of the set.....
You should check out the list of common excuses in The Artist's Way
I'm colourblind and I'm an artist. I just started to take it seriously this year, I'm definitely not good yet but trust me, anything is possible :)
I knew of a mentor who was colorblind who worked at Disney as a Background painter in the 90s. The colorblind artists had better grasp on values, atmospheric perspective, and depth than those who see the full range of color. Colorblind artists have better black and white illustrations than anyone else.
Yess nice! I love it, don't give up ✧\(>o
Morrrrre power to you!!!!!
Good. Common sense. A rarity these days! I’m a retired portrait artist that did animals on the side. Old age and bad eyes forced the retirement.
I have tritanomaly other colors are effected to people for get things like even though its Blue and Yellow we can have a hard time with purples and greens too XD cause green is made from blue and yellow high contrast stuff is also hard T_T I have a color app Color Grab thats nice it tells me all the colors names and hex value and you can save it ^^
Book list:
Anatomy
- Figure drawing for all it's worth by Andrew Loomis;
- Drawing the head & hands by Andrew Loomis;
- Constructive Anatomy by George Bridgman;
- Force: Dynamic life drawing for animators by Michael Mattesi;
- Figure Drawign: Design and Invention by Michael Hampton;
* The art of animal drawing by Ken Hultgren;
* Animal Anatomy for artists: The elements of Form by Eliot Goldfinger;
Color
- Color and Light: A guide for the realist painter by James Gurney;
- Creative Illustration by Andrew Loomis;
Composition
- Imaginative Realism: How to paint what doesn't exist by James Gurney;
- Creative Illustration by Andrew Loomis;
Perspective
- How to draw: Drawing and sketching objects and environments from your
imagination by Scott Robertson;
Values
- Color and Light: A guide for the realist painter by James Gurney;
Thanks!
altogether all of these books are 300 hundred dollars ....
@@thetruegoldenpanda5030 A small investment for a life long skill. Plus you don't have to buy all at once.
@@thetruegoldenpanda5030 you can get pdfs online
@@BevvyIsTheBest omg thank u so much i didnt think about that
Im not a beginner but im restarting cause my art still has no direction so thanks for this video!
Hey me too!
same
Same 😣 instead of improving, i got worse over time 😂💀
You have my respect not many people admit to that lol
Ayee same goodluck to you all!
A painter is an artist, but an artist is not always a painter.
*tongue click* noted 👌
your avatar is so gorgeous oh my gosh where is it from????
@@mikafizz1022
It's a character from "Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt"
@@mikafizz1022 imagine crushing on a cartoon
@@thinginground5179 imagine being such a lowlife you shit on someone for liking an image 6 months later
"maybeeee dont focus on getting a good grade in that class"
my half asian mom: *intense staring*
And then there's me and my full asian parents
@@popcream2082 😭😭feels bad man
@@popcream2082 Just say no
Skip to 21:16 for the actual start of fundamentals guide
this need to be up-voted more holy crap.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
I mean everything before that point is valuable info in some shape or form, but each to there own I suppose.
Thank u so much!
Thank god i looked at the comments section
My brain such a bully lol
I draw something and it just says shit
but i use it as motivation to improve
it's not good enough so i do it again or draw again
but it's a double edge sword sometimes i get frustrated because I feel like im not improving
it ends up me stopping for awhile
I can relate to this so much. Like when someone says u can't do something and you just HAVE to prove them wrong
biggest thing that had me held up for a while was the fact that it generally doesn't take much time to get a good grasp of the basics. Apparently just 15 - 20 hours is enough for you to be 'serviceable' with something, but for you to master it at a world class level, at least 10,000 hours. Keep this in mind when you practice with something and it doesn't feel like you're going anywhere fast - you're progressing, and that's what counts.
@@Gogglesofkrome also keep in mind that 10k hours is made up of thousands of 20 hour lessons.
Honestly, in all of my years of watching art videos on how to ACTUALLY improve, I’d say this is probably one of the best. All those tutorials on how to draw “that one really specific eye in that really specific pose in that really specific angle” don’t help you much in the long run at all. Truly, I really appreciate the realistic viewpoint on the matter, as well as the instructions of “learn how to study” (because honestly, 14 years of school never taught me that), as well as the starting place of learning the fundamentals and all of the incredible resources on how/where to learn them is really helpful. So thank you for making this video. Truly helped me out.
yeah thats why i never watch videos like that. showing me how to draw an eye by breaking it down properly allowing me to draw it at any angle in any position, all in for it
This! 👌💪
"Every excuse you can think of right now is bullshit."
That is something A LOT of people need to hear, so thank you, you're awesome!
I went to an art school at a state university, and I firmly believe that taking other art forms helps your art form grow. I know that sounds crazy, but I saw many art students that were painters, and were pissed that they had to take ceramics. As they began to work, they became amazing sculptor’s. Never knock other forms!
Say that again!! As a perfectionist, I thought Charcoal and watercolors where ,mediums I would never use! After I had to reach 42 years old, to see my mistake. I grabbed some charcoal sticks that I had laying around my studio for years and gave them a try! The result blew my mind! I fall in love with charcoal and that, lead me to get my 1st watercolor set, to try that medium too and now I use both, as much as other mediums ,if not more!! We all have to try, as many mediums as we can!! It has a lot of benefits and in the same time, we never know what we will like or not, if we don't actually try. I'd never thought I would like charcoal, neither watercolors and I was 100% wrong!!
People who are interested in the books
For human anatomy 22:47 : Figure drawing for all it's worth and Drawing the head & hands By Andrew Loomis Constructive anatomy by George B. Bridgeman and Force by Michael D. Mattesi Figure drawing desing and invention by Michael Hampton
For non-human anatomy 23:30 The art of animal drawing construction. action analysis. caricature by Ken Hultgren and Animal anatomy for artists by Eliot Goldfinger
For color 24:16 Color and light by James Gurney and Creative illustration by Andrew Loomis
For composition 25:36 Imaginative realism by James Gurney and Creative illustration by Andrew Loomis (again)
For perspective 26:46 How to draw drawing and sketching objects and enviornments from your imagination by Scott Roberson
For values 27:40 Color and light by James Gurney (again)
ik the comment is messy sorry
I've been drawing for my whole life and I didn't realize that I was holding myself back so much by neglecting to learn this stuff. I'm gonna take the time to learn all this stuff, so then hopefully my skill will start matching the amount of time I've been making art
This is one of the most useful videos on self learning art
Holy hell, honestly. One mistake I think I'm doing as an artist is basically just telling myself that I need to be inclined or devoted to learning the fundamentals/principles of art for days, weeks etc. Where I would research, study and basically try to iron out the creases in my abilities. And then suddenly just randomly, I'd slowly procrastinate and not do it anymore after a month.
Which kinda is a super hard and bad habit I have, since once I return to doing the same thing again, I would basically forget what I even managed to learn and relearn it all over again.
Happened to me countless and many times enough, that I think it's the main reason why I set myself back for improving.
I'm here again to relearn some of the basics, and I swear. This'll be the last time I would ever procrastinate. New Year's resolution for me, if I ever want to be a cartoonist.
It's been a year. How is it?
@@mrmawster9786 Sad to say, but I'm still not able to keep up and change my procrastination habits for the better.
I don't know what's wrong with me, and I feel unmotivated to draw a lot now.
@@SmumplytheF2P i feel that too... im buying the books as i think they will help.. but my discipline is so lacking...im worried. if i had gone and actually learned 10+ years ago when i gained the interest.. i wonder where id be...im still learning but get some DISCIPLINE
Gotta get an ever changing interest into art. Something you are working towards AND find fun to work at. Sounds impossible but it’s a million times better at getting you motivated than a long term goal that’s far away.
It's funny, I've grown up among artsy friends who all want to make a career out of it.
I also love art (drawing really) though for me it's a hobby, I'm a scientist at heart. However, art is really a backup because I'm hugely into cartoons.
Still, I hope to one day bring my art skills into my science. I'm going to study Marine Biology and Oceanography in September, and so perhaps I can draw as well as take photographs of what I see in the field.
Ultimately though, I just enjoy drawing, and for me that's ok.
As a scientist, maybe look into botanical or anatomical drawing and see if you can adapt it for marine biology and oceanography. I would love to see what you come up with.
I can try, but frankly I don’t know if I have the artistic skill
@@tayetrotman skill is developed , you’ll never know unless u try
heyyy...how's it going with marine biology and oceonography...? i am really intrested in that subject i will be graduating soon i wanna opt that for college any advice?
Awesome really. I already loved your art. Now I also love your tutorial. A millions thanks for this
Can't wait for more of this series. Also, thank you for saying how to set up a shortcut for flipping the canvas. I used to just navigate the menu and do it manually. 29:00
Hey, are you still going to go through with this series? Just came across this & really admire your way of explaining things. 💯 Hope you do!✅
I've already uploaded three of the listed tutorials on my Gumroad page here: gumroad.com/forrestimel
Thanks for liking the video!
@@ForrestImel Thank you! 😊
Me: Joins art class to improve art skills
The class: yeah we're just gonna not do anything to actually teach you... but we're gonna look at some famous artists and copy them.
This video; teaches me more than 2 years of art class ever did
Me; wHaT-
They spend the first hour ranting about creativity, then you get lower grades for thinking outside the box and not copying the famous art enough, I got art pieces failed because I used the "Wrong Colours" like Bruh
Well it's not all bad it's actually great to look at and try to understand ancient art it helped me greatly looking a paintings made by Caravaggio
@@wyattarthur5275 ong they dont know what they're doing 😭
@@furrycircuitry2378 yeah i get that, the class really taught me the respect for famous artists that were really needed, honestly. beforehand i was completely blind to the true depth of it all so i do really appreciate the class, despite my distaste back then lol
Thank you so much for creating this! I wish I had seen this a year ago when this first was posted, but even just this first video was a good pick-me-up after some harsh but needed criticism that suggested that I go back to the fundamentals. I was distraught at first, however the way you’ve gone about establishing your credibility and telling your story of how you achieved it is exactly what I’ve been looking for! I’m excited to move forward with this!
Forrest, truly can’t thank you enough for taking the time to make these videos. Loved your sense of humor, illustrations, thorough information, clear heart and passion for helping others.. and on and on lol 😆👍 As a decades-long ‘dabbler’ who’s finally getting serious about developing my skills, this first video has made me so excited about the journey ahead (yet more calm, re: how completely vast and overwhelming the process can feel). Really appreciate it, and wholeheartedly believe that what you’ve given will return to you many many times over 🙏
recently graduated from uni studying product design, always wanted to get into concept art so taking things back to basics as drawing people has never really been my strong point. thank you for making these, its helped me find my drive again.
For composition I would follow film examples if you’re feeling lost or confused. Hitchcock especially was fantastic at communicating through imagery! There are loads of fantastic videos on successful shot composition too.
wow that was so comprehensive, educational and entertaining, thanks so much man. really appreciate your casual tone and sense of humour too man, makes it so much easier to digesst
This is probably the most helpful video about fundamentals I've ever seen and I've been looking everywhere for one of these!
I watched this video over and over. It’s a video that keeps me on track. Thank your for this video! Keep it up!!
Man i really appreciate how u break this down, i'm tryna restart my knowledge about art and dis will surely help
"Yes I maybe good at drawing yet I am still a beginner."
-What A Great Artist Would Say About Learning
I just wanted to say thank you for making this video. I'm just starting out but you have covered a lot here in a clear and organized way that makes a lot of sense to me. I appreciate it.
- the only adddison
This was really great and I've literally been looking for something like this for years. Really great job and good humour. Thumbs up from me
Hell bro, so happy to hear you are back in town!!!!!:)))))
Very informative as always!!!
I'm a beginner, I want to proceed art as my hobby and it will also help my 3D Modeller Career too. This really helped and opened my eyes especially the excuses section, I can relate to lot of them, but I guess it's time to shut them down and just start practicing and understanding the art and it's technical aspect, Thank you for this insight of Art Fundamentals! Well Made Video!
A different approach from other beginner’s videos. I like the personal perspective you bring to it and the insights you share. I also like your conversational tone that doesn’t have that You Tube overdrive vibe. New sub.
You voice is so calm and relaxing I can sleep with your video in the background, but you content is so useful I cannot sleep
I loved watching this video! I’m a self taught artist who also didn’t grow up with any artist friends 😅 I’ve also struggled with learning the fundamentals of art and I’m so happy I found a good guide on breaking it down into steps I can comprehend! Thank youuuuu! 🎉
Therapy class and art in one video 😌 love it
So excited for this, thanks for putting things out there! ♥
hey! thanks for this one. im trained in architecural drawing and started painting with watercolors a few weeks ago, but i really dont know how to freely draw by hand so ive been looking for some basics or resources and your video looks like that and more. keep it up
Michael Hampton's is also my favorite. I remember reading it the first time and being blown away with how anatomy and seeing in 3D in my mind's eye started to click in place.
This was the pep talk so many people needed
The man is back , I bought your's old studies 2 days ago I got inspired :D
thanks so much!
this wasn't the video I was looking for, but this was super easy to understand and well made! you got my sub!
shit, i'm sold. you really established your credibility and demystified a lot. very pleasantly surprised at how low this series is priced in contrast to how valuable and legit it is.
i have complete faith in your ability to teach and i can't wait to delve into the rest of these videos.
Love the way you talk, it's like you're really talking to the watcher.
That's an awesome format!! Thank you so much, and pls keep going :))
Thank you for the guide!!! It really help me organize and overlook some certain topics when im into my studying in drawing.
Thanks for making this video! Looking forward to part 2.
This video is great. It took me years and years of trial and error to independently stumble upon and settle with the Gurney and Loomis books as gold standards. I never studied Hampton's anatomy, but I will now.
Can't wait for the next videos!
Wow finally a video who explains what you must study to be an good artist or what you must looking for to be one 👍👍 thanks for this vid 🙏
This has showed me there's a lot to learn how to draw but it made me more motivated
Such an informative video, this should be first on the list for any aspiring visual artist!
I just purchased the whole series, can't wait to get started. Thank you very much for this! :)
Thank you very much! I hope it helps you!
How did it go?
I haven’t been drawing for very long (2 years) and I got a little too arrogant with my skill but when I wasn’t actually progressing I used some different excuses like oh well I like my art how it is or i don’t need to get better. But I watched this video and my art is really starting to get better (for real this time) I’m not that old but I think that with time I’ll get pretty good!! Thanks for thissss
This is great, as I begin my journey I’ll take these tips to heart. Much thanks broskii 💯🤞
Thank you for this video! :D The first time I watch the video I didn't save it to my playlists , and since then I have desperately searched on youtube several times ^^' Now that I found it again I'm super happy :D Your explaination on how to study and use reference really brings something unique and inspiring to the table :)
Great stuff, motivated me to get back to drawings, after a month of art block. Thanks a lot!
Great video. Magic art brought me back to drawing/painting.
Amazing work man!
Practising is important and Auto Art can help to relax mind.
i can't believe this is free to watch thank you so much
this needs more appreciation!!
World's most intimidating video. All I want to do is learn how to draw my funny dnd characters. With that said, yeah, this is the world's best beginner's guide episode 1. It is straight up THE beginner's guide. Basic terms, how to learn stuff, reading suggestions, how to overcome excuses, etc. Very lovely video.
I was surprised because a few weeks ago I downloaded some art pdf books and I just chose randomly based on the cover, turns out they’re all recommended! I’m glad I chose some good ones :))
Probably the best video I found to start art.
Great job on this video, helps a lot. Thank you.
Thank you so much!! Until recently I was one of those who think I am too old to start living on art, I will study really hard. 🧓
You voice is so calming.
I’m an artist who is procrastinating on the fundamentals, thanks for making this
have you improved? also lool furry. one day ill be in on that
Wow, hard to find but all I needed was in one video!
This video was so helpful for me I didn’t know how to start learning how to Drawing ✍🏻 😣
so think you ☺️
Great advice deserves more views and likes
It is thanks to you I stumbled upon something that might just change my life. Thank you.
Great video .
I have being drawing since from I remember umm 11years old , I’m 30 now .
Never really practiced but it was more of me copying what I was drawing .
That was / is my comfort zone . Copying .
It’s difficult for me to do things from my imagination unless it’s something basic like an apple or maybe a shoe . I’ve tried drawing goku many times without reference and it a no go , the image doesn’t stick even tho I clearly know who goku is .
Simply put , practice does make a difference.
Just recently I bought a sketch pad and a set of pencils and I can tell that my understanding of how lines work with length width and depth plus values is much much great than a few years ago.
Can’t wait to see my progress at the end of the year
Progress?
@@lordsfmiller2550 wow , already one year …
Had I known I would’ve been asked this I would’ve kept at it . 😞
Definitely something that will stick with me
@@canth8u get back into it 🙂I’m learning too!
@@lordsfmiller2550 will do! I’ll catch up back with you for a progress report lol
nobody draws from imagination. And you don't learn that way either!! The key here is to use REFERENCES!!! That's the most important art tip ever. Always use references. Watch out, that doesn't mean copying, or tracing. Pick your reference image and break it down. Don't copy the lines, but imagine the SHAPE under the lines. Circles, triangles, cilinders. Learn about construction.. if you don't do that, you'll never improve. And when you go into drawing something, ALWAYS construct the whole thing first. Don't focus on details! Just the basic shapes. And references are key to all of this.
To make your own drawings, mix references up! For example, let's say you want to draw Goku in a dynamic pose. Pick a reference for Goku (to see what he looks like! imagination is blurry and will always be). Then pick another reference of the pose you want, or you think looks cool. The web is full of those. You can even mix poses togheter if you understand anatomy and proportions enough! Break the pose, figure out the basic shapes. Then start adding details going over those. And then you slap Goku's hair, eyes and hair onto that. IT WON'T LOOK GOOD AT FIRST!!! That's ok! Just don't give up. We learn when we fail. The important thing is failing successfully! Come back to the drawing the next day and you'll have much more clarity. You'll notice mistakes, absorbe them, and don't repeat them. Don't focus too much on a single drawing! Do lots and do them quick! You'll learn much faster that way. And remember, drawing is supposed to be fun. Come back to your comfort zone when you feel bad or burned out, or stop drawing for a couple of days. But never give up! Your future self will be proud of you.
Last 2020 I was extremely motivated. But the covid quarantine hit, so I got lazy, then I lost my job. Now I'm motivated more than ever to improve, as I feel like this is the universe telling me to follow the right path
2 years late lol, but just wanted to say that i have always been interested in getting into drawin and always had and still kinda have that first excuse of not being good enough. But now that i have gotten more into it and am slowely starting to build up a routine I realized i have absolutely 0 clue what I am doing or just in general what to do and how to do things.
So this video has been some great help, but i am definetely going to be looking into getting some of those books so I can just get a better understanding of things in general.
Thank you you have inspired me to keep moving forward
Figure study for All it's Worth was my gateway drug into art and my comfort zone for a long time. I drew my friends as furries because I couldn't get faces right, then I drew women in artsy poses (because that's a lot of Loomis's book. I had to add clothes because I was in junior high-high school). I definitely relate to the comfort zone, although it has changed over the years. No one wants to draw what their bad at and be disappointed when it's just ok or not right.
"It's not wrong, it's my style" is also a personal pet peeve. I think when art teachers discourage anime they mean the student needs to understand real anatomy and fundamentals, not just copy a style, a variation on "it's not wrong, it's my style."
Thanks so much this series is really helping me
Such a great video, thank you for sharing 😊 💕
This is a great video, thanks for sharing. Looking forward to seeing the others. I think that there is something missing from your pros and cons chart for reference drawing, which is that with a reference you're forced to draw what's there rather than what you want to be there. So if I want to draw a particular figure, I'm going to need to deal with aspects which I find challenging, and ultimately there's an ideal - in the form of the original - with which to compare my work. Whereas if I draw from my imagination, I can if I wish choose an aspect that I'm comfortable with. I see countless drawings from the imagination where the artist has repeatedly used the same aspect, placed features in exactly the same place, made the proportions exactly the same - basically drawn the same thing over and over with maybe different hair or clothing. And I've seen artists who are very accomplished at, say, landscape, suddenly produce something *really* awkward because they've been commissioned by a friend to reproduce an urban scene from a holiday photo. I don't think there's a 'better' way to draw, but I do think that your magnificent pros/cons chart was a tad biased, if you don't mind me saying so 😁
Wish I can hit the like button a shit ton of times, This was an amazing video, a LOT of good information simplified and a likeable dude!!!!
Amazing video. Thank you for the great effort
I never actually learned how to draw I just did so I like watching these videos and see what skills I may have missed
That was really informative..I googled my a** off for fundamentals and no ones offering a complete package..However I managed to download some Books online and started my Journey..Cant wait for the next episode....
Thank you for creating this tutorial keep going sir, i really learned a lot.
this was very helpful! you got a new subscriber
oh yea, I'm takin' those fundamentals and running with them lol. thanks for the content! always wanted to know what they were, a lot of articles where beating around the bush concerning what they truly are.
I ❤️ this tutorial! You’re funny 😆. I have made all those excuses, and decided to pick up my watercolor brushes again. Thanx.
The thing i like about art is that you can do anything you want, you dont need to do full drawings; you can do sketches, like how they look, call it finished and move on, as long as you have fun then it works
This video helped soooo much. Thank you!
THANK YOU FOR THIS !!!!!!!
since im takin an intro to art class, (starting tomorrow), didnt get chance to last year, i wanted to look at different stuff/videos as im someone that has always been drawin since young and pretty good surface level, and digital, BUT when it comes to 10/10 knowledge i fall a lil flat so thank you for all this
i cant get the idea of what needs to be done but i tended to not fully do it as im lackin in depth info, so this helped, noted
Awesome video. Thanks man.
Thank you very much for the advice.
Forrest single handedly improving peoples perception of gingers !
awesome!! you are very educational
Thanks for the video. I don't agree because I don't know what to expect. I am not an artist. I came here because I want to paint a beach but this is still good to give me an idea of what I want to accomplish.
Thanks forrest!
this video is exactly what I need
when you said you worked for MTG I perked up. Really neat to see you illustrated one of my favorite cards; Dockside Extortionist