Hi guys I hope you enjoy this freehand tutorial “hack “. My students loved doing this on class so I thought I’d share the method with you. As you get better and better at breaking down shapes you won’t need the plexiglass but it’s very helpful at the beginning of your art journey. Let me know if you like this lesson FOR HUNDREDS OF TUTORIALS VISIT MazArt Academy: mazartacademy.com/ GRAB A FREE SEASCAPE TUTORIAL in oils: bit.ly/SEASCAPEFREE Grab a FREE Still life Tutorial here: th-cam.com/video/dzu21wkCnlE/w-d-xo.html
I think you're a wonderful instructor. You broke down a complex still life into manageable parts and made it seem simple. It fun watching you add details. I fret about being perfect. I am going to try to follow your lead and keep it fun.
Are you applying chalk/pastel for highlights? Do you then spray fixative? Then you glaze with oil paint? I'd like I e to see you finish the still life with glazes. That would be nice to see. Thank you. I enjoy our lessons.
“Well, don’t show anybody the photo” 😂😂😂😂😂 Marion, you’ve shown me doors I never knew existed and have handed me the keys. A huge part of my artistic journey is thanks to you. I am forever grateful. 😊 Thank you for another key to yet another door I never thought I’d be able to open. You RAWK! 😎
I remember learning a blocking technique similar to this in high school. I had forgot about it. I haven’t painted it 30 years. I am retired now and am trying to paint again. So hard to remember everything. Thank you so much for the reminder. I’ve never seen the under painting technique. I did watch the comparison video. You have given me so much more confidence. I don’t feel like it’s going to take me forever to recall what to do again. Thank you again.
Marion, I have always said that I cannot draw. What you just showed me in the fantastic video is how to do exactly that! I’ve said it many times in comments and many more times to family and friends; I am in awe of your work and your teaching methods. I continually learn from you. I cannot thank you enough. You truly are one of my favorite artists.
Wonderful tutorial 😍 teaches how to see objects in simple shapes! This method takes away my fear of free hand drawings and brings so much joy to do my paintings 😍 thanks Marion for all the learnings I have got from your fabulous courses , Huge huge fan 💕💕🌹
Thank you so much yes that is the idea behind the lesson is to remove the fear and show how easy it is to adjust things with the underpainting method too. Thank you for your comments.
After years of not painting in oils, I just recently got back into it. Your videos are extremely helpful and I enjoy your explicit directions. You offer great advice on what tools to use and your lovely accent adds charm to your videos as well.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Twelve years ago my teacher, Cindy Shute, taught us the value of under painting. If I return to the under painting technique my work will take a big leap forward towards the Old Master result.
Amazing tutorial! I learned a whole lot! At first I wondered why you were going through all that trouble making that rough line draft before painting, but……, it now makes so much sense! Thank you for this great tutorial! I totally appreciated it and definitely needed it! ❤️
Thank you for always sharing ways to improve our art. You have a talent for simplifying instructions to overcome our hesitancy to take on something we may somewhat fear. On top of all that your skills are admirable and I am lucky to have found you as an instructor and friend!!!
Wow, this is such a great tutorial that I am watching it again without skipping any adds to support the creator. Thank you for all the great work. Also could you please make more acrylic painting tutorials? Thank you.
Wonderful tutorial, it's been a while since I have done any painting. But this has inspired me to get started again, big thanks to Marion for another great tutorial xx
Thanx a lot. Your videos are amazing, easy to understand nd very beneficial for me. Your art work is beautiful. God bless you with more success in life
I love this tutorial and will definitely be giving it a try. I dabbled with the technique at the completion of the portrait course and feel more confident after viewing this one. As always clear, concise and conveys the belief that anyone can do it. Thank you Marion.
I have used the grid method previously, I tend to be a bit too exact, so this really gives me a great technique for a looser, more organic look. Once again, a wonderful, clear & informative tutorial. Love your technique & style of instruction! I am a total beginner, so I really appreciate the simplicity & clarity of your tutorials, thanks!
Thank you so much YES you are absolutely right the grid method is so tedious & very tight. I much prefer this looser approach & when I’ve ran classes students work was varied but each beautiful in their own right (again don’t show the photo because we are making a painting not a photo right?). Glad you enjoyed it ☺️ I appreciate your comments
Fantastic video, but please tell me, can I apply also this to the acril colors?( Acril colors dry so fast) thank you so much for any information you can give me. 👍🤗
Thank you for this method. ( I will have to adapt the actual medium as I only paint in acrylics because of allergies or sensitivities to oils and accompanying fumes.) Your method makes more sense to me than the method I was taught.
You are so welcome! You could do the drawing in charcoal that way you can see daily erase. Then use a fixative to set it once you are happy and switch to your acrylic once the drawing is established.
This is trippy, man. I was trying to help two students on Tuesday see basic shapes to help with their freehand drawing, and I slipped printed photos into clear sheets and had them trace basic shapes with a sharpie. Then, this video drops.
May just have a go at this technique sometime with some environmentally friendly oils/products. You make it looks so easy when I know it takes years of practice to do properly. Love to see a flat painting emerge into a masterpiece like yours, it's inspiring Marion. Thanks again!
If you haven’t got that tool you use to measure with, what would be an alternative tool you might already have at home? I am getting great value from your lessons thank you
I can't believe that something so intricate can be so easy to draw--and the lines don't even have to be completely straight. There goes the theory that if you can't draw a straight line, you can't be an artist. I think that this will make a huge different in my work. Thank you so much for your tutorials... they are extremely helpful.
Wow, what a great video it just simplified it in such a way that made it so easy to understand. Your skill makes it look very easy it’s quite impressive actually. thank you very much
Very clever, I like this one, you should set this as a challenge in the tribe ( I'm a member of this fine exclusive club) I could even be persuaded to have a go at this, although I would have to add my own little idiosyncratic personality to it 😁😁😁 And I must say I enjoyed the cheeky little wink at the end...........
Haha 😆. Glad you enjoyed it steve. Yes good idea re the challenge. I think after our white paint debate I’ll add the colour glazes to this & demonstrate the differences.
Thanks for the video, makes freehand brush drawing less complicated. One question, you appear to be rubbing out areas, as there is what looks like rubbings you are leaving behind (18:51). Can you explain what that was please as it doesn't look like lifting out with solvent?
Hi mark. I cover ALL the materials you need to underpaint in this video th-cam.com/video/c6go_Aa_eF0/w-d-xo.html & a full demonstration too. This one kinda follows on from that one so it’s worth watching. Thanks for comments it’s appreciated.
Hi guys I hope you enjoy this freehand tutorial “hack “. My students loved doing this on class so I thought I’d share the method with you. As you get better and better at breaking down shapes you won’t need the plexiglass but it’s very helpful at the beginning of your art journey. Let me know if you like this lesson
FOR HUNDREDS OF TUTORIALS VISIT MazArt Academy: mazartacademy.com/
GRAB A FREE SEASCAPE TUTORIAL in oils: bit.ly/SEASCAPEFREE Grab a FREE Still life Tutorial here: th-cam.com/video/dzu21wkCnlE/w-d-xo.html
Thank you, I did enjoy very much. it is very beautiful
@@NatureAndOther thank you 😊
I think you're a wonderful instructor. You broke down a complex still life into manageable parts and made it seem simple. It fun watching you add details. I fret about being perfect. I am going to try to follow your lead and keep it fun.
Are you applying chalk/pastel for highlights? Do you then spray fixative? Then you glaze with oil paint? I'd like I e to see you finish the still life with glazes. That would be nice to see. Thank you. I enjoy our lessons.
@@1755ma no chalk neither pastel here. Watch her underglazing tutorial
Always good to go back to remind ourselves of some basics and you are great at doing that. Many thanks.
You are very welcome 🤗
Thank you for this good tutorial about how to transfer a drawing onto canvas!
Glad it was helpful!
“Well, don’t show anybody the photo” 😂😂😂😂😂
Marion, you’ve shown me doors I never knew existed and have handed me the keys. A huge part of my artistic journey is thanks to you. I am forever grateful. 😊
Thank you for another key to yet another door I never thought I’d be able to open. You RAWK! 😎
Thank you Dale 🥰
I just watched this again and laughed just as hard as the first time, “well, don’t show anybody the photo” 🤣🤣🤣
Bravo!
I remember learning a blocking technique similar to this in high school. I had forgot about it. I haven’t painted it 30 years. I am retired now and am trying to paint again. So hard to remember everything. Thank you so much for the reminder. I’ve never seen the under painting technique. I did watch the comparison video. You have given me so much more confidence. I don’t feel like it’s going to take me forever to recall what to do again. Thank you again.
Aww so pleased you find it helpful and it’s inspired you back to your art. Enjoy your retirement
Marion, I have always said that I cannot draw. What you just showed me in the fantastic video is how to do exactly that! I’ve said it many times in comments and many more times to family and friends; I am in awe of your work and your teaching methods. I continually learn from you. I cannot thank you enough. You truly are one of my favorite artists.
Thank you so much Dale. I’ll look forward to seeing your version in the tribe.
Loved it.
A lovely pair of 🍐 🍐. I woke up and happened upon your video.. Thanks.
Hope you enjoyed it!
Great tutorial. I continue to learn every time I watch you work
Thank you JD. 🥰
This is absolute genius. This would have saved me years of frustration and struggle. Presented extremely well.
Thank you so much ☺️
Wonderful tutorial 😍 teaches how to see objects in simple shapes! This method takes away my fear of free hand drawings and brings so much joy to do my paintings 😍 thanks Marion for all the learnings I have got from your fabulous courses , Huge huge fan 💕💕🌹
Thank you so much yes that is the idea behind the lesson is to remove the fear and show how easy it is to adjust things with the underpainting method too. Thank you for your comments.
After years of not painting in oils, I just recently got back into it. Your videos are extremely helpful and I enjoy your explicit directions. You offer great advice on what tools to use and your lovely accent adds charm to your videos as well.
Aww 🥰 thank you glad you’ve found them helpful and the Lancashire accent is ok lol.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Twelve years ago my teacher, Cindy Shute, taught us the value of under painting. If I return to the under painting technique my work will take a big leap forward towards the Old Master result.
Yes it will. Enjoy
What a great tutorial to help those of use who struggle with freehand drawings! Thanks so much!
You are welcome
Clear and well presented. in sufficient detail and with sufficient explanation.
Thank you ☺️
Amazing tutorial! I learned a whole lot! At first I wondered why you were going through all that trouble making that rough line draft before painting, but……, it now makes so much sense! Thank you for this great tutorial! I totally appreciated it and definitely needed it! ❤️
Aww glad you enjoyed it and found it useful
You are such a big help! I can’t wait to try your technique!! Keep these coming please! ❤
Thank you! Will do!
Your English is so awesome ... flawless
Thank you ☺️
This is one of the most helpful tutorials I've ever seen on drawing. Thank you! 😊
You are welcome I’m glad you found it helpful
Second that! Very helpful tutorial. Thank you
Thank you for always sharing ways to improve our art. You have a talent for simplifying instructions to overcome our hesitancy to take on something we may somewhat fear. On top of all that your skills are admirable and I am lucky to have found you as an instructor and friend!!!
Aww thank you big hugs 🤗
Very helpful tutorial since I struggle in this area. Great tutorial.
So glad you found it helpful :-)
Absolutely my favourite teacher! Love your videos and I learn so much. The freehand sketch was transformative. Thankyou so much!
Thank you ☺️
Wow, this is such a great tutorial that I am watching it again without skipping any adds to support the creator. Thank you for all the great work. Also could you please make more acrylic painting tutorials? Thank you.
Thank you much appreciated- and yes I will do acrylic tutorials too - I try to mix n match where I can.
Great video! I learn something new every time I watch you!
Thanks Hun, this is one of the ways I teach drawing freehand like the Tennesse workshop where we did the jug and roses.
Wonderful tutorial, it's been a while since I have done any painting. But this has inspired me to get started again, big thanks to Marion for another great tutorial xx
You are welcome 🤗
I am soooo glad i found you!!! Thank you!!
You are so welcome!
Enjoyed your approach, very useful and how to use a scale divider thank you! Keep up the good work
Thanx a lot. Your videos are amazing, easy to understand nd very beneficial for me. Your art work is beautiful. God bless you with more success in life
Most welcome 😊
This tutorial was amazing and I thank you so much! I learned a great deal here and will apply this to my next painting project. I LOVE your channel❤️
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent video. You really did explain very well how to transfer the correct proportions to the canvas. I liked and subscribed too. Thanks 😊
Awesome, thank you! Glad you enjoyed it
I love this tutorial and will definitely be giving it a try. I dabbled with the technique at the completion of the portrait course and feel more confident after viewing this one. As always clear, concise and conveys the belief that anyone can do it. Thank you Marion.
You are welcome hunni. Glad you enjoyed it
I enjoyed this tutorial very much! No one explained me free hand drawing to me so clearly.... Now I get it!
Glad it was helpful! thanks for your comments
This is absolutely amazing. I love it as is but this method gives me so much hope for creating good works of art being a beginner. Thank you for this.
You are welcome
This is truly amazing to me learning how to draw.Thank you so very much for this teaching.
You are welcome 🤗
Frantic teaching and technique! I learned a lot from this and will use your methods in the underpainting on my easel now. Thanks so much for this!
Glad you enjoyed it ☺️
I have used the grid method previously, I tend to be a bit too exact, so this really gives me a great technique for a looser, more organic look. Once again, a wonderful, clear & informative tutorial. Love your technique & style of instruction! I am a total beginner, so I really appreciate the simplicity & clarity of your tutorials, thanks!
Thank you so much YES you are absolutely right the grid method is so tedious & very tight. I much prefer this looser approach & when I’ve ran classes students work was varied but each beautiful in their own right (again don’t show the photo because we are making a painting not a photo right?). Glad you enjoyed it ☺️ I appreciate your comments
Great tutorial, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
an informative tutorial, its gonna help me out for sure
keep the vids coming
thank you
Will do (fitting it in is a challenge I have no idea how others get so many out. I can’t keep up lol.
Loved it, Marion. So very helpful. I learn so much by watching these. Thank you so much. Can’t wait to try this method. Love from the USA. Georgia
Thanks so much Martha I appreciate your comments 🥰
I’ll be trying that thanks ❤
Welcome 🤗
Great tutorial, thank you so much for sharing your time and ideas. This is lovely.
Aww 🥰 you are welcome
Fabulous. So informative.
Thank you ☺️
Fascinating! I've never seen anyone do this
Thank you ☺️
Will definitely start doing this. Thanks...
Best of luck! Enjoy
Excellent tutorial, very helpful! Would love to see you demonstrate this technique with a portrait. Thank you
Great idea! I’ll add that to my todo ☺️
I love this tutorial! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Loving this video
Thank you ☺️
Excellent. Thanks so much. Very helpful.
You are welcome
Thank you for sharing!
You are welcome 🤗
Fannnntastic tutorials the reason i subscribed. Thank you
Thanks for the sub! Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for a informative tutorial.
You are welcome
This technique is so astounding. I love ❤️ it and yes,it has been very helpful.
Thank you.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it
Great tutorial!!! Thank you🤗
You are so welcome!
Very helpful and a reminder to not rush the initial composition. 😊
Absolutely
Enlightening. Very helpful
Glad it helped
I loved this so gorgeous
Thank you ☺️
Amazing! You’re the best ❤
Thank you glad you enjoyed it ☺️
So very helpful, thank you.
You are welcome 🤗
This was great! Thank you!
You are welcome
Thanks so much for this information!
You are welcome 🤗
Well done Maz. A good one as per usual. Will definitely have a go at this.
Thank you ☺️
Wonderful istruction!
Thank you ☺️
Matchless like ever; and that last wink was out of this world😜
Haha thank you ☺️
Excellent tutorial,. Well worth watching.
Thank you ☺️
Excellent!!
Thank you ☺️
Super great tutorial. I loved it. Thanks for sharing.
You are welcome thank you for commenting it is appreciated.
very interesting lesson since it contains golden steps to follow for the beginners
Thank you so much.
You are welcome
OMG, you made me remember my school! Thank you so much! Greetings from Stockholm!!!
Thank you glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for always sharing your wonderful tecniques with us, ma'am! 😊🙏
You are welcome
Fantastic video, but please tell me, can I apply also this to the acril colors?( Acril colors dry so fast) thank you so much for any information you can give me. 👍🤗
The erasing doesn’t work as well with acrylic because of the drying time. Which is why I use oil for this reductive technique
Thank you very helpful :)
You're welcome!😉
Thank you for this method. ( I will have to adapt the actual medium as I only paint in acrylics because of allergies or sensitivities to oils and accompanying fumes.) Your method makes more sense to me than the method I was taught.
You are so welcome! You could do the drawing in charcoal that way you can see daily erase. Then use a fixative to set it once you are happy and switch to your acrylic once the drawing is established.
Great video
Thank you ☺️
This is trippy, man. I was trying to help two students on Tuesday see basic shapes to help with their freehand drawing, and I slipped printed photos into clear sheets and had them trace basic shapes with a sharpie. Then, this video drops.
great minds think alike as they say - it is a good technique. :-).
May just have a go at this technique sometime with some environmentally friendly oils/products. You make it looks so easy when I know it takes years of practice to do properly. Love to see a flat painting emerge into a masterpiece like yours, it's inspiring Marion. Thanks again!
Aww glad you enjoyed it hun. ☺️
you are absolutely amazing
thank you
You are welcome 🤗
loved it thanks
You are welcome 🤗
Great video. What kind of marker is that and how did you erase it? Thanks. Just subscribed!
It’s a dry wipe marker with a sponge on the top. That’s how I erase it. Glad you enjoyed it
Amazing!
Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you.
You're welcome!
This is soooo helpful
It’s a neat trick isn’t it.
If you haven’t got that tool you use to measure with, what would be an alternative tool you might already have at home? I am getting great value from your lessons thank you
You could use a compass or a ruler anything you can compare with. Glad you enjoyed the lesson
Very interesting
Glad you think so!
I can't believe that something so intricate can be so easy to draw--and the lines don't even have to be completely straight. There goes the theory that if you can't draw a straight line, you can't be an artist. I think that this will make a huge different in my work. Thank you so much for your tutorials... they are extremely helpful.
Glad you found it helpful - it is a really good trick for helping you see the basic shapes.
That was so informative! And the last little hint is the best advice ever, Thankyou!-Ruth not H
Glad you enjoyed it ☺️
Magical 😍
Thank you ☺️
Wow, what a great video it just simplified it in such a way that made it so easy to understand. Your skill makes it look very easy it’s quite impressive actually. thank you very much
Thank you & you are welcome
Fabulous tutorial. Thanks 😊
You are welcome 🥰
Do you let the under paint dry before continuing with the colors
Yes. 👍🏻
This is sooo great! Was that a pastel pencil you used for the white?
It was a typist eraser Erase the oil to reveal the white underneath
Wow! Not sure mine would turn out that good even if I traced it! Beautiful!
Thank you. Hope you give it a try.
Yes, This is really helpfull.
Thank you ☺️
Thank you
Welcome 🤗
Great !
Thanks ☺️
Im certainly getting value from this video! :)
Thank you so much that means a lot
Very clever, I like this one, you should set this as a challenge in the tribe ( I'm a member of this fine exclusive club) I could even be persuaded to have a go at this, although I would have to add my own little idiosyncratic personality to it 😁😁😁 And I must say I enjoyed the cheeky little wink at the end...........
Haha 😆. Glad you enjoyed it steve. Yes good idea re the challenge. I think after our white paint debate I’ll add the colour glazes to this & demonstrate the differences.
Nice video. Kindly make a video on Golden section & composition.
Ill add to my list ☺️. Thank you for your comments
love your videos! love your voice and accent :)
Thanks so much ☺️
So Nice
Thank you ☺️
Thanks for the video, makes freehand brush drawing less complicated. One question, you appear to be rubbing out areas, as there is what looks like rubbings you are leaving behind (18:51). Can you explain what that was please as it doesn't look like lifting out with solvent?
Hi mark. I cover ALL the materials you need to underpaint in this video th-cam.com/video/c6go_Aa_eF0/w-d-xo.html & a full demonstration too. This one kinda follows on from that one so it’s worth watching. Thanks for comments it’s appreciated.
@@MazArtStudio thank you.