Drawing is so important, sometimes it doesn’t get enough attention. I know I’ve been really guilty of not wanting to practice drawing if I can paint instead, but it’s like the skeleton of an artist’s skill
@@brandenapexo604 You can't think that way especially when it comes to art.....it should be: " because, You are always learning". For example photorealism.....most established artists frown upon photorealism artists simply because cameras exist and if you asked them to do anything else....guess what, they can't.....not even a quick portrait sketch without looking like some 10 year old kid did it. So if you are not an actual artist....you shouldn't comment on something like this. But if you are an actual artist...not someone off deviantart....then you need to change your way of thinking. Comparing yourself to someone else will only hold you back unless its motivating you to do better.
What I like most about you as an artist is that it's so obvious you love every part of creating...it's not just the finished product that's important, but also the process. Thank you for sharing your art with us. And I'm totally jealous of your trips to Florence!
Ahhhhhhhh. So excited to see this posted! I would love if you did a video where you filmed your process (from start to finish) of a painting or anything your working on, that would just be like the ASMR artist sounds. I’m not too into ASMR, but being an artist and hearing brushes hit a canvas are so satisfying- I think that would be dope. Sending my love! Xx 💛💛💛
your work ethic is very structured and organized, which is probably the main reason why every art piece of yours turns out amazing ,, you truly inspire me !!
The fact that for now you have around 130k subscribers is blowing my mind, your talent, maturity and passion for art is honestly inspiring, can't wait to see your channel and at grow!
Love that you are so willing to open up about exactly where you’re at with your practice: acknowledging yourself for your accomplishments and also looking at what might be missing that would make a difference to take yourself to the next level in future work. What a refreshing approach to anything in life. Great work.
I am loving this channel so much. Thank you thank you for the time you put in each video and inspiring. I would love to hear your opinion on the future of art as a profession and how an artist can adapt to these new educational methods. Thanks again, cheers
I agree! practice practice is the key, to perfect the work. It really saddened me that I already lost my freehand drawing skills, I'm used to make art techniques like, lightbox or project that stuff, but I don't consider them tracing as cheating instead, to make my works finish fast.
Thanks for this video!! You are an incredible inspiration to me to keep working at my art. I've been thinking a lot lately about what i want to do as a lifelong career and have considered drawing for a living. I know it's definitely not a "normal" job, but it's something I love. I have gotten away from practicing but you have shown me that there are other ways to make a living in art. My style is on the more realism side, and I love to make things look like they're jumping off the page. So I just might try that route for my life and see where it leads..it's gonna be hard, but at least i'll be doing something I love!! Thanks SLEW!!
I hate drawing/sketching so much. But watching you do it makes me understand that it’s going to benefit me and my paintings in the long run. Most dope!
i just discovered your chqnnel and i know youre all im going to be watching from now on until i go through all your content because this is TALENT and PASSION
Your hella good with a pencil, not gonna lie your one of my inspirations for my art. Your art style when you do your oil paintings is so sick. Thanks for the videos.🖌✏️
You are so right, you have to maintain your craft otherwise you almost start anew or might even go in a different direction. Thank you for sharing the mentors. I will definitely take a look and share them with the upcoming artists who do similar work. Excellent work as usual. You do so well. Love your IG. Liked and Shared as usual!
I rewatch your videos just to have them in the backround while doing other stuff. Cool music and relaxing voice - I Enjoy the company. Love your editing, but even more your art. Keep it coming.
I was planning on watching this while soaking in an epsom salt bath to relax but I was so excited that I’m watching it on my break at work 🤗 I love your calm and positive energy🌟
Very nice improvement over the past few monsths, man! Just keep going, you are making a good job painting, insiring and showing people how fun and real can be for everyone to paint, even in traditional methods, that s something I love to do too. Compliments from a brazilian art student in Portugal 👍
Super cool drawing the stone ,marble texture of the statute is epic . Showing the classical angle of your art journey is really interesting. I really love the painting vids but also these drawing vids show how rounded you are . Super talented ✌️👻🦄✌️🔥
Totally into your art vids.. You've got skills and so much style.. Thanks for bringin' us along on your exciting art journey. BTW.. your David drawing looked beautiful!
Bro I’m beggin please put more/multiple ads on your videos if you haven’t yet- you deserve so much. Your videos, talents, and passions are such a blessing to admire.
Hey, I wanted to ask you how do you stay concentrated? I have trouble to concentrate after 2-2,5 hours. We have 4 hour drawing lesson at school and the first half it's really good and productive but in the second one I kinda stop 'being in the mode'.
We have 3 hour ones in my school, typically the break in between helps refresh our minds 😅 tho I like having a movie or playlist play in the background, maybe a talk show or music from a play. All these things are long so I feel like it helps me work on the period of time I'm listening
Alexandria Baker sounds good, we have breaks too but only for 5 minutes max so it’s pretty much like nothing to me. However I try the talk show tip, thanks!
I love watching you do your thing and though i'm no Da Vinci one thing I have learned is that everyones style is unique to them and can't be taught to anyone else at best you can pick up ideas from other artists
Great video! I have hundreds of practice drawing before I was able to draw at the point I’m at! I am glad you are sharing this.. Let’s break the misconception that artists are born that way! You gotta work for it! And always look to improve! I am still finishing the 7 face paintings in a week challenge ! I’ll post soon :)
Thats exactly what I was doing yesterday all day! I started drawing with chacoal and I must say I enjoy it so much! I do find chacoal drawing is more challenging than painting!
Art teacher here! LOVE your work! Don't think that you need to draw better faster. It doesn't work that way at all... You need to put in the time to add your energy and love into it. Doing rushed work is never a good idea and always comes out looking bad. You'll keep thinking "oh now it's looking trash, let me fix it" and spend sooooo mich time correcting something you could've drawn well from the start if you just took the time to do it at your own pace. Get lost in the process of it instead of trying to turn it into a race. Comparing yourself against others is pointless...your handwriting is different from someone else's, and just so your drawing/art style is as well! The more time you put into it, the more refined and detailed it will be. 👍🏻
@milos blagojevic not at all! I encourage using multiple techniques and using different mediums. It all comes down to preference. Smudging smooths out the graphite to create an even tone and greatly minimise the appearance of pencil strokes/streaks. This is useful for backgrounds, skin, and transitions to create that smooth look. It's just a fast way to fill in. Afterwards you should always go back with an eraser and darker pencils to create the highlights and shadows and bring more dynamic to your picture. White pencil is only suitable on a darker paper like Slew uses, the grey paper. Its already basically the midtone of the picture, so you'd use darker pencils or charcoal and a white pencil to bring in dark and light tones. When you're studying the behaviour of light, you can use black paper and a white pencil only to do high contrast pictures. Art is not something that's limited...it's open and free. It really comes down to preference and what your lecturer/brief lays out for the project. I also think what Slew is doing, is what we call quick sketch, when you try to draw a pose as fast as possible using gestural lines but still keeping proportions and shading and some details. It's good practice, but that's all it is. The less time you put into something, the less detailed it will be. Beating yourself up about it is pointless because quick sketch is always practice and not a final artwork. Like Slew says, it loosens up the gears and gets you into drawing mode.
@milos blagojevic Lol! 😅 Sure, like I said...listen to your teacher. Everyone is different, and at our school we allow all techniques and mediums, permitting they don't overpower the picture. It's easy to over-smidge a drawing and it becomes flat and dull. We teach the correct ways to use them so they compliment the drawing. Listen to your teacher, maybe later he/she will let you progress to include more techniques. It's obviously vital that you understand how to purely use pencil. Teaches focus, control, patience and attention to detail. When you're at home you can practice other techniques on your own!
Great work man, been watching your videos lately and they have inspired me to do some drawings again (as i havent drawn anything in like 7 years). Also been watching a bit of proko, some guy called something James, studies with Bridgemans theory. Thanks for the recommendations and your videos of course. Safe!
What's the name of the Gray sheeds you draw on? I am always somewhat scared of ruin plain white sides so I'd love try scribbling on more toned down paper etc
SLew, think you are missing a trick man. Why are you not combining your realistic oil paintings with your stencils and characters to make crazy mix media pieces? Seems (at least to me) the natural progression of your style...
I love your work and your dedication to your practicing. I work full time and try to paint at night. It keeps me up late as I also like to watch a couple videos. I think it helps me stay focused on painting. Why don"t you practice on something you can sell? Your work is so good.
Great vid, Slew. Very informative, thank you! I think I have a good idea for you for a new video; a 1 for 1 scale illustration (maybe of your favourite character). With all this self isolation going around, why not draw yourself a life sized friend..... Just an idea :)
Just came across your channel,, really enjoying it.. I am going to attempt this David, although I think it would take me FORTY hours to do as good as this, ha.. great video
can you please tell me some books that you really learned from eaither drawing painting , i am kinda bigener but studying interior desig, i am interested in learning more art in details beside basic drawing becouse i did one class and i was good at it. thank you
Would you want to see an acrylic painting walkthrough ?!
Yes please
Yessir
SLEW Jepp!👍
Oil and arcylic
Yes, please!
Your attitude and mentality to drawing is the best thing to watch
Drawing is so important, sometimes it doesn’t get enough attention. I know I’ve been really guilty of not wanting to practice drawing if I can paint instead, but it’s like the skeleton of an artist’s skill
Nat Paint That same. I want to paint rather than draw most of the time!
SLEW ☺️yeah, me too
It's nice to see a young man with so much passion. Passion is what it's all about. Dude, don't ever loose it and keep on growing as an artist.
You're such an inspiration, I was telling my art teacher about how much you inspired me to do art yesterday.
I have certainly heard of Michelangelo, He is the party dude, loves pizza, and wears an orange mask.
"I still consider myself as a beginner" - paints better than I ever will
sourcreambaby I just started considering myself a full time artist so in that regard I consider my self a beginner.
You’re always gonna be a beginner in some aspect because, there’s always someone out there whose better.
@@brandenapexo604 You can't think that way especially when it comes to art.....it should be: " because, You are always learning". For example photorealism.....most established artists frown upon photorealism artists simply because cameras exist and if you asked them to do anything else....guess what, they can't.....not even a quick portrait sketch without looking like some 10 year old kid did it. So if you are not an actual artist....you shouldn't comment on something like this. But if you are an actual artist...not someone off deviantart....then you need to change your way of thinking. Comparing yourself to someone else will only hold you back unless its motivating you to do better.
I sometimes feel like WHAT you paint is more important than HOW you paint it.
Branden apexo how about not comparing yourself to others but only to yourself
What I like most about you as an artist is that it's so obvious you love every part of creating...it's not just the finished product that's important, but also the process. Thank you for sharing your art with us. And I'm totally jealous of your trips to Florence!
I love that you added on to the paper instead of changing the drawing. I never would have thought of that.
Ahhhhhhhh. So excited to see this posted! I would love if you did a video where you filmed your process (from start to finish) of a painting or anything your working on, that would just be like the ASMR artist sounds. I’m not too into ASMR, but being an artist and hearing brushes hit a canvas are so satisfying- I think that would be dope. Sending my love! Xx 💛💛💛
It astounds me how someone can have so much skill at there chosen passion/profession, probably the best sub I've ever made.
Opening of this vid is such a nice intro to slew
your work ethic is very structured and organized, which is probably the main reason why every art piece of yours turns out amazing ,, you truly inspire me !!
Laury van de Ven I try to stay organized.. not always the case though
Sick art I was the guy on insta who asked about the mural. :]
The fact that for now you have around 130k subscribers is blowing my mind, your talent, maturity and passion for art is honestly inspiring, can't wait to see your channel and at grow!
Love that you are so willing to open up about exactly where you’re at with your practice: acknowledging yourself for your accomplishments and also looking at what might be missing that would make a difference to take yourself to the next level in future work. What a refreshing approach to anything in life. Great work.
Love how you do such a wide range of art. And when you talk, you're straight to the point and I dont feel like i have to skip around to see the art!
It’s like Christmas when you post 😍 love the videos, so grateful to watch your creative journey grow ✨🖤
I am loving this channel so much. Thank you thank you for the time you put in each video and inspiring. I would love to hear your opinion on the future of art as a profession and how an artist can adapt to these new educational methods. Thanks again, cheers
I agree! practice practice is the key, to perfect the work. It really saddened me that I already lost my freehand drawing skills, I'm used to make art techniques like, lightbox or project that stuff, but I don't consider them tracing as cheating instead, to make my works finish fast.
You really are such an awesome person to watch, you inspire me to think of better artworks and to improve my abilities.
Thanks for this video!! You are an incredible inspiration to me to keep working at my art. I've been thinking a lot lately about what i want to do as a lifelong career and have considered drawing for a living. I know it's definitely not a "normal" job, but it's something I love. I have gotten away from practicing but you have shown me that there are other ways to make a living in art. My style is on the more realism side, and I love to make things look like they're jumping off the page. So I just might try that route for my life and see where it leads..it's gonna be hard, but at least i'll be doing something I love!! Thanks SLEW!!
I hate drawing/sketching so much. But watching you do it makes me understand that it’s going to benefit me and my paintings in the long run. Most dope!
i just discovered your chqnnel and i know youre all im going to be watching from now on until i go through all your content because this is TALENT and PASSION
Your hella good with a pencil, not gonna lie your one of my inspirations for my art. Your art style when you do your oil paintings is so sick. Thanks for the videos.🖌✏️
Your def an inspiration and I love watching you in your flow. Thanks for all the amazing tips much love
Love your attitude. Art is such a gift.
You are so right, you have to maintain your craft otherwise you almost start anew or might even go in a different direction. Thank you for sharing the mentors. I will definitely take a look and share them with the upcoming artists who do similar work. Excellent work as usual. You do so well. Love your IG. Liked and Shared as usual!
You are gonna be huge in this space. Straight forward truth and sharing wins all of us!
I rewatch your videos just to have them in the backround while doing other stuff. Cool music and relaxing voice - I Enjoy the company. Love your editing, but even more your art. Keep it coming.
Amazing as always. The gift and curse of an artist, there's always room for gains and practice is a must. Love your vids bro
Art by the Anomaly I hear that. Much love ❤️
Andrew Tischler is my favorite artists , he is truly amazing.
YOU are also really good as well , great stuff and great tips
I was planning on watching this while soaking in an epsom salt bath to relax but I was so excited that I’m watching it on my break at work 🤗
I love your calm and positive energy🌟
Same week i started #another new sketchbook ♡ love practicing my drawing
Liz Gridley - Artist nothin like the potential energy of a new sketchbook!
Very nice improvement over the past few monsths, man! Just keep going, you are making a good job painting, insiring and showing people how fun and real can be for everyone to paint, even in traditional methods, that s something I love to do too.
Compliments from a brazilian art student in Portugal 👍
Super cool drawing the stone ,marble texture of the statute is epic . Showing the classical angle of your art journey is really interesting. I really love the painting vids but also these drawing vids show how rounded you are . Super talented ✌️👻🦄✌️🔥
Your channel is SUPER inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
I would totally buy that last one
Reeeaaaly love your enthusiasm, it gives a lot of energy :)
I like your sincerity. Beautiful.
amazing work once again. your art is epic and your videos are a joy yo watch. thanks
Man this video really inspires me. May God continue to bless you; amazing talent you have.
Wow you are awesome.and a marvelous artist ...you are out of this world
Love your passion man. Keep crushing.
Totally into your art vids.. You've got skills and so much style.. Thanks for bringin' us along on your exciting art journey. BTW.. your David drawing looked beautiful!
thanks a bundle! stick around! more in the works
Bro I’m beggin please put more/multiple ads on your videos if you haven’t yet- you deserve so much. Your videos, talents, and passions are such a blessing to admire.
Can you make a list whit all the supplies you have used ? Love you’re work keep going 🙏🏻👌🏻💪🏻
I am just here for the vibes.slew, you doin great job bruh!
So impressive! Great work.
love watching ur vids while toking and painting. Keep up the amazing work homie
Hey, I wanted to ask you how do you stay concentrated? I have trouble to concentrate after 2-2,5 hours. We have 4 hour drawing lesson at school and the first half it's really good and productive but in the second one I kinda stop 'being in the mode'.
YOU HAVE A FOUR HOUR ART LESSON?! ours were only an hour
Caitlin O'Brien yeah, it’s exhausting sometimes but you get used to it
We have 3 hour ones in my school, typically the break in between helps refresh our minds 😅 tho I like having a movie or playlist play in the background, maybe a talk show or music from a play. All these things are long so I feel like it helps me work on the period of time I'm listening
Alexandria Baker sounds good, we have breaks too but only for 5 minutes max so it’s pretty much like nothing to me. However I try the talk show tip, thanks!
Don’t masturbate or have sex, it helps build up your attention.
I am from Italy i really appreciate your drawings, you are great GOOD JOB!!
I love watching you do your thing and though i'm no Da Vinci one thing I have learned is that everyones style is unique to them and can't be taught to anyone else at best you can pick up ideas from other artists
The one I've been waiting on! Next you need to hold classes on here!
Great video! I have hundreds of practice drawing before I was able to draw at the point I’m at! I am glad you are sharing this.. Let’s break the misconception that artists are born that way! You gotta work for it! And always look to improve! I am still finishing the 7 face paintings in a week challenge ! I’ll post soon :)
Its content is amazing! I'm so glad I found you! I learned English only recently
Power to you Slew, great to see a young guy [ I'm old ] going the classic route.
Your art work and attitude towards art inspire me so much! Where did you learn how to draw anatomy and proportionaly well? Continue your amazing work!
So ambitious, such an inspiration. Take care Slew!
I strongly agree with Karl :)
Karl mejia slew backwards is wels.
it's so nice to see someone else still using andrew loomis books :D he taught me so much!
loomis the godfather!
Dude I really enjoyed the self critique and the documentation of the whole process
Amazing stuff!
yes man thx 4 all you hv say
watching from zimbabwe
Well done, nice performance man keep going we're lovin it
You’re such an inspiration ❤️
Thats exactly what I was doing yesterday all day! I started drawing with chacoal and I must say I enjoy it so much! I do find chacoal drawing is more challenging than painting!
Me encanta tu dedicación!!!
Awesome video man. Really needed this. Keep it up!
Art teacher here! LOVE your work!
Don't think that you need to draw better faster. It doesn't work that way at all...
You need to put in the time to add your energy and love into it. Doing rushed work is never a good idea and always comes out looking bad. You'll keep thinking "oh now it's looking trash, let me fix it" and spend sooooo mich time correcting something you could've drawn well from the start if you just took the time to do it at your own pace. Get lost in the process of it instead of trying to turn it into a race. Comparing yourself against others is pointless...your handwriting is different from someone else's, and just so your drawing/art style is as well! The more time you put into it, the more refined and detailed it will be. 👍🏻
@milos blagojevic not at all! I encourage using multiple techniques and using different mediums. It all comes down to preference. Smudging smooths out the graphite to create an even tone and greatly minimise the appearance of pencil strokes/streaks. This is useful for backgrounds, skin, and transitions to create that smooth look. It's just a fast way to fill in. Afterwards you should always go back with an eraser and darker pencils to create the highlights and shadows and bring more dynamic to your picture. White pencil is only suitable on a darker paper like Slew uses, the grey paper. Its already basically the midtone of the picture, so you'd use darker pencils or charcoal and a white pencil to bring in dark and light tones. When you're studying the behaviour of light, you can use black paper and a white pencil only to do high contrast pictures. Art is not something that's limited...it's open and free. It really comes down to preference and what your lecturer/brief lays out for the project.
I also think what Slew is doing, is what we call quick sketch, when you try to draw a pose as fast as possible using gestural lines but still keeping proportions and shading and some details. It's good practice, but that's all it is. The less time you put into something, the less detailed it will be. Beating yourself up about it is pointless because quick sketch is always practice and not a final artwork. Like Slew says, it loosens up the gears and gets you into drawing mode.
@milos blagojevic Lol! 😅
Sure, like I said...listen to your teacher. Everyone is different, and at our school we allow all techniques and mediums, permitting they don't overpower the picture. It's easy to over-smidge a drawing and it becomes flat and dull. We teach the correct ways to use them so they compliment the drawing. Listen to your teacher, maybe later he/she will let you progress to include more techniques. It's obviously vital that you understand how to purely use pencil. Teaches focus, control, patience and attention to detail. When you're at home you can practice other techniques on your own!
this so amazing I love your work
I just discovered I enjoy drawing in toned paper. It’s awesome
Love how you Explain your thought process..!! It helps Beginners like myself.. Awesome Video..!! 👊😎
Really glad i came across your video’s! Great motivation.
Great work man, been watching your videos lately and they have inspired me to do some drawings again (as i havent drawn anything in like 7 years). Also been watching a bit of proko, some guy called something James, studies with Bridgemans theory. Thanks for the recommendations and your videos of course. Safe!
Much love !
Can't wait to watch this video, keep up the good work bro.
What's the name of the Gray sheeds you draw on?
I am always somewhat scared of ruin plain white sides so I'd love try scribbling on more toned down paper etc
Would you mind linking the skull reference-lease? I haven’t been able to find such a good skull reference like that on google for some reason.
Fabulous work ,love the Michelangelo 😀
Diggin your videos man! keep the good and hard work up!
When you mentioned those 3 TH-camrs, I just knew I was subscribed to all 4 great teachers 😁 thank you!
SLew, think you are missing a trick man. Why are you not combining your realistic oil paintings with your stencils and characters to make crazy mix media pieces? Seems (at least to me) the natural progression of your style...
Why don't you show us what you mean by your art works Matthew...
You have such a great place to work ❤
Love your work ❤️❤️ watching you I also starting practising more thanks for motivation. 💓💓
I love your work and your dedication to your practicing. I work full time and try to paint at night. It keeps me up late as I also like to watch a couple videos. I think it helps me stay focused on painting. Why don"t you practice on something you can sell? Your work is so good.
For the warmups did you just pull from your imagination or setup a small model?
Genial, gracias por compartir tu talento saludos
How do you keep yourself so motivated? That's where I am lacking
Bruh ur so dope
Me too, i’m still learning... ☺️
Cool vid! Can u link up the pencil u use? And sharpener plz
Great vid, Slew. Very informative, thank you!
I think I have a good idea for you for a new video; a 1 for 1 scale illustration (maybe of your favourite character). With all this self isolation going around, why not draw yourself a life sized friend.....
Just an idea :)
Man you are very inspiring!
Just came across your channel,, really enjoying it.. I am going to attempt this David, although I think it would take me FORTY hours to do as good as this, ha.. great video
“Putting those hours in” fucking love it
That skull is so dope!
can you please tell me some books that you really learned from eaither drawing painting , i am kinda bigener but studying interior desig, i am interested in learning more art in details beside basic drawing becouse i did one class and i was good at it. thank you
I subscribed!!! What tape do you use for stencils
Stunning! your drawings are amazing! all the best! :)
Where did you receive your academic training? Thanks, Melissa
Great art great tutorial thanks
Your pencil case, is that the speedball 16 pencil case?