13 Types of Lines and How to Use Them

Your project is to draw every day for 2 weeks! I’ll drawing along with you and posting at proko.com/lines
Lines! They’re a lot more complicated than you think and in this lesson, we’ll break down the different types of lines you can use and how you might use them when drawing. It’s important to understand that every line you draw has a shape, value (how light or dark the shape is), and edge (the transitions of the borders). With lines you can represent ideas about objects in space and even convey emotions! If you enjoy this lesson and want to learn even more about lines and other drawing fundamentals check out the premium course - proko.com/drawing
00:00 - Intro
02:15 - Different Ways We Use Lines
05:03 - Lines Represent Ideas
06:04 - Line & Emotion
09:14 - Conclusion
09:50 - Challenge
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  • @ProkoTV
    @ProkoTV Жыл бұрын

    Your project is to draw every day for 2 weeks! I’ll drawing along with you and posting at proko.com/lines

  • @phyynarts666

    @phyynarts666

    Жыл бұрын

    Aye Aye O Captain! My Captain!

  • @umatveg

    @umatveg

    Жыл бұрын

    Stan, I think someone is using your logo to scam people on this very thread, I had a message offering a giveaway.

  • @ilovelemons4902

    @ilovelemons4902

    Жыл бұрын

    @@umatveg Yes, that happended to me as well. I thought it was proko but it's someone just using the name

  • @amixofgeekcontent

    @amixofgeekcontent

    3 ай бұрын

    But how do I use lines to convey certain emotions? You only touched on this very briefly. I need more examples to get an idea of where to start, please.

  • @IsisRaAmun
    @IsisRaAmun Жыл бұрын

    Sometimes I stress about not making 'enough' progress, not having started drawing earlier in my life - and I forget that art is fun, but your videos always remind me. Thank you!

  • @wennyyo9090

    @wennyyo9090

    Жыл бұрын

    Fun-damental :)

  • @IsisRaAmun

    @IsisRaAmun

    Жыл бұрын

    @@wennyyo9090 Yes! I really didn't mean "fun" in a kind of superficial way.

  • @sejalb725

    @sejalb725

    Жыл бұрын

    Just shut up and draw is my motto

  • @forthekingd0m444

    @forthekingd0m444

    Жыл бұрын

    John3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

  • @vijay32570

    @vijay32570

    Жыл бұрын

    Fun in da mental 😮

  • @gaonsky
    @gaonsky Жыл бұрын

    The Artist mentioned at 7:25: 1. Heinrich Kley 2. Bernie Wrightson 3. Glen Keane 4. Tim Burton 5. Claire Wendling 6. Egon Shiele 7. Aaron Blaise 8. Eliza Ivanova 9. Kim Jung Gi 10. Charles Schulz 11. George Herriman 12. Bill Watterson 13. Charles Gibson 14. James Montgomery Flagg 15. Karl Kopinski 16. Jeff Watts

  • @zroh_in

    @zroh_in

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 😊

  • @strangefury7174

    @strangefury7174

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you!)

  • @SashaBBG

    @SashaBBG

    4 ай бұрын

    Where is Albrecht Dürer 🙃?

  • @rogersbryant1507
    @rogersbryant1507 Жыл бұрын

    Im 30, and i started drawing as soon as i picked up a pencil. I often stagnate and feel like my progress is either lessened or I feel as though i should be better considering when I started drawing. I've always been self taught, learning tracing at first, then free hand copying images, and usually only drawing anime, cartoons, or a fusion of realism and cartoon faces. Your videos just inspired me to learn more realism and practice more often.

  • @alexmccaleb2152
    @alexmccaleb2152 Жыл бұрын

    See now THIS is the foundational information that changes an artist from the inside out. Great show, Stan. The introduction alone about lines "like Whaaat?!" Is super refreshing confirmation.

  • @madiko
    @madiko Жыл бұрын

    Dear Stan. I have been following your progress for ten years now and I am so happy for you that all your efforts have been paid out. It's wonderful to see the lightness and self-confidence you have reached. Furthermore you improved your mastery in explaining you insights in such a compact, well-paced, insightful, esteeming way, it's a pleasure to watch. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. 😘

  • @pardeepinsan5646
    @pardeepinsan5646 Жыл бұрын

    There is a lot to learn from your channel you inspired me. 😇

  • @JerryLecor
    @JerryLecor Жыл бұрын

    My man proko is pumping out videos this year, love it

  • @phyynproductions
    @phyynproductions Жыл бұрын

    an invaluable resource, I've been trying to put together a concrete plan to overcome some obstacles and start my own stories and studio, I cant thank you, your team and the wonderful guesting and things you've introduced me to on my art journey I cant even fathom how artist above me feel... yet

  • @creatingcomics6235
    @creatingcomics6235 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome! I've been working with line weight and this really hits that study home! Great video man as always!

  • @PorValis
    @PorValis Жыл бұрын

    You are my star Stan. Thank you for another insightful and informative video! I will try my best to draw longer everyday and use the information you taught me here and in your other incredible videos to my benefit. Thank you so much once again, its people like you that give artists a beacon to strive towards in a world where art is being challenged even more.

  • @wedneskytheodore3368
    @wedneskytheodore3368 Жыл бұрын

    This serie is really woaaaaawwww! Thanks Proko.

  • @Slangnegativ
    @Slangnegativ Жыл бұрын

    Masterful timing, I had just decided that now was the time to start studying and learning to really draw. Much appreciated!

  • @drdocks.t8188
    @drdocks.t8188 Жыл бұрын

    these were so helpful thank you Proko

  • @Racheedean
    @Racheedean Жыл бұрын

    Proko, you changed my life ! We love you man !

  • @jomeson4081
    @jomeson4081 Жыл бұрын

    Finally a video and not a short. Thank you

  • @artawhirler
    @artawhirler Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for doing this series!

  • @thestellarelite
    @thestellarelite Жыл бұрын

    So glad to see you back making these classic Proko videos. Digestible, super helpful, and silly lol. I started watching way back in 2016 when I wanted to get back to drawing/painting after a long break. Amazing to see how much your platform has grown!

  • @ilovelemons4902
    @ilovelemons4902 Жыл бұрын

    I love the way Viktor Kalvachev is using crosshatching as well

  • @user-uo2lh3fj1i
    @user-uo2lh3fj1i3 ай бұрын

    I’ve bin drawing from life and it’s really relaxing

  • @umatveg
    @umatveg Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video, I already draw but this makes me want to join your course. Great job

  • @vyacheslavklc5256
    @vyacheslavklc5256 Жыл бұрын

    Proko - Inspiration! Proko - Mastermind! 🥰🥰🥰

  • @pixeltatoe
    @pixeltatoe Жыл бұрын

    Proko, thank you for these neverending free stuff 🙇🏽‍♀️

  • @asimian8500
    @asimian8500 Жыл бұрын

    The Art Journey Of A Thousand Drawings *Begins With One Line*

  • @al-mosheytidal1296
    @al-mosheytidal12967 ай бұрын

    What a value episode! Thanks Stan!

  • @mariacavalcante7505
    @mariacavalcante7505 Жыл бұрын

    seriously very good video It helped me a lot to control this issue of making lines thank you

  • @inlovewithhumans
    @inlovewithhumans Жыл бұрын

    Great insightful perspective... Thanks for sharing the Knowledge God Bless

  • @anhquan8410
    @anhquan8410 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your advice, I'm still finding my own draw style

  • @niknaktabasco
    @niknaktabasco Жыл бұрын

    This guy can teach!

  • @seenuz1
    @seenuz1 Жыл бұрын

    Really thoughtful tips👌

  • @illustrator-humayunchowdhury
    @illustrator-humayunchowdhury Жыл бұрын

    Really it's very impressive to me! Thanks a lot!❤❤

  • @saintluttekazadi2078
    @saintluttekazadi2078 Жыл бұрын

    You are always the best. You are simple your explanations

  • @bluecomet6688
    @bluecomet6688 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Proko

  • @pattiepepper6217
    @pattiepepper62176 ай бұрын

    Chuck Jones - The Dot and The Line ❤

  • @katzui_keen
    @katzui_keen Жыл бұрын

    Insane video quality 🔥

  • @mydrawingdiaries6339
    @mydrawingdiaries6339 Жыл бұрын

    You are a great artist

  • @Starguru-rx5sc
    @Starguru-rx5sc Жыл бұрын

    Ur channel is best for me to learn new things with exiting

  • @nothomelessonyoutube
    @nothomelessonyoutube8 ай бұрын

    I have made two drawings so far I like. One looks like I would have made it in elementary school, the other looks like I made it in high school. My next thanks to your channel will look like I made it in college. Slowly down and using rythem was a nice way to help a lot.

  • @RenderdFat
    @RenderdFat Жыл бұрын

    Hay Proko, I was wondering if you can do a video on drawing and sketching in a sketchbook with out a desk or a table? aka How to hold a sketch book and draw in it with out a surfice to rest it on? especially for small or extra large books. Thanks.

  • @shuvoDhar.5537
    @shuvoDhar.5537 Жыл бұрын

    Very helpful video ❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥

  • @juanignaciomoreno5988
    @juanignaciomoreno5988 Жыл бұрын

    Gerald Scarfe and Al Hirschfeld are also good examples.

  • @foxygamer9905
    @foxygamer99058 ай бұрын

    Thank you for helping

  • @joserosanes
    @joserosanes Жыл бұрын

    Salamat proko!

  • @RoddVeiler
    @RoddVeiler9 ай бұрын

    Pretty fun video❤❤

  • @sebastienbadia
    @sebastienbadiaАй бұрын

    Variety of lines is the most difficult thing for students to understand. But one day, something clicked and eyes are opened !!

  • @moma-b
    @moma-b Жыл бұрын

    10:35 🤣 Thank you for this. 👌

  • @Manojkumar-cn6jl
    @Manojkumar-cn6jl Жыл бұрын

    Good explain sir 🙂

  • @joaquimraphael4875
    @joaquimraphael4875 Жыл бұрын

    Excelente .gratoo..

  • @pedrodavila8927
    @pedrodavila8927 Жыл бұрын

    Excelent Proko

  • @paul329869
    @paul329869 Жыл бұрын

    1) John Kricfalusi 2)Vincent Waller 3)Jim Smith 4)Bob Camp 5)Bill Wray 6)And Many, Many, Many More! 8:06

  • @Bloothehedgehog
    @Bloothehedgehog6 ай бұрын

    Learning more here than I have in 3 years of college, like how to use cross contour lines to make form.

  • @williambo5989
    @williambo59897 ай бұрын

    hal foster my favorite line artist

  • @user-zf9me5vd8i
    @user-zf9me5vd8i6 ай бұрын

    Wow that's great

  • @ianhall7513
    @ianhall751311 ай бұрын

    I think sketchy and uncertain lines tend to stem from some level of aphantasia (like glen kean). Lots of searching and relying on the lines we put down to find the ones that make sense as opposed to the ones that sometimes we're expected to already see in our heads. I'm pretty sure I have some level of it and, as a result, I do a lot of searching to find my lines. It does get easier with practice thanks to muscle memory and breaking complex objects into their basic shapes. It just means I'm slower than I want to be.

  • @Matt-Hurin
    @Matt-Hurin Жыл бұрын

    Alex Maleev, his Daredevil work is one of my personal favourites 🤘🏼

  • @chipsvlog4172
    @chipsvlog4172 Жыл бұрын

    amazing★

  • @antonioblanco3086
    @antonioblanco3086 Жыл бұрын

    You're the best man

  • @kaitlinwilliams2995
    @kaitlinwilliams29958 ай бұрын

    I’m so confused help pls.. Are these videos in order? I draw a pear before practicing line work? Do I start with art fundamentals playlist or basics playlist?

  • @carlosroo5460
    @carlosroo5460 Жыл бұрын

    Bruce Timm, Frank Frazetta, Alex Ross, Kazuki Takahashi, Oda Eiichiro, Mashima Hiro, Tabata Yuki, Horikoshi Kohei, Stepehn Silver, Steve Huston, Lane Brown, Chris Legaspi-- I'll stop there.

  • @chungah_5537
    @chungah_5537 Жыл бұрын

    I've been looking through the portraiture course and I was wondering is the course on facial anatomy/expression still an Idea you'd consider? On another note, the way you teach is so simple yet so packed full of information, I just finished the anatomy course and I can't thank you enough for your structured lessons on the human form - I don't think I'd be at where I am with my technical ability, artistically without your guidance and assignments. You da best Stan. -Samuel

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm going to have an in-depth course on the face but I'm not sure exactly when that will happen. Right now, most of my education energies are going into the ongoing Drawing Basics course. But I appreciate you being interested in that and will share here on KZread when that course is coming out!

  • @mimusops_elengi
    @mimusops_elengi6 ай бұрын

    from 'the figure drawn when two points are connected' to this entire video. Lines are the same, I have grown up :)

  • @fandeandreaarruti
    @fandeandreaarruti Жыл бұрын

    Free lessons on KZread. Great.

  • @VSPhotfries
    @VSPhotfries5 ай бұрын

    If he's not already mentioned: The artist Kentaro Miura. His work is an excellent example of how to use linework to express not only detail - grotesque, beautiful, and everything in between - but also MOTION, which very, very few can match. He's also an example of artistic growth, as in the beginning he was detailed and ambitious, but while certainly competent, hardly all that remarkable in pure skill, but by the end of his life he had become so good that each panel, no matter how small, was a shockingly detailed and vibrant masterpiece.

  • @RachaelLongLastName
    @RachaelLongLastName Жыл бұрын

    Franklin Booth is my personal favourite

  • @danielpoot5705
    @danielpoot5705 Жыл бұрын

    I DON'T actually have money to take the proko drawing basics course. Is it possible to sefl-learn all these?

  • @Yiwuyao-lr2io
    @Yiwuyao-lr2io Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the great video, Proko. But I still got confused with lines. I can use contour lines and construction lines to draw a cube, without any shading, but I can't just use these two kinds of lines to draw a litlle bump on a skull, as well as any other organic volumn. I come up with the conclusion that without setting a light source or using cross contour lines, we can't express organic volumn. Please correct me if I'm wrong. 😵‍💫

  • @Hephaestvs
    @Hephaestvs Жыл бұрын

    Шикарный видос, Слав!) Стэн = Станислав, верно же?

  • @updatepencildrawing
    @updatepencildrawing Жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @disorient0871
    @disorient0871 Жыл бұрын

    7:27 And last, But not least, My instructor Stan Prokopenko 🙃

  • @Raz282
    @Raz282 Жыл бұрын

    Sir big fan

  • @bhootiya_art
    @bhootiya_art Жыл бұрын

    Peter haan ❤️❤️

  • @PeteLankston
    @PeteLankston Жыл бұрын

    Moebius and Edward Gorey! :D

  • @lillowh6126
    @lillowh6126 Жыл бұрын

    I’d like to follow along to the basics course , but I’m in the middle of the figure drawing course . I mean maybe I could do both. Like do some of the basic projects on weekends or something. Thoughts ?

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Жыл бұрын

    That's totally okay! The Basics course is set up to be useful for absolute beginners and intermediate students trying to brush up on their fundamentals. If you have the time where you'd be able to do both, you certainly can. Just make sure one doesn't suffer for you to participate in the other.

  • @koffeekage
    @koffeekage Жыл бұрын

    “Sometimes, a line is just a line” ~ Sigmund Freud.

  • @inlovewithhumans
    @inlovewithhumans Жыл бұрын

    The caricature at tye end was hilarious 😂

  • @marciacarbo9047
    @marciacarbo90478 ай бұрын

    I’m Ataliah I love your work

  • @user-jd5fn1uy3f
    @user-jd5fn1uy3f11 ай бұрын

    What kind of drawing pencil are you using?

  • @MillywiggZ
    @MillywiggZ Жыл бұрын

    Spec Ops: The Line

  • @pribadiramadhan1753
    @pribadiramadhan1753 Жыл бұрын

    Mr. Incredible while taping on a table : LINE IS LINE!!!!

  • @IverBG97
    @IverBG97 Жыл бұрын

    The Goya drawing at 6:50 is amazing!! What's it called?

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Жыл бұрын

    "Dancing Giant"

  • @IverBG97

    @IverBG97

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ProkoTV Aaaah, thanks, man!!!

  • @jerseykertawidjaja2714
    @jerseykertawidjaja2714 Жыл бұрын

    Stan what kind of paper did you use to make that graphite behave like charcoal on newsprint?

  • @Trail_Gamerz_786
    @Trail_Gamerz_786Ай бұрын

    I stan you Stan

  • @vnxrs
    @vnxrs9 ай бұрын

    what is this pencil 3:14

  • @artfuldrawing
    @artfuldrawing Жыл бұрын

    By experimenting with different line techniques, you can add depth, texture, and expressiveness to your artwork

  • @noahrandolph379
    @noahrandolph379 Жыл бұрын

    Is there a way to do payment plans on your class?

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Жыл бұрын

    Currently, no. But that's something that we're hoping to have by the end of the year.

  • @noahrandolph379

    @noahrandolph379

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ProkoTV cool that’ll help a lot of people I bet, including me

  • @DeerajGopalkrishna-yb3fs
    @DeerajGopalkrishna-yb3fsАй бұрын

    I wish I these stuff was thought me in school but now I realized somethings are, nt we should learn them by ourselves.

  • @idobadjokes2830
    @idobadjokes2830 Жыл бұрын

    Needed to know the lines cause i cant get the ones that helps my drawing look good, i just went with the solid lines before and later needed to know how to properly make strokes

  • @ronaldhonore6257
    @ronaldhonore6257 Жыл бұрын

    Line is the most important. Its the creator of the shape.

  • @nixant4539
    @nixant4539 Жыл бұрын

    realized how much I take "lines" for granted

  • @_phong.huynh_
    @_phong.huynh_ Жыл бұрын

    Came here from Instagram 🥰💕

  • @al-mosheytidal1296
    @al-mosheytidal12967 ай бұрын

    @7:48 KOPINSKI!

  • @ArtsySIDDD
    @ArtsySIDDD Жыл бұрын

    Ahh.. chicken-scratch lines r my favourite!! 😌

  • @darkchild130

    @darkchild130

    Жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @mr.v1442
    @mr.v1442 Жыл бұрын

    "Remarin" my fev artist with my fev lines

  • @bruhifysson9005
    @bruhifysson9005 Жыл бұрын

    Watching Proko praise line after watching Sinix

  • @satyenbanerjee6810
    @satyenbanerjee6810 Жыл бұрын

    Beauty.

  • @hellowworld2239
    @hellowworld2239 Жыл бұрын

    proko i need help what if i draw 14 hours a day from 6 30am to 10pm what should i do next should i break every boundry and go for 24 hours

  • @ProkoTV

    @ProkoTV

    Жыл бұрын

    Well, don't do that haha. You need sleep. Take breaks and do other things. Drawing often can help build up your skill at it. But you need to mix things up and have other hobbies so you have visual inspiration of what to draw too!

  • @telmenamar9499
    @telmenamar9499 Жыл бұрын

    Kentaro Miura is Rather poggers

  • @user-ci5nl3ml4m
    @user-ci5nl3ml4m2 ай бұрын

    thanks for a million kilometeres

  • @saulnores3477
    @saulnores347711 ай бұрын

    Francisco Solano Lopez was awesome at drawing lines.

  • @ArtWitchy
    @ArtWitchy Жыл бұрын

    Brian frouds sketches have very distinct line quality