If you remember Cesar you finished a whole Bargue after class and I asked you to do another so I could make sure you understood and completed all the steps. Your response, "No problem". An example of a great student and now, great artist. All your success is well deserved.

@santocesart

6 жыл бұрын

Martinho Isidro Correia Studio good to hear from you Martinho! One of my first instructors, cheers!

@masterpainters1706

5 жыл бұрын

And we all really appreciate you passing on what you have learned. It means so much to those of us who for what ever reason are unable to have formal training. It's such a long and lonely struggle trying to learn alone, from only books and videos, with no fellow students or wonderful teachers to talk to and help. So being able to have your videos, which always feel like you are talking directly to me, to keep me motivated and reinforce what I'm trying to learn from books is such a help. I often feel discouraged or feel I'm never going reach the level I want to, when I feel like that I often turn to you for a dose of inspiration and to remind myself that great artists like you get there through hard work and not giving up. Just wanted to say thank you and let you know that what you are doing is as important to me as your teachers were to you. Those teachers of yours should be really very proud of you. Thanks and much love from me here in my little studio room in England on my journey. Glenn

@chriswhitehouse8982

4 жыл бұрын

@@masterpainters1706 Well said and I couldn't agree more!

@Dale_Blackburn

4 жыл бұрын

@@santocesart Hello Cesar, can i ask you how much time it took for you to draw a plate of hand for example? Should i finish these drawings in one day? It usually takes 15hours for me..

@santocesart

4 жыл бұрын

@@Dale_Blackburn each should be perfectly understood, whatever time it takes.

man, i'm so glad for this videos. great art, great comunication skills.

I am half way through the plates in the book, and I am amazed at what I have learned so far.

Cesar you are absolutely great artist and teacher! Thanks a lot for all your videos!

You are an excellent TEACHER.

Here are two most excellent instructional anatomical drawing books that I imported from Italy and even though only in Italian, the drawings are very precise and compliment Charles Barque (whose book I have as part of figure drawing instruction that I took in Santa Fe years ago): STRUTTURA UOMO, Manuale di anatomia artistica, Vol 1 and STRUTTURA UOMO IN MOVIEMENTO.

I feel so lucky to be able to log on to KZread and get such great advice, and inspiration! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and talent!

Cesar, thank you for all the great information in your video! I now have next steps for my passion to draw like the masters.

I have the Charles bargue books it’s great my other recommendations are lessons in classical drawing (Juliette Aristides) my favourite and also drawing the head my Maughan but the best advice is to just practise and draw often 👍

@spartan3460

6 жыл бұрын

You put Juliette's shit book in the same category as Bargue? Shame on you.

@Drawing-photography

6 жыл бұрын

spartan2498 what!! lol it’s not shit it’s not bargue sure but it’s better than loads of other books I bought 😂

@halfabee

6 жыл бұрын

The Original Bargue plates are available online to download. Do not have to buy the book.

@Adammoodyfineart

5 жыл бұрын

I have Juliette’s books...they are very good.

Cesar, It’s fun to look at all the comments and see that so many people respect and look up to you. I studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago back in the mid 80’s, and although it’s not Florence, it was school that taught classically. There is no substitute for hard work and studying the masters, and that will make you a great artist. There is no short cuts. Another reference book is Drawing Lesson From The Great Masters by Robert Hale.

@jimmiesutton8468

5 жыл бұрын

WEll stated

@Av4nQuisH

4 жыл бұрын

hi, could you tell me what other courses were studied when u were taught classical art?

@donryan3808

4 жыл бұрын

@@Av4nQuisH Our day was broken up in two sessions. 1st yr.-1st half of the day we studied fundamentals, the second life drawing. 2nd yr.- life drawing/oil painting figure - watercolor, 3rd,- oil painting-figure, commercial illustration.

Thank you so much for giving of yourself. I appreciate it so much. Thank you 🙏

Thank you!!! Every single advice you share is invaluable!

Oh Cesar! I found your channel today and have ordered the book already and now... I'm waiting for the shipping from US to Europe.

Drawing Handbook by Mau Kun Yim is one of my favorite books. I used the Bargue book to practice proportions.

Thank you Cesar for your video, Currently copying the Bargue back torso, Good tips for completing mine, Will get those books too, was hesitant at first, Great informative review and advise.

I need that George Bridgman book! I looooove how he draws muscular anatomy!

I learned better how to look at drawings by listening to you in this video. Thank You!

So beautiful thank you! You explain things so well!

Santos buena lección enseñas con pasión e inspiración,es usted un filósofo del arte 🖼! GRACIAS 🙏 DIOS TE BENDIGA Y BENDIGA LA OBRA DE TUS MANOS!

I learn a lot from your videos. Thanks for sharing your experience

Powerful information in 8.5 mins....wow!!

You are my favorite artist.... Great sir ...

I am glad you have these videos since I barely have access to art books. I have my own set of secondhand art books that I sometimes luckily see and buy from reselling bookstores. I hope to learn more from you and eventually be good enough to be able to afford books from outside my country

Love this vlog, very useful, I draw a lot.

your videos helping me allllllotttt....thank you Cesar :)

Funny, I just bought the lesson book & the book with plates (bigger images for only 10 bucks). I'm definitely looking forward to doing the lessons now, after seeing this vid. Many thanks

I received it today.. fantastic book...charles Bargue

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Thank you Cesar! If anyone is interested in a full length video on how to do the Bargue plates look up the Academy of Realist Art in Toronto. Fernando Freita, instructor extraordinaire has published the only thorough and real video about how to do them. It is very affordable

@spartan3460

6 жыл бұрын

Freita's work sucks.

Will have to check this book out!

Great videos. I’m from cuba too. I couldn’t make it to San Alejandro back there but I’m planning to go to watts atelier next year. Thanks for those videos, it motives me a lot.

@spartan3460

6 жыл бұрын

Watts is an atelier for illustration, not representational art like Angel Academy. If you want to be an illustrator, sure go to Watts. However, if you plan on being a representational (realist) artist go elsewhere. Look at the type of work of the students and teachers from both schools and how differently they describe the models ie subject matter. Watts Atelier instagram.com/wattsatelier/?hl=en Grand Central Atelier instagram.com/grandcentralatelier/

Nice advice thanks. saw you first with Proko recently looking at your sketch books. That was excellent! Personally I need to sketch and paint more, and watch KZread less. Yet like you, there are so many talented examples to watch there!. :-)

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this book. I have been looking at buying it for quite sometime now, and I wondered if it was worth the cost.

not got that book but will look it up, some great points made in you video, thanks

Hello Cesar !!! I bought a version translated into Portuguese, but researching, I saw that this translated version is missing much from the original book. But I really enjoyed the techniques taught by the master. Have a great day!

very very helpful! great video

i am about to take on this drawing course. It is very intimidating!

@doryahdoryah8114

4 жыл бұрын

Your comment is now 1 year old, maybe more. Where are you with this drawing course today? Did you take it? Did it help you? Have you made any progress? Thank you.

I have this books they are really great!

Awesome, I didn't know you did the Bargue course!

Just found your channel and subscribed right away!😊

Thanks Cesar!

I will look up to it ,,,thank you artista

Hey Cesar, I am glad that you are taking the time to teach what you have learned. it seems like all of the best instructional art books are from the "old masters." I have bought your portrait painting DVD and I hope that someday you will publish a book! Btw did you smudge your pencils to give it the smoothness in the studies shown? If so do you remember how you smudged it?

Love.. your channel

I love you Explained all things.

Exceptional video

Thanks for art tips ill check out the books :)

Inspiring-ness! 😀

do you have the one by burne hogarth,on anatomy that's a good one

Excellent vedio sir thanks for the teaching vedios 😘😘💓

Hello Cesar, I'm in awe of your work and have purchased this book after watching this video. Could you recommend how many plates should be done from part 1 or is it a case of simply doing as many as necessary until it feels right to move to part 2. Thank you.

Gracias. Excelente recomendación

As you did the Bargue book full, can you demo a single one ? or Tell us how to do a bargue plate (the way you used)? Thank you for your awesome videos.

Great!

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭im from iran, we don’t have any good reference here😭😭😭🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 thank you so much again😭😭😭🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻best wishes for you

Two Questions ( please): 1) Did you do all the drawings in the book? 2) How many months or years of daily work did it take to finish this assignment?

@williambo5989

5 жыл бұрын

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step"

@Tedzee8

5 жыл бұрын

time is an illusion, let's call it focus and dedication? ;) (...and good surroudings, good advices, good questions, good Teachers!)

Glad you brought this up César. I understood the importance of Bargue drawing when I saw a video of Master John Angel explaining the progression used in his method. Since then I've been drawing some plates but, I don't have access to a teacher for proper technique or for pointing my mistaques, so I'm doing the best I can with myself. Recently I bought the 'Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist' of Stephen Peck. I'm liking it a lot. Do you know this book?

Thank you so much for the book recommendations and the explanations of what each of them will teach us. I was able to find them all in free pdf form on the net if there are any broke artists anywhere;). It's nice to have a real book of course but for the meanwhile, it's practical, also if you own a kindle. I really enjoy your videos and your art! it shows that it's your true passion.

@beverlyclaridge

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, Vera. Yes, you can get the plates free from Internet Archives. However, the author, Gerald M. Ackerman, provides really interesting and helpful commentary. This is especially helpful when doing Bargue as a solo pursuit. Mr. Santos presentation is great.

Cesar, no me pierdo un vídeo tuyo, eres un artista extraordinario, ¿por qué no subtitulas los vídeos? Se calcula que hay casi 700 millones de hispanohablantes, no hay muchos canales de arte en español. Por favor hazlo, tus explicaciones son tan importantes como las imágenes. Gracias.

very informative video.

Thanks Cesar for responding ; Ah! reflected light in the shadows, I get the picture [ pun ]

Anthony Ryder wrote a really good book about figure drawing. I hightly recommend it.

Este metodo es chulisimo una vez que entiendes los valores de las degradaciones de las sombras

Bravo

it's a pity you was not my drawing teacher when i was in university !

I like the square/oval pencil.

Over the years of learning Art, I have discovered that the books I skipped to be less glamorous are the real deal. Books Like this and J.D Harding's and Robert Henri, Guptill, Richard Hale, Harrison, Poore etc sit around untouched, yet after learning art you return to these books and bang your head on the wall. You already have the treasure, everyone is selling you gold plated crap now a days.

I'm amazed by your art work man.. you're a real artist ! By th way am a beginner in charcoal draw ( i used to draw with graphite pencil) , i would like to have your opinion about what i have drawn i mean correcting me and giving me some advices.. Thank u

Cool!

at the video 7:28, the most reflected light should be darker than the darker half-tone, non?

@santocesart

6 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right!!! lol! what was I thinking?!!

Well said - I recently join a atelier school in Toronto and did my 1st case drawing and every time I thought I am ready for the next step, my instructor will provide feedback that rendered 10+ more correction before I am ready for the next step- patience and perseverance is the key !

@davide12345goddamn

3 жыл бұрын

what school just out of curiosity? I'm in the city :)

@susanwong6471

3 жыл бұрын

@@davide12345goddamn it is Academic of realist Art academyofrealistart.com/venue/painting-figure/

@susanwong6471

3 жыл бұрын

@@davide12345goddamn FYI - I attend the regular class, Wednesday evening and Saturday ( I am working full time) if you are interested, call the atelier for a free, non obligatory studio tour, I was in awe, I think you might enjoy the tour and hopefully sign up 😊

@davide12345goddamn

3 жыл бұрын

@@susanwong6471 stellar, I'll keep that in mind. I think they have a location in the Junction that I ride by on the way to work every day, encouraging they have part time classes. Thanks!!

@susanwong6471

3 жыл бұрын

@@davide12345goddamn hi, if you interested in oil painting, check out draw paint mix.com, Mark put a a free step by step tutorial which I follow and yield great result !!! He is amazing, you probably already know him, see the below link, click tutorial. Pardon me for giving you unsolicited advise - I can’t help but let everyone who is interested in oil painting know about it. www.drawmixpaint.com/

Very helpful ty very much 😁

Canson Mi Tientes is cited in the video notes. Is this the paper you used for the Bargue course exercises?

if i want to learn how to draw a portrait from life or out of a book or from a monitor where should i start???

Just started, I did the preliminary reading for it but naively ignore it and started with the cast profile portrait as I'm currently working on a profile work for my own collection, I'm baffled by how hard it is haha I initially, naively, thought itd be 'easy' compared to my own work but my goodness I'm learning a lot already, I'm tempted to put my own work for for the frseeable and just work on Bargue copies for some time. Other than Harold speed I find it the best drawing book around. Any other book recommendations?

Again thank you

Doing it for a couple of weeks. I decided, after years of rushing at art, to stop and return to the basics for a recicling. This book are awsome and im learning many things left behind. An oportunity to get back on the track and colect many things forgotten on the jouney. By the way, vc é brasileiro?

I want to draw/paint a fox. Loving foxes right now.

Hello Cesar. I was wondering if you could create a video on using a plumb line. I'm still not exactly sure how to use one.

Excellent. Thank you, Cesar. I have the Bargue book (no instructor). I am planning to print out some of the plates. Do you think they need to be 18 x 24? I will be doing sight-size.

@santocesart

6 жыл бұрын

S. Lynne Price it depends, if you do them with pencil you can do them on a 12 x9in paper.

@LynnePriceStudio

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Cesar. This helps immensely! I will do some in pencil and some in charcoal. 12 x 9 will be a lot less expensive to print.

thank you for sharing

Okay i bought the book. I have many years of experience. Only I received lessons from another method. Learning to draw on the right side of the brain. It has a lot of good exercices. Let's see what the Barbie book will give. I hope to grow.

Another great video. Do you know the amazing story behind that calm girl’s face?

I bought this book recently....

how many did you finish a bargue ?

Cesar...Like many, I have now purchased this book, plus I also have your Secrets to Portraiture, and both are changing my life , actually! When working through the course alone and without instruction, I would suppose you are your best critic! Having mastered most of your challenges, in my opinion, do you have any tip on" How To Evaluate Your Own Progress objectively"???Any tips would be greatly appreciated! Jimi

@jc-aguilar

5 жыл бұрын

An idea, you could try Cognitive Drawing. It was developed by Jason Brubaker. Here is a short video how it works: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eWyZlKacfpjRcdI.html

I have the book: Artist's Complete Guide To Drawing The Head by William Maughan. It's really good! What do you think of the books of Andrew Loomis: Figure drawing and drawing the head and hands?

What do you mean by most reflected light?

I would like to buy these books, but are they useful for digital art users?

Cesar, i know you snoop the comment sections, so I say to you, let the art history students of a thousand years later learn of the great Cesar Santos "Saviour of classical art syncretism/ cuban boxing pro" I hope you become a mystery in a thousand years. Keep up the work.

💙💚

I just started this book...now I need a teacher

Got a question for you: Can I sell my oil painting of the plates or it would be a copyright violation? Great video. I am always looking for the next one on your channel.

@santocesart

6 жыл бұрын

Daryoosh M as long as you say you did them after Bargue, you can sell them.

I'm definitely going to try this. I have a question, did you use graphite or charcoal for your drawings? Thanks for the video!

@santocesart

6 жыл бұрын

Sean Murphy graphite

Great video, Cesar! But i have little doubt about feedback: And if i do not have a teacher or artist to point out my mistakes? This is my reality, for example. It's difficult to judge a quality line or a good shadow representation without a external judgment. What is your sugestion to surpess this obstacle?

Hello Cesar, I am about to start the course from the book on my own. Were I live art workshops aren't that available and when they are the quality of teaching is very poor. I don't think anyone actually offers a course using the Bargue method. Do you have any advice concerning self-critique? Maybe the most frequent mistakes done by your students? Generally things I should look out for when I finish my drawings. Even if I can't get all of them at least I can try to get some for the time being. Thanks

Fascinating and well explained....wonder what your thoughts are on doing studies within time limits..or does putting that kind of pressure restrict learning.

@santocesart

6 жыл бұрын

David Wood it's fun exercise to loosen up, but one should mainly take the necessary time to achieve excellence.

@DavydWood

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cesar.

is it the aim to draw these Bargue plates just from eye? I saw a tutorial where numerous guide lines were being drawn and it just looked like a head ache?! I tried with all the guide lines ...and i just gave up! But trying again, going off just one line down the centre of the image was much more enjoyable!

please make more videos !

Thank you! How many bargue plates do you recommend doing? Before moving to real life cast drawings

@santocesart

2 жыл бұрын

I did 6

@divinedia

2 жыл бұрын

@@santocesart which ones did you do? That’s nice! I think the anatomy and portraits are good