Field Sketching Basics

So you want to draw but have not picked up a pencil since elementary school? This workshop is geared for the raw beginner who is terrified of sketching and is convinced that they can not draw. You can learn to draw and this workshop will show you how to begin. In this workshop you will learn:
• How to look at a subject as an artist so you can draw what you see.
• Where to start and how to make your first lines.
• The drawing “order of operations”.
• How to simplify shapes, values, and colors.
• Key drawing tricks that many any subject easier to manage.
• How to use a small set of colored pencils to get infinite hues.

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  • @traceyelliott6891
    @traceyelliott68912 жыл бұрын

    This was absolutely brilliant. I started just listening then ended up taking notes and I'll definitely be watching it again. Can't thank you enough.

  • @terenceadamson4849
    @terenceadamson48494 жыл бұрын

    Thank you John, that was brilliant. It was everything you needed to know and nothing you didn't. There's only one thing left to do - put it into practice!

  • @Midztoyz
    @Midztoyz8 жыл бұрын

    The part about Cyan and Magenta as primary colors for mixing blew my mind. Thank you.

  • @kodda4un
    @kodda4un7 жыл бұрын

    Now i gonna do 15 drawings and only THEN watch another your video. Thank you so much and really great classes.

  • @Lesimages2Renata
    @Lesimages2Renata7 жыл бұрын

    John I love your videos I agree 100% Thanks for all what you do

  • @davidphilipsmusic
    @davidphilipsmusic7 жыл бұрын

    Just discovered your videos and bought your book today. Such great lectures. Just 30 mins in to the bird video and I already doubled my knowledge of bird anatomy. Thanks!

  • @gailaroonie
    @gailaroonie2 жыл бұрын

    I’m loving the idea of a nature journal Thankyou. Page 1 started today. What a great summer activity.

  • @ChromatophoneNature
    @ChromatophoneNature7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for posting your lectures. This stuff is so fascinating and helpful.

  • @forjazznjava
    @forjazznjava7 жыл бұрын

    This video was worth every minute. Loved it. Thanks for posting.

  • @silviadamarradvansky1702
    @silviadamarradvansky17023 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much John, you are a dynamic and generous teacher. you give me a good motivation for sketching.

  • @miyagi_draws
    @miyagi_draws8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for making me look insane in front of people! Just kidding! The part about speaking my observations out loud was a game-changer for me. I was able to remember details in a lizard long after he left his hot rock. You're an amazing instructor and illustrator, thanks for posting your videos!

  • @MarceloJost
    @MarceloJost7 жыл бұрын

    Hi John... you forgot to put the link to the illustrator in the notes... you got me curious :P I really like the way you explain things. Quite a gift for teaching. Thanks for sharing.

  • @jimpyre5038
    @jimpyre50387 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this...

  • @darksouth2607
    @darksouth26076 жыл бұрын

    Speed speed speed! I do birds from my backyard .They grab seeds from my feeder and fly off . I think they know what I'm doing.

  • @Natalia-cb5gf
    @Natalia-cb5gf8 жыл бұрын

    I wish I lived by you so I could go to your classes

  • @AmyGiglio7683
    @AmyGiglio76837 жыл бұрын

    The problem or challenge with mixing paint colors is rooted in the fact that your eye is seeing a range of visible light, but your paint is made of pigment, not light. This seams rather obvious now that I've stated it, but how we describe and categorize color, it is not often thought of as light energy. Painting is an effort to replicate a visual interpretation of light entering the eye. Consequently, paint colors are limited by the pigments that you start with. This is especially true of watercolors. A palette of red, yellow, and blue is very limiting and not very natural looking. As you mentioned in regards to red, I had to go buy a madder rose watercolor in order to get the final hue I was searching for. No amount of mixing with red produced a bright pink.

  • @TheBicycleLadyThings
    @TheBicycleLadyThings7 жыл бұрын

    I just discovered your videos and have really enjoyed them and has inspired me to get out there and sketch. I also looked for the Prismacolor copy-not pencil and my local art store only had colorase blue or Staedtler non-photo-blue pencil. It seems work very well like you showed with the prismacolor the only this it erases well with white vinyl eraser. Do you have any opinion or thoughts on the pencil

  • @415mazer6
    @415mazer68 жыл бұрын

    I have more of a question than a comment. I understand there is a distinct difference in Journalling with drawings vs detailed drawings - which obviously take more time and discipline. When do you choose one over the other and which is harder. I find sketching in the loose fast way is requiring more discipline and is harder for me to achieve Any tips on how to loosen up more?

  • @connerr8742
    @connerr87427 жыл бұрын

    Beginner here, how do I do the pencil sketch and not smear my page and drawing? The blue was fine and then as I worked in the graphite I made a huge mess.

  • @PalmDreams

    @PalmDreams

    7 жыл бұрын

    you can use a small piece of note paper, a oversized index card ...just let that be under your palm as you work...some people use a full sized sheet...whatever works for you

  • @heatherh3457
    @heatherh34573 жыл бұрын

    And that is why people talk to themselves.:)

  • @Winwild3
    @Winwild38 жыл бұрын

    Where are the notes on the digital illustrator?

  • @hArtyTruffle
    @hArtyTruffle2 жыл бұрын

    “Pro-community”… subbed