The big pick up from this video for me…..don’t still be getting proportions right at the 120th minute. 👍🏻

A few years ago, I used to go to the local public library to do "5 minutes sketches" of kids who gathered there after school. The kids were eager to sit for me because they got the sketch when I was finished. Believe me, you have to hustle to do a sketch in a few minutes. But, It was good experience/practice for me. I developed some ways to simplify the process that have stuck with me.

Beautiful, keep going the good work ❤️

I could watch Stephen draw portraits all day just see how he captures someone's personality so well... That is what I my am thriving for

Really great video and superb drawing. Thank you very much🙏

Liked and Subscribed. Phenomenal.

Great video. It is exactly what i needed. Specially the quote , the work expands to fills the time. I could take so long in some drawings and half of that for other as complex.

the fact that am learning too much just from dis videos

@stephenbaumanartwork

2 жыл бұрын

Glad its helpful!

Beautiful drawing👍😍

Your videos are such a helpful tool to learn, thank you so much for your time and effort, and… not needed to say, but the sketch was also gorgeous, I loved it!

@stephenbaumanartwork

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!!!

Amazing.

1:43 that has been our process exactly I have been in situations with myself where I quit on a drawing but I kept showing everyday these past three weeks and I find myself getting better faster not throwing my old drawings away but just starting all over again and getting better at studying and better at observation. Do I felt like throwing some of the old work away yes I do but I realized that I need to keep it some type of track. So I keep all of my work now. I get it in my head that hate I may have to draw a thousand heads maybe 7000 heads starting with myself portrait. It is actually a therapeutic thing for me when I draw and get into it that mood of drawing, that's space of drawing. And of course watching different videos and learning the different ways to approach always helps I understand now that I can begin anywhere I wish on a drawing. But the number one principle I tried to keep in mind his always make sure you relate forms of the face with other phones on the face otherwise there will be noticeable ambiguities.

3:24. You are correct it is rewarding to get the Block in stage looking very very close to a likeness. A game that I played with myself is to draw a quick portrait from imagination. And so tired before that I just draw the basic shapes you know age Circle a square a rectangle ellipses I meatspin about 5, 6,7 sheets of paper just doing that just to get warmed up.

Great and helpful tips! Thank you so much

@stephenbaumanartwork

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

I’m picking up drawing again and it took 7 sketches before I started seeing progress and I got there much faster than I had in the past following this counsel. Thank you 🙏

Very nice❤❤❤👍👍👍👍

love your videos 🥰

@stephenbaumanartwork

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

thanks for sharing ...very inspirational and important information that you imparted.

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Quality info. Thank you, take care, X

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! You too!

great advice, thanks!

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for the video. Back around 2,000, I met a portrait artist in the Washington DC mall. He did full-color pastel or pencil portraits in an hour or less and they looked great. I asked how he got to be so fast and accurate and he said it was from just doing it all day, every day for a year. He said he was super stressed that first year because it took him so long and people were sitting there getting restless but he kept at it and after a year, he said he could look at a person's face and feel like he had already drawn them and it became almost automatic. But to be able to get into a position where you can even go that first year is not easy without support! I'm taking forever to get these pencil portrait commissions done because I work all day long, 6-7 days a week. It's my own business of rescreening pool cages in the SW Florida heat and humidity and it wipes me out so, I have no energy ever to work on these things. I used to turn a portrait around in three days or less when I wasn't working so much and I definitely notice how quickly I get into the groove when I have plenty of time but it takes a calm energy to draw, for me anyway and I'm always in hyper-mode because of the intensity of my job. I took today off to try and finish this one portrait for which a man paid me over one year ago! He has been very patient to say the least.

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

I feel you about that south Florida heat- can't stay hydrated enough, and of course about that 1st year as well. It doesn't always feel rewarding at first.

@veganize

7 ай бұрын

i would love to see the drawing, is it posted online somewhere?

I learn a lot from you and thank you for your hard work❤️❤️🌹

@AliMohamed-br8oq

2 жыл бұрын

حضرتك من اي بلد عربية لأني ما كنتش متخيل ان في حد عربي بيتابعه :)

@stephenbaumanartwork

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

당신의 그림은 정말 아름답네요. 과하지 않고, 터치가 살짝 있으며, 빛을 효과적으로 뭉쳐 잘 빼는 모습이 인상적입니다. 오늘 일요일에 본 그림들 중 제 마음에 제일 드네요~~

Very informative. Just what I was hoping to learn as I am just getting started doing commissioned work.

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Make sure to check out the vid I made on making commissions- you can even download the contract I use.

Amazing video!

@stephenbaumanartwork

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

beautiful

@stephenbaumanartwork

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Stick to one medium...is the lesson definitely learnt recently in a hard way...after trying many media for portraits...like pastels, oils, watercolours etc...finally settled with pencil and charcoal...which is much simpler to get the finesse of proportions and likeness which most important than colour

I don't know why, but I find human faces so challenging. I've tried everything from the Loomis technique to constructing and measuring. The thing is, you can't do something once and expect to be proficient at it. There are days when I think, "Okay, I've got it," and then weeks pass without a proper drawing. So, I guess I just have to keep going. It's reassuring to hear that even a professional artist like you struggled with this for a long time.

Thanks

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Welcome

for a person that learned drawing by watching tutorial. thanks you are one of my inspiration 😊💪godbless keep inspiring people

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

I think I draw best doing portraits with graphite and I do it pretty quick but I love using marker and colored pencils isn't that something else

Amazing Drawing #Hyperrealistic #drawing #colored #art

Loved your video last month about how importing design applications from drawing into your painting practice and how that has lended you some additional vitality there. I wonder if you've ever inverted this formula? That is, making drawing more painterly. I don't fully know what that would look like, maybe drybrush with graphite or charcoal powder. Or maybe even putting mineral spirits to the powder. Curious if you'll ever try this! Wonder too, if this might have a 'speed-up' more immediate effect, similar to an oil block-in

@stephenbaumanartwork

2 жыл бұрын

I have tried this, for sure. Graphite washes and things like that. Really stretches the spectrum of marks that you can make and shapes you can design.

I have fallen into digital colouring, and Im REALLY good at it, but no matter how small the project....2 hrs is really that magical number it honestly takes to create something... and it actually be good. ive tried to get “Faster” and I have and I am.....but 2 hrs is really it. ive tried And if you take less time.....youll look at the final result and tinker.....and it will STILL add up to that 2hrs. When I finish a colour job and hit 2 hrs and its done, I feel like a formula 1 driver and that I accomplished it SO FAST

The blocking in planes is definitely faster and more accurate than the Reilly or other shape drawing methods. (I do planes as the drawing progresses, so out of order to you, but still perhaps even faster.) I watch people using those other methods and they almost never capture the likeness in the initial drawing. They get it, instead, in the finishing touches, if at all, and it takes them hours, where I get the entire ready-ro-paint drawing done within the hour (not more than 2 for a large piece), often 20 to 30 minutes for an 8 x 11. The major problem most have is going over the same lines again and again and again, which drives me crazy to watch. Get the line down with confidence and fix bad lines once.

2:16 what are all the shapes and triangles in the faces? im assuming its to trianglute some features? or for shading, and how did u come up with the lines

Or go and do the Charles Bargue course best explained in New Masters Academy and it is one of the most useful subscription I have paid for. They literally have everything you might want as an artist.

This is a nice video. Good points. I am wondering what you would produce within 10 minutes in a monochrome portrait? I meet with a group of artists once a month and we pose for one another in a pub timing the portrait work at 10 minutes, this why I am curious as to what you might produce. I work in black conte crayon on a 9x12 inch Stonhenge cotton paper pad. I enjoy conte crayon quite a bit. But it is chunky. Thanks again !

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

In 10 minutes… I would practice the broadest impression of shadow and light. Separate it into 2 groups.

Which mechanical pencil is that. I know everyone hates materials questions but curiosity is driving me nuts because I thought it was a tombow pencil but watched you sharpen in the beginning and then saw silver (I thought on the tip).

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Koh I Noor 2mm lead holder

Posibilidad de subtitulado en español..... en algún video .? Gracias por tanto ¡¡¡ 👏👏🖐

Great video as always! Can you suggest a good pencil lineup for drawings like this? Ex. Hb/2b/4b/6b. Tyia!

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Seems good to me. I would take out the 6b and add a 2h.

@oyiearcala4522

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenbaumanartwork Thank you so much!

"Block-in bootcamp"...gotta check that out.

👏👏👏👏👏👍

Beautiful sketch in 2 hours. I have noticed you use graphite for portrait drawing most of the time not charcoal. Any reasons?

@stephenbaumanartwork

2 жыл бұрын

I like the tighter value control in the light half tones.

اعجبني الفيديو رغم اني لا اتكلم الانجليزيه شكرا لك اتمنى لو تترجم فيديوهاتك للعربية

❤

May I ask what pen did you use?

Please tell the type of pencils u used

I understand you exactly two hours he's considered fast you think about it I have learned a lot about myself over there last two weeks when I draw from imagination I tend to get something down really really fast that looks human do to practice practice practice in memory learning the facial structures. This has been a journey for me because I had struggled with emotions verses dealing with actuality of the forms that I see. By that I mean I put a lot of pressure on myself to really want to draw some money or something to scale no matter what the original photo look like with you take a lot of skill in my opinion but it can be done with practice observational skills I find it easier for me to just get the overall shape of the head down without putting too much pressure on yourself to make things look detailedly believable at first. It's better that way because at least you get something down on paper because let's face it the canvas is empty until you put something on it. Hope this makes sense to you

Gracias por la info a mi me da otro resultado . 3 hs * 5días = 15 hs * 16 semanas = 240 hs. si mal no etendí. Gracias

NAAAAH AT THE END I SWEAR ITS EYES MOVEED HELL NAAAA

Sir , give us a shading totourial please

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Coming soon

@hrutikchavan743

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenbaumanartwork thank you sir

Another very good video and piece of advice, thanks. Hey, I am registered with your Patreon but I cannot get into my account: I never receive the e-mail from Patreon to reset my password. Any idea about how I coud fix this? I see no other way to contact them. Take care 😄

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Hmmm... Message me on patreon and I will check which email address you are registered at. I have had some patrons who aren't registered at their primary account and have forgotten about it.

@bodawei425

Жыл бұрын

​@@stephenbaumanartwork Stephen, thanks a lot for your reply. I searched further on the Patreon website. With a little persistence, I found out that I could not receive the e-mail to reset my password because I had logged-in using a 3rd party app in the first place (e.g. using Apple ID)... then I had logged-in separately using another app (yeah, stupid, but too many accounts an passwords ). I now have access again to your Patreon content and I'm ready to study. Thanks again for having taken time to reply. my message. Have a good one! - David.

Anyone know what pencil that is?

@splintmeow4723

Жыл бұрын

It appears to be a 2.mm external clutch drafting pencil. Maybe a Kitaboshi or Faber Castell? If you get one, make sure it is a good material and has 3 or more prongs. ❤

stephens a youtuber now XD 🙌🤙

@stephenbaumanartwork

2 жыл бұрын

Tough transition to make.

Does your patreon teach this?

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Yes- there is a tier specifically for block ins.

@stephaddiction

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenbaumanartwork and it includes the speed aspect? I am trying to hit 2 hrs on a drawing as you described

@stephaddiction

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenbaumanartwork oh okay so learning block ins is what makes it faster

🙏👏👏👏👏…..

Have you ever tried to draw without a eraser 😅for fun ofcourse..I find it fun..

@stephenbaumanartwork

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great youtube vid...

5:33

Bruh Timers actually force u to work fast.Set a timer and commit whatever u make to post on social media that just will give u the motivation to work faster and better.

No, fast to me is 20 minutes -with some life in it vs a static photo type image

I want to learn graphite drawing.

Beautiful, keep going the good work ❤️

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🤗