Never too old to learn something. I am 84, been a professional commercial artist all my life and still painting steadily. It is so much fun to you really smart guys with such awesome fresh approaches. I envy you but I'll show you I can do that also..in a stiffer manner I guess. Thanks for sharing!

@Anianime22

3 жыл бұрын

Hes 90 now guys

@shinchanthebest

3 жыл бұрын

@@Anianime22 ​ @Anime Revival yes, also he updated his playlists and from what i could say some videos are from september 2019... meaning 89 then

@melonade1798

3 жыл бұрын

Wait so you're 91 now? How are you doing?

@itsboiboiboi

3 жыл бұрын

@@Anianime22 lol!! I’m worried bout him now!

@cityinsect

2 жыл бұрын

@@itsboiboiboi he old old

How come I hadn't seen this video before. This is probably one of the best technical advices I have had ever heard of and seen. This is applicable either to a simple figure/shape up to the most complicated composition. Wow, you have revolutionized my approach to drawing and painting. Thanks Alphonso, you are the best.

I’m an experienced landscape and Botanical painter, now getting to grips with life drawing and portraits. Very impressed with your approach to the blocking in technique. Can’t wait to see more!😊

10 years later and this is still an awesome tutorial

Hello Alphonso..I'm Ivan from India..I started teaching drawing a few months back..I am very new to this and I have learnt so much over the past few months during the course of attempting to teach whatever little I know..I assume that you have much greater experience than me as far as teaching is concerned..I have two students for the time being and as I am sure you can imagine, one needs to do a lot of research before teaching..I just wanted to say that your videos have not only assisted me in various ways, but by turn have helped me design a syllabus for my students and helping to make things easier for them..thank you..

Alphonso, I had heard and even practiced blocking in technique but never could understood its utility. Then I watch your video and everything turns clear. Everyone says you the same, but it's the true, your a pro teacher. Thanks a lot.

@alphonsodunn

6 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help : )

I just had a class on Blocking In, and quickly check a few videos on KZread. Your video Alphonso is as clear explanation as anything and is still helping us 8 years since you uploaded this. Thank you!

Alphonso Dunn, you are the man.

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

:-)

Thanks. You're one of the best teachers on You Tube. The way you explain and demonstrate it in a simple way is really helpful.

Whoa, just drew my first pose with the "boxing in" technique. Came out better than I thought. Saw a big difference in my usual composition, proportion, line clarity, and seeing the negative shapes. Very thankful!

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

sounds like progress :-)

Your work is amazing and the articulate way in which you share your knowledge is inspiring. Came across your videos a year or so ago and started to show some to my young children, now 8 and 13. My youngest child draws and does craft at a frenetic pace, almost in a compulsive fashion but this habit has provided therapeutic relief (as he has a lot of energy and suffers from eczema. Artistic activity seems to quite simply provide something else for his hands to do other than itch. I myself am trying to re-hone my skills, first as recreation now for commercial purposes. People often underestimate the contribution that creative people make to society and the healing, transformative power their work has. Your skill is truly a gift and I admire the generosity of spirit with which you share it.

Grateful for your teaching, Alphonso!!! Thinking so much about drawing as carving out the shapes and always including the negative shapes.

You never fail to amaze. It really helped to get a vertical line down the middle of the page. Having a horizon line reduced stress further. This is the form target at the center of that crosshair. I don't need as much whiskey.

I never thought of blocking in the outside shape before, works like a thumbnail, but better. I don't know how many times I'd start out with a detail and work out from there, running out of room on the paper, or invading the background in a way I did not want to happen. It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks...but I'm working on me. Thank you for your instructional videos.

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

Exactly! lol...Blocking-in sort of frames and controls the dimensions of the drawing befor you begin

this series has been amazing at helping me see my weak points and be happy with my strengths thank you

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEACHINGS I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH AND MY DRAWINGS HAVE GOTTEN MUCH BETTER SINCE I FIRST STARTED WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS YOU ARE A GOOD TEACHER TOO THANKS AGAIN

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

MICHAEL MURRAY its inspiring to hear that..thank you for sharing

Extremely cool and thought out concept. This is the first time I've seen a method like this. It seems very handy for drawing figures in tight poses. I really like this. It almost looks as if your sculpting or carving the figure out of wood or stone. You make it look easy. I might have to practice this a few times to get the hang of it.

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

SnakeEater871 try it out :-)...its fun and not as tough as it seems..just keep the shapes simple and geometric like

This is wonderful, thank you for the help! I don't find many good instructors online, but you have to be pretty up there on demonstrations!

@cityinsect

2 жыл бұрын

how are you doing?

You, Sir, are my no. 1 inspiration!

ive start sharping my pen like that... take longer but im already addicted! nice draqing tips by the way! thanks!

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

: )

Hey Alphonso, I just got back into drawing today and after visiting this video, drawing figures just got so much easier. Thank you so much for this! It really built my confidence and developing my eye for shapes

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Rus y Thanks for sharing that. I hope you dont stop there but keep growing :-)

This is wonderful. I thought it would be super complicated to understand when I saw the thumbnail, but your explanation always makes everything easier. :)

These videos will be very useful for years to come for artists, loved the explanation for how it’s put together , awesome video , liked and subscribed . 👍

Thanks a lot Alphonso! greats tutorials! clear concepts, and a lot of artistic freedom!

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

thx much...most definitely

Thanks so much for all of your tutorials. I'm finding them so useful. I LOVE your artwork, and appreciate this so much.

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks much! and I appreciate the wonderful support you all provide!

thanks for showing me another kind of method on how to simplify or breaking things up

Your tutorials are like gold, thanks.

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

eVoLuTiVeMEDIA Jose thanks much :-)

Absolutely amazing lessons,, never imagined I would draw figures but you made it happen! Many thanks! Truly greatful🙏🏻🌹

@alphonsodunn

4 жыл бұрын

🙂

Thank you so much for this tip!!! The bubbles are so helpful!!

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

no prob

thank you for blocking in, I'm learning this currently and i had to look through damn near each vid on youtube >_< I applaud you sir

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks much

Thank you from Turkey, i have shared and recommend, far best ever..

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Atilla Köseoğlu thanks so much...I appreciate that

You earned a like with one video, and my sub with the next. Great tips!

thank you so much for this video your channel has helped me so much for my college art class!

Before watching this video it took me 40mins. Do a figure and that same figure now I can do in less than 10mins. THANKS BROTHER ALPHONSO :~)

Nice; thank you Alphonso, refreshing and insightful.

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Derick Tweedie :-) glad it helped

The other night I sat with two stamps I liked, first one I drew at a good proportion. The second one I ended up using more than half the page. I didn't let it bother me because I am learning and my objective was to finish it, however, my sketching compared to yours is a drawing. Afterwards I was like, ok we need to learn how to control the size. Lots to learn...

Another great tutorial! This lesson could also be called how to have strong design in your drawings. Lessons from the old masters.

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

definitely

I wish there was some sort of drawing figures boot-camp. It took me all day the other day, and about 1/3 of my sketch book to draw examples of hands, which still look like they belong to deformed people, but I think I may be getting it.

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Ray Charles If thats what it takes, thats what it takes

Great tutorial! I find this and the gesture drawing tutorial really helpful!

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear :-)

Great Videos, can tell he's one of the best teachers among millions, keep going, Alfonso:)

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

blubble D :-) muchas gracias. Once I'm giving some help

Thank you so much Alphonso! That was a great tutorial.

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

glad you found it useful

this method really helped me get some more dimension to my figures. Thanks for posting

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Paul Wiles Very welcome :-)

Excellent ! You make it look so easy !

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

I'm using the same things I teach

Thanks man! REALLY helpful! 👍🏾

dik if u read all of your comments , but i have to say i have never thought of this before but this makes so much sense in my head and i feel its going to help me a lot with the problems i have been having , so thank you for the time and effort and knowledge that u put into this video and i wanted to know u have helped at least one person (probably thousands ) but yeah thanks u also i have subscribed after watching this

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

kostik conbad I am glad it helped. Thanks

wonderful and inspiring. thanks so much for your tutorials!!

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Phyllis Chan very welcome :-)

Very renaissance-y! I like it.

4:37 good point. Someone, maybe you, said to draw the jaw line with five straight lines, two on each side and one under the chin. It was smoothed out later. It worked, a cool trick...

Amazing tutorial! You've broken down the dynamic drawing concept so well. Would have helped when I was an art major 30 yrs ago. I'm sure my daughter will find this extremely helpful. Thanks

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

lol no worries, you never stop learning :-)

This technique works so well!!

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

glad it did

Brilliant! Thank you!

I love your work and your style, and this makes a great exercise. I just have a question, do you have some recommendations for anatomy books?

@cityinsect

2 жыл бұрын

hey, you okay?

Thanks for the tutorial, I like the idea of this, it seems like a really useful way to "start out" quickly so you don't lose track of a pose you're trying to get down, but at the same time I feel like it would be really complicated to actually put into practice, kind of like Gesture Drawing which so many people praise for being "a great shortcut for quickly drawing dynamic poses". I tried gestures a few years back but it just never seemed to "click" for me. Things ended up looking like incoherent scribbles lol but the results I've seen from other people doing it look really good. Hopefully I have more luck with this technique because figure drawing sometimes twists my brain in knots but its also my fave type of drawing. Are these poses spontaneous and they only "came to you" after drawing the blocking in shapes? If so thats really impressive man, I always have trouble thinking of interesting poses, so if this can help with that too, its exactly what I need.

hey Alphonso, can you do a tutorial on complicated suits, like military or xmen or alien. busy attire

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

hmm thats an interesting idea

@jdowg6

7 жыл бұрын

Alphonso Dunn I just wanna know the steps, or the proper way. thanks in advance

Outstanding!

You rock. You really rock. Happy I found this. Keep em coming I'm subscribed :)

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

thanks much! :-)

SIMPLICITY IS THE ULTIMATE SOPHISTICATION

Awesome, as usual. Thanks for sharing!

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

:-)

thank you, thank you, thank you, made so many things about drawing simple...I so appreciate it..

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Lauren Felber no problem at all :-)

This is so amazing and helpful! Thank you! I'm so frustrated with my drawing abilities.

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

Don't be. just try to break things down and make incremental steps

Informative and enjoyable. Your explanations and visuals have been excellent in all the videos I've watched. Excellent book too. Thank you. HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2018 :).

@alphonsodunn

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Happy New Year!

I love this, thank you Alphonso - its helped me enormously. Amanda

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

Glad it did :-)

thank you this helps out a lot with keeping all body parts in portion & connect , for me...

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

atolliver91 yes it does, and thanks

Alphonso i want to thank you. I am just begginer but i want to learn. I reveal yesterday to i want to learn how to draw good, and i reveal to i don't need much talent but i need persistence. And again i want to thank you. (P.S. i am not so good in english)

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

neso podstanar no worries. glad you can get something from them

I should say a very Huge & huge Thank you Bro.... It's a very easy technique ,i feel it would created by u ...... Namastey ....

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Prashanth rapolu thank you

Awesome. Cool. Thanks.

Thank you so much for your sharing

wow! Thanks so much. I think I will be back to see all your lessons.

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

Sarah Miller I hope so :-)

so helpful! thank youuuu!

@alphonsodunn

6 жыл бұрын

+It'sJustLisset : )

Can u reccommend a book where i can read up more on this technique

You are really awesome！I like the way you teach:-) Thank you!

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you

This is so cool

Awesome video! I've used this method before for still life stuff, but never figure drawing. It looks super helpful though. I'll definitely try it out ^_^

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Nuna fish Thanks. Hope it helps

Thank you sir. Very useful video. You are great teacher.

@alphonsodunn

6 жыл бұрын

thanks

That's a good way to get the proportion in the beginning. Oh you just said it.

you are an awesome artist man. good job. i am not sure if you already have, but i think you should make a video/tutorial on how you sharpen those pencils :)

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Peace Sinalo i did kzread.info/dash/bejne/i5WOk5Wtg9fTYNY.html

u r a genius mr alphonse

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

😳

Wow. Thorough and easy .Thank you

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+Ellie Az very welcome:-)

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+ALPHONSO DUNN ...and its public but its hidden lol

@ellieaz2442

8 жыл бұрын

Mmmmm .Ok :)

hey! thank you so much!

How do you draw bigger envelopes with the same proportions?

Hey y herencia. Thx for the tips. May i ask, what pencils r u using? And how to u sharpen them like That? Los comfy to draw. Thx

@alphonsodunn

6 жыл бұрын

I used Caran d'Aache pencils in this video

thanks so much! Drawing and practicing along with u..yep, yep!

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

lol there you go

this video is amazing! I hope that my economy gets better so i can buy your book

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

+ruzya7 thanks much. I appreciate it

Alfonso please make a video taking a drawing from Gesture to Mannequin to Anatomy to Clothing to Lighting... In other words completing a Character/Figure.. Taking it from Scratch to Complete.. I hope this makes sense and you read it. Thank you, you're the best!!

When you draw a basic shape you already have an idea what will be blocked in? Which poses, etc? Or you just build a shape that suits your general composition on the painting and see after what can be built there? I have to know how it s better to build the composition...

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

Excellent question! I do both. If I'm just drawing from observation I draw the basic shape based on the subject i am observing. If creating a composition I use a shape that works well with the composition and pose the subject to fit it. But that was really a good question, thanks :-)

Thank you Dunn Art XD !

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

RieNevan no worries :-)

Buen video! ;)

Wow, I should visit on your videos more often !

@alphonsodunn

7 жыл бұрын

: )

Good work men from MEXICO :)

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

muchas gracias, hope you found it useful

Thank you!

Great Channel, you know how to keep my attention and explain things thoroughly.. I can't wait to see the Full-Figure tutorial, where you take the Mannequin into a Complete Character.

@cityinsect

2 жыл бұрын

how are you?

🌺🌺

You're cool! your video helped me

@alphonsodunn

9 жыл бұрын

Alice White awesome! :-)

Excelente.

@alphonsodunn

5 жыл бұрын

Gracias

muchas gracias, muito obrigado, thank you irmão. it will be great if you make a tutorial of hands!!! siempre agradecido Alphonso

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

soon...very soon

this is very useful to draw comics thanks man

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

yup, and just about anything else

Very nice and informative video. Thanks for sharing! :-)

@alphonsodunn

8 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful 😊

@papasmurf4829

7 жыл бұрын

Alphonso Dunn teacher of the year

@papasmurf4829

7 жыл бұрын

Alphonso Dunn my wife got me ur book for Christmas..best gift ever

Alphonso could you place a link to the next vid in line with the course series. I am lost..lol

this is very helpful

Thank you so much!

@alphonsodunn

10 жыл бұрын

yw :-)