Which of these techniques did you find helpful? Try this video next: 20 FAST Tricks to Transform your Drawing Skills! kzread.info/dash/bejne/jGqOstNygZenYNI.html

@evelyne7071

Жыл бұрын

Your suggesting regarding the general contours by tracing is a really great idea which I had not thought of before. You could use it that way and do the details yourself…..or could use it as a guide for the drawing done free-handedly later on. Thank you.

@suel4269

Жыл бұрын

It’s helpful to know I can throw away my bad drawing, hahaha! Grid method still makes my head spin.

@evelyne7071

Жыл бұрын

I just tore up a drawing of my previous husband.

@kathystaudenmayer2277

Жыл бұрын

I liked the tip to draw without expectations. I liked how you did it on a notepad with a pen. I always have one next to me to take random notes. I was surprised how well I could draw ordinary things with no expectations of doing anything with it. And using a pen freed me up from fussing or fixing it. Brilliant practice idea. Your drawing course and videos have been extremely helpful.

The last tip about using tracing to look at proportions and basic shapes is really useful.

Definitely the best art tutorials available on KZread.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Remember now, being given a „drawing „book as a youngster showing a grid system, which I ignored til seeing your video. Like very much the tracing of the girl, how helpful. Thanks

Michelle, This was perfectly timed for me. I am just now trying to stop tracing for my watercolors and this is very encouraging. I look forward to trying all the techniques!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

You can do it!

I’ve learned to draw much better after watching many of your tutorials. I love the last technique you mentioned, “Tracing as a learning tool to help you see shapes.” I already know this will help me. Thank you for sharing inspiration, experience and humor. 🙏💙💙🌵🌵

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@smz5302

Жыл бұрын

That is a good one, Delphine. I agree!

@susanreinersuedahl

Жыл бұрын

I agree as well. To understand more of the lines and angles.

The triangular gridding is great, no need to measure like an orthogonal grid. I’ll definitely do that next time.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

That's great, glad it helped!

I found that alternative to gridding very useful. Thaks for this video.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

I traced a flower with many petals about a year ago, because I wanted to get the proportions more exactingly. But, i found that the tracing paper markings were not really easy to erase; so, for the whole painting, I had these darker lines. It turned out alright; anyway, we don’t have to tell anyone what techniques we used. We are not under oath or anything…….” I swear that I would never trace anything……..that’s shameful !”……..No, it isn’t. Sometimes even the more experienced sneak a cheat……I mean, need a little extra help………There is no tracers’ jail……HaHaHa.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Tracers jail lol that's funny!

I am very inspired by the last technique you mentioned, Tracing as a learning tool to help you see shapes. Even in the tracing I didn't see those things you pointed out, like how big her head is, short her arm is, etc. Those things you mentioned helped me see it differently and I am looking forward to trying it myself.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Loved your intro here Michelle. I do both tracing and freehand drawing and you’re right both have their place in art work. I’m working on transitioning to more freehand, but still using tracing when necessary. Also love the new haircut. Thank you for all these tips. Blessings to you and everyone!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Super helpful tips. I was doing a variation of a grid, using lengths of lines and ruler guiding my plotting points. Laborious, tedious and head-pounding work, when a grid would have made it so much more sensible. The drawing often various sketches really helps too. I do soap bars, detergent bottles etc throughout the week, it really helps the eye learn to see objects as shapes and tones.

These are all interesting but the one I thought I’d be most likely to use was the one with the triangular grid. I could see the potential of it just while you were drawing lines on your photo. It a sort of map that the person can then use to place the objects in their drawing, deciding which to add, which to leave out. I think it’s a very clever idea and one I’d not heard of before

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

I kind of invented it a couple of weeks ago, although I am sure it's not a new idea, just new to me :-)

@marjo-riittareinikainen9740

Жыл бұрын

It was new for me too?

Oh, meant to add, your videos are so packed with info that I’ve started taking notes. I have to pause the videos fairly often because writing is very difficult for me. For the triangular grid I drew a little diagram in case my notes were not clear enough on what you had said.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

Seeing the big shapes without not getting bogged down in either details or light and shade is something I've been working on. The triangular grid method appealed to me immediately. I like the broader, more integrated view. Then reminding me to draw everyday. While these were my favorite tips, I expect I'm benefitting from them all. 🎉

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Good stuff!

Oh this was so good. We trace everything in our art class and I am venturing out to draw. Your hair looks very flattering.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

I had trouble drawing a rose despite looking at tutorials. Finally, I printed off some photos of roses and traced several of them. Eventually, I could draw a fairly acceptable rose freehand without even looking a a picture.

Thanks Michele. I think this is one of the BEST tracing videos I've seen. Great ideas! Thanks again.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Thank you for another great video. Loved the last tip of just getting a rough tracing and then drawing it.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

This is so helpful, Michele, thank you! Such great ideas to use in so many different situations!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Awesome exercises for me to add into my daily routine. Thanks for sharing this wonderful informational video with us.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Wonderful helping tools. There is no same in using any of these aids. Van Gogh perfected using a grid system, long ago.

Thank you Michele. On the recent face to face drawing class I went to we were encouraged not to erase our first lines but to use them as a guide of where to go next. I found this has helped me a lot. I think they are called Pentimento lines. I notice you do it a lot when you draw. Xx

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

I have never heard that term but yes I have always taught this. If you erase you have no better chance of getting it right the second time.

Thanks for the tips.

I use a grid for portraits from photos because it gives a good likeness.

I find that your videos get to the point and teach a lot in digestible amounts. Thank you :)

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

Yes, I do watch some of your videos repeatedly. And I keep picking up and using more skills and techniques each time! And besides your adorable English accent and vernacular are quite charming and helps my attention deficit brain stay focused instead of tuning out from the audio as happens when I watch some other content creators. 🎨🧑🏻‍🎨🥰

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Aw thanks!

Thank you Michele. I appreciate your cheerleading (with a little nudge). :)

What a positive empowering video ! I love all your ideas Michelle and am going to try them all for improving my drawing skills. I especially like your idea of drawing something in front of you - any inanimate object will do. I find drawing everyday objects somewhat endearing - getting a snippet of the charm of routine object one’s daily life.

All great tips. Thank you!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Wonderful! love your drawing videos!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

This has helped me a lot. I used to draw, not well. But you have given good techniques here and have encouraged me to draw.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

11 ай бұрын

I'm glad Annette!

Hey just wanted to let you know of my progress. I'm the one who used to be able to draw anything I could see freehand (20 years ago before career and kids). Well I'm rusty and a model will look like a model, but always be just off. So the model will still look like a model, but not 100 percent accurate to the image. So I started drawing with a crisscross and placed markings based on my compass (eyeballing it) for reference and I'm seeing great improvement. Wish it was with no grid or ref points, but the drawings are getting done quicker, 95 percent accurate and ready to paint within the hour (which is the point bec I'm learning gouache). I'm taking my drawing portrait and then transferring via trace to different boards to (ampersand claybord, gessobord etc) and painting in 4 different media (watercolor, gouache, acrylic and water miscible oil). I try to do the same portrait in 2 media to reuse what I drew to get the paint practice in on the new media (oil and gouache- I primarily used acrylic then watercolor). I've also been following a couple artists prompts to get my drawing/paint game up, getting the brain 🧠 to grow a bit where it's not had the practice for awhile. You were right, my drawing skills are quickly coming back. Guess it's like riding a bike. ;) Jessica

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic! I am pleased for you :-)

Very useful thanks, I'm tracing mainly outlines for objects, especially sails and curves on boats. I've used the grid method and get the same result as tracing but it takes much longer.

Thank you for helping grow my skills and confidence to try challenging myself. 🎉🎨🧑🏻‍🎨🫶

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

Excellent video Michele. Thx as always. 🥰

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Most welcome X

Thank you Michele I have found these tricks very helpful. I have a lot of problems working out the perspective line on buildings etc and this helped no end

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

Love it! Thanks!!!

Thank you! You explained steps beautiful 😊

I love the subject tip. I once heard that it's best to start drawing by drawing fruit and vegetable because 1. they aren't perfect, 2. they all look different (so who's to say you drew it wrong) and 3. you can eat the evidence/model when you're done!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

So true!

Hurray more tips! Thanks Michele!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

You bet!

Tracing as a learning tool! Why I’ve never thought of this is beyond me but I’m certainly going to try it. Thank you!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

I love your tips because they are so practical and straight to the point. I have learned so many things from you. Thank you!!! I love your comments concerning the need to avoid beating us up about what we perceive as a need for perfection.

Thank you, I will definatly will use your last example of drawing, i can see that this way will assist with improving my drawing skills as well as foreshortning thanks again.

Loved the section on grids, very useful, thank yo.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Very welcome!

Very good advices

I always learn something from you 🥰

thank you!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

That last part was really useful. Thank you.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

I'm going to try the tracing outlines and using it to understand foreshortening and angles of people in various positions. Thanks for this tip in particular.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Best ideas I've seen! TY!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome Terry!

Hurrah. Today I found 5 small ceramic bowls at the Goodwill just as you suggested. Thanks for that!!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

Loved these tips!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

What a great video! Thank you very much for your ideas!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome :-)

Thanks 😊 💜💜💜

Thx again for, yet another, amazing video!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Thanks Michele. Love the video and all the tips.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

So glad!

this is so incredibly encouraging, thank you so much! 💖💛💖 love the analogy of speaking french, and ditching expectations of perfection. Listening to you after briefly listening to Ross Rosenberg (he's a therapist who talks about narcissists) I realized i have the voices of my older brothers in my head, who bullied me endlessly about being less than perfect as if that was a shameful thing for a human to be, and how that's affected everything in my life, including my attempts at art. The best part of your video tho, is when you talked about which images make good subjects for a beginner, which ones don't, and why. Us beginners need THAT. Seriously awesome! 💖💛💖 oh and the triangular grid also seems helpful. See, this is why I just say "everything you said/did was great" :P

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏😊

Hi Michele, Love your hair - and your tips. They are all good. I think the one I like the best is to just sketch something. It’s amazing what a little exercise can do. Though I have to say that I love your attitude when it comes to just keep your mouth shut and don’t point out your imperfections. 😊

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

💖💓💗 WONDERFUL!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

I would just like to mention that I find the human face and hands to be the most difficult to draw. Your hand is always a ready model. It's fun to just draw faces out of the blue. I'm thinking of buying a Mr potato Head and throwing the potato away. Tossing all the pieces onto the desk and drawing them as components. Fun.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Poor Mr potatoe head :-)

Thank you, Michelle. I have use the first message you described quite often when I want to draw something on watercolor paper and make sure I get the general shape. Once the initial wash is done, then I sketch in the details.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Sounds great!

Excellent tip & examples on perspective in photo references that are easier for beginners! I wouldn't have thought about that before. At first glance I would have thought the more difficult ones would be easier ... until after I ran into trouble in my sketch ;)

Thanks, learning a bit more each week. I did some tracing by printing reference photos in black and white on regular copy paper with my printer. Then blacken the back side with a charcoal stick, taping it to the color paper and trace the outline or any details I think I may need. It still feels a bit like cheating to me, but I think it helps with shade and the coloring process. If nothing else, it is fun and produces some nice pictures that look better than others based on my still limited drawing skills.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Don't think of it as cheating, just as a little help. The more you draw the less help you will need!

Love your videos! Thank you indeed for sharing your knowledge👏💌

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

So nice of you

Great tutorial. Thank you🇨🇦

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thank you so much for these videos. I think some may be obvious but perhaps not for newcomers. I am so appreciative for the more intermediate tips though, which will be applied to me pushing my art forward. 🧑🏻‍🎨🎨🥰

Michele, another great video. I do like the idea of drawing lines. criss crossing the photo and seeing the proportions of where things stand. It's the 1st time I've seen that method, definitely a lot simpler than the grid method. Thank you!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you over your video🎉

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Welcome 😊

Wonderful video! I like the triangles grid the best but also the letting go of perfection. Then the tip to draw something everyday. I always feel I have to make a finished product but now I will start making little drawings just to practice. Thank you! 🎨🖌

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

No problem!

No need to stop! It is a good tool to train the eye, and your hands!

Thanks for sharing this...

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure

Thanks! This is great. I loved letting go of perfection, tracing to get rid of the details and see the shape and sketching daily. I bought a ReMarkable tablet to sketch and write. It’s just one thing to carry and easy to go back and forth also without being interrupted. I also loved how you compared learning to draw to learning a foreign language. It’s not an all or nothing like I have believed for so long. Every effort makes a difference.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Exactly Lisa!

I love your videos Michelle! They’re full of useful tips, care, and humour. Greetings from a fellow fifty-something vegan 😊

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Vegan posse!

Thank you

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Welcome!

The two exercises that I think will be most helpful to me are: - Sketching without expectations I do need to start doing this every day. I think it will help me begin to identify as someone who is learning to draw, instead of someone who “can’t draw.” - Letting go of perfectionism I have always struggled with an obsession over detail. I’m sure it came from my dad, who was quite the perfectionist. He also was an art director, designer, and illustrator who could draw or paint anything. I was often in his studio growing up and although he taught me many things, he never tried to teach me to draw. I’m sure all this has influenced my mindset. Perfectionism may be a hard habit to break, but I’m willing to try. With regard to tracing, I vaguely remember an art teacher telling us not to trace. It doesn’t seem like an inherently bad thing to do, but I’m avoiding it now because I’m trying to improve my drawing.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Good plans :-)

Thank you Michele! As a newbie late in life with no experience your channel has inspired me to keep at. Love your direct dos and don’t and give it a go advice! Biggest lesson learned was from a prior video, if the drawing is wrong paint won’t make it better- best advice to date! Funniest quote from your videos quit drawing Ailen babies😂🤣😂🤣

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

You are an excellent teacher! So practical and lots of techniques in a short amount of time. I tried to grab the link to your other video about using grids. Couldn’t find. Can you please share the link with me? Thank you!

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Hi, yes I forgot to put it in the description, I will add it later. Meantime it's in my drawing tips playlist called How to Grid a Picture to Draw or just put the title and my name into KZread search ( I can't put links here) 🙂

These are realy helpfuĺ tips for me! I just want to grab a pen and draw.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Yay!

i use a backlight and do try to just do the larger elements.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Good plan!

how to draw strait grids

Useful video. Thank you. I am interested in your drawing course but don’t want to pay in dollars. Is it not available to purchase in sterling?

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Hi, the payment process will just convert into local currency. The site is American that's why it's the default currency shown 🙂 The course is on sale until Sunday night UK time.

You went to the Von Gogh exhibition ??? I told a very precious young mum in the states about that. And bless her, she offered to buy tickets for my wife and me to get in. Alas, neither of us are healthy enough to travel there and back from Farnborough. And that's not counting hours on our feet. Yes hours. No way can we got to see some of the most iconic work in history and not really soak it in. The dear friend I spoke of has a lot of issues herself going on, and was thinking of Jan and I. Very humbling, and even left a hearty lump wedged hard in my throat. How was it? And what is your favourite of his? Mine is stary night.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

It was in London, quite a few years back, over a decade I think, I took some of my art students. I would like to go to Amsterdam to the Van Gogh museum of course. My favourites are also the stary night paintings!

A question about perspective. I want to draw houses from a picture on a screen- without printing it out ( haven't got the possibility). How do I find the eye line/ horizon line in the picture/ the house in the picture? Quite difficult getting the perspectives right...

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

If you look at the horizontal lines of the house (top and bottom of a side wall for example), and place a pencil against the screen you should be able to plot where they would meet. Of course you will have at least two vanishing points so plot both sides, but they should both be level with each other, this is your horizon line. Of course it can get a lot more complicated if you are doing a really complex view.

@atirblum

Жыл бұрын

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Thank you Michele! I'm a beginner and will try that.😬😊👌

I love the grid method, but it it is very time-consuming.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Very!

My biggest problem is motivation.

You need to change your camera angle. It looks like everything is upside down.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

I do not have professional video equipment, I do the best I can and improve when possible :-)

I might subscribe if you stop asking and distracting with so many requests.

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately Lyn, it works (for some people), statistics don't lie! If you double tap you can skip ahead ;-)

@lyntaylor4148

Жыл бұрын

@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber Thanks for the double tap suggestion.

Useful video. Thank you. I am interested in your drawing course but don’t want to pay in dollars. Is it not available to purchase in sterling?

@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber

Жыл бұрын

Hi Lucy, it will convert to GBP at checkout, everything is done for you.