You are the art teacher I always needed!!! Thank you!

Thank you! Thank you! This is the art education I never received. Thank you.

Love your videos. Thank you for the lesson and demonstration.

This video brought so much together for me. Thank you!

I just finished a painting that worked really well and i didnt really know why..i had good value masses by accident. This lesson was the explanation of why it worked despite myself! Lol!

Thank you for sharing your excellent suggestions and deep well of knowledge! Your book Mastering Composition is one that I have read and referred to artist friends many times.

That was very helpful. Thank you. And the command of the pencil is impressive.

I had no idea there was a difference. This is going to stick in my mind . Thank you Ian

Thank you 🙏 You are a brilliant teacher. The real deal.

Thank you so much. I like how you use the same pencil for different values.

your videos are so helpful. Thank you so much!

Thank you Ian, these video are really helpful. Well done

Beautiful drawing. Makes it. look to easy to simplify!

You are such a great teacher. Thank you for sharing your approach to painting. It's very inspiring. 🙏

Your explanation is so helpful!!

I would like to know when you began doing these so I don’t miss any. The timing is perfect. As you point out, longer videos tend to get watched “later” which often becomes never. A bite sized education with just the right amount of things to think over and absorb both during and after the video. I only discovered you about a week ago and I think I dramatically improved a pairing I was working on. Thank you

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

3 жыл бұрын

This is week 74 so there are lots. I think there is a feature somewhere in KZread, top right?, where you can sort them by date. But the content was not made to be seen sequentially.

My man, exactly.

Thank you Ian, love the learning. You bring clarity to these concepts. Looking forward to more of your generously shared art knowledge 🙏

Thanks. I think I see a pathway for things to hang together if I follow this process.

Makes great sense to me. Thank you

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful Susan. All the best

Fascinating. You put things so succinctly with your comparisons of the two portraits. Sharing with my life drawing group.

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

3 жыл бұрын

I have to say in life drawing classes in order to do that you have to have the right lighting. I good solid single source.

@maggieinsc1967

3 жыл бұрын

@@IanRobertsMasteringComposition interesting. Been so long since I went bc before covid I can’t remember if one light or more. Heading back soon so shall see.

Thank you, Ian Roberts!!! I find your teaching very useful and helpful. As a self taught watercolor artist I lack the knowledge of foundations and I learn a lot from you 🙌🏻

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

This is an exellent channel. Thank you

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome Ben.

I love your channel ❤️🙏

I forget where I heard it, but I thought it summarized everything nicely. "Value does all the work, but color gets all the attention".

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

4 жыл бұрын

That is a great quote. Everyone is distracted by wanting to paint vibrant color yet it is more like the icing on the cake. No plate, no cake, where do you put the icing? I'm going to use that quote somewhere. It's great.. Thank you.

I'm practicing this week's demo by grey scaling some of my photos (potential subjects). Eliminating colour helps me to focus on the structure....already some surprises!

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Leslie, color becomes so enticing it is hard sometimes to focus on their value at the same time. All the best, Ian

Thank you !

This was such a terrific, short concise and useful video. Thank you so much! Now I want to watch more of your videos. Also, I was wondering how many different pencils you use in your value study and what pencils?

Thank you

Makes sense now

Thank you for this very usefull videos! I would like a video with all the stages of the graph (included painting) putted together. For example it's not clear for me how the masses are disposed towards the focal point (structure).

You mentioned "diagramming" in one video( amongst the design and value masses context) and it was supposed to be a way of finding where things are located on the picture. What video have you talked about that topic? I was very curious to learn about it. The stuff on value masses was very useful and I always wanted to learn more about the graphic design of the overall image. Thank you.

thank you

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

4 жыл бұрын

You are welcome. Just saw your comment from so long ago. Best wishes, Ian.

Hi Mr Roberts, where should i place my blacks in a frame, i noticed that a lot of ramberant's painting in which the huge blacks were on the top, so it makes me wonder if there's trick or rule of thumb that help arranging vaules ?

Merci !

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

3 жыл бұрын

de rien

@zannek9342

3 жыл бұрын

@@IanRobertsMasteringComposition :)

Hi Ian, The landscape value mass drawing is gorgeous. I really like the different directions of the pencil work, along with the values. I would like to watch the whole 12 minutes of the drawing but I cannot find the link. Can you help with this please? Thank you so much for your very instructive videos.

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Sandi, I just posted that 13 minute video as a link just below the video. Let me know that you can find it OK. Best, Ian

@sandraworrall-hart3840

4 жыл бұрын

@@IanRobertsMasteringCompositionHi Ian, Thank you so much. I am learning an immense amount from your videos. The 13 minute video has helped me to see how the pencil is used for filling in the main shapes with tone. The different directions of pencil stroke is something I haven't seen before and it makes a lovely picture in its own right. I like you talking as you draw. Thank you.

I really have a question: for an ordinary painting or drawing how much must be the light value the middle value & dark value in percentage?

C U Next Tuesday! 😳

Where did. you take this photo? Luberon in France?

Hi Ian. Are you just using a regular pencil to do this drawing? Cheers

@IanRobertsMasteringComposition

3 жыл бұрын

I use Blackwing Matte. It is like a 4B. But better!