I have to say that Scott is one of the few people I have seen who, when it comes to suggesting pens, does NOT throw pigma microns at one's face immediately. Not that I am complaining. I for one don't believe in tools (even though I am sucker for new art equipment) when it comes to drawing or art. The brand just seems to be right there on top when it comes to pens of choice. Also, I bought Robertson's and Bertling's How to Draw -book, so thanks. It really is a quality book and it is helping me a lot in getting my technical skill up to speed with my rougher sketching. Thank you sir!
8 years later: It depends on how "heavy" your hand is and how abrasive your paper / substrate is. Copic fineliner on PET drafting film will wear out very quickly, while Faber Castells or pigmented Eddings (yes, these do exist in some markets will hold up much better). Pigmented PILOTs (blue body) are long-lasting and quite easy to find in most regions of the world and my standard pen for about 20 years now (working on layout and copier paper).
The best, by my own opinion wouldn't be none. There are many unpractical books, and those that are practical have different approaches in some techniques and perspective problems. Also not all of them go through the same topics. It's better if you see different perspective drawing books and not conforming with a single one if you want to have a full comprehension on perspective. My personal favorites are perspective science: theory and application by dhirgham murran. Perspective for architects from georg schaarwachter, perspective drawing: step by step by michael helms (this ones are a bit advanced for the newcomer, I recommend in this case the books from joseph d amelio, Ernest norling and philip j. lawson first). Still this are for practical methodology and proper results. How to draw from Scott Robertson ends up being the right learning tool to fast execute convincing and accurate perspective drawings. When the results, while not being as rigorous as doing measures and technical constructions, are just as effective in creating a believable image (this achieved with mental and eye training, or with some visual and image aid), is more convenient in order to save time and gain more mental drawing skills.
@@brayanfelipeserrano6486 Or maybe you're too lazy as an artist and don't want to put your hands in the mud. You can buy 300K books about perspective, intellectualize it as much as you want, it willn't take you far.
@@Anathemx uhmmm, I must say practice is the best master. That goes for both technically produced perspective (which was the drafters way of portraying proyects of buildings, machines and in cases paintings as those of Keith Ferris on aviation art) and loose freehand perspective. The approach from the first has faded away by the arrival of CAD and computer graphics, and It had been struggling even since photography technology was developing. BUT it remains being the analogous way of achieving precise 3D representations, Ive to add its use was mostly in cases of just conceived proyects that had yet to transcend into reality (but still needed a compelling visual representation, being used oftenly on the field of technical illustration for manuals, blueprints, etc) I spent 2 years to definitively grasp Just linear perspective, as curvilinear perspective is a complete new level on execution and correctness.
Your book is Damn good , and I better admit that Iam sucking with ellipse . Been continuously practising and will do until I die , I hope everyone reading will too . The more we start to learn about art the more we love art . Your book opened up a new world for me .
I was looking how to draw an ellipse using pins and string and learned that you can be badass and just free hand them. I hope you are doing great, mister Blown My Mind!
2:40 "I should grab a different pen", and then "It doesn't really matter what you draw with" :D, Nice video, and I admire your skills of automotive drawings, they are really awesome, and it's good you share with your knowledge, and I'm definitely going to buy your book :)
very informative. I particularly respond well to teachers who give me specific studies to works on such as "Practice drawing these ellipses on the minor axis,' rather than vague instructions that are very open to interpretation. Thanks for posting this.
(please forgive my bad english) Just great! I was wondering how to draw ellipses correctly WITH some fundamentals (I guess this word can be the wrong one, but I didn't find another) and I have searched all over the internet for that. When I saw this, it seemed so simple and obvious that I became ashamed of myself... hahahahaha... I think that a good teacher make every knowledge simple to be understood. Great work! Congrats! I think you teach like a natural. I will definitely buy your book to find more simple tips like these that makes, in my opinion, all the difference in a good work and teaching. Best regards!
@@starboi2099 for real, people who watch this on their phone can accidentally press the dislike button really easily. I noticed this with myself multiple times now, cant remember if it was while i accidentally pressed, or that i had done it but when i changed the display format slowly ( swiped it down) i saw that i disliked it and i thought this could be a legitament reoson why some video's that are more of an 'inpossible to not like, or to find when not liking it' format still get dislikes!
Mr. Robertson? Is it best to perfect drawing these ellipses in one specific direction or do you have a mastery of both directions? You can technically flip the page as you would always need to.
Scott Robertson My big question is about moving the paper to draw your straight lines or your ellipses. It makes great sense to do this so that you don't have to learn to draw from these infinite vectors. But, what about when you can't turn your canvas? Say on an easel or a Wacom tablet. What do you do then? Maybe they just don't show it in videos but, when I watch someone doing a digital drawing on youtube I don't see them rotating the image on screen. And, it seems like it would be very difficult to turn a tablet. So do these rules only apply to small canvases? My other question, that no one mentions, in the beginner's guide videos I've looked at, is when to use your shoulder/elbow to draw and when/if to use your wrist or fingers. From comments I've seen it seems people advocate shoulder and elbow for bigger work and wrist/fingers for very small things. Do you follow this philosophy?
There's one technique I always go back to in these situations. Start with a box, that will contain the ellipse. Think about where the minor and major axis' will be. That will roughly be a + shape that intersects the middle of your box but don't draw them lines. You can mark in the points, as that's where your ellipse will touch the box. Instead, draw an X shape, intersecting all corners of the box. Now your box is divided into triangular (uneven) quarters. Whereby the top and bottom one are symmetrical and the left and right ones are symmetrical. So if it's a wide ellipse, the top and bottom with be smooth sweeping curves, the left and right divisions will contain the more angled bend. It's hard to explain without an image. You could literally explain this with one image lol and it's still a guess-work based formula but pretty accurate.
Hey Scott, I absolutely love your sense of humor and teaching style! Pleasure watching your tutorials, keep them coming, please. Also, if you could do some stuff for complete beginners, that would be great. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing this video Mr. Scott Robertson!! I struggle with ellipses, just like many of us designers in Transportation/Industrial Design do. I have been watching your channel and your videos as well, I was very fascinated with the Sources Of Inspiration video and how you are able to use about anything to make vehicles, characters and even landscapes of the future. I particularly like how you use your photographs from the walls and alter them to make different landscapes!!! I am buying this book because it has been recommended especially for working on Perspective, what other books would you recommend for me to enhance my drawing, sketching and perspective skills?? Thanks for all the valuable information you share, would like to go to one of your classes or conferences if possible, to make your acquaintance as well.
Hi Scott, I love the new book! One area I'm having a hard time in is the mirroring of tilted and rotated planes. I would love to see a video of how you go about this. Thanks!
Hi Scott , I`m sorry this might be a dumb question but I`ve purchased the book the book and I wanted to look at the video tutorials , The QR reader scanned the code but it asked for the password and id ,I am unable to find those
Hi Scott, I just have a question about the Major axis of the ellipse....when you are drawing a smaller ellipse inside a larger ellipse on the same plane, for example the tracks of a vinyl record, I know all the ellipses share the same Minor axis, but do they share the same Major axis?
Yes they would if they were on a perfectly flat plane. The major axis will not help you place the ellipse in the end though so it doesn't really matter. Get the minor axis right and the degree and that's all you need.
Argh! I'm still waiting for it!!! I've ordered the soft cover 2 months ago. Then last week it said it was unavailable.. So I've canceled that one and bought the hard cover. It should be here the 18th... Though I won't believe it till I get it ;)
I'm in the same boat. I cancelled with amazon here in the UK and I've ordered through Forbidden Planet instead. Really hoping it shows up before christmas.
Love the book. As a person who is new to drawing in perspective I find this book very informative which is helping me immensely to get started with perspective freehand skills. I noticed that most all your starting freehand designs are with a pen and paper. Do you ever start with a wacom pad? I have some difficulties with the wacom to screen disconnect. I am sure it would improve with time and experience, but do you have any good tips for drawing digital via a wacom? btw I am also watching a video by one of your students, John Park, which is also very helpful. He certainly gives you a lot of love.
I think my challenge is how to make a series of concentric ellipses. For instance, try to draw a car wheel. There's tire, wheel, hubs, etc. I can draw one nice ellipse, but draw a set of them is hard. Freehand can not get them all in the same perspective and concentric. Any tips? Thanks
I have a question on the lesson dividing into odd-numbered proportions : Fig 3.36 " Draw a line parallel to the horizon line and divide it into 5 equal segments. How long do I draw this line?
just placed my order today ! whoohoo!! is there any way like an online forum where we can share our improvements and results after reading the book? Even a Facebook page just to post your improvements ? Thanks !!!
Do you slide the underside of the palm of your hand over the paper? Or is it a complete hover? So no contact with the paper? I'm having difficulty getting smooth ellipses.
Probably resting my palm on the page when I can, but not for the larger ellipses. Also you need to be careful not to smudge your drawings it you do touch the page a lot with your palm. Keep at it, they get easier, don't be afraid to tighten them up with eclipse guides.
hi, i love your book, is there a way i can buy it in a PDF or EPUB?? because we don´t have AMAZON here and i can´t buy a paper one, thanks!!! (love your videos too)
Hi, Sir. I'm learning the skills with "how to draw". When I watch your video, you always draw shapes and lines perfectly. Therefore, I practice freehand drawing hardly. I had a problem. I can't draw a perfect cylinder. Especially large cylinder. The line wasn't straight enough. The ellipses weren't perfect. Is the problem just about more practices to improve? When I draw an ellipse, does it allow lots of strokes to overlap? Or I should practice more to accomplish an ellipse just in one stroke? or It's not necessary? Thank you so much.
+sisqosnew It's definitely a better idea to practice drawing curves/ellipses in one stroke, using many small strokes won't get as accurate or as clean of a line as one well placed stroke will, and it pretty much defeats the purpose of learning how to control your hand/strokes (basically what this video is about). And about not being able to draw straight lines, that's something that just takes a lot of practice to get right :)
+Kuvari Still, I don't think you can get to that accurate "one stroke" without first building the ellipse muscle memory it requires. And to build that muscle memory, you must draw many strokes on top of the other for many many hours, so you can build fluency and confidence. After that, I think is relatively easy to achieve that "one stroke". So I disagree, I don't think is a good advice to tell beginners to go on and practice "one stroke" ellipses. That comes way later.
Artists tell you in these kind of exercises that you should ghost the line first, that is, without touching the paper you should go through the motion several times and once you're confident enough you're doing it correctly, you let the pen touch the paper to make the line. I think it's good advice telling students to try it in one line because your mistakes will be more obvious and you can now be conscious of the mistake you just made, so you keep that mistake in mind every time you make another attempt and so forth. Also everyone makes mistakes and even Scott doesn't make 100% perfect lines. He even says he didn't warm up. Don't be so hard on yourself.
Hello Sir Scott, As you mentioned your next book will be "How To Render", what can a beginner expect to learn from this book especially if he/she is a beginner and would like to improve skill of rendering to use it on vehicles or industrial or product design or even interior design? As rendering industrial products (especially cars & other vehicles is complex and difficult).
I have a question, Scott, if I don't have a smartphone or tablet compatible with the free software, will I be able to access the video links on each page? These videos are very helpful so if I get the book I'd like to be able to access that content, and I don't use mobile devices (perhaps that is seen as eccentric these days but I just don't like those tiny screens and endless status updates).
Scott Robertson Thanks for the answer! :) I'm very impressed by the "augmented reality" tech that projects the videos on the page on the smartphone screen, but I don't want to have to buy another device to use the books LOL.
Hi, thanks for the video. Do you recommend always to use your arm for rotation? what about small drawings "doodles"? I normally use my finders with a bit of wrist movement. Is that a bad technique? (I think it offers more precision than moving the whole arm for such a small ellipse and it avoids rotating paper to match your arm's minor axis reference, using the index finger instead). thank you
+Scott Robertson thank you, I wasn't taught how to draw so any advice from Professionals is always welcome. I've seen so many artist that only use their shoulders & arms that your comment is very valuable.
but Scott, is this the only kind of elipse that I will encounter. sometimes there is perspective playing a role too . for example: a cylinder place in a 3/4 position and balanced on a stick(whatevs). I hope you get me. if so please answer.
+Scott Robertson I find myself spending between 1 to 2 hours daily on just ellipse and line practice described in the "How to Draw" book before getting into actual object drawing. Is this ok or would you say this is a bit excessive? Thank you! (:
awesome thanks. it would seem I am STILL trying to skip the basics by drawing them with perspective. until yesterday I would have said forget drawing with pen or a sharpie. today: I totally agree lol.
In my opinion, only if you are having trouble seeing the lines. I tend to draw as light as possible to keep the drawing clean and allow myself to "explore" a bit before committing to the darker lines at the end.
+Scott Robertson thanks for the tip. also, this exact book is on the ups truck for delivery today! I can't wait! thank you for your wealth of knowledge
Just got this book. But i don't have an iPad. Are all of the videos uploaded here? I've only found a couple. Just finished up Chapter 3 where I was mirroring planes in perspective. When I was in art school we had maybe one project on perspective, nothing like this. Great stuff.
I don't know if perhaps I'm just trying too hard, but my ellipses are always pointier on the left and rounder on the right, and I can't seem to fix that flaw.
One thing that might help is trying to purposely draw the opposite. Meaning try to draw the ellipse pointier on right and rounder on the left, then when you miss you might actually be better off. Short of that I would just clean up your ellipses with ellipse guides.
Thank you for the advice, I think it's helping, it feels like the more I force the opposite, the more my ellipse conforms to something between the two when I relax on the forcing - if that makes any sense. I will try to keep at it.
No, what if it's hard for you but he's saying it's supposed to be easy? Then you're gonna feel stupid. He's telling you the truth, so you don't get discouraged when you fail at it for a while.
Hi Scott, I support you and I ordered this book. I got a question: will be described in "How to render" book about the construction of the shadows in perspective particularly?
Yes. We had the perspective shadow constructions at first in this book but when explaining them we quickly found that we wanted to add a lot more about the values in the shadows as well so we pulled that chapter and we're putting it in the How to Render book.
Scott Robertson I saw on amazon there was a How To Design book by you, first it said limited availability now i cant find it. was it a mistake on their part posting it early cause its still in the works or is it out there? and also in your book there isn't much on doing shadows, is that one of the parts in the up coming How to render book? and do you have any recommended books with good reference images (mostly preferring environments)? Thanks for your teachings!
***** Shadow constructions are going into How to Render. How to Design is still in the works, that older version was postponed due to my crazy schedule and no design book has been published yet.
Scott Robertson Ok! Good to know thanks for your time. Im now going through the book thoroughly since im done with school for now. in perspectives, the visual ray method is amazing. i actually am doing perspective on paper again (Still got to make my grids). I have always done most of my perspective on digital using a trick in photoshop using the polygon tool.
I'd love a copy of your book but given I may be doing some moving in the future buying books might be difficult for me, any chance that you'd be making a digital edition for tablets?
A post from Scott in reply to a similar question: "No digital version. I think it's much more helpful to see the drawings in print form versus on a tablet."
I have been drawing free hand for like 40 years.. people machines.. landscapes.. kinda burned out.. have tons of work done.. I want that waccom tablet.. the pencil process is what i'm burned out on.. and the endless steps.. ugk..
Why not just use a template to draw an ellipse? Life is short and there are lots of things worth learning, so why is it critically important to be able to draw ellipses free-hand. Not trying to be a smart ass, but its important to explain why its important to master this skill. My ellipse template sit right next to my pencils and eraser.
***** I do use ellipse templates for correcting and cleaning up my freehand ones. I fond though that using them for the initial sketch is slower and cumbersome. They are great though for step 2 in the creation of a more refined sketch.
Scott Robertson Thanks for your quick reply. I also just ordered a copy of both your books and eagerly look forward to the publication of your "How to Design" book.
+Norman Klein personally I've found constantly practicing various shapes, especially the ellipse, has helped improve my overall sketching accuracy. Keep meaning to get a guide but there are so many I just try to make do with my flexible french curve
+person8203 I just ordered a second full set of small ones because I wanted to keep a full set at home as well as the studio. It's the primary drawing tool I use a lot.
I have to say that Scott is one of the few people I have seen who, when it comes to suggesting pens, does NOT throw pigma microns at one's face immediately. Not that I am complaining. I for one don't believe in tools (even though I am sucker for new art equipment) when it comes to drawing or art. The brand just seems to be right there on top when it comes to pens of choice. Also, I bought Robertson's and Bertling's How to Draw -book, so thanks. It really is a quality book and it is helping me a lot in getting my technical skill up to speed with my rougher sketching. Thank you sir!
bravo,bravo
8 years later: It depends on how "heavy" your hand is and how abrasive your paper / substrate is. Copic fineliner on PET drafting film will wear out very quickly, while Faber Castells or pigmented Eddings (yes, these do exist in some markets will hold up much better). Pigmented PILOTs (blue body) are long-lasting and quite easy to find in most regions of the world and my standard pen for about 20 years now (working on layout and copier paper).
"How to Draw" is the best perspective book available, by far. That doesn't make drawing ellipses any less frustrating! Jeez this is tough.
Just correct them with ellipse guides!
Scott Robertson Cheers, they are on the way. Also, thank you Scott and Robert for the epic education :)
The best, by my own opinion wouldn't be none. There are many unpractical books, and those that are practical have different approaches in some techniques and perspective problems. Also not all of them go through the same topics. It's better if you see different perspective drawing books and not conforming with a single one if you want to have a full comprehension on perspective. My personal favorites are perspective science: theory and application by dhirgham murran. Perspective for architects from georg schaarwachter, perspective drawing: step by step by michael helms (this ones are a bit advanced for the newcomer, I recommend in this case the books from joseph d amelio, Ernest norling and philip j. lawson first). Still this are for practical methodology and proper results.
How to draw from Scott Robertson ends up being the right learning tool to fast execute convincing and accurate perspective drawings. When the results, while not being as rigorous as doing measures and technical constructions, are just as effective in creating a believable image (this achieved with mental and eye training, or with some visual and image aid), is more convenient in order to save time and gain more mental drawing skills.
@@brayanfelipeserrano6486 Or maybe you're too lazy as an artist and don't want to put your hands in the mud. You can buy 300K books about perspective, intellectualize it as much as you want, it willn't take you far.
@@Anathemx uhmmm, I must say practice is the best master. That goes for both technically produced perspective (which was the drafters way of portraying proyects of buildings, machines and in cases paintings as those of Keith Ferris on aviation art) and loose freehand perspective. The approach from the first has faded away by the arrival of CAD and computer graphics, and It had been struggling even since photography technology was developing. BUT it remains being the analogous way of achieving precise 3D representations, Ive to add its use was mostly in cases of just conceived proyects that had yet to transcend into reality (but still needed a compelling visual representation, being used oftenly on the field of technical illustration for manuals, blueprints, etc) I spent 2 years to definitively grasp Just linear perspective, as curvilinear perspective is a complete new level on execution and correctness.
Your book is Damn good , and I better admit that Iam sucking with ellipse . Been continuously practising and will do until I die , I hope everyone reading will too . The more we start to learn about art the more we love art . Your book opened up a new world for me .
I was looking how to draw an ellipse using pins and string and learned that you can be badass and just free hand them. I hope you are doing great, mister Blown My Mind!
2:40 "I should grab a different pen", and then "It doesn't really matter what you draw with" :D, Nice video, and I admire your skills of automotive drawings, they are really awesome, and it's good you share with your knowledge, and I'm definitely going to buy your book :)
very informative. I particularly respond well to teachers who give me specific studies to works on such as "Practice drawing these ellipses on the minor axis,' rather than vague instructions that are very open to interpretation.
Thanks for posting this.
20 A3 pages of ellipses later...
Still a long road ahead.
@@starboi2099 i mean....his comment was 6 years ago.... lol hopefully his got it by now.
Qaiko Diateo lmao yeah either that or carpel tunnel
starboi Iam doing the same , I never thought drawing fucking ellipse was this hard . 🤧
@@starboi2099 why is carpal tunnel common among handwriters and drawers alike?
The best drawing channel
(please forgive my bad english)
Just great! I was wondering how to draw ellipses correctly WITH some fundamentals (I guess this word can be the wrong one, but I didn't find another) and I have searched all over the internet for that. When I saw this, it seemed so simple and obvious that I became ashamed of myself... hahahahaha... I think that a good teacher make every knowledge simple to be understood. Great work! Congrats! I think you teach like a natural. I will definitely buy your book to find more simple tips like these that makes, in my opinion, all the difference in a good work and teaching.
Best regards!
Thank you very much for this !!!!
I learn drawing all alone and thought I'd never get the ellipses done!
Your help is invaluable! :) :) :)
I bought the book after last week video. But it will take some time to get it here, half way through the world. It's my Christmas present, can't wait.
Thank you Scott. I am very grateful for sharing your wonderful skills and know how with us.
Copic Multiliner 0.8
just helpfull to know
how can people dislike these videos i do not understand.
cro508 maybe their mind is not capable of drawing an elipse
Russian bots trying to sew discord. Ignore.
@kevin19975128 lol
@kevin19975128 Make it 6 years
@@starboi2099 for real, people who watch this on their phone can accidentally press the dislike button really easily. I noticed this with myself multiple times now, cant remember if it was while i accidentally pressed, or that i had done it but when i changed the display format slowly ( swiped it down) i saw that i disliked it and i thought this could be a legitament reoson why some video's that are more of an 'inpossible to not like, or to find when not liking it' format still get dislikes!
really glad i found your channel
I went months without drawing so this is a pretty good exercise to get back into it
used to only do cross hatching and circle exercises
x_x this is hard lol
I just finished your book, and it's amazing. I can't thank you enough. Keep 'em coming :)
I really enjoyed working on these ellipses. It was very helpful.
Omg you speak the teacher language I understand. Ty!
CAN YOU SHOW HOW TO DO IT CORRECTLY USING VANISHING POINTS ?
Mr. Robertson? Is it best to perfect drawing these ellipses in one specific direction or do you have a mastery of both directions? You can technically flip the page as you would always need to.
Scott Robertson My big question is about moving the paper to draw your straight lines or your ellipses. It makes great sense to do this so that you don't have to learn to draw from these infinite vectors. But, what about when you can't turn your canvas? Say on an easel or a Wacom tablet. What do you do then? Maybe they just don't show it in videos but, when I watch someone doing a digital drawing on youtube I don't see them rotating the image on screen. And, it seems like it would be very difficult to turn a tablet. So do these rules only apply to small canvases? My other question, that no one mentions, in the beginner's guide videos I've looked at, is when to use your shoulder/elbow to draw and when/if to use your wrist or fingers. From comments I've seen it seems people advocate shoulder and elbow for bigger work and wrist/fingers for very small things. Do you follow this philosophy?
There's one technique I always go back to in these situations. Start with a box, that will contain the ellipse. Think about where the minor and major axis' will be. That will roughly be a + shape that intersects the middle of your box but don't draw them lines. You can mark in the points, as that's where your ellipse will touch the box. Instead, draw an X shape, intersecting all corners of the box. Now your box is divided into triangular (uneven) quarters. Whereby the top and bottom one are symmetrical and the left and right ones are symmetrical. So if it's a wide ellipse, the top and bottom with be smooth sweeping curves, the left and right divisions will contain the more angled bend. It's hard to explain without an image. You could literally explain this with one image lol and it's still a guess-work based formula but pretty accurate.
most art software lets you turn the canvas though
just got your book today. excited to jump into it
Ordered the hard cover from waterstones UK. Just waiting for it to be delivered in store. Can't wait to progress and evolve my elipses! ;)
Hey Scott, I absolutely love your sense of humor and teaching style! Pleasure watching your tutorials, keep them coming, please. Also, if you could do some stuff for complete beginners, that would be great. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing this video Mr. Scott Robertson!! I struggle with ellipses, just like many of us designers in Transportation/Industrial Design do. I have been watching your channel and your videos as well, I was very fascinated with the Sources Of Inspiration video and how you are able to use about anything to make vehicles, characters and even landscapes of the future. I particularly like how you use your photographs from the walls and alter them to make different landscapes!!! I am buying this book because it has been recommended especially for working on Perspective, what other books would you recommend for me to enhance my drawing, sketching and perspective skills?? Thanks for all the valuable information you share, would like to go to one of your classes or conferences if possible, to make your acquaintance as well.
Love your Rendering Book Scott! Thank you so much for creating it. Need to get your drawing book though!
just got the book, came here and apparently I was already subbed :) cant wait to start!!!
Love the book, mine arrived yesterday. Need the iPhone App! Any ETA on that?
Hi Scott,
I love the new book! One area I'm having a hard time in is the mirroring of tilted and rotated planes. I would love to see a video of how you go about this. Thanks!
Love the book scoro! Learning so much!
Hi Scott , I`m sorry this might be a dumb question but
I`ve purchased the book the book and I wanted to look at the video tutorials , The QR reader scanned the code but it asked for the password and id ,I am unable to find those
Hi Scott, I just have a question about the Major axis of the ellipse....when you are drawing a smaller ellipse inside a larger ellipse on the same plane, for example the tracks of a vinyl record, I know all the ellipses share the same Minor axis, but do they share the same Major axis?
Yes they would if they were on a perfectly flat plane. The major axis will not help you place the ellipse in the end though so it doesn't really matter. Get the minor axis right and the degree and that's all you need.
Valeu pelas dicas! Vai Brazilian
Argh! I'm still waiting for it!!! I've ordered the soft cover 2 months ago. Then last week it said it was unavailable.. So I've canceled that one and bought the hard cover. It should be here the 18th... Though I won't believe it till I get it ;)
I'm in the same boat. I cancelled with amazon here in the UK and I've ordered through Forbidden Planet instead. Really hoping it shows up before christmas.
Wow, The gods are good! Just got my hardcover! It looks amazing!
Love the book. As a person who is new to drawing in perspective I find this book very informative which is helping me immensely to get started with perspective freehand skills.
I noticed that most all your starting freehand designs are with a pen and paper. Do you ever start with a wacom pad? I have some difficulties with the wacom to screen disconnect. I am sure it would improve with time and experience, but do you have any good tips for drawing digital via a wacom?
btw I am also watching a video by one of your students, John Park, which is also very helpful. He certainly gives you a lot of love.
Hi Scott
What pen did you use in this video? Thanks
Copic Multiliner.
this book is ridiculously awesome!
Nice, simple breakdown. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you now I know what I have to do for my art homework 😊
I think my challenge is how to make a series of concentric ellipses. For instance, try to draw a car wheel. There's tire, wheel, hubs, etc. I can draw one nice ellipse, but draw a set of them is hard. Freehand can not get them all in the same perspective and concentric. Any tips? Thanks
I have a question on the lesson dividing into odd-numbered proportions :
Fig 3.36 " Draw a line parallel to the horizon line and divide it into 5 equal segments.
How long do I draw this line?
just placed my order today ! whoohoo!! is there any way like an online forum where we can share our improvements and results after reading the book? Even a Facebook page just to post your improvements ? Thanks !!!
Now should I draw slow or fast?
Do you slide the underside of the palm of your hand over the paper? Or is it a complete hover? So no contact with the paper? I'm having difficulty getting smooth ellipses.
Probably resting my palm on the page when I can, but not for the larger ellipses. Also you need to be careful not to smudge your drawings it you do touch the page a lot with your palm. Keep at it, they get easier, don't be afraid to tighten them up with eclipse guides.
hi, i love your book, is there a way i can buy it in a PDF or EPUB?? because we don´t have AMAZON here and i can´t buy a paper one, thanks!!! (love your videos too)
Amazing!
So informative...
Hi, Sir. I'm learning the skills with "how to draw". When I watch your video, you always draw shapes and lines perfectly. Therefore, I practice freehand drawing hardly. I had a problem. I can't draw a perfect cylinder. Especially large cylinder. The line wasn't straight enough. The ellipses weren't perfect. Is the problem just about more practices to improve?
When I draw an ellipse, does it allow lots of strokes to overlap?
Or I should practice more to accomplish an ellipse just in one stroke? or It's not necessary?
Thank you so much.
+sisqosnew It's definitely a better idea to practice drawing curves/ellipses in one stroke, using many small strokes won't get as accurate or as clean of a line as one well placed stroke will, and it pretty much defeats the purpose of learning how to control your hand/strokes (basically what this video is about). And about not being able to draw straight lines, that's something that just takes a lot of practice to get right :)
+Kuvari Thanks for your opinion.
+sisqosnew Hope it helps!
+Kuvari Still, I don't think you can get to that accurate "one stroke" without first building the ellipse muscle memory it requires. And to build that muscle memory, you must draw many strokes on top of the other for many many hours, so you can build fluency and confidence. After that, I think is relatively easy to achieve that "one stroke". So I disagree, I don't think is a good advice to tell beginners to go on and practice "one stroke" ellipses. That comes way later.
Artists tell you in these kind of exercises that you should ghost the line first, that is, without touching the paper you should go through the motion several times and once you're confident enough you're doing it correctly, you let the pen touch the paper to make the line.
I think it's good advice telling students to try it in one line because your mistakes will be more obvious and you can now be conscious of the mistake you just made, so you keep that mistake in mind every time you make another attempt and so forth.
Also everyone makes mistakes and even Scott doesn't make 100% perfect lines. He even says he didn't warm up. Don't be so hard on yourself.
Excuse me but it doesn't need to be a perfect circle, right?
Hello Sir Scott, As you mentioned your next book will be "How To Render", what can a beginner expect to learn from this book especially if he/she is a beginner and would like to improve skill of rendering to use it on vehicles or industrial or product design or even interior design? As rendering industrial products (especially cars & other vehicles is complex and difficult).
Everything you mentioned hopefully. Like How to Draw it will start out simple and by the end be more complex covering a very wide range of materials.
Scott Robertson Okay, I hope it will be useful for beginners.
Manish Lakra It will.
The book is great I have learned so much and I have just started the book. Thanks
When will the apple app be available?
Thanks, we're still working on the iOS version. Hope to have it going in the next two weeks. Also an Android update soon as well.
Super helpful thank you so much x
What did you use to draw in this video Scott?
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I have a question, Scott, if I don't have a smartphone or tablet compatible with the free software, will I be able to access the video links on each page? These videos are very helpful so if I get the book I'd like to be able to access that content, and I don't use mobile devices (perhaps that is seen as eccentric these days but I just don't like those tiny screens and endless status updates).
+Christopher Phoenix Yes, no problem. You can watch all the videos via the URL listed at the back of each of my "How To" books.
Scott Robertson Thanks for the answer! :) I'm very impressed by the "augmented reality" tech that projects the videos on the page on the smartphone screen, but I don't want to have to buy another device to use the books LOL.
Hi, thanks for the video.
Do you recommend always to use your arm for rotation? what about small drawings "doodles"? I normally use my finders with a bit of wrist movement. Is that a bad technique? (I think it offers more precision than moving the whole arm for such a small ellipse and it avoids rotating paper to match your arm's minor axis reference, using the index finger instead).
thank you
+Nekbeth There are no rules. Whatever works well and gives you good results. For sure the smaller the sketch the less I draw from my shoulder.
+Scott Robertson thank you, I wasn't taught how to draw so any advice from Professionals is always welcome. I've seen so many artist that only use their shoulders & arms that your comment is very valuable.
but Scott, is this the only kind of elipse that I will encounter. sometimes there is perspective playing a role too . for example: a cylinder place in a 3/4 position and balanced on a stick(whatevs). I hope you get me. if so please answer.
rotate the page to get a different kind of ellipse.
+Scott Robertson I find myself spending between 1 to 2 hours daily on just ellipse and line practice described in the "How to Draw" book before getting into actual object drawing. Is this ok or would you say this is a bit excessive?
Thank you! (:
Don't waste time like that and start creating and failing
Did that help ? :D
I finally purchased that
awesome thanks. it would seem I am STILL trying to skip the basics by drawing them with perspective. until yesterday I would have said forget drawing with pen or a sharpie. today: I totally agree lol.
Scott
Is there any merit in doing drawing exercises with heavier pencils/ pens?
In my opinion, only if you are having trouble seeing the lines. I tend to draw as light as possible to keep the drawing clean and allow myself to "explore" a bit before committing to the darker lines at the end.
How do you freehand and get a precise proper minor axis? Mine are always off..
+Tony D. Get as close as you can and then use an ellipse guide to correct them.
+Scott Robertson thanks for the tip. also, this exact book is on the ups truck for delivery today! I can't wait! thank you for your wealth of knowledge
Just got this book. But i don't have an iPad. Are all of the videos uploaded here? I've only found a couple. Just finished up Chapter 3 where I was mirroring planes in perspective. When I was in art school we had maybe one project on perspective, nothing like this. Great stuff.
Go to the URL listed on page 206.
Ah, hadn't gotten that far yet. Thanks!
I don't know if perhaps I'm just trying too hard, but my ellipses are always pointier on the left and rounder on the right, and I can't seem to fix that flaw.
One thing that might help is trying to purposely draw the opposite. Meaning try to draw the ellipse pointier on right and rounder on the left, then when you miss you might actually be better off. Short of that I would just clean up your ellipses with ellipse guides.
Thank you for the advice, I think it's helping, it feels like the more I force the opposite, the more my ellipse conforms to something between the two when I relax on the forcing - if that makes any sense. I will try to keep at it.
Yep, that's the idea. Keep at it.
By saying "this is not easy" you just made it a whole lot harder to a lot of people. ~ Cause of the placebo.
Sucks to be em xD
+Utrilus lol so true
No, what if it's hard for you but he's saying it's supposed to be easy? Then you're gonna feel stupid. He's telling you the truth, so you don't get discouraged when you fail at it for a while.
Nonsense.. he is telling the truth.. He s a master at his art just be thankful for the free lessons.
Hi Scott, I support you and I ordered this book. I got a question: will be described in "How to render" book about the construction of the shadows in perspective particularly?
Yes. We had the perspective shadow constructions at first in this book but when explaining them we quickly found that we wanted to add a lot more about the values in the shadows as well so we pulled that chapter and we're putting it in the How to Render book.
Scott Robertson
thanks a lot
Scott Robertson
I saw on amazon there was a How To Design book by you, first it said limited availability now i cant find it. was it a mistake on their part posting it early cause its still in the works or is it out there? and also in your book there isn't much on doing shadows, is that one of the parts in the up coming How to render book? and do you have any recommended books with good reference images (mostly preferring environments)? Thanks for your teachings!
***** Shadow constructions are going into How to Render. How to Design is still in the works, that older version was postponed due to my crazy schedule and no design book has been published yet.
Scott Robertson
Ok! Good to know thanks for your time. Im now going through the book thoroughly since im done with school for now. in perspectives, the visual ray method is amazing. i actually am doing perspective on paper again (Still got to make my grids). I have always done most of my perspective on digital using a trick in photoshop using the polygon tool.
I can freehand perfect ellipses easily but i struggle a lot with any constraints
I'd love a copy of your book but given I may be doing some moving in the future buying books might be difficult for me, any chance that you'd be making a digital edition for tablets?
A post from Scott in reply to a similar question: "No digital version. I think it's much more helpful to see the drawings in print form versus on a tablet."
Ah well, cest la vie. Thanks for the info tho~ :)
Lydomina there should be both as some people find it easier on digital but I personally see the book is much more easy for my eyes :)
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Is this book available worldwide
GiveLove777 Yes. Design Studio Press ships worldwide if you cannot find it where you are.
I have been drawing free hand for like 40 years.. people machines.. landscapes.. kinda burned out.. have tons of work done.. I want that waccom tablet.. the pencil process is what i'm burned out on.. and the endless steps.. ugk..
Bryan callen vibes anyone?
Just call them Ovales.
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Please sell in Japanese language~
Please, Japanese publisher😩
竟然没有中文。。全是英语好累 T_T
Why not just use a template to draw an ellipse? Life is short and there are lots of things worth learning, so why is it critically important to be able to draw ellipses free-hand. Not trying to be a smart ass, but its important to explain why its important to master this skill. My ellipse template sit right next to my pencils and eraser.
***** I do use ellipse templates for correcting and cleaning up my freehand ones. I fond though that using them for the initial sketch is slower and cumbersome. They are great though for step 2 in the creation of a more refined sketch.
Scott Robertson Thanks for your quick reply. I also just ordered a copy of both your books and eagerly look forward to the publication of your "How to Design" book.
***** Thanks! How To Design has been postponed until I get a better idea of the outcome of big project I'm on now.
+Norman Klein personally I've found constantly practicing various shapes, especially the ellipse, has helped improve my overall sketching accuracy. Keep meaning to get a guide but there are so many I just try to make do with my flexible french curve
+person8203 I just ordered a second full set of small ones because I wanted to keep a full set at home as well as the studio. It's the primary drawing tool I use a lot.
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