How to Improve Massively At Drawing Across 12 Months
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
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It's time to plan the next 12 months and make sure we level up our skills as much as possible with a solid plan. I'll show you how to make that plan and what skills to work on.
Our Perspective tutorials: • Train your eye: Easy p...
Our beginner figure drawing series: • Beginner Figure Drawin...
Figuary 2020 (good for gesture practice!): • Figuary 2020 DAY 1: Le...
Thanks to Croquis Cafe for the wonderful reference images, and Lane Brown for being an inspiring artist. - Jak na to + styl
Let me know your one month topic ideas!
The topic: Draw the teeth of the human skull loosely.
Sharpenning that damn pen correctly
Drawing the nose from many angles (or any feature tbh, nose is what I'm focusing on rn though)
i guess I'll be focusing on realistic portraits this month
Line quality is big on my wishlist - making clean, confident marks. Another one: drawing realistic expressive eyes (squinting, surprised, ...) from different angles, from imagination. Drives me nuts all the time.
Oooh HANDS! Week one: anatomy, Week two: gestures, Week three: perspective/foreshortening, week four: details (nails, skin, hair, veins...)
Love it!!
how to learn foreshortening
@@AshokKumar-zq2wy Sycra has video for this.
How to learn Perspective!?
How to learn the secrets of the universe
That skill thing dang, it’s no joke. I get so mad/depressed when I can see the mistakes/how to fix them, but I can’t actually change them. I used to just give up, but I’ve learned to push through that. Better late than never.
oooh boy i agree... i do daily drawings and you can see the improvement, in 45 days i got soooooo much better at figure-drawing, now i'm learning shading... it's important that you share your drawings everyday so on top of having a boost to willpower with likes you can go back in time and see the improvement...
do what Ilya Kuvshinov does, do at least one drawing and post it... you make it in a habit really fast, you will have a deadline everyday and simple steps instead of planing big things, i do stuff i'm not comfortable with every other day, you get good fast! :P
hey sweetheart, can you link me where you post your stuff ? would be super interestend :)
Me too
Can you tell the exercises you did you tubers you watch thank you
Something I learned recently is that distinction between learning skills and creating art means that you need to be allowing yourself to just create something just as often as you are practicing skills, and even try to combine them when possible. Learning to draw was always daunting and even boring because I was just doing exercises over and over rather than doing what actually made me want to learn art in the first place. Now that I'm primarily just creating the images I want to create whether they are good or not, but setting aside time for practice and exercises every now and again, it brings me joy like it used to when I was a kid.
Oh man this is so accurate! I felt a lot better after watching this, because the rollercoaster of skill level was getting me down. Thank you this is inspirational!
So glad to hear it!
i decided to draw/learn how to draw female/male poses every day for 2 months and i improved a lot through Jesus Christ although i haven't mastered it i can now draw with at least complex poses.
Now im going to practice drawing realistic faces and people because rn i have a anime art style and i want to learn realistic art style. Just don't give up you will improve gradually! next month i'm not sure what i want to focus on but i will see. Thank you love life drawing you give me motivation to draw more! I want to be a Legendary Animator/artist. I Practice 6 hours a day in a week which is 42 hours in total in a month it would be 168 hours with in a year it would be 2,016 hours oof sounds like a speed run haha. The effort will pay off don't give up!
The first part of this video is so relatable, I thought there was something wrong with me when I started drawing from studies and my drawing would look decent one day and terrible the next day and it discourages me to practice more. It's the tricky part and perseverance is the answer. Awesome video!
I suspect you are right. I'm making the mistake of starting the same place getting so far and no progress. Give up. Leave too big a gap before going back. Same start, worse results. Give up. Guess I just need to be determined to push through. Planning and going to places I haven't managed to get to before irrespective of how I think I'm doing. Being judgmental about my own poor skills is my biggest handicap.
I'v been doing that for 16 years
I've been drawing every day since the start of the year after having drawn on and off during my teens. I don't suck at drawing, but I'm not where I want to be quite yet. I will follow the tips of this video and keep practicing every day! Hopefully I'll be happy with my skills at the end of the year (:
How is it going? I hope it's going very well!
What would you recommend I start on?
This is very correct. The progress of building your skill in 2+ years is outstanding. I set goals and take breaks at times to let the neurons connect over time (sounds silly right?) to develope what I’ve learned. just be patient, do lots of research, be consistent and do what interests you most!
I have no problem seeing progress even with weeks doing nothing beforehand, my problem is being motivated to do it daily alone cuz sadly there are no drawing groups around here nor anything like that which would make me more motivated to do it.
Would you be able to set up a drawing group? Put out some flyers, find a free/cheap community meeting space, find a mentor or just muddle through it together, see who shows up? You might be the spark others have been looking for!
Have you tried online groups? Or does that not do it for you?
Start a Discord group and do it online
Maybe @Love Life Drawing should do this
discord servers exist bro, there are a heck lot of communities and friends u can get from it
@@akiani Any public ones that you know of that you would recommend?
I love your little fox character! I've been too intimidated to do a planner but this makes the process feel moe achievable! I want to practice more effectively instead of just hopping to whatever I want at the time so I hope this kicks me into shape 💜
omg i am in that exact moment where i feel like my knowledge is surpassing my skills and i feel soooo unmotivated, watching this really gave me a little push to keep going and be proud of how far i've come across in my progress. great video!
I will carry on no matter what. I am trying so hard, hopefully will see results soon. I will take my old work out and compare, this should give me encouragement. My main job comes in waves, so time is not regularly available.
I did this last year! there were days where I don't draw well and days where I just get surprised at how I finished a piece
Oh thank you so much! This is exactly what I need - a way to plan and structure what I need to learn that will help keep me going and not give up.
This is comforting.
I appreciate this video very much. Your description of this learning curve hit me with so much accuracy that I jumped up in shock a bit
Wow, it's so nice to see my before and after drawings in this video. Cheers Kenzo!
So encouraging - just what I needed as a beginner returning and trying to establish a regular practice. Thanks Kenso!
Grazie mille. Ho iniziato da poco da disegnare e dipingere e attraverso la costanza e la pratica vedo i miglioramenti. Questi video sono sempre molto utili ☺️
Invaluable explanation knowledge/skill building for any area of learning! Thank you!
I've watched this video a year ago, and I still think about it very often! It helps me to push through when I'm really hopeless, because I always keep in mind I might be a step from this big breakthrough of the subject I'm studying and it often turns out to be true
Man, i simply love your videos, the way you teach, so simple yet so informative. I started to draw again after a very, very long break and you are helping me a lot. I hated my art school, I didn’t learn anything and it was hard for me to start again. Thank you so much for what you do and wish you happy new year
Thanks Ciccio! Happy new year to you too :)
Great advice! Thank you!
I'm so glad to see this when I'm so broken. You help me out. Tysm!
I'm applying an interesting way to keep habits and that is attaching/combining them together. In my case I'm learning about body flexibility/mobility which implies understanding the muscles and joints, and combining that with drawing them has been really helpful to keep both up. Thanks for your videos!
This is such a great idea Kenzo! I've started the year with the goal to draw or paint something everyday to improve my skills and until now I have. But I find it to be a little over the place, but now with your method I can be more organized and focused. Thank you so much!
I am looking forward for figuary this year, will it happen? It would be great to practice gesture!
Awesome video and very encouraging. I couldn't agree more with the better you get, the harder progress becomes. Shading and drawing realistically only feel slightly less impossible sometimes.
I'm learning so much with this channel, thank you again. for the content.
Its funny how simple this sounds, yet I've never thought about planning out my practice before! Thanks, I think this advice will really help me a lot :)
Thank you! I needed that
Time to speedrun this before the semester ends for my art class!!!
I've heard this from several art instructors now. You say that there is a "eureka" moment or that something "just clicks," but I have never experienced this. I used to draw all the time but then quit because I was suddenly responsible for my own nutrition and didn't want to starve. I came close.
So now that I finally have a stable life I got back into drawing. While I have made clear improvements, I've never had an "aha!" moment, which is very disappointing. For two years now I have been slowly improving my drawing skills, picking up from where I left off in my high school years. But it's been a slow burn with a gradual line. Things have picked up in skill advancement after making a schedule for study, but I never feel like my skill fluctuates wildly, or at least not as wild as is portrayed by your explanation. About a year ago I was really counting on that "eureka" moment to give me more motivation after seeing a quick and dramatic improvement in my skill, but it has never happened. In time, I simply found other little victories to keep me motivated, usually fueled by my social groups. I guess what I'm saying is you shouldn't be waiting on or relying on seeing your improvement in bursts and using that as a motivator. Your skill may be a slow climb the whole way. The climb has gotten easier the more I practice.
Sounds more like life! Awesome as always:)
Happy New Year!
This really made me motivated, thanks!
Thank you thank you thank you so much... I, too, felt my knowledge is more than my skill. I will follow the suggestions that you have given. I am very grateful :)
That is such a great explanation of knowledge x skill!
Thank you Laryssa!
Your videos are really helpful thank you!
I love your analyses of the learning process! I've learned many diverse skills over the decades, and yes - I've hit that demoralising gap between knowledge and skill every single time. But I've overcome it every time. I've tried to explain to giving-up friends that they're measuring the wrong thing - the progress is in how many xyz exercises or attempts they do each day, not in how many results they like. I'll most certainly be following your guidance on this new skill of drawing.
i loved the explanation of the learning curve
I really needed this. I had begun trying to improve my art again around november of last year. I practiced anatomy and tried learning new things but sometimes i felt like my drawings came out worse than before. It was really disheartening and there were times i wanted to give up. Little did I know i notice that my art goes through like a little puberty so once i started practicing and sticking to it to the T I finally started seeing that improvement jump. Seeing this video makes me feel a lot better because this is roughly kind of how my art improvement went.
Persistence is key with art and patients
Thanks kenzo you give me hope 😎
Yet another absolutely phenomenal video delivery of divine enlightenment! Separating learning art vs. being creative, and the timeline of learning are important things no one else is saying! I am perpetually stuck in phase 2(knowledge>skill). I really like your planner also, how it only counts if you practiced that day not if you "succeeded" or "failed". Thank you for another inspirational video! Here's to a year of art for me and 500k subs for you!
Thank you so much!
Stupid question: how many hours a day would you recommend to practice? I have a job, so trying to practice as often as possible may sometimes be a struggle, so if you could answer my question, that would be awesome. Happy new year.
You can do even 15 min! As long as during the whole time you're drawing, you're fully focused, constantly analyzing and observing.
I recommend 2 hours a day for a manageable work balance. Optimally 4h/d and you're going to progress very quickly.
You don't also have to always draw. You can also watch videos, read drawing books, observing the world etc. Anything that turns your "drawing brain" on.
@@CuriousTrotter Thank you for the prompt and encouraging reply, sir.
@@CuriousTrotter I really like your words: (Do) Anything that turns your "drawing brain" on.
Try to do a little bit every day, if you can. Some days I dont feel inspired to draw at all, and that’s ok, creative inspiration isnt something you can force. It comes in waves. I will tell myself, “ok, im just gonna doodle for 2, 5, or 10 minutes” and sometimes that is enough for me to get some ideas going. You don’t always have to be drawing to learn how to draw, either. Observing things and thinking about how to draw them is actually more important than drawing them!
I do two hours at day, but if you don't have time, 10-15 min are enough!
You got me super pumped to get back into drawing! Im gonna start making out my year plan tonight! When it comes to drawing characters, where do you thinks a good place to start?
a good video to start the year
Love it!
Are you like an angel or something??? Seriously tho u are amazing you have no idea how much you helped me because going blindly for a thing is soooo frustratin and you lighted my way, Thank you! ( also I live in Brazil if that adds something idk but yeah... )
my biggest issue is my perfectionism...i have some good skill and understanding, but iam to determined which leads into frustration, but still i keep doing.
perfectionism is a tricky one, but as long as you are keeping going that is what matters when it comes to skill development. the perfectionism might just mean you don't enjoy it as much!
You need to rid your mind of the notion of perfection. It doesn't exist. A very wise person once said to me: strive for excellence, not perfection. This is what finally freed my mind. Excellence as a goal means that every day that you apply yourself, as long as you do so diligently, will advance your skills. Some days your drawings may not be great, but if it contributes to your goal of excellence, then it was valuable. Sometimes you do a drawing and parts of it are great and other parts are not. Focus on the excellent parts and then work on the not so excellent aspects in future drawings. Another approach is to take the thing that you are worst at and make it your best thing. This takes a lot of balls to confront head on, but by mastering your worst thing, you free yourself from fear.
@@bluewren65 thx for the advice! the good thing is that even when I have a bad day in drawing I keep on going and shade circles or other forms, or read theory and I don't see reason to stop it, even when it takes me many years.
thx again.
@@gj_o5477 Every time you get down on yourself just think: seek excellence, not perfection. It works! I'm glad you felt it helpful.
Use a non erasable pen,so you cant correct stuff
Thank you for sharing this great content :)
Thank you!
This is so motivating :D
This video is very inspirational, so from October 1 I’m ready to go!! wish me luck .🤞
We love you Kenzo
i know this is random but i loved that clip of your dog opening a present, my whole life giving my dog christmas gifts and watching him unwrap them has been my favorite part of christmas :)
she's an expert at it by now!
Having done the fresh eyes challenge, I’m now working on gesture and going to make a concerted effort to have more directed practice once I feel slightly more confident with that portion. I try to draw at least 4-5 times a week for very short periods where schedule relents but even so I’m slowly seeing improvements
I have been looking for a Video like this, love the Studying Idea..!! Wish there was More Videos with Study Plans and ideas, for Artists such as myself. Thank you for making this Video.. New Sub here. 👍
I've been in a rut for a few months now. Which is bad for an animation student. This helped immensely, you have no idea.
i agree with this topic. i started drawing with a goal of drawing characters frm any angle.
my first drawing for the first year were pretty lifeless and lacked shading and gesture.
it looked like 2nd graders drew in my sketchbook lol
i was learning a lot but my skills didnt reflect.
my skill caught up around year 2.
Now im drawing realistic drawings that look exactly like the pictures
and my perspective(original goal) is so good now. im still improving
but i can draw characters at any angle without reference if i have none.
to anyone reading this never give up
i really wanted to give up, especially at year one like one month in..
now i get paid to draw and digitally paint for people. (now at three years and one month)
Dreams come true.
when you have a thought of giving up. Just ignore that thought
and cast down laziness and pick yourself up :)
How did you get good? Any books? CZcamsrs? How did u practice? How much?
Words of wisdom my friend :)
I'll defenitlty try this appoach I feel like I'm too impatient while learning rendering and complex perpective :D. ( And legs omg my legs looks always off).
hehe legs were my weak point too. i had to do a month long focus on legs!
Great video. I'm taking a very similar approach this year. I'm going to be drawing for three hours each day, splitting that time between two topics. For instance, today I'm doing 1.5 hours of figure drawing with Proko premium (your channel is also a great resource), and 1.5 hours of portraiture/head study with Proko premium. Every month, I'll be replacing one topic with another. I have already been following this structure for 3 months, pretty much every day, and I'm pleased with the progress I've made.
I'll gradually be moving through the following topics this year:
- Figure drawing
- Clothed figure drawing
- Perspective
- Portraiture/the head
- Anatomy: torso
- Anatomy: arms and hands
- Anatomy: legs and feet
- Anatomy: imagination
- Colour and light
- Character design
- Panting
- Caricature
I don't expect to be a great artist at the end of the year, but I do think that, with commitment, I can reach a basic level of competence in each area.
This is so inspiring! I’m definitely going to check out your course. I’ve started doing speed drawings everyday for 15 minutes and I have been practicing gesture as well. It get’s daunting when there is so much information out there, though. I don’t even know where to begin sometimes. My biggest fear is learning something wrong and never correcting it because I don’t have someone to correct me. 😔
Don’t worry too much about learning wrong. It is a problem, for sure, but creating the habit of actively drawing will allow you to make corrections, when you find it necessary. The habit of drawing is more important then drawing correctly.
¨Sticktoitiveness¨
- Love Life Drawing
Very useful
Great video. I do a morning marker study every morning. After 3 weeks of faces i switched to bugs and because i don’t know the structures of bugs i am struggling. Why did I assume I would be able to draw bugs as we as faces when I have almost no experience drawing bugs? I disrespected the complexity of bugs and the fact that each species is different. My next set of sketches will focus on just one type and then i will learn much faster.
I want to get better in portraint and gesture. you're videos of gesture are amazing
Wow
This video reminds me of 6feet from gold. A book about giving up just before you would see success. It’s focus is on business, but I think you can apply skills in that concept from what you showed in your video.
Ello from the Philippines!
Cool cool
Honestly I wish you left the tracking document below because this is golden. I started my focused practice this month. Every day I will draw at least 5 figures with the LSF method, paying keen attention to angles and proportions. By the end of the month, I should have over 90 drawings, as well as the ability to draw better bodies and proportions from my head.
I'm just tired of feeling like I'm not good enough. While I'll still have creative sessions where I just draw for fun, 50% of the other time will be studies and deliberate practice. Not sure what I'm going to do for September yet. Hm... Maybe back to anatomy (I love it) or values.
I draw something then totally delete it, and redo it all over. Usually I draw it way better. For this month Im working on anatomy and dynamic of the body. Because thats my biggest stryggle. I dont set a time limit or amount of day. I just go with how I feel
this came at such a perfect time for me, thank you!!! I have been struggling for months to figure out how to plan my study time and have so much trouble focusing on one area because I get overwhelmed by ALL of the things I need to improve. I finally decided this month to just buckle down and focus on perspective. I feel so validated hearing the same strategy from you!!
that's awesome!
Happy new year Kenzo! Been a while since I watch your stuff my bad!
I think many people jump too fast into making it a skill before even having fun making artwork first.
Any thoughts?
2:42 persistence👍
I guess watching anime for decades was a head start cuz my Eye has seen so much, I just need my hand eye coordination keep up
such a cute dog
I'm going to take you up on this - 2022 is going to be the year I learn to draw
My problem that always gets me down is not enough time in the day to practice. I tried 15 minutes for a few months straight and I did see improvement but like you said, I got to that point where it seems like I'm bad and gave up. 2021 we're getting back on that bike and riding it!
You think I can use / develop intuition, you're a mad man XD
i have an incredible desire to learn how to draw and huge regret that i haven't started drawing when i was little and my mind was pure and unsoiled by perfectionism and negativity. So the more I hear about how much of technical stuff you have to learn and know to learn to draw makes me anxious and frustrated to actually do it. Yeah, i know it's one of those things where you have to love the process as much as the goal itself, so that's why it pains me so much wanting to draw, yet hating the process of... drawing.
i feel you bro
I regret not learning any skills when i was younger, like drawing. But at some point in your life you have to say "Fuck it!". pick up that frickin pencil, find something you love, and just DO IT! Stop letting fear stand in your way.
I went almost all my life telling myself i cant do it. But after one week of absolute hell and no electronics to keep me sane, I picked up a pencil and paper, and after just a little bit of focus and willpower, that shattered the delusion i have been hoarding all my life. Its been 5 years since then, but i still make very many mistakes and i still have a lot of work to do. But after seeing just what i have done alone reassures me that talent is indeed something you can learn and pursue.
Take your time. Be mindful and willing to learn from your failures. Learn from everyone, not just the best.
I'm definitely at that stage right now. The process has never been as frustrating as now, and I'm certain it's because I have the "knowledge" but not the skill like you've said.
I'm trying to learn the structure of the nose in terms of it's planes. It's so hard to draw from different angles that I think I should stop and just practice more perspective.
I've spent 2 while years just doing gestures and nothing else, and it's now that I've realised how much I lack, moreover I wanna pass the entrance exam of a college I wanna get into and I have only one and a half year so I wanna improve really quickly.
I always lose hope but we gotta keep trying
Okay, I am back at drawing art after 2 years of inactivity with traditional drawing and digital drawing. But, I would focus on trad first. Wish me luck guys! or give me some blessings!
I know I'm late, but I'm wishing you best of luck! ❤️
@@Heythere191 Thanks a bunch! Please stay safe and healthy ✨❤️
I'm focusing on anatomy. My schedule is a little different [Week 1 --Heads (3 days) // Torso (3 days)] [Week 2 --Hands (3 days // Arms (3 days)] [Week 3 --Feet (3 days) // Legs (3 Days)]. Repeat.
How you doing now?
Great video, really helpful 💚 The free workshop link has expired.
Rn I'm just jumping around. Basically in an entire day I go between heads, poses, perspective, anatomy, hands. I personally find this works better since I spot something I'm bad at and then instead of waiting to finish a month of drawing something else I just fix that issue. Btw I'm about intermediate when it comes to my skills. Can someone please point out why this is a wrong method of doing this if it is?
I'm trying to figure out how to apply this to learning to draw with ink traditionally.
Nice advice :)
What microphone is that you're using ?
Puppy! 🐶🐶🐶🐶
How would you say you get better at be consistent in drawing the same object from different angles? Or the same character(s).
i found this video just as today I told myself maybe art isn't for me bc I did some face studies that went very badly. i shouldn't give up! i have big goal marked for next year, I want to see myself do something great! i think ill make my first week face structure! second ill make noses bc I struggle with those!!! or should I make face week also parts of face? i haven't even started on anatomy
Very inspiring and interesting !! But : learning body gesture is a very hard topic that should not be learned in the beginnings. Face or body is the hardest in drawing. We should start with simple topics like objects or poses with large clothing, nature landscape.
Can you make that planner available to download please 🙏🏾
I was searching the comments just to see if anyone has mentioned this before I did.
www.lovelifedrawing.com/2021planner/ :-)