Drawing Tutorial (AVOID these 10 Beginners' Mistakes!)
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- Drawing Tutorial (10 Beginners' Mistakes!) In this video I count down to the top mistake I see beginners make when learning to draw!
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Why your brain doesn't show you what you see
02:51 Pressing too hard with the pencil
06:38 Drawing objects tipped up
09:33 Not drawing through foreground objects
12:42 Drawing ellipses with corners
14:48 Drawing vases and cups with flat bottoms
17:25 Not taking advantage of repeating motif perspective
19:26 Facing flowers and faces forwards
22:33 Using straight guidelines for eyes
25:16 Drawing the top of buildings you can't see
29:14 Starting to draw without planning your layout
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Have you made any of these mistakes? If you enjoyed this video check out How to Draw a Face for Beginners czcams.com/video/cbV6TEc_Fjc/video.html Next!
This is my first time watching one of your videos. I loved it! I have made every one of those mistakes at one time or another but I loved your explanations. Particularly "where are you viewing this from" and the face one. I need to explain that I love drawing and while I am not really good at it, I am getting better because of tutorials like this one.
@@laurie3881 so glad it helped you, keep going!
Thank you 💗
I no longer draw, but plan to again someday, on thing I did when I did draw was to just use the same standard black and yellow pencil for everything, I knew of different hardness of graphite but on the one occasion I did I found it all a bit daunting knowing what was for what and very messy/smudgy
Loved the river idea
I am so glad that I found your channel. I'm 64 and just started to learn watercolor. I learned how to set up my palette by your videos. I haven't drawn anything since 6th grade and have been beating myself up and quitting so many times. But I'm stubborn and want to learn. You have put so much in perspective for me. Thankyou so much. You can tell that you are a good teacher. I love how you use examples and explanation the reason behind everything'. I will be watching a lot of your previous videos. Retired and looking forward to my new adventures 😊
Good luck with you painting Glenda!
I'm 62 and just starting out as well - we can do this!!!
I am 55 and hoping to figure all this out, also.
@Allie @Maggie @sfrench @Glenda 65 and starting out with you all. Yes, we can do this! Thank you, Michele, for these incredible videos ❤️
67 and starting now. Love you videos, you are such a great teacher
Let's get Michele's subscriber numbers up to 50k. She deserves it for all the fantastic teaching she does for the art community AND for free! Yay Michele!
Bless you, fingers crossed!!
I agree..its one of the most honest teachings channel. Honesty thats rare
Absolutely!
Totally agree!!! I love Michelle!! I’ll put her videos on while I’m milling around the house, letting the commercials play through to the end in hopes she gets a better payout(not 100%how that works but..🤞)!!! 🤘🫀🤘
It's 54.5k now!!
I have always remembered this tip. Draw what you see, not what you think you see.
Great material here that most new artists don’t think about. Perspective is a hard thing to learn even when you’ve been given the basics. This is a good start and I encourage you artists out there to watch more of Michelle‘s videos. She’s a great teacher and really knows her stuff.
Oh Michele, you're such a great teacher, not just straightforward information but humour. I only decided to learn to draw last year and my sins start at 10 and go up to 1, but the greatest of these is 1. Get involved in intricate detail which then expands and expands as I try to pack more in. I don't feel so frustrated now I know I am not alone.
Thanks so much, glad it helped!
I'm in my 70's, and have been trying to draw over the past couple of years, and every one of your top 10 have been my issues, thank you so much for your easy to follow and understand ways to correct them.
You are most welcome Beth!
54yrs this video has helped me greatly. New pad, new pencils, new artist (possibly) lol thankyou
Ah, good luck Bob!
Getting a proper perspective on objects is a continual struggle for me, your advice on depth etc is extremely helpful.
Like the last commenter, I am 64 too, and I began trying my hand at watercolour during the first lockdown when my granddaughter said: “Come and do some art with me, Nanny.” The moment I held that paintbrush in my hand I was hooked. I’m not good, but I love it. My old office is now my craft room (though one of my daughters calls it my ‘crap’ room because she thinks that’s what I make 😂). I don’t care.
I discovered your channel only a couple of weeks ago but I’ve already subscribed and watched several of your videos. You’re easy to listen to, very instructive and honest about your own shortcomings. I like that. Makes me, and I’m sure everyone else, feel they don’t have to get things perfect right away. Thank you so much 😊
Ah, so glad you have taken up art, it's the enjoyment that's the main thing!
My “aha” moment was #2…actually realized I was smiling as I listened…never thought about this & your completely right that this is the reason my landscapes, with a building, look “off”…for this reason I don’t often do these type of paintings! Thank you Michele!
I'm at the very first "Bonus" rule brain and hand perspective; that one alone is golden, I haven't heard the others yet! Good on ya!!!
I took a course and you covered an entire semester in one video.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Ah glad you liked it 😄
Michele has to be one of the funniest of the CZcams artists. “That tree looks like it’s from a horror movie. OK, I’m going to stop drawing a tree now“. In another video, can’t remember which one, she said that playing Céline Dion music loudly should be outlawed. 😆 Also, she’s quite intelligent/knowledgeable outside of art. Considering drawing a flat fish as an example of a rule breaker was pretty cool.
Hi Michelle, just found you! I want to thank you for having so many basic, basic videos for those of us at beginner level or just needing revision for confidence. Too many videos are wonderful to watch but leave us feeling so grossly incompetent in comparison, we give up. You are a born teacher...wonderful! Blessings, and many thanks!❤❤❤
Thank you so much!
Just hold the pencil enough so it won't fall to the table😹😹😹😹😹Love your humor!
LOL! "It's not a dog lead or a horse!" I love your sense of humor, Michele!
I have watched this several times and appreciate the refresher on drawing.
Yeah! Of all the courses I've seen, this is the best visual for drawing things!!! Thank you!
Oh how I needed to see this!! I've learned so much in just this little bit of time from you!!! I'm 70 learning to draw and watercolor, your videos are just what I've needed!!
I'm so glad!
Your sketching lessons are the best. I have learned so much from you. You are a great teacher who always knows what tips will be the most useful for beginners 💕🇨🇦
Thank you so much!
Absolutely brilliant. Many thanks. Also thanks for the closed captions. Really helpful for us hard of hearing folk.
This is one of the best art tutorial videos I've seen. Fantastic! Thank you.
Thanks Michelle. I started to draw just 1 week ago and have been doing 1 a day. First a calculator - then a cup - a house - a small village bridge - lamp sitting on a chair. Certainly made some errors you highlighted and your video is excellent. Look forward to watching more and more importantly - improving.
Brilliant idea! You have also inspired me!!! Thanks, both of you💛
@@holly50575 When you find yourself alone after 20 years marriage. Gotta do something creative! Glad I found drawing. Thought I had some talent - until I tried drawing a face! What a joke - straight to the bin.
Thank you for this 🙏 Years ago I learnt to paint with Chinese brush strokes. The best tip I learnt is something you said, which is not to draw strokes with just the hand but to move the whole arm. It was shown to me as almost a dance, it was beautiful & extremely helpful when drawing
Thank you. I keep all my sketches just for this purpose. I bring them out on the table and fix all the errors. Thanks for the tips.
Excellent instructions! I've made all those mistakes. I'm getting into watercolors and needed to hear this. Now I think I should watch all your videos! Love love love that you not only explain in detail but you give up-close examples on paper. Bravo!
Thank you!
I’m progressing so much because of your tuition. In my head anyway! Must get down to some practice. Thanks Teach!
You got this!
I've started drawing again after many years away from this creative side of me. I started with colouring in, then sketching and shading and I've just bought myself some Derwent watercolour pencils and have watched some of your really helpful (and witty!) tutorials. Thanks for these. I am about to do the rectangles of colour of my new watercolour pencils. Cheers - and I will be back for more of your helpful hints.
That's great!
Thank you for actually explaining perspective in a way that I can understand better.
I always love how straightforwardly you explain drawing and painting skills tips do's and don'ts I really appreciate all the ways in which you have taught myself and other's so a big thank-you and sending a virtual hug as I am a tactile person.
Aw thanks ☺️
Extraordinary! I learned so much in this 30 minute video. You answered about a million questions I’ve had forever about drawing. I had a drawing instructor decades ago that made us all erase and start over, over and over, but she never explained what we were doing wrong and why we had to start over. I gave up on drawing for many years because that’s the impression I was left with about it, erase and start over ‘til you get it right, never having the HOW answered. Big heavy sigh. Thank you for sharing, Michelle! I’m close to tears of relief right now. I’ll be watching this many times. My biggest issue at the moment is drawing or painting from the shoulder. I don’t think I’ve quite got that yet because I have aches and pains I probably shouldn’t have, but I’m old too, lol. I’ll keep working on it. Blessings to you from Indian Rocks Beach in sunny Florida!
Beware of art teachers who won't teach drawing, usually means they can't draw. Bless you I am so glad you liked the video! I recommend Tai Chi for joint stiffness, anyone of any age or health condition can do it, I have done it for years ;-)
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber So true! In hindsight, I’d have been better off dropping the class and finding a REAL drawing instructor. I watched all of your short videos too, and also learned a lot. Would you consider doing a short that demonstrates the mechanics of drawing from the shoulder. For some reason my head doesn’t get it. Either my elbow is moving too much, or my hand is moving too much. Maybe I need to clamp my arm to my side until I get a hold of this, lol. You know, I had the same trouble back in the ‘70s when learning to cut hair, I always had my arms up too high until one of my instructors pointed to the lift at the bottom of the chair and said in a commanding voice “LOWER YOUR CHAIR,” lol. I finally got it after that. Thanks for all you do and especially for your straight up approach. So many out here on YT teach a concept, and then blast the thing away with wishy washy commentary that only confuses me (and likely everyone else). Your a star Michele! Oh, and I’ve done tai chi, but currently doing Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr here on YT. Blessings to you!
@@rmuller366 I will try and do a demo. Allow your arm to move freely at the shoulder, not only forward and back but also to the side, as if you were making a chicken wing motion, so you get a full circular motion. Your elbow can move a little. 🙂
Looks like it's time to take off my paper dunce cap, flatten it, find a pencil, and start practicing the lessons. Thanks for this video, Michele.
Maybe sketch the cap instead?
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Love the way you explain everything, best tutorial I've seen so far you a brilliant teacher.
Bless you! As a senior citizen I decided to learn to drawing, so now all my essential tools are here, read a ‘how to book’ and yup, I made all the mistakes you stated, 1 thru 10! Thank you for showing the how-too, as I’m a visual learner I’m saving this video with my plan to watch all your other ones too. I will then restart from video 1 and draw with you! Thank you again for a great video!
I’ve never really thought about how to use other parts of the body instead of just my hand. Now if I generate the movement from arm or shoulder the results are much more satisfactory. Thank you for this gem of a tip!
Usually I have no ambition to draw anything whatsoever and now I know why. Thank you so very much!
thank you so much! excellent guidance. I've had no training so I've made ALL these mistakes. So excited to learn more.
I actually took notes! Great tips for beginners and I’m off to see more. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!
I'm so glad I found u. If I don't. I'll never know how great u can teach.
It's funny how I've been an artist since my first 'wall installation' at age 2, much to my mom's chagrin... and I still learned or re-learned an easier way how to do a couple basics! Thank you Michele. :)
I'm lucky because Mom did right by me and she encouraged my art and writing . At 15 she let me take over the basement, and it became my first studio. THAT was sheer luck and her generosity.
So moms and dads out there - teach your kid how to clean up when their art ends up on the wrong canvas,
and give them a better canvas - be it a simple pad of paper , or a spare room with table and chair and a way for them to earn money to fill it with the gear for the form of art that grabs them.
The lovely madness began there in that studio and the 48 years since my first art gallery show have been made better by creating many types / forms of art. It never hurts to try something new! The best part of my art journey was the years I volunteered as an art assistant at my local VA (vet's hospital).
Fantastic story!
Your attitude to improving the standard of beginner art is highly commendable. No one has a defined list of do's and don''t put your pencil in that. So tutorials from a person kind enough to share their years of making every single mistake that has been made by all the greatest artists in history is fantastic. So many of the comments confirm that they have also made these mistakes, even though your videos don't stop people making these mistakes, they know why it happened wich is priceless info
Keep pointing out every ones mistakes because the only true way to get better at anything is to make mistakes. But now they can understand why it happened and know its not due to a lack of talent.
Some of these I've intuitively found as I've made (bad) sketches, like making motifs shrink with distance, but others I completely missed (like the flat vase bottom). You've made a few basic rules concrete. And I followed your face-drawing tutorial to make my first portrait: my Dad for his father's day card. It actually looks like him!
Thank you! I'm going to try your tip for flower facing next.
Thank you for sharing this very useful information that beginners can actually use rather than quick sketches that really explain nothing about what to look for in the subject. I knew about 8 of the mistakes, but I taught some drawing in High School. I saw students making these mistakes constantly. Personally, I would like to learn about how to draw forest scenes that capture the essence of particular trees ( how the limbs are shaped in different types of trees) and how to suggest the light and shadow without drawing every leaf. Complicated I know but I thought I would put this out there. Drawings can be so much more magical than photos and this is what I would like to capture.....
I showed a watercolour painting of an owl on FaceBook a while back, asking why it looked wrong, and Michelle pointed out that it wasn't the painting, but the drawing...is this tutorial for me Michelle?! 😂
Now don't be complaining because you got your very own video :-) :-)
@@IntheStudiowithMicheleWebber lol.. Shucks!!! ❤️ ❤️
Great help with perspective. I am guilty of so many of these mistakes. Thank you for setting me on the right course.
Thank you so much! You have greatly improve my skills with one short video.
Must remember to repeat, repeat, repeat these tutorials
All good stuff. Especially the eyes not being on a straight line. I've been drawing for years but it only dawned on me recently that it is wrong to draw eyes on a straight line.
No she's wrong about this. Human eyes and eye sockets are forward facing and in line with each other, they don't curve around with the skull face out at different angles.
This is one of the most helpful videos I’ve seen on drawing. Thank you!!
Thank you Michele. I thoroughly enjoy your vids because you’re a gifted teacher & I’ve learned so much from you. My art teachers at school only seemed to value the “naturally gifted” students...I found no joy in those lessons & was grateful for any positive marks I received!!! As soon as it was possible I ditched art classes altogether & chose music lessons instead 😊 which turned out out to be a blessing. The only arty things I did as an adult was design my own knitting, embroidery & cross stitch. Please keep up the brilliant YT videos. Best wishes.
Thank you!
I remember my old art teacher used to say "draw what you SEE, not what you know..."
Good advice!
I am very new to watercolor and artistic endeavors in general....a true newbie. I find your style of teaching extremely good to follow and I am able to repeat the steps you lay out. And I watch your videos over and over!
Thank you so much!
Your videos are pure gold!!! I'm learning so much and even more important I'm having more fun, because my results are so much better, thanks to you. You are a wonderful teacher!!
Thank you so much!
In some cases, this is why someone invented abstract, nothing matters then! haha
I believe learning art fundamentals for me is key to improving my abstract (acrylic pouring paintings) -- drawing, perspective, design, color theory -- skills. Just because it may look pleasing to my eyes, doesn't mean the poured piece follows artistic reasoning as you are showing in this video. Thank you for the instruction!
Great tips, I'm on my beginners art journey and to have explanations I can understand is gold. Thank you Michele
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Oh my gosh! You are AMAZING!! I learned so much from all these tricks and can see an immediate improvement in my drawing already. Thank you SO much for sharing your gift of drawing with us newbies!!
You are so welcome!
Have watched several of your drawing videos, such a range of knowledge.Thank you for passing it on! So many helpful tips!
You are so welcome!
Just found your page, and I love it. Thank you for the content and humor!
Thank you so much! This is the first time I've actually understood these mistakes. You've explained each one in a very understanding way. Extraordinary! Thanks again.
You're very welcome!
This video is so helpful in pointing out not only the mistakes, but how to avoid making them. I make numerous mistakes when drawing, sometimes without even knowing that they are mistakes. Your video is just perfect for pointing me in the right direction. Thank you Michele x
You are very welcome!
Excellent summary. Guilty of many, but I have learned to deal with the objects tipping up from you from another video. Helped me tremendously.
Hi Ciao! Michele and thank you..I should show this video to my students (I'm a math teacher) when they learn solid geometry..I always see the gap between what they know and what they see..I love your explanations and the subtle funny comments on common mistakes..
So glad to find you. Have been self teaching enjoy your style speech. Love and light
The technique tips are so simple to understand and I find your method of explaining very calm and clear. That's always an indecation that you have a deep knowledge of your subject. Thank you.
Thank you 😊
Really well done! I'm glad I stumbled onto this video. I find it extremely lucid.
Like your new setup! Hope you’re finally enjoying some lovely spring weather! Excellent tips as always!
Yes! Thank you!
So happy to find you. I have been teaching my granddaughter to draw and paint and could never describe why things work or not. I have subscribed and look forward to your videos. Thank You!
Thanks so much Lucy!
This video has such excellent quality information and so much of it that I will come and watch it multiple times.
Thanks for a great tutorial. "reduce the depth and lessen the angle" will help me very much. So cool!
Thank you for your tutorials! Very helpful!
Yup, everything you spoke about were all my issues. Thank you 💕😊💗
Thank you so much for your videos. You are an excellent teacher and explain things very clearly. There are so many gold nuggets of information here. I caught myself thinking of how many of these mistakes I make.
THANK YOU!!!! YOU ARE A GEM!!!
I am a beginner and so happy I found you!
Thanks so much!
I just found your video today and learned a lot. Thanks for doing it and sharing.
This answered so many of my questions on perspective and the brain, thank you! So glad your video popped up on my feed today!
Glad it was helpful!
An excellent tutorial! Thank you. 🤗🎨
This helped me so much! Your visual examples along with your explanations were so very clear! I have frequently looked at things that I have drawn and said to myself, “there’s something wrong here“. Thanks to your video, I now understand what has been wrong with some of my drawings! What’s more, right now I have a way to avoid those errors. Thank you so much!
You're so welcome!
Thank you! I’ve struggled with all of the mistakes but you have made it very clear how to avoid them all.
You're very welcome!
Thank you so much for sharing your gift with us! You are a wealth of knowledge and your teaching style is so easy to follow. Every sentence you say is chock full of information! And may I add, you are a beautiful living art , yourself, with your pretty, unique personal style🥰 I especially favor your frog ring🤭warmest thanks , Debbie
Thanks so much Debbie, we are all art!
You are absolutely brilliant! Thank you so much for your logical guidelines that others often miss altogether!
You are so welcome!
I like how you explain everything thank you very much.
Glad it was helpful!
Hello Michele!! I have made alllll of these mistakes! I particularly appreciate the admonishment of drawing what the eye actually sees rather than what my brain says is there. Very helpful information! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, Michele. This tutorial was SO helpful. I have a drawing sitting next to me that I have spent a lot of time on, that has so many mistakes like the ones you mentioned. I can't get the leaves of the hibiscus on the page, the petals aren't the right shape and the stamen looks like (and was) an afterthought that I can't add in at the last minute. I have spent time coloring the flower with pastel and colored pencils. I know this is just an exercise for me. Your tips have helped me a lot. Thanks a million. Dianne, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Thank you for a really wonderful drawing tutorial. I will watch this over and over again!
My pleasure 😊
FINALLY !!! You have answered almost all of my questions about drawing I've been trying to fine tune my perspective and how I look at things to be able to draw them. I have been struggling with all of them since I started drawing as a child. I figured some out on my own. Like the corners on round things and the directions. As well as the eyes on a straight line I literally got written up in middle school for arguing with my art teacher about it when we were doing self portraits. But thank you so very much! I don't subscribe to much but I am subscribed to you now. 😁
Thanks so much and Happy New year 🎉
Thank you so much.
Great tips.
The idea of drawing eyes following the curve of the skull, is genius and common sense. Your videos, as usual, are packed with excellent advice. Thanks Michele.
Thank you very much!
Thank you! I have been making a couple of mistakes and like the fact that you have explained them well and their corrections simply.
Wonderful!
It's so good to review these techniques. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you. This was very very helpful and I know I'll watch it again
Really helpful guides to planning and perspectives before painting. Thank you 🥰
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you - terrific tips - extremely helpful!
Brilliant, so helpful, thank you Michele. Yes I have made many of these mistakes!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for all the great information.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video, great guidelines to improve your drawing!
Thank you, this has been very helpful.
Very clear tutorial. Thank you so much. The first mistake has given me loads of grief and I have a hard time remembering it. I find I get all fired up ready to draw and stopping to place my subject is not what I want to do. But of course it’s essential. Great tutorial
Thank you!
This by far the best video I have ever watched about drawing! Thank you so much.
Glad it was helpful!
Best drawing tutorial I’ve ever seen. Thank you so much.
Wow, thank you!
I love your video,learned so much,thankyou x
I looked at your tutorials...I do colored pencils but I could learn a lot from your channel. Great presentation.
These are incredibly helpful! I've only barely started out drawing as an adult, and now I know things to watch out for as I go.
So glad I helped Eliza, good luck with your art :-)