The Daily Yupari | BASIC PROPORTIONS & Block-In EXPLAINED

Let's try something a little different this time. In this week's portrait painting video we will actually be splitting the process into several videos. These videos will be uploaded each day of the week so that you can see the entire process unfold (mistakes and everything). My aim is to allow you to have much more time to view and listen into the real life process of creating art.

The first step in this painting will be the preparatory drawing. You will see me wrestle with the block in, and then next time we will start shading. Once we are satisfied with the drawing, we will transfer it to a panel for the painting (later this week).

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The materials used in this video are listed below,

Strathmore 400 Series Drawing Paper medium surface.
Mechanical Pencil 0.7mm B lead
Kneaded Eraser

[wildfood]

Thank you for showing the block in. So many artists skip over the process in their demonstrations leaving new artists in the dark about one of the most important steps: a strong foundation!

[canalcerrado]

Man, thanks for sharing an academic approach, very seldom an artist shows this “hidden” methods, unless one pays a fortune, and you give them away😱

[patriciacleary]

enjoy the classical approach and truly enjoy watching and listening to the process. helps to set up the process and eliminate the anxiety.

[lindasplaylist]

I too thank you. Your so generous to share your thought process with us.

[Trylobyte]

Superb! The best video I've seen on how to get the proportions, shapes and angles right to get the likeness. The process of giving it your best guess, constantly assessing and relating things to each other, and adjusting as necessary. Showing on the video the struggles you go through even as an experienced artist -which is most heartening for us beginners. Nearly all youtube artists miss this stuff out, and show speeded up, edited videos of them getting it all right first time -it makes them look good, whilst the audience feels crap and learns nothing! Thankyou very much for sharing this :-)

[helenenassif]

thank you for this video...it is so helpful to know that struggle is a part of the process and not an inability to draw correctly... what is really needed is patience and perseverance ....

[WaSiLLy]

Super, Yupari! Missed your Saturday's workshop. Inspired by your videos. :) Excuse me while I get back to work. :)

[susiecrawford]

What a helpful video! To see how you made changes in your drawing is so instructive. You make me feel that I can learn to draw proportionally.

[carstenkrogstrup]

Thanks for sharing. I really like your videos. It’s nice that you take your time explaining what you are doing and thinking. It’s very informative. Keep up the good work.

[shalinivarma]

You are so good in dxplaining the concepts. I think there is a big difference in the way i observe small details and angles. Keep them comin

[SleepyVampArt]

yupari you give clear direction in how you get through each part of the process and this is really helpful being able to see all of the process. the moments where the drawing is in the beginning are so valuable to learning

[lindacamarata]

That is what I need every good thing every thing you think and fix as you go ..this is most helpful to have me continue to try to create portraits

[ingliskelley]

I love your beautiful painting and I can’t get enough I watched all yor classes.

[poeticalgore]

Great video. I am really working on trying to get my block-ins better and this is money! Caravaggio is my favorite as well.

[SuperXrunner]

This is great. Thanks for showing your drawing process 😊
Can u do this more? And can you do more a more detailed video on your block in with paint. I noticed you jumped to the final product in your step by step Zorn video. Which I watched about 3 times cause I thought I missed it but i didn't. You skipped it. Thank you. Thank you so much. I truly appreciate your work❤❤❤

[sujanithtottempudi]

Wow....such informative and interesting.Thanks a lot

[doaflamingo]

omg you literally cleared my path !
i was confused about eye socket and eye ball !

[KatherineLWince]

I am a lazy AND reluctant artist . . .SO much work, , speaking as an old amateur photographer.. You're a great teacher, and God, you sound like how I might teach, if I was so brave.

[moufidaayari]

Merci pour cette démonstration..ça m'a beaucoup aidée 🙏🙏

[babba]

Thank you thank you thank
Please do more of these!! I have been learning videos online and learning!!
I always underestimated the amount of measurements and. Ack and forth involved!! It always looks so less in most videos!!(cue cutscenes!!)