How to Draw 3D Shapes - Exercises for Beginners

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Hi friends!

In this video I want to share with you a fun approach to drawing three dimensional shapes.

This is a great drawing and sketching exercise for beginners.

We will start with some standard shapes such as cubes, pyramids and cylinders. The we will look at how to create imaginative and made up shapes of your own.

This is something I've been doing for many years now, and really improved my visual perception and sketching skills.

I hope you enjoy this one and learn new things, and I will see you soon, in the next video! (:

- Liron

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[wtifrxm]

Thank you. I thought I was having a tough time with figure drawing and foreshortening but then I figured the problem was actually perspective and trouble visualizing 3D forms in different angles and overlapping each other. I guess for a lot of self taught artists that’s the problem and we just don’t realize it. Amazing how much progress I’ve made in things like drawing hands just with serious practice of basic form.

[Cre-Art]

I put this lesson to use tonight by walking around my house, quickly sketching all sorts of objects and their shadows. There are shadows within shadows, and overlapping shadows. Really paid attention to what I was seeing. Will be doing a lot more of this. :)

[stevenlopez]

In another video could you focus on how to make “buildings” 3D and where to start from the base up. Corners and all. Thank you.

[adelinenicholas]

You explain this better than anyone because you're drawing it as you explain it. Thank you.

[AlecSorensen]

This is helpful. I've been trying to do at least 20 3D shapes a day in my drawing warm-up. In addition to trying to change the angle, I've been trying to transform them by stretching, compressing, or twisting (I find this really hard). So for example, imagine pushing down on the point of a pyramid so that the edges of the pyramid bow out, or pulling on it so they draw in. Or twisting the top in relation to the base. You can do this with cubes, cylinders, etc.

[lucyramsden]

This is really useful! Especially when you did the random shape. My family doesn’t really do art so they don’t know how to make 3D shapes! My teachers suggested this video for my class and they definitely made a good choice!

[clarefriend]

This was great. Especially like the random shape. Really help me train my eye. Also loved how you did a quick application drawing the building at the end..

[mariahauman]

Glad you made this video. My major issue is 3D and prospective drawing. I have been trying to get good at it for years. I decided to check this vid out and I enjoyed the lesson. After I feel comfortable practicing I will watch another one of yours. Thank you

[kengaherty]

Great, former math teacher who loves solid geometry. A cube has all equal edges. If some are long and some short, it is a rectangular solid. Triangular solid is a tetrahedron.

[mona]

Hi, I am new to your channel. Not good at drawing, but I have started to feel that I need to draw something to feel better! Your videos are so good to watch and very encouraging to practise some techniques. Thank you so much ❤

[angelblohm]

I loved this very basic beginner concepts video. My 4th graders I teach religion to laugh at my stick figures. I can’t even get them right! Actually, would you do a 3D stick figure video. For example, arm up in a wave or pointing, or sitting

[flo]

you really inspire me to draw!! I love your videos, please continue with the incredible content!

[brainysmarticus]

In your video about the vanishing point, can you teach us how we know/decide where to put it ?
Great exercices, I'll definitely practice them later today!

[richardlumpkin]

Thanks Liron. I've been working on my drawing and this helps. Foreshortening and perspective don't always come easy for me but I work at it. Thanks for the video class!

[Rockymtnbloom]

This is very helpful! Would love to see more on perspective. For example, a line of fence posts receding in the distance: isn't there a quick formula on the height and distance of the posts (seems someone showed me one, I have forgotten.) How about the size of people in the street compared to distance and the building perspective? Maybe give tips and the mistakes commonly made. Your videos are really awesome!

[nancysalgado]

You’re awesome! This is going to help me a lot. Thank you so much

[bonbons]

The pyramid with three sides on top of called a tetrahedron (four sides including the bottom). It's actually a building block for silicate minerals like quartz, so geologists draw a lot of these in school. All that time I was practicing art and didn't know it.

[Smash_Moore]

Thanks. I enjoyed your little doodles.

[mandidavis]

I find your videos more helpful and interesting compared to all the other YouTubers I've watched. Which your probably not seeing this since you put this out so long ago but i thought i would tell you anyways

[nandomax]

Triangular base pyramid is a die D4, the one with 4 sides