11 Levels of Drawing Yourself: Easy to Complex | WIRED

Artist TM Davy explains how to draw a self-portrait in 11 levels of increasing complexity. Starting off with the ubiquitous "solar head" and moving on to portraits that implement light, shadow and color, TM Davy deftly describes how a drawing evolves through materials and techniques.




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11 Levels of Drawing Yourself: Easy to Complex | WIRED

[aleea]

“I have never encountered a face that wasn’t a pleasure to draw”
A single sentence that proofed to us what a pleasant person he is in real life.

[brittanyw]

one of the biggest mantras of my college drawing professor was "draw what you see, not what you THINK you see".

[theoriginaledi]

Holy moly, this video is basically an outline for a master class in portraiture. I’m gonna be watching this literally for weeks and working on the skills. NICE.

[shubhankurkumar]

13:23 - "I've never encountered a face that wasn't a pleasure to draw"

This put the biggest smile on my face!!!

[Piergeiron]

"I have never encountered a face that wasn't a pleasure to draw" - see, people, that applies to all of you and all of us. We are all worthy to be seen, and there's good to be seen in everyone.

[suejeelee]

I actually had TM my freshman year of college! He always had such a thoughtful and empathetic approach to teaching. He encouraged us to look into the beauty of things, there was no question that he had a deep and loving outlook on art. 6 hours with him always flew by, and we left class feeling refreshed. TM was easily one of my favorite professors during school, hands down. He is so important, protect him at ALL COSTS~~

[shoma]

Somebody give this man his own Youtube channel .

[mattp]

Awesome video. As a physician (with no artistic skill) I was blown away by your eye-opening explanation of how physiology & anatomy contribute to skin tone. How skin thickness and bony protuberances contribute to "ruddiness"; how melanin is responsible for the relative lack of blue in skin color by absorbing the potentially injurious higher frequency wavelengths. Such a very cool, educational and beautiful video. You are not only a great artist, you are a fantastic teacher as well!

[EvilTim]

Guy's a pro, not just at making art, but explaining his techniques. His students are lucky to have him as a teacher.

[jbuster]

i’m currently pursuing a fine arts degree, my first class was a realism course that cost me over $1k. this guy taught me (in 25 mins) literally everything my professor taught me in 3 months.

[celine]

This is literally free information that I would’ve payed thousands to learn in college

[leogrelet]

Level 1 : cmon i'm not 5 anymore
Level 2 : so far so good
Level 3 : .... yup I can't do this.

[timesoftheazuressence]

it's just so calming to watch the guy draw and speak about the skill he has tried to perfect for many many years

[fouzanium]

1:56 "People tend to get frustrated when their language is greater than their feeling of reality in the drawing" = A polite way of saying one's frustration in having the better ability to describe something than it is to draw it when their drawing ability isn't good

[mikenearing]

As an artist, I honestly think people who truly want to get better at drawing should keep rewatching this video until you have it memorized. It will help you so much..

[SinaAla]

This guy feels like an art philosopher, if such a thing exists

[aureusyarara]

holy crap he's such a great teacher??? i know they said he's a teacher, but he's is SUCH a teacher. i've learned so much with this video. Please thank this man for me.

[carlosdumbratzen]

13:22 "This is one of the great joys of portraiture for me. I have never encountered a face that wasnt a pleasure to draw" I agree so so much with this statement. I often draw when I am sitting in a train and there are just so many different shapes in faces. It is incredible and really inspiring. Also for me this was the realisation that we truly are all beautiful in our own distinct way.

[claire]

"But we are all... not blue"
The way he hesitated when saying this, or the fact that he drew a sun before explaining the color wheel were all just too cute.

[jadejaguar]

This man was meant to teach. Not to diminish either artist, but big Bob Ross vibes