Elements of Art: Shape

How do you use the basics elements of art? Shape, color, value and edge.

Shape is the most important element of the visual language. A lot of artists rush ahead before nailing down the shapes and their work suffers for it.

Learn more in the full video, linked by the video tttle!

[nocturnus]

Perceive the:
Edges; Negative Spaces; Relationships & Proportions; Light & Dark (or chiaroscuro); and Gestalt.

[Fizzfozz]

The second horse is 75% of what my drawings look like. 😂

[moondroparcana]

It took me WAY too long to learn this!! My friend, who went to art school, looked physically pained when I showed them my old process of drawing each part in detail before moving on 😂 "no wonder your proportions were so messed up bud...omg..."

And that's on being self taught for all my life lmaooo

[learnartgether]

Typically the shape you start out with before adding the details is the part where you have the heaviest lines in the end. Smaller details, like that horses eyes (which he did not draw) would be thinner, right?

i figured id ask just to understand both videos better 🤗

[Panzerfaust_]

Tried explaning this to my classmates who wanted to learn how to draw. Never works, and i'm glad about it

[jakkdlaw]

Yes but my hand refuses to draw them nicely.
My hand: weak fool, you need to draw consistently every second of your life or I will never be good enough.
😂😂😂😂

[dieu_et_maitre]

the second horse looks more interesting tbh

[minecrafterror]

"Me eating a super sour food"

[cccormac]

Bro really said "distracked" and not "distracted".