How to Draw Straight Clean Lines Freehand - Beginner friendly

How to draw straight line using just your hand. I struggled with this for a long time until I started working on 2 essential techniques to get this right. Both are covered in this video!

Remember that getting better and improving your sketching skills take time. Don’t be discouraged if you’re not seeing clean straight lines after the first try. It takes years!

This video is to help you get there just a little bit faster. Thanks for watching!

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[sapo_rhoeming]

Homie don't get disheartened by the views, keep up the good stuff. People normally dont talk about basics and plenty amateurs look for that.

Keep it up don't let it make you feel down

[Bewoulf]

Just your suggestion of locking the wrist and using your elbow instead improved my line drawing instantly. Such a simple thing but I didn't realize it was the shakiness of my wrist movement causing my lines to curve. Thank you!

[Ash-trgy]

Holy shit. Thank you so much. The “look where the line is going not where youre drawing” tip is game changing. I was literally never taught to properly draw straight lines, i was just sat down and told to practice everyday in my classes, and not told the technique for how to practice RIGHT. So we moved on and i learned perspective, value, composition, form, etc. But was missing one fundamental. Which meant that my drawings that used curved lines like the human figure was good, but all of my geometric objects like buildings and cars were crooked or on a slant. THANK YOU

[MimosaQueen]

I feel like this is the only line video I’ve watched that was actually helpful and made sense to me ❤

[sunshizzleyou]

6:36 - [not as fast as you can] - lol, details that are important when teaching on a platform of 2.3 billion.

- Thanks for the quick advice. Was immediately helpful.

[jojitorod]

I'm an amateur drawer so this video really helps and it reassure me that I'm doing the right thing.

Sidenote: I'm actually pretty decent at shading which I find odd, but when it comes to drawing straight lines i struggle. It's a bit odd.

[angelochavez]

Sir, you just helped me deal with a problem I've been dealing with for months now, which shouldn't have been the case lol. But, as soon as I applied your method, I saw instant improvement in my ability to draw straighter. Honestly, your video feels like a godsend. Should anybody I know be facing the same struggle as I and so many others did, I know just the video to recommend to them!

[jfacerification]

This is extremely useful. 12 and a half minutes out of my day improved my straight line skills immediately.

[jamieg]

this is GREAT advice and i do something similar, however i do something slightly different that i think creates a better result. the better way to develop this precision is to stop ghosting---meaning, stop moving your arm without making the mark.

every ghosted movement you make is a line your muscles actually practiced drawing, but WITHOUT feedback on accuracy or quality because the mark was drawn in the air. instead of practicing four movements in the air after you put down a pair of dots, put down four pairs of dots and make four actual lines---no ghosting. each one will give you visual feedback and you're moving the same amount. per unit time of practice, you'll be making several times more lines, getting several times more visual feedback, and thus more accuracy.

[hellfighter]

Thank u for listening to me and making this video❤️. U are the best! Keep up the good work!

[HeroAkii]

Been drawing for years, it's little things like this video that gives improvement. You can watch a tutorial on how to draw anything but without the basics it may as well be pointless.

[PaintyVids]

I'm five minutes in and it is already very much helping like I am shocked at how much. Great video and thank you so much. I might have to start watching you daily!

[emgmin]

Thank you. I have had a career shift into the design world and I have a background in mental health. They don't teach us about lines in psych 101! Very helpful! :P

[laksmitaniken]

Me: *draws a line
Also me: fuck it bent

[avianflu]

Thank you. This immediately helped with using the wrist less

[jamesdorsey]

Thank you! I’ve been trying to make straight lines with my wrist loose and using my thumb stiff and that was definitely not working. I thought my thumb or hand was weak and I had to strengthen them. I’m lucky to have come across your channel!

[greentea_sogood]

wow it really helped me to draw shapes!💓

[minoassal]

Best exercise :

Break your ruler in mechanical engineering class or geometry class

[artfuldrawing]

developing this type of muscle memory will make your drawings more clear for the people

[BeatriceHobson]

Thank you, for this very valuable instruction. I like that you are starting from the beginning too!