Do THIS before your draw • Warm-Up Exercises For Artists

This short warm-up routine might only be 9 minutes but it is one of the best (and easiest!) things you can do to improve your art. You can follow along using your favorite drawing tool (pencil & paper, iPad, computer, etc.)
These exercises are a great way to start a drawing session but they can also be done by themselves as a way to train your brain, your eyes and your arm on days where you might not have the time/energy to create a full piece.
Join me on the 30-day improvement challenge on Instagram @genevievesdesignstudio

This video has voice over instructions, so grab your drawing tools and draw with me :)
00:00 Intro
00:18 How to do the warm-up
02:35 Set 1 - Loosening up
05:55 Set 2 - Hand-eye coordination
09:13 Set 3 - 3D Brain

- - - My drawing tools - - -
• 12.9-inch iPad Pro (I have 3rd gen from 2018, this link is for the 4th gen)*
• Apple Pencil (2nd gen)*
• Matte Screen Protector (makes the screen feel like paper!)*
• iPad Pro case (I take it off for filming)*
• Pencil Grip (for when my hands are tired)*
• Procreate 5x

- - - My filming/recording tools - - -
• Blue Snowball Microphone*
• Microphone Arm Stand*
• iPhone 11
• Adobe Premiere Pro 2021

* Please note that these are affiliate links. I sometimes earn a small commission from purchases made through these, which helps me create more videos for you guys!

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Do THIS before your draw • Warm-Up Exercises For Artists
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[CFlower]

Practice day 1 😔✊ lol I can't believe I've just been trying to Art without warming up like an absolute fool. LOVE this channel, so glad I found it, i cant wait for you to have a million subscribers bc you deserve it! (Also your hair is rad but that's not why you deserve a million subscribers lol)

[gabrath]

Practice day 1! Can I say…I have never ever done a warm up before today LOL. Thank you Genevieve!

[Taddles]

Practice Day 1. These has definitely changed my way in viewing and drawing art. Before I never locked my wrist and never used my entire arm when drawing. I had a great time doing practice runs. Thank you.

[nanduanimation]

Hey Can you also add warm up for colouring like shading and blendin colours
And also nice video keep motivating with your drawing tips

[saralavanchy]

Practice day 7: Two years after the video was published Im on day 7. Thanks Genevieve to keep all this content free for us!
I want to become a children book illustrator and you are being a big inspiration and teacher for me since I found your videos for the first time. If I would know about your channel before most of the sure I would have bought your course instead of a the program that Im doing in a collage. But, Im waitting to finish to pay my certificate to buy your course!

[GenevievesDesignStudio]

Hello, wonderful people 🤍
Edit: Day 20 ✅

[mconway]

I forgot to check what date I started doing this on but I've been doing it every day for about 3 weeks now and just wanted to say thank you :) I'm still not very good at most of it but it gets me started on drawing every day and I've been saving all of my warmups so I can look back and hopefully see an improvement in the future. And I could probably recite the whole video off by heart by now XD

[mr.pizzamarlon]

*Practice day 3, 650.* Been warming up since I opened my channel a decade ago. ✏️✏️✏️✏️😊 Love the new desk art 🌿 for your videos.

[astridelizabethmartinezher]

Practice day 2: "Your videos have helped me so much that I'm even going to exhibit my art at a vernissage in a library in Gothenburg, Sweden. Thank you so much."

[ceciliagarridocano]

Practice day 1! Loved how dynamic is this video, and It feels so cool to not being doing the exercises "alone" :D Thank you so much!

[septemberwilson]

FLMS 6th Grade Art students are using this warm up!!! On Notability :)

[gohachinightwin]

Practice Day 1! I've watched a lot of your tutorials, but I've realized that sometimes reviewing the fundamentals is an exercise all in its own. Thanks!

[brendalynnquan]

“Practice Day 1” Thank you Genevieve! You’re an awesome teacher!

[clarissaishak]

Practice day 3 - it was so hard for me to create forms based on the object 😢😢😢. Looking forward to day 30th. Thank u very much

[dannydaniels]

Loved this exercise. I notice, however, that you do not hold your Apple Pencil differently. Your thumb is not gripping it the same way I hold a pen or pencil when writing or even drawing. Any reason for this?

[elizabethbarrett]

Day 20!!! This has become such a joyful and helpful daily practice. Thank you!

[hasanlamaa]

I would also suggest openning Blender and drawing the cube from different perspectives.

[Spmatik]

Practice day 2: Noticing i'm looser than on day 1 so that's definitely an improvement alright

[JoopLiefaard]

Practice Day 3. I mixed these exercises and the ones in "Want to better and drawing. Do this video."

[philly]

Practice day 1
I know this video was 2 years ago but if I warm up on digital would I have to warm up all over again for traditional? Sorry if it’s a stupid question.