The Benefits of Drawing Before Painting (Quickest Way to Learn Both)

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Instructional How to Draw videos for artists. My drawing lessons are approachable enough for beginners and detailed enough for advanced artists. My philosophy is to teach timeless concepts in an entertaining way. I believe that when you are having fun, you learn better. I take pride in producing high quality videos that you will enjoy watching and re-watching.

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[cirobirra]

It is interesting to note that van Gogh spent a lot of time on Bargue's drawing course. He said it changed his way of seeing nature. So even in a way of painting apparently far from drawing, we can actually consider it as the foundation.

[MultiKwolf]

ah wish this video existed when i had this problem. i started drawing, inking, sketching, Black and white value shadows (no colour) gesture drawing, anatomy study and life drawing (not painting) And after i felt comfortable in saying YES! this is the realism quality ive been looking for! i started to move to painting, and WOW it was hell, i was like SHADOWS HAVE COLOURS ??, THERES WARM COLOUR AND COOL COLOUR ??, WHAT THE HECK IS LOCAL COLOUR ?? HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT THE COLOUR IS WITHOUTH ALL THE SHADOWS AND HIGHLIGHT ? THE REAL COLOUR ??.
But of course i've figured it all out in the end and have been excited to paint ever since. It was like you have to REWIRE your self when it comes to painting IF you started out drawing. it was incredibly frustrating back then. Because it was like....Your lines and drawings is awesome and then suddenly when you finally put your colours in.. WOW it looks like crap, what the hell what i learned is that colours is incredibly important when you want to paint you drawings, you can have an amazing line art beautiful curvy lines with amazing balance between thickness and light strokes but if you colours is off that CAN drive you insane.


So anyone who just started painting after drawing, dont get discourage, step back and take your time to research colours on lighting, and shadows, or even the blood vessel on you skin that makes your skin red or orange in the heat of the sun Or even the amount of highlights on each environment, Where the light source is coming from and how strong is that light source.
You have to climb another miles before you can reach to the summit. don't force your self too much. Get your energy back first then get moving.

[HOUROFPOWR]

I found that learning to paint first was what allowed me to learn to draw. It feels like there are so many extra invisible layers of understanding required when doing drawing when you can replicate life more, "immediately" with painting, and focus more on planes, perspective, etc. I guess it's just where my mind rests. Personally I feel like sculpture is the one thing people sleep on. Making sculptures and then going into painting/drawing would be prime, IMO.
BUT, you >Really< want to do BOTH, that is WITHOUT a doubt.

[Vgladstone]

All the Masters you mentioned learned to draw 1st! Later in their careers and journey the developed their styles. The Royal in London has an exhibit of Picasso on paper, including his sketch books, in pencil...on paper.

[genobourn]

Leonardo Divinci, Rembrandt, Wyeth all drew before painting! They are all excellent painters. Impressionists like Sargent, Casey Baugh, who can draw but go straight to the paint are excellent too.

Thank you for doing this guys!

You can't imagine how grateful I am for artists like you, who brake down the proccess to other not as experienced artists, instead of just showing the best they got. I think its so important in these "days of instant everything", that we remind ourselves, not everything can be achieved instantly, and that it really takes time.

Keep it up!

Shout out from Czech republic!

Have a nice day, and I wish you a lot of positive energy, that will lead you to success! <3

[kavalkahn]

I always draw before I paint, because I believe that you should never neglect drawing. It's quite special for those artists that can paint something without drawing first, however as Marshall said I think drawing is a fundamental for it, and the construction of masses that painting is fits perfectly the delimitations that are made by a drawing. Besides, as long as you don't become a slave to your drawing you can always make something interesting and full of freedom with your painting.

[stephonmanny]

Agreed it's easier start out drawing and then build from there.

[gordonfreeman-gw]

This answers all my questions thankyou lads and thank you lady for asking same question as me!

[dtchinacat]

Depends: if your trying to get your proportions exact and block in your colors/values quickly and precisely, then for sure draw it first! If you are doing something more abstract or stylized then you probably don't want to draw first?

[MrErensarier]

I miss that ''yeah!'' at intro ending :(

[gllrqny]

There are many ways to do develop art skills and I wouldn’t rule out the possibilities for those who are brave and industrious.

[neilcanta]

Yuuup, good drawing is a foundation for painting. And graphite is my favourite medium. It's just very versatile.

[bobthemonkey]

This is an interesting listen. I never liked drawing and I still don't like it, and for that reason I never thought I'd be able to paint. When I began painting 2 yrs ago I started seeing how values and light sources were expressed through the use of color. I do agree that drawing is helpful in understanding values and some mediums dry quickly and need planning ahead. Eg. with watercolor you can't remove the paint you've put down so drawing a plan first is truly helpful. I've turned out to be quite good at realistic portraits in a short while (not to toot my own horn but just to clarify that this has worked for me), so I just have to say that drawing hasn't turned out to be essential for me so possibly not for other people as well. If you hate drawing like I do, there are other ways.

[IvaN-cfqt]

I love you guys ! Marshall take care of yourselfs! This virus is more dangerous on elder people, much love for all the wisdom you give us guys

[hob]

Good shit guys
Kudos from Cornwall England been learning to paint the last six months and listen to your tips

[petitio_principii]

The "just paint" people probably are more concerned with painting something that they're copying in front of them than creating from imagination. So you don't need to know perspective or anything, it's almost a paint-by-numbers thing, dealing with the medium and copying what you see with a "mental grid" or some kind of trick. The "drawing with the right side of the brain" approach to drawing will also kind of suffer from the same problems, as it's basically copying stuff, even if developing an advanced skill at it.

[fupd]

You guys are trying to be sooo gentle with this topic hahaha. Stan seems a little bit nervous haha

[randominternetuser]

I started painting with limited drawing skills and I found that I could only go so far. I decided to learn drawing and it took me about a year to get good enough to apply it to my painting. I continued to paint but I found that I became more interested in the drawing and almost lost interest in the painting. Now I'm a year and a half into the drawing phase and I'm starting to do both with much more success.

[petarpehchevskid]

Due to the corona virus, will the next season of draftsmen be coming out later than expected?