Importance of Observation for Drawing & Painting

Importance of Observation for Drawing & Painting. In this video, I discuss the importance of observation when it comes to creating art, a drawing or a painting. It's really the first step I take in the process of anything I create, especially from life.


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[andreascrust]

Observation is the key. First you need to see your subject accurately and as it is; not as you think it is. Then you need to see what you are doing, so you can correct the errors.

[nataliehalling]

I taught my first private art lesson this week and I litterly said all of this to my student! Observation is SUPER important! It's the foundation and using shapes are the building blocks.

[ScilexGuitar]

Very good video. I think observation is part of the importance of being mindful when drawing. I think most beginners tend to "wing" their drawings without actually thinking about how to go about it, ending up drawing mindlessly. I think a good first step is to simplify the forms when observing the subject, and to think of these simple forms in 3D, keeping in mind perspective

[hadngyroland]

Wow...now i understand it.(it is not all about imagination and skill, you have to know how to cultivate them too)ty this video helped me a lot.

[lynda]

Thank you this is very useful
Best wishes

[evillama]

When i was 5 i drew (not so good) people. thier head would be a circle a dress would be a triangle a shirt would be rectangle and small squares for the arm holes. legs would be lines or rectagles and shoes where ovels. it wast the best but thinking now whith other drawing i did when i was little i did with like siple shapes, and drawing now you do shapes and turn it into what you what to draw more less. But if i want better drawings than a 5 year old im goings to need to be even observation and see shadows and shapes and how things work and all that. Guess me drawing when I was little wasnt so bad (even if my drawings where bad and still kind of are but im learning).

[josephlowry]

Beautiful drawing of the Owl, Owls are fascinating Birds, aren't they?

[amexjam]

Very nice. Btw when will you have the next beginners drawing lesson? Thank you.

[gavinreid]

To observe correctly you need to observe from life. This gives the shapes in volume, play of light, subtleties not available to the camera.

[enikokadar]

Nehéz bevallani, de igazad van. Látok képeket, ahol nem tudni, honnan jön a fény, még árnyék sincs, vagy túl sok kiemelés. Mások a tájképhez a színeket nem keverik, dolgoznak a tubusból, és az lesz nagyon fényes, ami nem természetes. Nekem nem sikerül a negatív tér, pedig az is nagyon fontos. Szóval igazad van. Hol a macskád?

[theriftedones]

he's a hacker he drew lines like really really fast

[skyhavender]

So in other words you are talented? 😅

I mean you even say "i always hade a nack for this" kinda. Lol a slip of the tung. 😂