That's interesting about your mother being able to draw at the same size! Getting proportions correct with contour drawing like in this video gets easier the more you do it. Speaking of drawing size, I definitely find that students and myself included have a comfortable drawing size that is unique - some people naturally draw small and some people naturally draw large (some people like your mother just have a good eye!). But yes it's good we have methods to check proportions at any size! Thanks for your comment and for watching :)

Yayy! Glad to hear it was useful. The different grips will suit different people and different situations so do try mixing it up when you are drawing. If you haven't seen my free Learn To Draw series on KZbin yet, it may help you on your drawing and painting journey: kzbin.info/aero/PL-i_GDP6hCKlsQCrB7SW0qKyXBNMocDar Best of luck!

Thank you so much for your kind comment and for watching the videos ☺

Good on you!

Thanks for watching!

Oh Im glad to hear you were surprised with the outcome! Thanks so much for watching :)

Sure you can, put in a couple of years practice and you'll be able to draw anything.

Yayy glad you liked it and that the accent isnt annoying 😅

Do the best you can in whatever way works for you. You may find you end up with a more unique style than other people but that is something you can make a feature of!

Awesome, glad to hear it 🙂

That's a tricky one as its actually quite difficult to see the perspective by eye when you are drawing from real life - at least not without a measuring tool. You can use a pencil lined up with the angles of the top and bottom edges of a building and then name that angle (eg. 30 degrees) and draw that same angles in your sketchbook. That will give you a basic idea of where the vanishing points might be outside your piece of paper. You can then use your knowledge of 2pt perspective to make sure everything fits with the rules: eg. everything above eye level will slant downwards towards vanishing point, everything below eye level will slant upwards towards vanishing point. Hope that makes sense :) So its a mixture of observation and estimation. Which is why it's very useful to do the basic box exercises for 1pt and 2pt perspective to have a really good understanding of how it works!

@@ThePencilRoomOnline Ok thanks for your help

Glad you've found the videos helpful! It's always hard to stick with something to get through the beginner stage. I think the key is to keep it consistent (like exercise) but to not take on too much at the start. You might think you can practice five times a week but its probably better to practice 2-3 times a week and be really consistent with it. Best of luck!

You probably can but I don't sharpen the tortillons. They tend to get a bit fluffy when you use sandpaper to clean them, because of the ridges of paper. Tortillons also have a slightly rounded end which is quite nice to work with so I just rub them clean on a spare piece of paper :)

Any kind of practice will help. I guess what you might find hard if you only practice redrawing other peoples art, is how to build an original drawing from scratch because it really does come down to starting with visualising and drawing simplified shapes first.

Thanks for your comment, its great to hear your perspective. I find performing live terrifying...😅 so Im glad to hear these videos have made drawing less scary! Keep in mind that drawing is all about failing. In every drawing I fail and correct my mistakes, fail and correct. It will never be perfect from the first mark which can be demoralising until you realise it is actually all part of the drawing process :)

@@ThePencilRoomOnline You're doing a great job presenting your classes. So grateful. My best wishes forward with your channel.

Thank you thank you for watching 🙂

Hi, Glad you've found this useful! Best of luck with your drawing journey ☺

Thats ok, dont worry too much about it. Moving from the elbow/shoulder really just means being able to move your hand across the page as you draw. If you want draw on a larger scale then it becomes more useful but just keep practicing in whatever way is comfortable for you for now :)

Welcome and thank you!

There's not really any instant fix except to keep working on what you find difficult and identify what is going wrong. Often with cubes it is the angles that people have trouble with. The vertical lines are always straight up and down and the horizontal lines are always straight across. The angled lines should be all on exactly the SAME angle if you are practicing these 'isometric' cubes which have no perspective. So that's one thing to check. Use a straight edge of something to see if all the angles for one cube are exactly the same direction and length. The good news is that if you are doing well with cones and cylinders then eventually you'll figure out the cubes. It just takes time :)

Glad you enjoyed it! Yes rest your hand of the page so it is comfortable and you have control and support, but allow the side of the hand to slide across the page if you can. Moving your hand with the line gives you more range of movement when doing longer strokes. Eventually you might like to try the overhand grip where the hand hovers above the page - it gives you even more freedom to move but it's really only more useful for large drawings or working at an easel (it's a bit overrated in my opinion). You can check out the different grips here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWiTqn1pa8uBjsU Thanks for watching!

@@ThePencilRoomOnline Thank you😀.

😬 is it the accent? Make sure you use the subtitles if you need them. Or let me know if it is something confusing in the video!