Art Warm Up & Exercises

[@meganj.124]

Watching you draw those lines oooover and OOOOVER again made me realize something about art: it's not about taking it slow and making it absolutely perfect on the first try, but doing it a million times and waiting for something beautiful to pop up by accident. :-) And that way's more fun! Thank you!

[@meganj.124]

@Fahim Ali I was 14 when I made this comment, and after 8 years of life experience I totally agree w/ you now LOL

[@zCruise]

@@meganj.124 character development

[@Jumpman25th]

11 years later and still very helpful, thank you!

[@donofbran]

Your voice sounds like you're always smiling :D

[@WangleLine]

This!!

[@mainulhasan2392]

Y is this so true

[@thuaners]

i agree! it makes me feel like i cant get it wrong and just wanna have fun drawing! :)

[@spibells3198]

I like the think that the reason he just loves making art so much he's always smiling :,)

[@makitajazzqueen7794]

That's one of the best compliments I've ever heard

[@jp8649]

As a noob, I'm literally on day 2, this is SO helpful. Watching you "struggle" warming up has made me feel better, I was getting so frustrated yesterday I thought that this medium was not for me. I did find putting a piece of paper over the tablet a bit helpful, but using these exercises should help a lot. Thank you!!

[@6inchgoldblade680]

Its been 4 years im curious to see where you're now

[@LVDV-ln4by]

"I should have done a warm up before I did my warm up." I.LOST.IT

[@defonotf2p92]

11 years and it is still relevant. these are the exercises that my tutor gave me also.

[@apocalypsedragon]

Make sure to keep your wrist locked, and draw from the shoulders Practice these: Lines - Draw them at a 45 degree angle. Put down two dots and connect them. Try parallel lines. (one after the other) Circles - Ellipses - Ellipses are basically circles in perspective. I's useful to remember that. Drawing Cubes - After this, you can fill the cube with Circles/ellipses. These help you practice two things, perspective and lines, almost simultaneously.

[@claududu6574]

Great videos! I bumped into them a month ago when I realised I needed to get back drawing after a 30 years gap. Been loving the way you explain each step. It's not just the concept of drawing teaching that is different from similar videos but the fact you cover most of the question learners can have during the process. I'm a teacher, by the way. Tnx.

[@Copperhell144]

I'm glad this "series" started on my birthday, lol

[@Inzendiary]

Whenever I watch/listen to your videos I always feel like your on the brick of bursting out in a big ol' smile.

[@sinixdesign]

@faunoram It should be very non-strenuous on your wrist and hand. The stylus (tablet pen) should be held the same way as if you were writing.. not too close to the tip, but at the start of the rubber part. Make sure you're using your full arm motion to draw. Your wrist shouldn't be doing any work, and your fingers should be doing minimal work. Keep the tension level minimal and do fast and smooth strokes. By the way, all of this is important in traditional drawing as well.

[@sinixdesign]

@toiler1 I would say tablet since getting good control on that takes more time and effort for a lot of people. As a bonus, you don't have to worry about running through supplies! Both forms are greatly beneficial though.

[@nissenyaart7171]

You have such a calm, free and easy-going vibe around art, I am just very tense a lot because I want to learn and improve and I'm studying everyday with this "focus" face, how do I become more casual about it? Or does it come with experience when you get better at it?

[@briemac4780]

Personality type. I'm the focused perfectionist. Nothing wrong with that. Could try learning more about yourself via 16personalities-dot-com. The more comfortable you are with your style, the more "casual" you'll be. Also, muscle memory. Just keep arting.

[@Oshyano]

just don't stress so much. You're probably scared to make mistakes with your art but honestly, you learn out of mistakes, nothing wrong with it. Just don't take it so seriously

[@vibing6530]

@@briemac4780 i thought that was debunked

[@mightygdog2225]

I’m late but try to doodle more, just while doing something that doesn’t need that much concentration and remember that noone h a s to see your work, do it for yourself!

[@joshuambean]

Love this so much!!

[@QuacksXD]

that intro was great

[@niyagi]

this is exactly what he does at the start of his streams, consistencyyyy

[@sinixdesign]

@TheNickTheM I love random old stuff. That used to always show up before Sesame Street and other education kids shows when I was a kid.

[@bitah.z1190]

Why do I receive Bob Ross vibes from this. It's so gooood.

[@gnuPirate]

Great video! Timeless good stuff!

[@phd3333]

Thanks so much. You have a really good and easy going teaching style that is really helping me.

[@Shinesketches]

"I should have done a warm up before I did my warm up." LOOL

[@tehprotrollboi6472]

i don't have issues with making a line that reaches from point A to point B in 1 try, or a perfect circle in aboyt 3-6 tries, or a box, what i find difficult is stability of my hand, there's no questioning it since i always used a heavy mouse and i just started using a tablet 3 days ago, my stability is quite trashy to say the least, and also drawing things from my mind is one challenge that i'm yet to overcome, but i have confidence in my potential in these fields, you helped me learn a lot of things about art, and i thank you for that

[@keyki2005]

TehProTrollBoi stability will come to you through muscle memory if you push through it. you need to draw something from reference many times in order to draw it from memory, and don’t think that just because you’ve seen something so many times you won’t need reference. Our brains keep symbols not accurate photos of objects so we all need reference the first few times we draw something. Hope 2 months isn’t to late for a response😂

[@NocandNC]

Don't....move your....wrist!!!?! *Enlightened*

[@artdcora]

I need to do this, I think it will really help me out.

[@Lydomina]

It makes me happy to know that not even good painters have complete control over their tablets :D.

[@mikuenjoyerXD]

I like this, satisfying and i want to try it myself! I could tell that you were enjoying yourself lol

[@anny4ka527]

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[@LschererL]

Finally found someone I like

[@thuaners]

this is so helpful!! thank you! :)

[@Jimmydeans]

Thanks for this video I just got a tablet and was getting frustrated with it not knowing where to start, I think this looks like a good base to build off of.

[@Song_Jang_Mi]

This really helped me out a lot!!

[@RemovdSande11]

could you do a video on brushes and their settings ? thanks for making these awesome videos btw!

[@DiegoBM]

Hi Sinix, first of all than you for your videos, specially your anatomy lessons are invaluable! I got to your channel recently through your newest videos and your art is amazing, which made me wonder, since this video is pretty old (and I do today pretty much the same you did here with the same struggles hehe), have you changed your warmup exercises in all these years? And if so maybe you could please update this video? If not, are your results better faster with this exercises?Thank you again

[@mr.v1442]

Damn im impressed by those elipses O.o

[@saharqashqaei47]

Hi, your explain is good and clear.👍🏻🎴 I wonder... this Warm Up is good for drawing fashion sketch ???

[@0conorD]

i suggest you check sycra traditional drawing tips,you might find it helpful.

[@kiddyhan]

Thank you❤️

[@pandasfromspace]

your videos are great. they really help me out

[@Fish_B0nez]

He is my modern day bob Ross

[@AlekThunder47]

Could you do a tutorial for light and shadows exercises?

[@relafen66]

my practice is i do circles, boxes, a wire mesh that i have to fit over 300-500 line not touching, and lastly a figure 8. Believe it or not the figure 8 done with hands not stylus are craazy hard usually coming out disproportionate. Lastly I came here for more ideas and thanks for the 3d box exercise ill incorporate that since having flat exercises tend to get boring and monotonous.

[@Bigalldone]

Right hander! :)

[@jjathan6939]

Sinix is so wholesome

[@theenthusiast9708]

Heyy has it been 10 years since the start of your channel now?? Huge congrats and good job!!! :o /Joh

[@malavikaprakash8328]

thankyou

[@cptrecon]

FIRST! Thanks for the tips man. Do the same when I draw comics of stick characters :P

[@toiler1]

do you thnik it's better to do such exercises on tablet or paper?

[@peacebewu]

sinixdesign looks like there's a little lag? I mean the time we hear the sound of pen and then the drawing of actual line on the screen; seems to be a bit slow response? or is it just the recording, btw, what tablet are you using in this vid?

[@ronaldpagar6513]

Excuse me but it doesn't have to be a perfect circle right?

[@wesleymatta1591]

What brush are you using in this video i need it.

[@freik7]

Hey Sinix, firstly thanks for the video/s, been keeping up with your videos, they're amazing, and i'm improving a lot faster than i'm used to. So thank you. Anyway, do you have any tips for getting better at controlling pressure?

[@Angelo-sc9of]

how can i have in photoshop line with no change opasity but still have size change with presure? like you. please help-

[@EdwardLDavies]

Damn, I was expecting Children's Television Workshop!!!! Nuuuu =)

[@estudiomanga]

Hi. What software I can use to show my digital drawing but I don´t want to show menu, toolbars from the drawing software I´m using? (like you did)

[@lutze5086]

PopArt Sustentável the menus are just off to the side...

[@tehprotrollboi6472]

he uses corel painter, you can press "TAB" on most programs to hide that stuff

[@Hysteriotype]

"EPISODE 36 Traditional Mediums" - FZDesignSchool Try this video at about 7-8 minutes. I'd recomend watching most of his videos. Very similar to Sinix's. Feng Zhu is a fantastic teacher as well :)

[@CielBlanche]

i'm pretty good at all this exercise stuff and drawabox lessons but have no idea how to translate these skills into actually drawing characters, immediately when i leave exercises and try to draw a face or something, it looks like a three year old did it. i have no idea what to do

[@Themillermail]

Ciel try any most viewed channel with such a request: how to draw male (or female). Check for most viewed and subscribed. There you go.

[@vanishingmoon1]

Ciel you have to do some face studies. What I mean is just look at a face from real life or a photograph and try to draw the likeness of that face on paper. Also learning at the same time the proportions of the face is very helpful. If the drawing doesn't come out looking like what you observed, then you have to keep practicing and keep learning how to see. I recommend the book "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" by Betty Edwards.

[@tehprotrollboi6472]

brudda, look at what you want to draw in your mind, look at the parts of it which has what you practiced in it, for example, the eye has in some cases parallel, and in all cases, lines, which you practiced, or a circle for the pupil, which is also a thing you practiced, and so on, im still quite trashy at drawing faces, that's why im sticking to practice for some time

[@amber9040]

Look at the flick of the shoulder

[@affablesage9582]

How do you instantly delete things in your art program? I have Firealpaca.

[@sallypayne1432]

Ctrl+Z

[@affablesage9582]

Sally Payne Thanks. It's not allowing me to map the command to my pen in the version of Sai I downloaded though.

[@lutze5086]

Affable Sage keyboard then, like sinix..

[@lvbboi9]

Krita does that

[@cheesycheesecake1]

Hekk I need to start drawing cuz I think I'm getting behind on improving- 2 steps forward and 1 step backwards with me :(

[@tehprotrollboi6472]

even if it's 2 steps forward, 1 step backwards, you're not going backwards, you're slowly going forward, and that's what you want to focus on, set a goal that's out of your comfort zone but not impossible for you to do, even if its something as trivial as perfecting this kind of practice 1% a day, aim to beat who you were yesterday

[@somahobbies8696]

Where's the undo button in my sketchbook? I'm running out of eraser...

[@eriksoon7899]

Ctrl z or y

[@kennethporteza1961]

That's we called art block haha but it nice :)

[@Reichiss]

красавчик

[@cihankenar1]

Love your work, but your mic sounds a bit crackly. I'm happy to send you a better mic if you need one :)

[@sherrydebosque2111]

What'cha smokin?

[@sherrydebosque2111]

Good exercises, though.

[@DrGonzo62]

:^)

[@bander-Coolb]

This Sinix is younger than me

[@Ienzo0]

your voice is so "ronca"

[@ant1fact]

Turns out I have to draw a few thousand lines more:>

[@calebbach7542]

How's it going with that? :)

[@pedroricardomg]

Uarever

[@JennhasADHD]

This is great but you should be able to do all this first attempt on paper. If you have to ctrl-z constantly when you could just draw and scan and have it perfect you don't need to do any of this? Once you have muscle memory you dont need to do this.

[@Klasmus1]

But isn't that what warmup and practice is for? To create muscle memory and also get the blood flowing? The end-goal should be to do it accurately and therefor shouldn't really matter if you can't do it right the first time, that's what practice is about. If you can do it accurately and right from the first attempt then you probably don't need practice but that's not really the point of this video.

[@pb4749]

I wish I had found this in 2011