Unlock Your Imagination with These Art Exercises

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@bobbyrebholz2183 3 ай бұрын

Check out my favorite art materials ✏ www.amazon.com/shop/drawsessions/list/1VN9KBR5IC8G?tag=onamzrober067-20&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_mixed_d If you'd like to level up your skills or hang out with like-minded artists trying to get better, please check out the link to our Discord. discord.gg/SGFn2vSAyd If you'd like to level up your creature designing skills, please sign up in our Creature Design Workshop: www.creaturedesignworkshop.com/ For my private mentorship, please email me at bobbyrebholz@gmail.com

@pedrorodriguez7122 3 ай бұрын

Link doesn’t work w safari. Thanks anyways.

@bobbyrebholz2183 3 ай бұрын

@@pedrorodriguez7122 Do you have the Discord app?

@TheJrdiddykong23 3 ай бұрын

Thanks man! This is actually pretty cool doing it now

@pinksaturn2787 3 ай бұрын

One day imma be an artist and everyone will like my art !

@bobbyrebholz2183 3 ай бұрын

Keep going no matter what

@ericborger8759 3 ай бұрын

You’re already an artist if you’ve ever made anything!

@pinksaturn2787 3 ай бұрын

@@ericborger8759 even small ugly drawings ?

@MajorUpgrade 3 ай бұрын

That day is today, man. Draw for YOURSELF. Draw for pure enjoyment. SOMEONE is sure to enjoy the things that you create, and be inspired by it. Never under-estimate yourself. You are the only person that can make the things that are in your own mind. AI be DAMNED! Put lines on paper, and put yourself out there.

@pinksaturn2787 3 ай бұрын

@@MajorUpgrade thanks man that's really nice to hear , i always dreamed of drawing anime and cartoon characters but it never worked tbh , but now I'll give myself another try !

@mech_biopsy 3 ай бұрын

Listening to your videos at night while drawing until 2 am is the best part of the day

@bobbyrebholz2183 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@vrolsh 2 ай бұрын

I've been doing art for 40 years and I have never seen this method of sketching with the flat light gray marker first. I love this idea to just get inspiration for characters.

@zatoichimasseur6767 Ай бұрын

Come on Bro are u serious? Were u been, in Tim Buck Tu?

@vrolsh Ай бұрын

@zatoichimasseur6767 I do water color and oil painting mostly. This is new to me, so call me the mayor of Timbuktu.

@Godspell777 Ай бұрын

@@zatoichimasseur6767I guess you know everything huh! Smh 🤦‍♀️

@Godspell777 23 күн бұрын

Man shut up lol go draw ✍️ a happy face 😂

@artcole80 14 күн бұрын

Watched this for 10-seconds and subscribed. You have NO IDEA how long I've looked for a channel like this. DOPE!!!!!!

@bobbyrebholz2183 14 күн бұрын

I'm glad you found it! Happy to have you aboard.

@CoolConceptsCreations-is2bo Ай бұрын

Wow hey brother you are AWESOME ,...im old 53 and sick of working for others,...im a production and graphic artist for 3 small companies ,..i do social media and video work. But my love has always been drawing,..,.I have hundreds of sketches but i want to add things like this to my portfolio to try to land a job remotely illustrating,...i have no clue on where to start,...but I'm doing this,...I've done it before and never thought again about it , but when i saw you doing these ,,,,,man I'm hooked !!! thank you for doing this your very much appreciated brother!!!

@neuromancer_84 3 ай бұрын

"Because we're thinking to hard about it." GOLD! Turn off left analitical brain, turn on right one for abstract thinking and intuition.

@weeb3277 2 ай бұрын

please don't turn off your brain

@AChannelINeed 2 ай бұрын

Stop spreading misconceptions. The left/right side of the brain has been debunked long ago

@zack_feldman 3 ай бұрын

I used to teach lessons like this to my middle and high school students! Sometimes I would photocopy papers with a whole bunch of sharpie marks on them and the students had to create something out of the nonsense. Amazing creativity practice.

@arknark 3 ай бұрын

Oh hey Zack, fancy seeing you here

@zack_feldman 3 ай бұрын

@@arknark oh hello!!!

@keenanwhitham9560 Ай бұрын

I went on holiday for a few weeks and took my drawing stuff with me. This video really helped me with deciding what do draw. I made these cool industrial towns out of the shapes I shaded and turned them into skateboard designs.

@kimi7396 23 күн бұрын

I've been drawing since I was little, but I suffer from a stop-start kind of artblock where I'll go a full year or two without making anything because of the frustration of not getting it right the first time. I've been successfully making at least one bit of art - be it a character, bunch of thumbnails, or study sketches of faces/bodies - every day for the last two and a half weeks! And that's thanks to a good friend of mine, but also to creators like you who share this wonderful idea of putting pen to paper without overthinking the details. Tackling it as a process of rough sketches to refinement has been the biggest improvement, and now I'm finding I don't get so frustrated when things aren't "up to snuff". c:

@llcooljean 2 ай бұрын

THIS IS AWESOME! I've never drawn/created this freely. Thanks for posting! 🙏

@bobbyrebholz2183 2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@williamwyatt2306 25 күн бұрын

I havent made art in a year, probably more than that. I got super burnt out at the start of college and pretty much hated doing it since im such a perfectionist and everything had to be right. Now im trying this after getting through my course and its really great, im enjoying it thank you. I hope to continue where my creativity died so long ago.

@hakanarik2221 Ай бұрын

i was leaving my coffee spoons on a small paper after stirring. and doing the same thing on the stains. :)

@bobbyrebholz2183 Ай бұрын

Love that!

@Hallusinate9 3 ай бұрын

I like how even though you used random shapes it all looks like it belongs from the same universe , a universe that belongs to your unique art style it’s nice to know if you don’t focus too hard on the details the art style will still emerge in a more primitive/simple form I really need to practice this more thankyou for the video 🙏

@adamthomas1946 3 ай бұрын

I've just started sketching again and this is a brilliant exercise. 20 years out of art school and stuff is crazy these days. So many talented artists. Thank you for reminding me it doesn't have to be so serious. The little stories for each in context are perfect.

@joinyjohnes Ай бұрын

I use my 2 year old 's drawing as a starting base

@marhor3 Ай бұрын

i always wanted to do art, but was kinda scared to actually draw anything because it always looked terrible. accidently stumbled upon this video and thought "well, this looks pretty simple and intuitive". today i went to art supply store and picked some grey marker and a pen. Now after drawing along, it looks pretty good. idk probably the first time I've been happy with my drawing. amazing vid, man!

@JustGaming117 3 ай бұрын

I first saw something like this in Doug Chiang's book, "Mechanika." Super underrated way to approach these kinds of drawings. Very newbie friendly too, even the clankers look pretty good in greyscale.

@TheOtherCoinflipper 2 ай бұрын

I have this book. It's such a lovely thing, with wonderful examples of his workflow.

@tomgontran5325 2 күн бұрын

broo thank you so muchhhh i've been working on this comic project and struggling on this mc early stage character design and drawing along something just clicked i'm so happy!

@bobbyrebholz2183 2 күн бұрын

Glad I could help!

@trashmouth825 Ай бұрын

Love this video! I’m in uni for games design atm and this is a unique take on any design. From this I drew a knight, a city and a guy who instead of playing a saxophone plays a human… strange but inventive none the less, thanks!

@eliastalks4922 3 ай бұрын

A great exercice for growing an eye for composition as well!

@mercyme3400 3 ай бұрын

I am 48, I did a little artwork but eversince my imagination seems deemed down, i stop doing it again, after i discovered this video, you totally poke my eager to create again, and unlock how to just create without being too unhesitant. Thanks a lot

@hannahkandut621 Ай бұрын

I found your channel a few dass ago and I already love it. Everytime I watch a video of yours it lights up my creativity, thank you so much

@bobbyrebholz2183 Ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@vincible2833 26 күн бұрын

This is a great idea for generating ideas!! I am already using it. Thank you.

@BTT16 3 ай бұрын

Oh man it's about time someone mentioned Neil Blomkamp!!! I love his visual direction on all of his films. He can make technology look sleek and antiseptic, or clunky and dirty with loose wiring exposed and still make it badass. I tried to get a friend to check out his films but for some reason he got mad at me 🤷‍♂

@jonathanstgermain6844 2 ай бұрын

Currently trying newer things and letting my brain flow as I get back into art. Thank you for this video! It was a pleasure to watch, and it's really going to help me with my own sketchbook.

@luciag5635 2 ай бұрын

I’m currently doing my inktober prompt for today “biomechanic” (it’s not the official list it’s one that I came up with some art friends) and I stumbled upon your video. Such a good choice to keep me company while drawing today, it really inspired me!!

@omegaredtooth5104 3 ай бұрын

So dope! Shape design from imagination is super fun, this is such an easy way to get a bunch done without hassle. Thanks for sharing!

@SideWalkWalking 2 ай бұрын

I used to do some of this with watercolors on paper and then do creature design over it with pen. Its a fun one. And this was a great demo and easier to jump into.

@kyleacampbell 13 күн бұрын

Yeah this imagination exercise really did work for me. Just watching it I had some cool ideas for the 1st one. To me 1 looks like the back of a robotic hand, where the thumb, ring, and pinky finger are broken off, and the remaining two had plates that have been removed past the 1st knuckle so all thats left is the substructure

@bobbyrebholz2183 12 күн бұрын

Glad you're finding them helpful!

@erisiannightmare2250 3 ай бұрын

Oh, I'm definitely gonna try this out. Already have my marker, pen and sketchbook ready to go.

@farofarofa 6 күн бұрын

Very nice exercises bro! thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@bobbyrebholz2183 4 күн бұрын

Glad you found them helpful! 🔥

@xaetivity 12 күн бұрын

Thanks for this, this will help me get back to drawing.

@Saitamacz34 3 ай бұрын

Got to get my hands on a grey marker, really enjoyed the idea and video

@onbalance4843 3 ай бұрын

The shapes could be made with any thin paint or even coffee or tea. Using whatever you have can give you a jump start.

@cameronjones3592 Ай бұрын

This is wonderfully unintentionally relaxing, and also inspiring! Love the idea, and the art is really really cool! ^-^

@LE0NSKA 11 күн бұрын

thank you for this.. I need to try it

@ritchiesoeradi 13 күн бұрын

Great video! Thanks for this valuable tips!

@pedrorodriguez7122 3 ай бұрын

I use to that in high school. Thanks for reminder. You have a unique style. Nice work.

@Hn1000qr 3 ай бұрын

I love to watch your videos, especially when I’m drawing, your talk is like my art professor from uni, calm and wise talk, teaching in easy way that everyone can understand what you’re trying to teach, thank you so much for sharing those amazing videos with us.❤

@slombubem8994 3 ай бұрын

I just want to share my experience if you don't mind, when I was in elementary school I can draw and create art just like you, imagination flowing like river and never ending, but my family realize my behavior keep getting more violent, my grade falling, and my focus always scattered. Until my mom bring me to pediatrician, and they decide to give me medicine. It work but I lost my art spirit and my imagination keep getting lower and lower. Until now I really can't draw anything, but It's nice seeing someone can draw good art, keep it up, and don't give up.

@paulessenson7920 2 ай бұрын

I've seen this technique done somewhere before, I think with vehicles or aircrafts...I definitely need to give it a try...I used to stare at the patterns in bricks or a spackled ceiling to find shapes when I was younger, lol.

@chrisd8009 2 ай бұрын

This was such a great video... so awesome... I'm going to try this... thank you for sharing.

@MarcLaisneARTVenture 3 ай бұрын

Great video thanks

@bobbyrebholz2183 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, Marc! Love your sketches, man.

@MarcLaisneARTVenture 3 ай бұрын

@@bobbyrebholz2183 thank you man :) we do a video together anytime 🤘🤘🤘

@Xyz32_ 2 ай бұрын

The creativity is dope

@InkRebellion 3 ай бұрын

I approve of this approach 100%, I thought i was the only one doing this :)

@Manaelliott 2 ай бұрын

Relaxing watching your video while drawing along. My smudges started turning into mystical castles. I’m a tattooer out of Minnesota. Your video just popped up. ❤

@deltizzle Ай бұрын

Excellent Idea!

@Mosobot64 2 ай бұрын

I was taught a similar exercise to this while I was in art school. Good exercise!

@januarysaturdayone 2 ай бұрын

amazing craft! I now love grey/gray even more!!

@pesto12601 3 ай бұрын

Thx for the lesson... it highlighted to me that I really CANNOT draw and have NO imagination.... appreciated!

@bobbyrebholz2183 3 ай бұрын

Join our Discord!

@stardoogalaxie9314 Ай бұрын

Yes you can! Imagination is a muscle!

@irem-ux1qd 22 күн бұрын

fr lol

@gregbanks5624 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for video. Had your channel on while doing some concept sketching for some Landscape Architecture projects. Good background and inspiration to stay loose, good reminder not to get too into the weeds early.

@bobbyrebholz2183 2 ай бұрын

It works wonders when you can just let your mind go and draw

@colinlogan2909 3 ай бұрын

very fun, very useful exercise. I think everyone has had a moment when they've 'seen' images in a random pattern of dirt, texturing, a spill, bark..etc. Thanks!

@sholto7437 2 ай бұрын

This is exactly what my art needs! Thanks

@bobbyrebholz2183 2 ай бұрын

Glad you like it!

@malleablephi675 2 ай бұрын

Got plenty of old markers + half-decent pens. This exercise sounds helpful to transition abstract ideas into refined concepts. Thanks for sharing!

@nothereanymore3836 2 ай бұрын

Im currently feeling very sick and been having no motivation to draw but seeing and drawing with ya has giving me inspiration :>😊

@daru25able 19 күн бұрын

so cool, thank you for this exercise

@bobbyrebholz2183 19 күн бұрын

Glad you like it!

@Bones-uu6zp 3 ай бұрын

I just bought a bunch of art stuff, acrylic, canvases, pens, pencil, sketch pad, watercolors, and poster board, and this I came by chance and watched it- VERY COOL, I'LL TRY THIS, AND YES I'VE BEEN SEMI-STUCK AS SOME THINGS HAPPENED, TRAGEDY, IN FAMILY AND THIS IS HELPING, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THIS AND SPEAKING OPENLY - IT MAKES ME FEEL NOT ALONE.

@ees1905 Ай бұрын

I found this lesson awesome and helpful!

@socialnetworking4782 3 ай бұрын

This is a great practice as warmup for industrial designers. I keep a sketchbook of little robot guys too. I looked it over recently and realized i had a full sketchbook of just robot concepts. Prompted me to start using them as hard surface modeling practice.

@andrewpark651 2 ай бұрын

Interesting technique!!! I've catch it for myself!!!!

@judsonbaker1915 3 ай бұрын

Those are absolutely awesome. I will have to try this.

@judsonbaker1915 3 ай бұрын

Did my first one today. Not near as good as yours but I’ll keep at it

@Chunda8 2 ай бұрын

Hey Bobby, thanks for posting this, it was really helpful...Currently I am working on Inktober. I'm coming back to Sketchbooking after a long time away. I have drawn on and off since I was a kid, getting more serious about it these days. I might try to get into a Masters/Art Education program, a questionable investment but it might be fun for me to improve in a very structured way and try to explain it...IDK, I'm a little feral and self-directed with my drawing practice, I do something completely unrelated to earn income. Inktober is going well, my stuff is very Art-Journalish, like Dan Price, Danny Gregory, Juliana Coles, etc...glad I found your channel, subbed.

@Michelle-q4t 3 ай бұрын

Amazing because this is what i did with my oil paint art project last week!! I randomly applied brush strokes not thinking about anything without intention of any placement, except to do a bit of contrast here and there utterly randomly no thought...I was completely frustrated with my inability to have a thought-out coherent plan or theme or subject before putting brush to canvas. I then left it alone for a few days just sitting there in my loungeroom under the cool daylight of the outside sun and even and the cool daylight of the loungeroom globe, it looked pretty but i was fed up with myself and so anxious of failure. Then after a couple of days to my gigantic surprise, I could discern a teal coloured l-shaped lounge in a large room, human shapes looking out a huge window, a balcony above the window, a giant woman with arms upstretched above her holding up a stone bridge that held two miniature humans looking out through a miniature window (my children?). Utterly surreal but discernable enough to outline these shapes with some vine charcoal to give form and life. Truly astounding. And it seems to vaguely mirror my own life experience and environment. The subconscious power of the mind to reflect in some way is quite miraculous.

@maccarthy23 Ай бұрын

Very cool exercice thanks !

@willmcdono 2 ай бұрын

I really appreciate you sharing this exercise. I enjoyed watching and will definitely have fun doing something like it.

@NineToes821 3 ай бұрын

Of all the tips I've seen in YT videos, this one stuck with me. So I purposely went out and bought a grey alcohol marker, a(nother) notepad, and a fine tip sharpie just to try this. I didn't draw any robots, but I tried to create other things. I wish I could post them here to show off. I think the marker I bought was a little too dark though.

@bobbyrebholz2183 3 ай бұрын

@@NineToes821 feel free to join our Discord! We have multiple sketch channels including daily doodles and your own sketchbooks.

@NineToes821 2 ай бұрын

For anyone reading, I would recommend going with "cool grey 0.5". "Cool grey 1" is just way too dark.

@basrahg.250 3 ай бұрын

ماقمت برسمه جميل ومثير للإبداع وأرغب بتجربته 👏 شكرا لك سيدي

@Bongobert Ай бұрын

ive been feeling so uncreative lately, this really helps!

@Moonhunt162 Ай бұрын

This is inspiring, thanks.

@bobbyrebholz2183 Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@noname-dw1ik Ай бұрын

It looks really cool 😊

@levisimpson516 3 ай бұрын

Not as fast because you have to wait for it to dry, but using a light wash of watercolor is great for this as well, you tend to get more organic shapes that way. This is one of my favorite ways of sketching though, just making abstract shapes then going through and picking out details while your imagination starts filling it in.

@ursusludens7174 3 ай бұрын

Love to boot up your videos, almost always I start doodling while watching. Trying out doing silhouttes with my brushpen

@jorgmuller3110 2 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks for sharing - what a great, simple but effective aproach. I tried it right away with some success!!! Thanks

@Totallynotcandlesaltacct Ай бұрын

Ngl, as an artist with aphantasia, I'm really curious to try this out for myself. Should get some wonderfully weird stuff done.

@bobbyrebholz2183 Ай бұрын

Let me know what happens!

@nonero8853 Ай бұрын

hey, loved your video man. Im working on an Animation series as an hobby, im still on making some concept fopr the characters and the world. your videos helped me a lot. Thank you

@reginaduke7451 3 ай бұрын

Fun technique!!!! Love it.

@linksoul5230 2 ай бұрын

Very useful, I like your style!

@incognitoedc 3 ай бұрын

Your channel just popped into my feed for the first time. I've not seen anything like this before, but love it. I've been stuck for two days, not knowing what I want to draw next. This looks so fun.

@marcoantoniobetti 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your video. I learning much with you. Thanks and Success for you!

@frankseymour4162 3 ай бұрын

That was a really clever lesson, well done.

@staz8671 2 ай бұрын

Just discovered this channel and already loving it. drawing along with you and my drawings looked weird until I flipped the pad lol. also your Number 7 is my absolute fave, looks like a robot Horus

@ianhuff7746 25 күн бұрын

Hello my name is ian! Absolutely love this! I draw/ doodle things such as this but never with a marker! I will have to experiment with this! Anyhow great content! God bless 🙌

@RalphTroppmann 3 ай бұрын

Very inspiring - can't wait trying it myself!

@stygiantint Ай бұрын

that is a cool way to practice imagination, I just love to draw from my own ideas instead of reference to other artists artwork and I been drawing now using ink pen only once I retired from using pencil and charcoal, thanks for sharing cheers🍻🍻👌👌

@tapski1 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant!!! Thanks for the idea it's genius!

@mauravelte6127 2 ай бұрын

I`m a mom of two and the youngest one now goes to daycare. So now I have time to work on some of the more prominent ideas in my mind. Your vids are a great way for me to warm up. The current project is about shrines and resting places for the deseased and of care keepers of such places. So far it`s been super fun to create shrines with this exercise. Also I`m pretty new to your chanel and now I know that you also have children, it just reasures me that it is possible to make art and create while beeing a parent :P It`s so hard sometimes! greeting from Germany

@ulrichenge1532 3 ай бұрын

just tryin this. great fun. thanks for inspo

@neilbothma386 3 ай бұрын

The marker that bled through to the other side of the page, allows another opportunity on that page to do it again. Even though the marker shapes may be lighter and mirrored, you will propably get different results.

@jade1655 2 ай бұрын

This was a great exercise that I think will help me a lot

@fuzexi 3 ай бұрын

I used to do this using my iPad and a drawing app, about 6 years ago. I created some really fun droids. I found it useful to think about the function of the orbit first, eg “this droid has caterpillar tracks and guns and cameras” for example. Then I’d get a big messy dark brush and make very rough marks suggesting the droid with these parts (takes about 20 secs max) and the. I’d draw into them using white or colours. It was a lot of fun, but I’m mentioning it because using an iPad gives you loads of scope to change things and add textures, etc. Also the idea of having a vague idea of the overall shape was useful.