How to draw portraits without getting stuck in the Loomis method

[@CarolinPeters]

Thanks for watching this video! What's your experience with the Loomis or Reilly method as a starting point for your portraits?

[@Sicarius40k]

I stumbled across this channel just a few minutes ago but its feel like I entered heaven. Awesome videos!

[@CarolinPeters]

Lol, welcome to heaven 😉 happy drawing to you!

[@kristrappeniers]

I love how you mix all the available methods and tools that make part of your thought process while sketching. Because narrowing down to one method is a recipe for boring results. Thanks!!!

[@sketchartist1964]

Finally someone holding the pencil properly!

[@judgearts_five]

14:37 the eyes are accurate now... The emphasis on going light is really making sense 😅

[@Jenasiddharthart]

So underated channel

[@timov13]

Your lessons are fantastic. I've learnt so much from you. I will just note - I find the choice of background (asymmetric positioning of the wall paintings) flower pot wall stand quite distracting, but its a lovely set up nevertheless.

[@CarolinPeters]

Thanks for letting me know :)

[@itsshepherd5618]

Agree. Background is distracting and incongruous, to me

[@cameronscanlan1620]

It appears that I've struck gold. What a great channel.

[@CarolinPeters]

Yay! So nice to have you here!

[@pixels7860]

i love how you can explain these topics so clearly. Being a self taught myself i have learnt so many new things about art from your channel 😊 specially while drawing along with the live stream videos. i hope that your channel will keep growing.

[@CarolinPeters]

Thanks for your comment. It makes me so happy to know that the videos are helpful for you. Let me know what you'd love for me to cover in future videos, too!

[@mysel2266]

i love how specifically this is my problem and this vid magically came out of nowhere thank you!

[@chrispeerenboom5718]

I love these lessons! My drawings can get lost when I strictly follow Loomis or Reilly methods so thank you for showing how they can be enhanced more loosely or just used as general guidelines.

[@CarolinPeters]

Absolutely! I know how it feels when things get so technical that all you have left are knots in your brain ;)

[@atheransari8038]

Very good

[@mikeyoung2858]

Your comparison to drawing a tree is great because although I learn a lot through figure drawing I want to use the skills to do other things too.

[@CarolinPeters]

Yes, it's all connected. When we have real drawing skills they can be applied to anything. What are you interested in drawing?

[@judgearts_five]

11:12 how long did You take to get this art piece done?

[@evanriddle1614]

So we're not throwing the baby out with the bathwater. The initial loomis style sketch still maps out a direction to go. Best point: yes, the sides are not an ellipse. They are the shape of the face. Thank you. Subscribed.

[@CarolinPeters]

So glad you got something useful out of this :)

[@DragoonBoom]

Well this explains why I would always fall out hard on portraiture with the loomis method. Those side and front faces really were just too flat, huh.

[@areeratasudhasirikul952]

Just let me watch your video. Thank you.

[@judywarner4034]

Just discovered your channel. Very helpful videos, I will watch all you have posted! Is that a charcoal pencil you are using in this video. I love the darks, can't seem to get them with pencil.

[@CarolinPeters]

So glad you're enjoying my videos. I wore in the description below the videos what materials I use. In this one it looks like I used the cretacolor Nero charcoals. They have a binder in them that makes them feel like graphite but they are dark like actual charcoal.

[@judywarner4034]

Thank you, I will try to this cretacolor pencil. Really appreciate your reply and your videos.@@CarolinPeters

[@Artinsane]

hi this lesson is amezing ❤

[@CarolinPeters]

Yay! So glad you think so.

[@Artinsane]

@@CarolinPeters your welcome

[@Artinsane]

@@CarolinPeters i want to invite you for my arttalk podcast show

[@markaguzmanartist630]

THIS IS A EXCELLENT VEDIO BUT YOU SHOULD SLOW IT DOWN A BIT, I'M NOT TO CRAZY ABOUT TIME SPEED VEDIOS I THINK EVERYONE WILL UNDERSTAND YOU YOU EVEN MORE OF YOU WOULD TAKE YOUR TIME NO TIME LAPS 😊