DRAWING THE FIGURE WITH BOXES AND CYLINDERS: And how it’ll improve your drawings

In this mini lesson I’ll explain why practicing drawing the figure with cylinders and boxes is a useful exercise to improve your drawings.
See me demo:
The deconstruction exercise start to finish
Side by side comparison between exercise and finished drawing
Drawing From Imagination Video (boxes): • PRACTICE DRAWING FROM ...
Drawing From Imagination Video (cylinders): • PRACTICE DRAWING FROM ...
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***Materials I used in this video:
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Newsprint Paper
Drawing Board

[@RedninjaMultimediaProductions]

Definitely had to hit the sub button! Just amazing! The one and only thing that i need to master is drawing these very simple shapes in perspective.

[@CarolinPeters]

So glad it was helpful for you! Yes, mastering those will help you so much in the long run. I recommend you watch some of the drawing from imagination series, as it goes over much of that, too. Happy drawing to you!

[@silvermig]

Carolin, I like the way you explain these fundamental topics. Glad I found you. Thanks again!!

[@CarolinPeters]

You're so welcome, Miguel. I'm glad you're here and that the videos are useful :)

[@sandwich3044]

Your gestures are so graceful! Thank you for sharing this information!

[@CarolinPeters]

Thanks for the kind comment! I’m glad you enjoyed the video

[@spandonsaha5210]

Another great tutorial, sensei

[@Eliel7230]

Glad I found this ! Thank you for sharing. I really like this drawing style.

[@carolinhosac904]

So glad this was useful for you! Please let me know if you have any other drawing questions. Im always happy to help!

[@nopewmv3377]

Now I get it! Thank you

[@CarolinPeters]

Oh excellent! I'm glad it helps. Let me know if there are any other drawing mysteries you'd love to have resolved.

[@sampokemppainen3041]

I noticed that box method works well for me.

[@CarolinPeters]

Excellent! I'm glad to hear it!

[@mayon2092]

This is extremely helpful!! Thank you so much for this video

[@CarolinPeters]

Yay, that makes me so happy to hear! Let me know if there are any other subjects you'd love for me to address. I'm always happy to help!

[@ArgaMiniature]

Thank you nice tutorial 👍🏻👍🏻

[@CarolinPeters]

You're so welcome. I'm glad it was useful!

[@javiersays]

here are these various concepts of gesture , mannequinization, landmark and anatomy ... gesture seems fundamental to make drawing more dynamic... and not stiff..and key is to carry it through as drawing evolves... likes of Michael Hampton jump deep into anatomy .. some move from gesture to mannequin but then don't explain how the mannequin connects back to life drawing.. mannequin seems like a tool to draw from imagination... then you have life drawing... based on gesture and landmarks.. where the comparative focuses on relative position of landmarks... then shadow shapes and tone to build volume by turning form... how these concepts can be interwoven to make figure more lively and dynamic isn't always clear.. am I shifting from gesture to observation..am I using mannequin to understand form ..etc... this video tried to connect some of it.. and it seems boxes etc orients the eye to see plane changes and to train eye the boxes help sort of make it real... thank you so much.

[@user-bk1hh5pe6c]

thank you

[@CarolinPeters]

You're welcome

[@simohamedkharmoudi9406]

شكراً معلمة شكرا

[@CarolinPeters]

You're so welcome!

[@zangcs]

more examples torso twist n turn please

[@TheSticknation]

This is such amazing advice! I'm so surprised this doesn't have more views

[@CarolinPeters]

Aww, yay! That makes me so happy to hear! I'm curious, what made you seek out this kind of video? Is there anything else you'd love to have an answer for?

[@animeartacademy7148]

i draw anime style and the boxes works. glad i found your channel i subscribed.

[@CarolinPeters]

I'm glad to hear the videos are useful for you!

[@reiayami3609]

Thank you 💕💕💕💕

[@CarolinPeters]

You're welcome! Glad you liked it 😊 Let me know if you have any drawing questions for me.

[@reiayami3609]

@@CarolinPeters I want to show you some of my practices, can I? And if there's any social media I can follow you on !

[@CarolinPeters]

@@reiayami3609 I'm on Instagram @curastudios 😊

[@Psychy]

Thanks for the tutorial, Carolin; I will begin doing this as a daily exercise. I do have a question for you in regards to placement of facial features. What I do is I will find a portrait and, in my head, will mentally draw vertical and horizontal lines from the edges of lips, nose, eyes, etc to see how the others are placed relative to them. However, when I go to check my accuracy, I will draw the lines over the actual portrait and discover that I am either way off in terms of the degree of angle, or just enough to fumble the entire drawing. This is something that I am really trying to fix. What would you suggest that I do to get better at the observation of angles and the ability to faithfully recreate those angles? Thanks in advance.

[@CarolinPeters]

Thanks for the question. I know what you mean. First off, please know that what you're experiencing is totally normal. We think we're doing our best to measure, we try to be accurate and yet despite our best efforts we're off. That's just how it goes. Similar to how your aim isn't that good when you first learn to throw a ball it takes repeated practice with full focus. Think about how long and much golfers or baseball player practice to get to full accuracy. Drawing is really the same in that regard. I recommend you make your first pass of the death, then pause and place your drawing side by side with the reference. Then without beating yourself up over it notice which areas are off and go to correct them. You'll find that even after you correct it, it won't be 100% great yet either, so you'll have to keep comparing and correcting, either until you triumph or until you give up. I sometimes like placing a photo of my drawing next to the reference image on my computer to get more emotional distance from it. This allows me usually to see the mistakes more easily. But as I said, our biggest hurdle to getting better is usually our impatience with ourselves and our expectation that we should be better by now. Trust that you'll get better with practice and attention. Portrait drawing is difficult and we have to pay our dues 😉 The more you immerse yourself into the subject the easier it will get. Keep going, Let me know how it goes and happy drawing to you! 💪✏️🎉

[@eshlost5604]

How do you find where are the landmarks for these boxes? More specific question I have is, most common way people draw the boxes is using collar bone as a landmark for the top of the box and bottom rib as the bottom of the box. How?? Collar bone can move independently of the rib cage and bottom of the rib has no correlating landmark on the back of the human body? (bottom rib is curved). I don't understand how do boxes help with understanding the perspective of the body when all the landmarks are apparently arbitrarily chosen.

[@aixavalerio7884]

This is helpful

[@CarolinPeters]

Excellent! I'm glad it's useful. Are there any other things you struggle with when drawing? I'd love to help out with more videos.

[@aixavalerio7884]

@@CarolinPeters yeah, with cilinders, hands, foot and perspective, but your channel has good content and it's very helpful 👍👍👍

[@CarolinPeters]

@@aixavalerio7884 Great! Yes, I do have a whole sketch session on hands, and there are definitely videos on cylinders in the drawing from imagination series. I also talk about cylinders in the sketch sessions about cross contours. Feel free to reach out with any more questions. I'm always happy to help :)

[@aixavalerio7884]

@@CarolinPeters ok thank you❤😄

[@outverse4829]

May i ask ,the center that connects the torso and hips,how long it is?

[@CarolinPeters]

In an upright torso position, the space in between rib cage and hips is about a fist's height.

[@invalidsoup8427]

pretty unique approach to figure drawing. I haven't found much success with other methods

[@CarolinPeters]

Well I hope this will help move you forward. What would you describe as your main hurdles with figure drawing?

[@invalidsoup8427]

@@CarolinPeters My proportions get too big and I get confused when I view different teachers and they all teach figure drawing differently.

[@CarolinPeters]

@@invalidsoup8427 I know just what you mean. In 2 weeks I'm releasing a free 4-day figure drawing low-down course. It'll answer All those questions and more. I'll announce its release on IG @curastudios and here for the first March sketch session. Be sure to grab it when it comes out. I made it so artist's like you will have an easier time getting into figure drawing.

[@invalidsoup8427]

@@CarolinPeters I don't use instagram for privacy reasons but I'm looking forward to seeing it on here.

[@CarolinPeters]

@@invalidsoup8427 Great. I'll make a note to myself to check in with you when it's ready.

[@ramonbraga4950]

I'm from Brazil, do you recommend a book that explains more about this technique?

[@CarolinPeters]

Hi Ramon, my favorite book to recommend for figure drawing is Michael Hampton's Figure Drawing Design and Invention. I hope you can order it in Brazil.

[@ramonbraga4950]

@@CarolinPeters thank you❤️

[@fabion-ki7ik]

Hi