Freehand sketching tips and tricks for beginners

First I'll share some practical tips to help you improve freehand sketching. After that I'll do a short sketching demo.
00:00:00 intro
00:00:13 drawing board
00:00:30 position
00:01:02 start the sketch
00:01:22 from general to specific
00:02:02 exercise: big outlines
00:02:58 overhand grip
00:03:37 keep it light
00:03:48 wait with erasing
00:04:31 sketching with paint (i 4:55)
00:04:57 straight lines?
00:05:59 negative spaces
00:07:15 observation vs guessing
00:08:09 keep questioning yourself
00:08:33 construction lines
00:09:48 exercise: eye-hand coordination
00:12:10 exercise: connecting the dots
00:13:21 exercise: equal divisions
00:15:12 sketching demo
If you want to sketch along with me, you can download the reference photo here:
Saxophone player by Daniel Angele unsplash: unsplash.com/photos/man-playi...
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[@motlba]

Magnificent demonstration. Thank you very much for these didactic videos. 👏👏

[@toonnagtegaal_en]

You're welcome and enjoy painting/drawing!👍👍👍

[@margaretsmith51]

Brilliant instructional video Toon, I have learnt such a lot. Thank you.

[@toonnagtegaal_en]

You're welcome, that's great!👍

[@michaelc8571]

Bravo. This may be the single best video of drawing I have ever watched. Thank you so much.

[@toonnagtegaal_en]

Thank you!👍

[@kathywolf4558]

The cat.......🤣🤣🤣. Thank you this was very helpful!!...by the way cat hair makes great texture in the paintings.....

[@toonnagtegaal_en]

🤣🤣🤣and maybe it works better than fan brushes!😉

[@kathywolf4558]

@@toonnagtegaal_en 🤣🤣

[@jake_runs_the_world]

This is awesome 👏🏻

[@toonnagtegaal_en]

Thanks!👍

[@colleenoleary9554]

Great pointers to practice the basics in order to improve drawing skills.

[@toonnagtegaal_en]

I’m glad it was useful!👍

[@ratherartgallery6976]

Thankuuuuuu so much sir , can you make videos on human head proportion and how we draw portraits easily 😊

[@toonnagtegaal_en]

Yes, that's something I would like to do in the future!👍

[@b0kkeee]

Heel goed! Ik maak nu de stap naar levende portretten schilderen en dit is een goed startpunt! Even een hele andere vraag! Waar komt dat shirt vandaan O:)

[@toonnagtegaal_en]

Dat is leuk, het is eigenlijk veel leuker om van levende modellen te werken, want dan zie je ze zelf echt in 3D en moet je het zelf omzetten naar 2D. Hahahaha dat shirt komt uit mijn merchandise store van mijn Nederlandse KZbinkanaal, ik heb allemaal dingen met verfvlekken erop in elkaar geknutseld toon-nagtegaal.myspreadshop.nl/mannen+t-shirts?q=P24 😂Succes met tekenen!

[@vincentgoupil180]

Thanks for th he video. Why are the acrylic paint jars upside down, lids on the bottom ? Settling ?

[@toonnagtegaal_en]

The paint sinks to the nozzle that way. If I set them down normally, I end up squeezing for a while before anything comes out😂

[@vincentgoupil180]

@@toonnagtegaal_en Good to know :)