How to Draw 3D Shapes - Exercises for Beginners

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Hi friends!
In this video I want to share with you a fun approach to drawing three dimensional shapes.
This is a great drawing and sketching exercise for beginners.
We will start with some standard shapes such as cubes, pyramids and cylinders. The we will look at how to create imaginative and made up shapes of your own.
This is something I've been doing for many years now, and really improved my visual perception and sketching skills.
I hope you enjoy this one and learn new things, and I will see you soon, in the next video! (:
- Liron
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[@user-wt5if6rx8m]

Thank you. I thought I was having a tough time with figure drawing and foreshortening but then I figured the problem was actually perspective and trouble visualizing 3D forms in different angles and overlapping each other. I guess for a lot of self taught artists that’s the problem and we just don’t realize it. Amazing how much progress I’ve made in things like drawing hands just with serious practice of basic form.

[@LoveHope-mi4lx]

Alphonso Dunn is a great teacher on figures. Not to diminish this artist. I just came here

[@stevenlopez573]

In another video could you focus on how to make “buildings” 3D and where to start from the base up. Corners and all. Thank you.

[@CloudFive555]

A horizon line is the start man

[@haziqwafi6067]

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[@Cre-Art]

I put this lesson to use tonight by walking around my house, quickly sketching all sorts of objects and their shadows. There are shadows within shadows, and overlapping shadows. Really paid attention to what I was seeing. Will be doing a lot more of this. :)

[@Aidenashu]

lol me too! Cool tho isn't it loki so fun sometimes?

[@adelinenicholas922]

You explain this better than anyone because you're drawing it as you explain it. Thank you.

[@lucyramsden1559]

This is really useful! Especially when you did the random shape. My family doesn’t really do art so they don’t know how to make 3D shapes! My teachers suggested this video for my class and they definitely made a good choice!

[@kengaherty9475]

Great, former math teacher who loves solid geometry. A cube has all equal edges. If some are long and some short, it is a rectangular solid. Triangular solid is a tetrahedron.

[@AlecSorensen]

This is helpful. I've been trying to do at least 20 3D shapes a day in my drawing warm-up. In addition to trying to change the angle, I've been trying to transform them by stretching, compressing, or twisting (I find this really hard). So for example, imagine pushing down on the point of a pyramid so that the edges of the pyramid bow out, or pulling on it so they draw in. Or twisting the top in relation to the base. You can do this with cubes, cylinders, etc.

[@LironYan]

I love the idea of compressing, stretching, twisting etc! I try and do that often too. Twisting a box especially can be super hard. I find it's very much needed for when you want to move to tougher volumes like drawing the different parts of the human body. Great job! 💪😁

[@SableManisha3-pq6qg]

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[@mariahauman6850]

Glad you made this video. My major issue is 3D and prospective drawing. I have been trying to get good at it for years. I decided to check this vid out and I enjoyed the lesson. After I feel comfortable practicing I will watch another one of yours. Thank you

[@TheBullylvr1]

Thanks Liron.

[@kathleenm3443]

Getting ellipses to line up. Like a cup sitting on top of a saucer. Or concentric ellipses, like a tire, with hub cap. This is so hard for me.

[@nandomax3]

Triangular base pyramid is a die D4, the one with 4 sides

[@clarefriend1376]

This was great. Especially like the random shape. Really help me train my eye. Also loved how you did a quick application drawing the building at the end..

[@LironYan]

+Clare Friend Really happy to hear this! 😊 I try making the "technical" topics as simple as possible.

[@Hjw511]

One of the scribbles actually look like North Korea.

[@Samithecutie]

@@Hjw511 lmao true

[@tannermarley998]

i know im randomly asking but does someone know of a way to get back into an Instagram account?? I somehow lost my account password. I would love any help you can give me.

[@huxleylian8853]

@Tanner Marley Instablaster =)

[@angelblohm2171]

I loved this very basic beginner concepts video. My 4th graders I teach religion to laugh at my stick figures. I can’t even get them right! Actually, would you do a 3D stick figure video. For example, arm up in a wave or pointing, or sitting

[@LironYan]

Haha 😂 That’s amazing, thank you! Will add to my to-do list! I’ve been focusing so much on watercolor - I should probably do more drawing in general!

[@mona8055]

Hi, I am new to your channel. Not good at drawing, but I have started to feel that I need to draw something to feel better! Your videos are so good to watch and very encouraging to practise some techniques. Thank you so much ❤

[@flo9473]

you really inspire me to draw!! I love your videos, please continue with the incredible content!

[@LironYan]

Thank you ^_^

[@dark_whispervid]

Somehow this is the only yt video that actually help

[@xk_monster]

This helped me make art practice very simple, thank you!

[@Rockymtnbloom]

This is very helpful! Would love to see more on perspective. For example, a line of fence posts receding in the distance: isn't there a quick formula on the height and distance of the posts (seems someone showed me one, I have forgotten.) How about the size of people in the street compared to distance and the building perspective? Maybe give tips and the mistakes commonly made. Your videos are really awesome!

[@sharonriley4297]

light and shadow please. I just got a ton of paper that I put beside my chair so every time I sit down I will take a paper and pen and do theses shapes.

[@kathleenmaulorico7453]

Thank you! This so great! I'd love to see more about learning to show light and shadow.

[@saysongberhow436]

I really enjoyed it. Thank you.

[@Supermraz]

Hello, I'm Russian, but that doesn't stop me from watching your videos and learning new things. Thanks

[@richardlumpkin4607]

Thanks Liron. I've been working on my drawing and this helps. Foreshortening and perspective don't always come easy for me but I work at it. Thanks for the video class!

[@LironYan]

So happy to hear! I find foreshortening to be a major challenge too sometimes (:

[@sajjadahmad8682]

You are the best artist. I learned a lot from your videos. Thank you

[@smoothforreal4242]

This helped a lot. I forgot to look at shapes from different angles and draw them in 3D. I kept just drawing the basic one shape lol

[@brainysmarticus]

In your video about the vanishing point, can you teach us how we know/decide where to put it ? Great exercices, I'll definitely practice them later today!

[@LironYan]

Yes, that's definitely a tricky subject for many people (: I'll try to talk about it soon. Thank you!

[@halfpint2000uk]

Yes!!! Vanishing points really confuse me too!

[@yashwantdeshpande4351]

Greetings ! Thank you for making things easier to draw for beginner like me

[@user-ws2me9xm8t]

Thanks that you talentedly held attention on drawing theme

[@gerdiparrott5695]

this instructor is very easy to understand i learned a lot just watching 10 minutes

[@dantarradellas7351]

Fantastic. Thought on perspective is great.

[@Smash_Moore]

Thanks. I enjoyed your little doodles.

[@windows7backup]

Thank you, It really helps me train my eyes!

[@pitysing66]

Thank you for this...interesting and very helpful!

[@hunter_thespy1233]

Thank you very much this helped me!

[@GenerallyKoi]

Incredibly useful and fun

[@ansonchan7289]

you really inspire me on drawing

[@LironYan]

Thank you 😊🙏🏼 So happy I can help!

[@shortsmoments933]

Great video. Thank you so much!

[@bonbons0220]

The pyramid with three sides on top of called a tetrahedron (four sides including the bottom). It's actually a building block for silicate minerals like quartz, so geologists draw a lot of these in school. All that time I was practicing art and didn't know it.

[@LironYan]

Haha fascinating! And I had no idea it existed in nature like that! 😁🙏🏼

[@Deankut]

Proper perspective lesson!

[@franciscorgonzalez5058]

Great exercise..! Thank you.

[@LironYan]

+Francisco R Gonzalez My pleasure 😊🙏🏼

[@joecurto8803]

I liked it , he presented it great. It was just what I needed

[@y.christine]

this helped ALOT THANKSSS

[@alampp]

I would definitely want to see shading of contours. I will look to see if you already have a video posted! Great video!!

[@jamalsiddique8725]

It would be really hlpful if u made a video on light and shadows How to decide shadows with changing light source and perspective

[@fathmariyadghan728]

Very clear explanation.... For me as a beginner it helped a lot😇

[@tapanfisher6908]

Thanks Liron for sharing this video...You are such a great artist.... And this video is very helpful for me also.. Thank you so much... Proud of you

[@vehinhkhoitamgiac2889]

great exercise

[@moscowcowboy_13]

That tetrahedron shape, or triangular prism, is actually super common in the natural world. The molecular structure for methane looks just like it and it can be found in all kinds of compounds and structures! It is also known as a caltrop, which is a weapon you put on the ground for your enemies to step on.

[@usta028]

thanks this was helpful, I am ok at drawing but when I tried to draw some mecha earlier today I noticed I struggled a bit with the basics (3D shapes). This was a good refresher to get me going,

[@LironYan]

Thank you, happy it helped! 😁🙏🏼 Check out this updated video, I think it’ll really help specifically with Mecha - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKeWiqmcpNqZaNE

[@zox5370]

Thank you so much! I was struggling really hard to draw box but I didnt just want to copy a photo i actaully wanted to learn how to draw it, this video helped a lot now i can draw a box in almost every angle😂😊

[@mandidavis8682]

I find your videos more helpful and interesting compared to all the other KZbinrs I've watched. Which your probably not seeing this since you put this out so long ago but i thought i would tell you anyways

[@mason_bowering2234]

Thanks that helps a lot

[@jayblueguy9932]

Thank you!

[@elimariab21]

thank you! that was very helpful!

[@shreshthgupta5596]

that structure at 9:47 called a pyramix . . . . . . Cubers will know

[@ArthurMorgan-bp7lj]

XD

[@sweethomes674]

Excellent explanations 😊

[@undercover_idiot]

This was very informative yhank you!

[@mariahhunter8569]

Great video with lots of variety. Would enjoy seeing and doing more of the made-up shapes with shading and shadows. Ready to doodle!

[@hunglomein8047]

Your the man!

[@zakial6803]

This video made me a better drawer! You have my subscription

[@charlesjaegerisawesome9696]

*artist

[@thawiseninja1559]

You have this in a playlist i forgot how to draw for project's 👍

[@nathanwilson6183]

Do you ever a full video on how to draw things from different angles(rotating them), forms, people, things in general? thanks

[@ivanrappaport585]

I drew a reel of masking tape that was lying on a table. I could not get it right, I repeated drawing it at different distances from my eyes. I think that the depth of the tape was in the wrong position. Can you suggest how to make it right? Thanks.

[@diamonddusk008]

I look forward to learning more from u.

[@lindahamilton2847]

Wow... thank you. I can feel my brain stretching.

[@annaisabeljordan1294]

thank you

[@wayneandrus240]

Thank you. This has been most helpful. I want to draw cars and machinery and buildings!!

[@Kathy-ku9tm]

Thanks forsharing ❤

[@sc-ek6qz]

Woah thank you!😄

[@cjfjcudhrhhc2083]

Thanks for teaching

[@LironYan]

You got it! 😊🙏🏼

[@bipuldas7564]

Thank you.

[@togephile]

thank you ❤

[@christianmedina3815]

Thanks, Liron, this helped a lot :)

[@lucygeorge5423]

Excellent

[@sunitabendre3973]

Yess I enjoyed lot

[@estuff9095]

So helpful! Just discovered you and am addicted. Would like more on simple cube buildings but maybe I haven't seen them yet.

[@susamsharief2947]

Shadows and shadings from different light sources

[@skepticalmechanic]

Excellent lesson for a beginner like me! Thank you 👌🏻

[@LironYan]

I'm happy this helps 🙏🏼😊

[@Amirh86]

Awesome

[@marlensimard8180]

I would like to have a video on combining the "cube" and the Loomis method so I will be able to draw my own invention portraits in any position, specially in 3/4 vue. I had watched many videos on the Loomis method. I also have his books but one of your video on the cube where you mention briefly the Loomis method combine with the method for a cube had help me a lot to figure how things go. Thank you so much for all, you explain every very well. M. Simard

[@AyangStudios]

Tanks a lot

[@nova-ef2sx]

As someone who has a rubix cube, a triangle rubix and a cylinder rubix, they really help as references

[@LironYan]

Indeed (:

[@susieclay3562]

Great video. Could you please show more about details in the soda can?

[@LironYan]

Will hopefully do a more detailed one soon 🙏🏼😁

[@oliviateston4240]

Thank you for the sharing. Could you pkease explain how to construct 3D boxes when drawing the torso and the pelvis. I still can't construct them in my mind and tracing the correct angle or vue when I want to start drawing. It's rather hard to represent them in your head, first when you see a body. Could you make a tuto for that? Thanks you very much.

[@mondogenerator1775]

Ok so I would be really interested in , so like sketches from real life , so if I was downtown and wanted to sketch the area. I would like to see you show a seen see you sketch it the break in back down to its simplest forms . So a beginner can see how to make something complicated out of simple shapes in practical format

[@chillee2066]

this is great and all but one question if i for example put a letter on one of the sides that isnt full so will it be streched or thickened?

[@furmannchristiane28]

Hi thanks a lot - I have much difficulties to make the first cube

[@adriaanvanpijkeren9770]

I sometimes have bad perspective in my outdoor sketches, because for some reason the top edges on buildings are straight , if you look the cubes you drew with perspective, you can see that the top lines are at an angle to eachother, my buildings sometimes dont have that, how can I put a little more depth in my paintings or drawings?

[@LironYan]

Setting up the vanishing point really helps with this. Also, you can use the edges of the paper to assess and draw lines in different angles, that are not perfectly horizontal. I will try going deeper on this topic in an upcoming video (:

[@asheshelar1036]

I'm an anime artist and I have a hard time with drawing bodies and the wrinkles in clothing and even muscles ): so could you make a video about anatomy, clothing, and muscles?

[@LironYan]

Will talk a bit about it in today’s video (will do questions and answers, and answer yours too 😊). I’ll also try making a video in the future. This is something I’m learning and improving at every day

[@animalswithrohinth]

@@LironYan noob

[@savagechicken4518]

@@animalswithrohinth 🤣

[@Cre-Art]

I have trouble understanding the shapes of shadows. Some look similar to the object (maybe elongated or shortened) and some don't resemble the object at all. Drawing from a reference obviously helps that. But how do you work with shadows if you don't have something specific to look at? Thank you.

[@lucillemoncrieff209]

Would love to war how a video showing how to draw flowers/plants/leaves from different angles.

[@Peter-wl3tm]

Can you do a in depth fundamental series for beginners and self taught artist

[@Ruby-wise]

Thanks so much, Liron! This is an area I'm needing instruction-and practice- in..More:-)))

[@LironYan]

Happy to hear this is helpful. I'll definitely dive deeper into some of these topics in the near future (:

[@MrsTiffanyGrey]

Thank you! Great lesson!

[@LironYan]

So happy to hear, thank you! 🙏

[@BeccaCalaRoarr3]

koOol thanks for the tips buddy!

[@racine09]

when looking at ,say, railroad tracks going off into the distance we see the tracks narrowing but also the ties are getting closer together . Is there a formula to place those types of lines in perspective ?

[@halfpint2000uk]

Best video I’ve seen on perspective of shapes!! I would love to know more on shadows and where to put them!

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much 😊🙏🏼 Hope to do one very soon!

[@denisepenta3415]

This exercise is so meaningful to me. I have neuro impairment and drawing these 3-D shapes over and over is pushing me over the hump. I actually "get it." That makes me happy! You have such excellent videos; you're an incredible teacher. Thanks so much for your commitment to art.

[@LironYan]

+Denise Penta So happy you get it 😁I try making these as "accessible" as possible. Most of these concepts are surprisingly simple once you get them.

[@paperbag9235]

Thank you for this video ylu have no idea how helpful it was 💡👍🏻👍🏻

[@LironYan]

So happy to hear! 😊😊🙏🏼 Thank you

[@PedroHenrique-bg6oc]

For the cubes I used some arrows to help me make that perspective, if you are starting with drawing too, I recommend use arrows, are so helpful

[@LironYan]

Great suggestion (: