How to draw portrait like a PRO

[@airg75]

Many thanks for your time to share so much knowledge and the Russian approach to drawing.

[@deboramissoorten6765]

What an amazing good instructional video , so well explained ! I was lucky to have a teacher who learned me to draw portraits and model from life this way , seeing your video throw me back in time , I still love this classical approach , it needs indeed a lot of practice , perseverance and concentration , we were not allowed to speak during the lessons and there always played Bach music in the background . Watching this video wished me to grab my sketchbook and tools again , I only miss good models or good photos . Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge .

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you so much for all this kind words❤️

[@carlkim2577]

Thank you so much! I'm studying Russian academic drawing but have no chance to attend. You should create an online course. You are talented and beautiful ;-). You would be a great success.

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you for kind words❤

[@ranieribrandao3855]

Hi Ksy! I'm a big fan of your channel! I was wondering if you could make a tutorial video about the "Russian sauce" technique, which involves mixing water with graphite. It would be amazing! Thank you for your videos!

[@PaoloFranz]

Great video, so much fun to watch and really educational. Keep up the great quality. You really should create a whole course around russian academic drawing. The world needs it

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you so much for being kind and supportive)) online course is such an amazing idea

[@rjartscbe]

correct

[@traceyartista2058]

Wow, Kseniya, thank you! So much packed into this informative video. Drawing the planes on your face is next level teaching dedication and generosity🥰

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you❤️

[@momentarilylapse]

This is amazing. Huge thanks from Canada!

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you❤️

[@woodenedikie]

Ура, русская художница, записывающая видео на английском! Keep up the great work! Спасибо за познавательное видео😊

[@ksyelf5820]

Спасибоо))))

[@juliandecabo6238]

Beautifull! Thanks for share :)

[@KeenerDudeProductions]

This is incredibly helpful, thank you. ✌️

[@carlcann9119]

In life there are no lines, Where form turns away from the eye we draw a line, but it is not a line in life. This is why photography can never supplant hand rendered images. What the left eye sees the right eye sees at a different angle. August Rodin was very short sighted, he could not see the silhouettes on both sides of his sculptures at the same time. His mastery of form created a continuity of aesthetics between two disparate silhouettes. Therefore the mastery of form between the disparity of what either eye sees, allows for greater aesthetic expression of character, than the single angle that the camera sees.

[@ksyelf5820]

What wise and right words! The human eye is truly an amazing creation that has no analogues

[@rebeccaclark2614]

AMAZING. I can't believe I'm watching this for free!! I will be drawing your face with those drawn planes many many times - it really struck me, I feel like I can finally understand it better ... and perhaps I even order a model of the skull from the internet

[@marypartridge5154]

Thanking you. You are a skilled drawer

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you for kind words❤️ and wishing you great progress and success!

[@Worcetershire_saus]

Wahh from watching your daily life as an art student to watching you as an art teacher for us 😍

[@astronaut6905]

thank u for sharing your knowledge for free! I really love the style of the Classical Drawing and Academic Drawing it really amazed me!!!

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you❤

[@SplashyCannonBall]

Art is the Honest Media. You’re master now

[@katjamohr8097]

❤thank you so much for sharing your knowledge It was just what I needed to understand... I studied art and design in an academy in germany.. but they never teached us this stuff.. Your video is amazing. Thank you for helping us on our jpurney❤

[@ksyelf5820]

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[@АндрейСканюхин]

This is your really best video!!! Brilliant🎉

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you!!!

[@darrigb]

Thanks so much! The lesson is clear and your method of teaching is very interesting! Would be great if one day you could record a lesson on drawing a portrait from life. Cheers!

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you))

[@rampant.hare.illustrations]

Ksenia, please, please make more videos 😊. For someone who had a shitty artistic education, your videos are so inspiring and motivating. Even your daily life as a student videos.

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you!!!❤️

[@elena_sofia1312]

This video is so informative and wonderfully filmed! I really admire the russian academic style, the drawings especially show such a deep knowledge of anatomy and structure! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!🤍

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you so much for all this kind words❤️!!!

[@libbibunni]

Thank you so much for making this video! This was so helpful and it's so cool to watch a beautiful portrait come alive, you're truly a master of portraiture!! I would love to see more tutorials too if you ever feel inspired to make another

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you for kind words❤️

[@JessyDraws]

Wow, really interesting and professional! I love your videos and watch them over and over again :) so atmospheric, calm and relaxing.

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you)))))❤️

[@prateek6502-y4p]

HI Lokteva! Great lesson. I just have to say this that I always had huge admiration for the Russian Method of Drawings and Paintings. No doubts its the best in the world (in my humble opinion) But lately I have been trying to mimic those approach myself. Sure it all begins from understanding of underlying structure and anatomy and following a certain pathway as everyone talks about , But i could rarely find any artist from Russian Academics on You tube actually demonstrating their ways of doing art. So I am finally glad to find your channel and I am looking forward to learn a lot from u. (Btw the closest i have been to understanding the Russian academic approach was that 2 hour live model demo of Iliya Mirochnik on New Master Academy Channel. Watched that same demo bazillion of times. LOL)

[@zaasaa_art]

Awesome, thank you so much!!! ✨✨✨

[@lilypad999-i9v]

My favourite channel now!!!

[@Axil202]

That charcoal drawing was breathtaking, going to order some for sure. Stay breezy!

[@Harry_Zed]

Great video. In future would love to hear the teaching philosophy and advice of the teachers at the academy on figure painting compositions ... how to unify the colours and how to paint shapes and relationships and not 'things' ... etc :)

[@MikolajKolbiarz]

This is marvelous! seeing your drawing process is super enlightening

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you😌❤️

[@TheRawdrick]

Thank you so much for putting out this content!!!! Love 💕

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you❤️

[@abrahamkabbalah]

Now this is cool editing

[@DONNYART66]

Thank you very much for this tutorial...very helpful ,i will try 🥰🥰🥰

[@AlixonRiskibaev]

Thank you all of your videos are great and this video is also useful keep working and I also hope from you another new video about art

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you)))

[@carlkim2577]

Seeing your drawing process was incredibly helpful! I need to clear up some work now, but hope to consult with you in the near future.

[@katjamohr8097]

I just like to say how much I adore the russian knowledge and culture Me as a german was never aducated in your tresors.. Now I start to discover in youtube ❤ ❤❤❤

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you❤️❤️❤️

[@jacobhernandez3556]

A great tutorial, thanks for sharing your knowledge 🙏🏼

[@noaangelsanchez-tt5yo]

I don't speak English, I'm from Peru, your videos help many people and your work inspires me, thank you :D

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you❤)

[@dumebiafran1180]

This is amazing, thank you for this. If I’m not asking much, can you please make a video on shading techniques, mostly hatching. Thank you.

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you! Sure)

[@luciansimion300]

Xenia, it’ s a wonderful video and very helpul, greetings from Romania!🎉

[@ksyelf5820]

@@luciansimion300 thank you)))

[@EndavianiTL]

This video deserved 3M likes

[@ChantelleArts]

so many fantastic tips 😊😊

[@ksyelf5820]

@@ChantelleArts ❤️

[@rdendelacruz4332]

Wow, such a great video.......very informative and useful video for enhancing skills on portraiture....

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you!))

[@andrewillianhahn]

Thank you!!!! Amazing class...

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you!))

[@sina.artjourney]

It would be great if you create a video about Russian sauce! and what medium is close to it in other part of the world! Love your videos

[@MasCoffeeTV]

this is an amazing resource. ty so much!

[@ksyelf5820]

@@MasCoffeeTV ❤️

[@ArtisteArt-p9l]

thank you for the perfect work . we will be happy if you did a figure tutrial thats gonna help all the russian academic art lovers , ALL THE SUPPORT TO U !!!!!

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you❤️❤️❤️

[@НитусяНитусян]

salut) J'aime beaucoup tes vidéos sur KZbin ! continuez votre bon travail !!!💐💐💐🌷🌷🌷🌷💐💐🌷💐💐🌸🌸😘😘😘😘❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you❤️❤️❤️

[@Keys-rg1qo]

Ahhh I’ve been waiting for you to post!!

[@ԱննաՄիրզոյան-դ1զ]

This is a great content! Thanks for sharing

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you❤️

[@maddys3955]

Thank you very much 😊! Great information

[@EmmaMorrison0]

Thank you! 🙏

[@alicjazawadzka8670]

This is amazing, thanks!!

[@ksyelf5820]

❤

[@vinodrawat6160]

From Bharat (India) 👍❤️🙏 one video a lot of information thanks 🙏

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you)

[@seenuz1]

Awesome and informative

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you🙏🏻

[@TearawayUnfolded]

Thank you so much for this tutorial of your drawing please make a video about oil painting tutorial thank you.

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you))

[@azertyqwerty2503]

this tutorial is awesome thank you:)))

[@ksyelf5820]

@@azertyqwerty2503 ❤️!

[@kowe-pl]

really helpful, would you ever do different videos about different subjects like hands for example?

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you) yes, sure!

[@SaharNateghiArt]

This video is so useful 👌🏻 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 great ✌🏼

[@ksyelf5820]

@@SaharNateghiArt ❤️

[@sandymandy8599]

You are excellent ❤

[@ksyelf5820]

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[@Artholicvivek]

Thanks a lot

[@ksyelf5820]

❤!

[@indialetizia1166]

What an amazing video!!! That was so instructional, and thank you so much for taking the time to make it for us, its going to be very useful:)) i wanted to ask the name of the book you recommend to your students. Thank you so much✨

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you))))) it’s book by Gottfried Bammes - Anatomy for Artists

[@indialetizia1166]

@@ksyelf5820 ohh thank you for the answer :) I will check it out!

[@Kse-kp8ox]

Amazing video

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you))

[@LaweArt]

🥰great video!

[@ksyelf5820]

❤

[@НадеждаВоронцова-э6б]

Спасибо за очередное позновательное видео ❤

[@ksyelf5820]

@@НадеждаВоронцова-э6б ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ArtRegard]

Hi, I have a quick question. In a point of the video (6:42) you recommend a book by an author. I can't seem to understand what you said. Would you be able to tell me in written note here? Thanks a lot for your amazing work.

[@ksyelf5820]

Hi) thank you! Oh Its book by Gottfried Bammes - anatomy for artists

[@Axil202]

Thank you both.

[@williammclean6594]

I’m not sure which drawing of the head method I like better than Andrew Loomis one or like the box method I find it to be easier to draw with the box because you always get the perspective right much more easier for angles compared to the Loomis method

[@katyhutchinson7013]

Please create an online class! 🤩🤩

[@abestartstudio]

Excellent your works madam

[@ksyelf5820]

Thanks❤

[@neatoburritos]

Thank you so much for this it was so helpful!! Are there any books you recommend that have a collection of just Russian painters? In the UK we have books with many painters for one art movement and it makes it easier to find artists you like so you can later buy books that have the master works of your favorite artist. I am struggling to find many books on Russian painters here, especially those that came from the Repin school 😩

[@ksyelf5820]

@@neatoburritos Thank you)) Oh, I prefer to take a whole book dedicated to a specific artist, there are very good editions from the Tretyakov Gallery, I think they should be somewhere on the Internet

[@Strannnge]

Can we have a list of the supplies you talked about at the end? I don't quite understand the name of the chunky stick and I love the results of that material!

[@robo07200]

Awesome video!! I'm gonna watch your video's all day now :) A question, whats the book you have in the first 2 seconds of the video?

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you)) This book is a collection of drawings by students of the academy

[@robo07200]

​@@ksyelf5820 thank you so much! Do you have a specific name for this book or is it possible to order it somewhere? Been looking at your videos all day and would love it for more russian study inspiration

[@ksyelf5820]

@@robo07200 Aww thanks)) Its called “Учебный рисунок» by Mogilevtsev and printed by the academy, as far as I know they also has it in Eng and Chinese, maybe it can be found somewhere on the academy’s website or just in the internet

[@lukasrutkauskas]

Hey, great video! I was wondering, how do you approach drawing portraits from memory/imagination?

[@ksyelf5820]

@@lukasrutkauskas Thank you)) everything is simple when you know how it build and your hand remembers how to draw this because it has done it thousands of times)

[@rjartscbe]

Thankyou verymuch.mam

[@VikaRoblox-e2c]

Thank u,Ksy!)Tell me, please,where do u buy your art-materials & what r the names of the pencils that u use for academic drawing?

[@PajarinArt]

Hi Ksenia, thanks for your updates.. very interesting, in another video you prepared the canvas and paper by spreading it with dark glue or gelatin, is it of animal origin? like the one for the primer? Thank you. I prepare I like tonal paper with coffee.. I like kraft paper and paper "spolvero"... I'm also preparing something, I opened a channel yt🙏 charcoal and sanguine lovely. I hug you good art🎨🌷🤗

[@ksyelf5820]

Hey)) thank you))) oh unfortunately I don't quite understand what specific video you're talking about, but in general I've only used gelatin for gluing, so it's most likely it

[@Krabsssss]

Do you use any comparative measurement or plumb line during these procedures? As I saw from a different source that it is used to gain accuracy within the proportions

[@Valeria-zy6vc]

Hello Ksy Elf, I am a new subscriber I wanted to know Where do I buy your skull statue? 😍❣✨

[@ksyelf5820]

Heey) oh its from russian marketplace but I also saw them in art shops

[@Valeria-zy6vc]

@@ksyelf5820 I appreciate it, but how can I find it in the online art store or is it called that head statue?

[@fang-SEA]

❤

[@carlcann9119]

Simply brilliant. Thank you.

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you)!

[@spirallion6829]

❤👍👍

[@anushkhachatryan9830]

Very interesting, professional. Russian art schools inspire with their high standards. Do you know how one could order the white gips figures & co used for studies?

[@p.h.meyer93]

Great summary of the Russian academic portrait technique. Can you share where to find the books you have on Serov and Repin? Thanks in advance.

[@ksyelf5820]

Thanks) Oh it’s printed by Tretyakov Gallery, you can search for it on their website

[@queenella3849]

Great video! What is the pricing for your online classes?

[@lehmann_roman]

Is there any chance that you or any of your friends organise online activities like gesture drawing or speed paintings? I have a friend who gathers a gang to speedsculpt together every Friday and I'd like to find something familiar but in 2d environment. BTW good video, I wonder you didn't mention Asaro head or Houdon plane head or I just haven't noticed

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you! Oh I don’t really know, maybe someday)

[@lehmann_roman]

@@ksyelf5820, we have here in Moscow few offline schools that practice gesture drawing, but for some unknown reason they use soft light 😵‍💫. And it's hopeless to convince them that hard one helps a lot to design the shadows. Also turns out that gathering skilled draftsmen in Moscow is harder

[@ksyelf5820]

@@lehmann_roman Роман, так вы я смотрю fellow russian) да, с жестким софитным освещением виднее какие-то конкретные сломы форм, резкие границы светотени и все дела, оно как правило действительно удобнее! К сожалению я мало где была в студиях в Москве, поэтому не могу ничего посоветовать Приезжайте вольничать в академию ахах) тут как раз только софитное освещение на рисунке

[@lehmann_roman]

@@ksyelf5820, звучит очень заманчиво, я уже намерен забросить вуз в конце семестра и готовиться к поступлению в академию года через 2. Не то, чтобы подготовка как-то сильно меняла что-то в моей жизни. Что до решения поступать рисовал, что сейчас. Надеюсь, что после поступления буду рисовать еще больше 😁. У академии есть один неприятный момент - она в Питере. Так уж получилось, что я с Сибири, у нас солнца как в Крыму - почти 2/3 года светит, а в Питере 1/6 🥲

[@bleu9730]

does the reference pack include the actual models? or is it just drawing

[@ksyelf5820]

No, its album of drawings

[@valk1521]

Great video. What was the name of the books that you recommend? I cant quite understand what you said.

[@ksyelf5820]

@@valk1521 thank you) Gottfried Bammes's books on anatomy for artists

[@lavender.......]

Can you add Turkish subtitle option? Greetings from Turkiye, your videos are inspiring🤍

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you! Oh I’ll try)

[@gyorgyhosszu4782]

Köszönöm a filmet . Nagyszerű volt látni ahogy dolgozol. Kellemes modorban tanítasz . Jól látom , hogy a papír , keretre van feszítve ?

[@ksyelf5820]

thanks for the kind words)) paper stretched on a wooden board

[@ArtisanBD]

Amazing Realistic Portrait Pencil Sketch 👌 Visit now my portrait drawing ✍

[@ksyelf5820]

Thank you)

[@crissmith4311]

Very informative video. Question what is sauce?

[@alexiacerwinskipierce8114]

I have such a hard time with shading ears, especially using reference photos. They are never in focus.

[@craver530]

I want to get to know a Russian person, but how?

[@oliderexpositorodriguez5705]

Where’s your info? Я не увидел. Я интересуюсь учиться с тобой.

[@ksyelf5820]

@@oliderexpositorodriguez5705 text me in my dm in Instagram, my inst is ksy_elf or by mail, it is also in the description under the video)

[@GallacherKelly-o6e]

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[@teresaedwards4175]

Hi, Could you please speak more slowly in English. It is SO difficult to understand what you are saying. I really want to know what you are saying because it sounds interesting. 🙏

[@Huzzatullah-t7t]

Thanks