HOW TO DRAW SIMPLE ENVIRONMENTS (easy mode engaged)

[@deidraws2530]

You know, I see the process, I can LITERALLY see it happening. *BUT MY BRAIN STILL THINKS ITS BLACK MAGIC*

[@blutacckk]

DeiDraws I literally think the same when ever I watch art videos, I’m like ooooh I see! No. No I can’t do it.

[@smallbeard]

The more years of experience you get, the more you'll be able to understand and break it down (altough it will probably still feel like black magic nonetheless).

[@__-fi6xg]

You have to train in magic for a couple years to actually be able to create black magic and even then you will fail sometimes.

[@oniplingz]

Even magic has it rules, dood

[@OlEgSaS32]

you arent understanding it, i thought the same things until i got to a certain level, give it time

[@clairavoyant1212]

Marc: There's going to be no mention of vanishing lines, perspective lines... Me: (sobbing) th... Thank you

[@Rin-qj7zt]

realy? i find art easier when there are clear rules to follow.

[@doukzu]

@@Rin-qj7zt I think for a lot of people clear rules can definitely be helpful, but it's the use of those rules/tools that people like me stunt at. That and perspective lines with organic environments is hard for me to wrap my brain around at the moment since there's no obvious "this vanishes like that" thing going on.

[@Historyjewels]

I found it easier when i learnt about the vanishing line. I only know the simple stuff tho

[@blackcitadel37]

Just skipped the most important part.

[@JoonJuby]

Environments are fun as hell to play with, when you stare into the chaos, the chaos stares back at you.

[@bingbong3656]

This is such a beautiful statement. It inspires me to actually start painting backgrounds

[@Lumolla]

@@bingbong3656 and cry again

[@redrackham9003]

The Abyss* 😍

[@elnoare]

"Fun"

[@tibbiekat4531]

I love to do mystical backgrounds with crystals and some glowings flowers with the nightsky the drawing process makes you feel like your in the picture. I just love it.

[@Iad83]

Other kids when you were little: Why are you looking at a picture to draw? That's copying! Listening to actual artists: USE REFERENCES.

[@nanahuatli2144]

I mean, landscape painting is copying from reality, and is that not art? Gatekeeping is dumb. You should only avoid copying from other artists, unless you're doing it to study.

[@hazelhen5401]

@@CyanFlake i mean that's just like doing a colour-by-number's book. Maybe not a show of skill, but if its relaxing and engaging for a couple of hours then whats the harm? itd be more impressive to be able to draw in an identical style to the disney character but in any pose you want, not just the same pose. Trying to pass off an identical copy, not a stylized/personalized copy or a mastering of style, isn't really that interesting. Though for little kids id say the patience required to sit through the whole process is impressive by itself. Sticking with something that's difficult and boring to get a nice result is a good skill to train when you're small.

[@bighatastrea]

There is absolutely no shame in using references, be it vegetation, animals, poses or whatever, not everyone knows perfectly how the bark of an oak tree looks like lol

[@vinokai]

Nanahuatli better way to say it is to avoid Tracing, and to draw *Inspiration* from others or the environment.

[@iexistyes_]

Me to those kids: Name me ONE artist who can remember every single little detail on grass and draw it exactly from their imagination and it actually looks like a realistic blade of grass. Yeah, didn’t think so. Screw off

[@spiritmoon6802]

You’re such a life saver, I have never been in an actual art class where the teacher teaches. Sounds weird, but in the 6 years of art classes I’ve never once had a sit down to learn. I’ve been desperately searching for an education that applies me. Thank you!! Might buy your classes once I get my laptop back from maintenance

[@AimaZero]

@@blenderguy2935 Well, at least in my experience the teacher left the students with incredibly vague instructions and we ended up teaching each other. I don't think my teacher ever taught me anything, even though I'm certain he taught some students, he just almost never spoke to me.... Bad luck I guess.

[@jeromedelabrosse119]

@@blenderguy2935 i can understand him tho im in 3d year in an art bachelor and even tho yes i greatly improved it was mostly thx to friends and video on yt more than from teacher (with the exeption of one astonishing teacher) as example landscape we only heard about it in the very first assignment in first year where the teacher just told us to go outside and draw what we see and that it, most lesson were like this just practice with a subject but little to no indication or tips

[@TheArnau13]

I left my art studies after 5 months. I wasnt learning anything and we only had 3 hours digital per week lol. What a scam that was... so i m trying to improve by myself and those kind of vods.

[@rmsdimples8533]

My uncle went to some art class and dropped out after a semester. He said he was wasting time there. He took a different class after that something related engineering, He said he wants to study something that will atleast guarantee him a job in the future. It's not like his saying art classes are not gonna get him imployed it's just he could've spend more time on more important matters, now he's back doing art he's watching toturials from skill share and he actually learned and improved in a few months than in a class dedicated to art. If u made it here thanks for reading i guess :3

[@anya9699]

"its not bad" literally draws a masterpiece TvT

[@lizcreatesthings5342]

I’m crying because this is the best environment tutorial I’ve come across and I tried to follow along and my version looks like shit.

[@johnaquino7619]

Well, then - You can only get better from here on out. :-) Perhaps try the tutorial several more times. With each attempt, pick one thing you want to change about it. Then after you've done all that, compare your final attempt with your first and see how much you've improved.

[@Fluffiie1]

Same here! At the moment, I'm struggling to progressively change the color of the sky, as it's lighter and almost white when it touches the mountains. It looks like several skies on my painting. Are you happier with your environment now, 9 months later?

[@gagliardivex9218]

You can make it Liz

[@andyo3637]

hows it goin my man?

[@lizcreatesthings5342]

@@andyo3637 I finally figured it out 😭😭😭 kept practicing and watching videos and one day it just clicked!!!

[@scesher7777]

Marc: If u put the horizon in the center it will look static. also Marc: *extends sky, so the horizon is in the center of the canvas*

[@YTartschool]

I liked the static look 😗

[@bboyhanvzla]

if looks were axis, dynamic were Y and... static X

[@romiokasuga]

@@bboyhanvzlaNice one! you should PUSH IT !!!

[@3lit3gn0m3]

@@YTartschool I thought the extended horizon was beautiful; for some reason reminded me of 'castle in the sky.' Maybe it was just the sky...haha.

[@melonslice1991]

@@3lit3gn0m3 That's exactly what i thought of!

[@alimeneghello746]

enough" it is time... I have to face this... i have to draw enviroments

[@GigasGirus]

Good luck mate! My recommendation is you start with drawing in ink to really learn how to get the texture and details down first, after doing that painting it would become really easy and fun.

[@monkekit_the_o.g]

Good luck i will pray for u.

[@Slazors]

Howd it go

[@christiancolewan]

enough talking and just do it haha

[@MeowkolaTesla]

Art videos always have 2 types of comments. 1) Enthusiastic people excited to give it a try and are motivated 2) People deciding to give up art realizing they suck XD

[@cleof1503]

Aaah man the feels i have for no 2

[@dogtune0117]

it's an endless cycle of 1 then 2 and 1 for me

[@Someone-fn3ij]

ngl i always roll my eyes at the "cant draw a circle" type of comment lol

[@xin2842]

And 3) Feeling Enthusiastic because they know they suck (Probably just me)

[@happenedbychance3392]

@@Someone-fn3ij same

[@druidofpies]

You know you’re an artist when you say “it’s not perfect or really done yet...”

[@malikevans634]

No matter how long I've been drawing, it just blows my mind how complex comes from simple.

[@louikarala]

We need polishing tutorial !! You always talk about how rough your painting look and boom after a Thanos snap your painting look like a photo we need your secret marc :o also, very nice video I loved it and it motivated me again for making landscapes and environment

[@catlisma5625]

FACTS

[@catcactus1234]

The technical term for it is “rendering,” which is essentially polishing everything in the piece and giving it more texture/detail. It’s really hard to teach proper rendering because it really depends on your familiarity with an object’s textures and your own skill in blending hard edges/soft edges. If you want to get better at rendering, do material studies where you paint balls covered in certain textures (metallic, foliage, lava, fur, etc.) and continue practicing proper blending techniques. Your art will naturally look more polished the more you practice rendering. :)

[@ciaranm3083]

@@catcactus1234 Thanks for the ideas. I've been searching for tutorials to teach me how to render better (I'm currently in the phase of learning how to blend a lot better. They're all like this, where they skip from the composition part (which I understand) to the final part (that I don't understand). Like I'm watching people blend stuff to make it look good and searching for tips but I guess it's just experience! Sorry for the rambling, but your advice is actually really helpful

[@Grigeral]

@@ciaranm3083 I'd say I agree that rendering isn't really something you can teach any more than the process he already explains in the video. It's the same techniques and processes he was already using, just refining it more and more as you render each layer. That's the part that 'just keep practicing' really becomes applicable.

[@sammizzzle]

very helpful! im working on a short animation and this will hep me with the backkkggrounddddss!! thank you for your content! very cool!

[@yeahtsu154]

Good luck doin that animation!

[@jictapus8559]

💋

[@pugmommy9865]

Good luck

[@gabkiu]

good luck!!

[@GREEN_FLAGG]

What is it about?

[@scarlet8078]

This is great! In environment design we usually do a bunch of thumbnail sketches & the client chooses a few, sometimes we tighten them into colored options. When a final is chosen, it can take 3-5 full work days to fully render a large environment. When working on game environments, the devs give us geometry wireframe to paint over. Lately I'm doing tons of wireframes bc devs want games to look hand-painted. Idk how, but they take my painting & put it into the game engine so the sprites appear to be in a painted environment rather than ugly 3D

[@Mocasito]

This really helps people that has NO IDEA about landscapes, thank tou

[@lakuraart2059]

i never drew backgrounds because i really suck at them, but now im inspired and motivated enough to give it a try! (and i just downloaded your brushes, thank you for giving them for free ur cool!) have a good day Marc :D

[@quietsylveon1710]

the end result is so beautiful im gonna cry

[@natelhyve]

1 second in in the video and I already like your personality. Impressive!

[@nart6720]

your energy when you approach all these different aspects is so contagious, i love it! i've always been reluctant to draw backgrounds because they're so difficult but seeing it like this makes me so inspired and motivated to try! thank you for the video!!

[@forshizzlemywizzle]

So I'm a traditional painter (as in I paint in acrylics) but you actually managed to explain something in this digital art video that I've never understood correctly from traditional art videos about how to map out your landscape, and I know my paintings are about to be a lot more dynamic. Thank you so much!

[@godhand73]

It's amazing how you can create something like this in such a short time. I've always avoided drawing backgrounds since I suck at it. I should start working on it. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@S0REZ]

Environments elevates my pieces so much!! They went from plain and dull to something interesting and believable! Your tutorials are worth more than my years of practice

[@bighatastrea]

3:35 That's always the part where my backgrounds start to look ugly, I don't understand the concept of lighting and shadows when it comes to big textured surfaces, extremely wrinkly clothes or mountains which usually have a lot of rocks or grass or trees on them. I usually use a watercolor brush to just randomly draw over them and use basic lighting theory (light coming from that direction over there -> drawing light on this side), but it diesn't look like a mountain at all. At 5:45 it already looks perfect lol while mine looks like a green undefined mass

[@CallMeMelllow]

May I see your art? I think I may be able to provide guidance where you are struggling. If there is one thing I have learned it is that the blank page is INTIMIDATING AS HELL! To begin making any kind of background or environment try to break down the major shapes like he does. This is applicable in any environment, like a room, start by drawing a cube to define the parameters of the room, and then slowly add more walls to create a more dynamic shape. Or in his case, add hills and then slowly branch off and begin adding plants. So as soon as you begin adding details like small flowers/trees/bushes/rocks etc, you dont have to worry so much about only having a blob of green on your screen because now you have MANY varying shapes to work with. Its important to *build up* the piece chunk by chunk, otherwise you will be lost as to how to fill in that large intimidating empty space. Secondly, and this is soooo important, you do not have to color texture by hand, you can use specialized brushes to do that confusing work for you. Take time to play around with various shades of greens/yellow and browns. Any colors you commonly see in nature :P. And of course if you are feeling stuck as to how a mountain can be anything more than a circular blob, check out references of grassy mountains for ideas! Some may have corners or shelves, some parts may be more rocky. Its all up to how you can break it down into a more realistic/stylized object. I think I just repeated this entire video LOL oh well tl;dr: Identify the shapes within the larger shape using references, specific brush tools and color, and slowly chip away at a shape until its to your liking :)

[@SonyoDreams]

@@CallMeMelllow This seemd an very good advice! I'm still new to drawing backgrounds but hearing this made me motivated to keep trying drawing them

[@CallMeMelllow]

@@SonyoDreams nice! best of luck on your art journey :)

[@aidahimm3011]

One day [hopefully] I'll be looking at these videos and relating to how easy you make it sound.

[@AldrinLabs]

This new-ish format of weekly videos is really entertaining, man! I'm always looking forward to the next one and its so inspiring to see how much work you put into these! My respects, Marc!

[@enbybisaster5732]

desperately trying to figure out how to paint landscapes/backgrounds for an art contest at my school and this actually helped so much?? just watching the process was a great help, but the explanations as to w h y you did what you did was just the cherry on top! ill need to practice more but this gave me a pretty decent starting point:D

[@aronnax898]

You made that look so easy! I love doing landscapes because you can just go wild and put trees, grass, water, etc wherever you want. Feels very freeing. Thanks for the tutorial!

[@konnosx1213]

Marc : it needs to be seen at a distance to look decent Me : *proceeds to burn my art*

[@youshimimi]

Wow, if you look at the small picture in the navigator it looks amazing throughout the entire process. Really nails down how important the basics are.

[@CaprineQueen]

AMAZING. This video fills me with confidence going forward as i finally decide to start tackling backgrounds after 10 years of avoidance!!

[@maymax6184]

5:30 well here is my problem, i tried to shade like that but i ended up playing valorant

[@nikolartwork1471]

Marc, things don't need to be extremely detailed in order for it to look good zoomed in. This is gorgeous; just stylized, you know? Keep up the great work my dude!

[@williamkuroki7683]

Dude... I'm so grateful for you being here, and your videos. Sometimes are hard, and your videos definitely help a lot!! Thank you so much!! Cheers from Brazil.

[@BingBangPoe]

I really liked how you expanded the sky to add some _happy little clouds._

[@nhernan140]

Beautiful technique

[@senihani6634]

Oh my goodness thank you so much for makin this step by step tutorial sir! 😭 I always think layers by layers but having no official digital art classes and having to learn by myself, I just can't seem to figure out how to draw environments. Your videos really help me a lot 😭 thank you so much!

[@benimaro88]

im not on this category yet, still struggling with figure drawing

[@nanahuatli2144]

Landscapes could be your calling. Maybe you could forswear figure drawing forever.

[@paulogodoyp]

Benny you have to believe me; If you struggle with figure drawings please switch up to something else for at least a week. Once you have done different things, your drawings will take the best part of what you have learned experimenting, so try new things! Drawing the same things over and over again will lead to nothing

[@Muncherino]

10:56 It looks so much better. Is it just a yellow overlay and depth of field? Really makes me want to try doing backgrounds.

[@BrodiBukowski]

Hello Marc, could you potentially do a video on how to practice and get better at perspective drawing enviroments, specifically when adding in spheres, ellipses, and stuff. I wanna work at blizzard and really win there student art contest but I REALLY STRUGGLE when i get in depth with spheres and ellipses.

[@MemoriesBeyond]

I don't think I can really describe the amount of happiness I got from watching this video. So I'll just say two words... **Thank you, Mr. Brunet.**

[@Loveyourself21072]

4 words

[@brid5778]

Damn the sudden rotate at 9:59 shook me. Amazing video! Love watching your vids as I'm a beginner artist, learning concept environment

[@ymir9418]

I always escape from drawing backgrounds, Thank you for that video

[@rachealc.2811]

Dayumnnnnn. I gotta up my environment game.

[@artbymiwsher]

This is the transformative video that made an unconfident me realize i could succeed at painting landscapes (albeit very basic ones)- thank you!

[@MilleniumActress]

I'll definitely try this later today! I want more videos like this, it's easy to understand and you show us the whole process. It's nice.

[@3j261]

You know you’re in trouble when this 2:16 already looks better than anything you’ve ever drawn

[@johnaquino7619]

If I understand this video correctly, this looks like a lesson on rendering, (color, shading, texture) rather than focus overly much on rules of perspective. I noticed certain aspects of perspective were mentioned and some nifty tricks that will compliment a working knowledge of the art basics. The idea of quickly adding in leaf detail using that custom brush was impressive. I'm going to have to remember that for later. :-)

[@rahotep789]

You make it look so easy. Love it thanks Marc.

[@maxiwright1411]

THANK YOU SO MUUUCH Ive really been wanting to up my game with backrounds but its scary when all the videos I see are from pros and Im... :) okay lets just try this and get better with tons of practice

[@joshcrompton5053]

Marc has a way of making it look so effortless! Great video as always!

[@vyzelliaveryllia8376]

Oh my gosh that looks so cool! I've been avoiding natural environments because I feel that green is the hardest color to work with. But this looks so fun I really want to try it

[@Kokose]

JUST WHAT I NEEDED, THANK YOU!

[@fanofbt]

WOW! First Time I have seen a demo of this type of ART that made sense. Very well done and very well explained. Thank You.......

[@kaichidraws7787]

Thank you for walking us in the process, i have tried following other tuto - but couldn't get / see exactly how they build. I tried following the value system but couldn't see how it will be in my head. Your process and how you build it, give me this - i can do this / i can draw this, this is really logical flow you can follow it feel. I dont go what how that happen, you make me see how something happen as you go. Thank you. I will try this ^-^.

[@frickinfrick8488]

This was immensely helpful, thank you so much! It’s often so hard to know where to begin, having a well explained process to approach landscapes gives me so much more courage to start trying things out. Great video, great explanations, and beautiful painting!

[@lind3nii]

thank you so much this helped a lot I've always struggled with making backgrounds but now since you explained it so well I finally have an understanding on how to make backgrounds

[@yellowchild33]

i let out an audible "wow" when i saw the final product 😢 so beautiful

[@FrostDrive]

I love the way you start your videos xD

[@Kaka5h11]

thank you for the detailed work explained. i will do my best for my own creation

[@gianenci]

Awesome! So helpfull! I hate drawing BGs.. mainly because I never really spent time practicing them

[@SebLeCaribou]

Whoaw, this was super helpful. I'll keep that video in my favs so that I can come back and watch it again. Just to add a little thing I read in what I thought was going to be a cringy "top 10 thing not to do when digital painting". Surprisingly enough, there was a gem of a sentence: "The solution is simple. You should never finish your picture with big strokes (unless it's a speedpainting)." And I never thought of that, but that's a neat way to know when *not* to stop drawing. Now I know that if I'm still using big brushed with smooth edges, I'm not done yet. I'm okay with characters, but landscape, and background in general, I struggle a lot and particularly I never really know where to go, when to stop, and this phrase really helps me focus on not stoping to early.

[@deepsea4140]

This was SO helpful. I love doing backgrounds, but my improvement has gone way up sense seeing this video. Thank you so much.

[@skedizzle]

You make this seem so effortless! I like your videos.

[@suemew]

Thank you Marc!! I'm an artist and find this incredibly helpful😆❤

[@keaworks_]

i love your content as always Marc! they are always so helpful and inspiring, ive improved alot thanks to them!

[@momomeow7715]

god this just, wow okay, im not gonna lie, i really hate drawing scenery and backgrounds, like i really hate it. but this tutorial makes it bearable. so thanks for that

[@nebulonicc]

This video is super helpful! I still don't know how to draw environments well but at least i know where to start with the process!

[@oro8656]

this helps A LOT for me, i always struggled so hard with backgrounds as a more stylized artist, and being a novice too. I think for me i just had to see it and hear it be properly explained because holyy shit !!!!!!!

[@owenwaite125]

the fact you don't add any vanishing points or lines other than the horizon line does make this easy mode ... but now i need to experiment ten fold with simpler color palettes XD

[@lakuraart2059]

hey Marc! i was wondering if you can make a video where you talk about more technical stuff like: flow(i dont get what it is), opacity, size of canvas, types of brushes and what you use them for, those 3 buttons in photoshop next to Opacity, Flow and the one in right(related to pen pressure i think) and some useful shortkeys. i would be very grateful because yesterday i started to draw in photoshop(i used it before just to adjust pictures or crop stuff) and being used to other program, now when i changed it to photoshop its a bit overwhelming :D keep doing ur great work and have a good day ^_^

[@seli.popcornpfoten]

Thank you very much for all of your videos. This one was especially helpful for me since I struggle with landscapes and tend not to really know where to start. I will definietly try this out!

[@June-ff1pm]

I do this on paper it always works 😋thanks for the free entertaining video's that DO help😃

[@daviscopel7846]

It started "simple" and ended amazingly beautiful. Now i think i can do some enviroments haha. Thanks A LOT, really. It definitly changed my perspective. Saudações from Brazil.

[@weirdreportt]

Yes finally another landscape painting! I'm really enjoying these landscape / storytelling paintings. Are you still continuing the world building series? Because this one felt it belong to that world or universe. Anyway always enjoyed the video, gotta share this to my friends who's wanting to paint landscape much better and effectively.

[@sebastian_s2175]

Really enjoyed the video! The speed of your explanation and the painting is perfect. 💯

[@KeepItOnCute]

My favorite Art Teacher!!

[@yankhakwynchi]

My miniscule brain can only awe. I know wee bit of atmospheric perspective and digital painting through classes but I just can't seem to invest long hours or refining on a piece.

[@amirloucif]

amazing nothing else to say , inspiring , thank you

[@Lauralink100]

4:29 thta's the old windows xp landscape

[@Puddle]

really enjoyed this one! would love more speedpaint environment vids from you!!

[@joisama]

Thank you so much, I will definitely try this. The thing that's the most behind for me in my art skill is this. Use to not not bother me. but getting better and better, I have recently started to feel terribly contrived in my artwork.

[@Nukawin]

I'm envious of your skills!!

[@ArtProphet]

For someone that lacks that background skill this is so goood😭😭😭 and im so inspired to attempt all these tips!!

[@НатальяУкраинская-ы3ь]

Your friday videos are really helpfull! Thank you!

[@Themotivationcollector]

Marc: easy mode Also Marc: *makes a Ghibli movie still*

[@TheOutsider00]

the result is beautiful

[@Voldrim359]

I tried one time, it was simple but no super detailed, it took me a loooot of time to learn some of these things and do it... My brain that day almost explode... With this video i learned a lot of things, but i don't know how much of this i can actually apply

[@lolima9986]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! It’s actually fun to do landscapes and you helped me discover my love for drawing them. 🥰

[@mizukikatsuart]

Thank you Marc!

[@gabrielsalazar1416]

You are a beast! Thank you for sharing your process🙏

[@surkhabahmad8586]

I really enjoy to see this process...

[@oscarpinchen4431]

As always, these videos of yours are a wondrous resource for us fledgling artists, so thanks ever so for taking the time to create this and put it online for us all! I really dig the anime background-painting vibe that this piece has, especially once you introduced the character in the closing seconds of the video. :D Just out of curiosity, how many hours did it take for you to take it from your initial rough thumbnail sketch through to the polished painting that we saw at the end of the video? :)

[@MrGhostTheBigRoast]

very cool. maybe you could do the same for an urban setting in the future. buildings are my personal nightmares.

[@animeanime4028]

You make it look easy when it's actually really hard!

[@Razeofstorm]

Thanks for the free brushes and lessons, man.

[@Vaennylla]

I've been doing backgrounds wrong. This was a big help!

[@Mikemetal12]

Oh yes!! this is the motivation I needed for my weekend practice!

[@aelisedelweiss5350]

This video is really helpful as always ! Now i'm going to draw environments more.

[@teadragonnaahva]

Thank you so much for sharing your advice! This was super helpful and I'm absolutely considering just wiping all of the half finished background I have for the piece I'm currently working on - and to instead just... start from scratch, going with your method! ...also i really appreciate the sudden FF X music at the end. :B