How to MASTER Drawing 3D Cubes & Boxes [Figure Drawing Prep - Part 1]

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Hey there, Liron here! This will be a 1/3 video series in which we’ll start the journey of drawing simplified 3D shapes.
My goal is to work us up to being able to draw figures with relative accuracy, using basic shapes.
Key takeaways:
1. A cube is the most basic structure, BUT it’s deceptively complex too.
It forces you to KNOW the orientation of each side, while drawing them all with equal sizes & distances (as it’s a CUBE, not just a box).
I’m still learning new things every day.
2. Another big challenge is measuring angles and objects in space, especially those moving away from us.
Due to the rules of perspective - these appear shorter.
3. Developing intuition is a major way for figuring this out. Sketch, then test yourself and correct mistakes.
Rinse and repeat. That way you’ll slowly squash away your misconceptions and preconceptions, and learn to see reality in a more accurate manner.
I hope this is useful - keep practicing! 😁
Time-Stamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:42 - Cube Overview & Unique Challenges
04:25 - Real-life Cube
09:20 - Field of Vision & Fish-Eye Effect
14:28 - The Cube Inside a Scene
20:03 - Assessing Angles & Distances in Space
28:56 - More on How to Improve
31:48 - Conclusion
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#drawing #perspective

[@guestuser117]

Great job man, you are the best teacher for learners. Other people will tell you to draw the horizon lines and match up the dots and create cubes without ever telling you why the lines look as they do, why the converging exists in the first place, and why the angles changes in length and openess. They will continue to learn art without understanding these fundamentals. Great job bro, keep up the great work!

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

Spellbounding....speechless....genius...blistering barnacles.......thundering typhoon video😱😱😄

[@LironYan]

Haha thank you my friend 😁😁 Will reply to your email soon! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@Positivity4ever]

Thank you for this video. I just started drawing a week ago and found this video. I’ve been practicing drawing cubes like this for two days and I am starting to finally understand perspective. Time to move on to your cylinder video 🙂

[@Adam-hz6wk]

Bro that was so cleanly explained thanks

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

This is my archival video🙏

[@rellysheetman9008]

The one and only tutorial that actually helped me with the perspective of cube. 🎉

[@LironYan]

Yay! 😁🙏🏼 Happy to hear

[@scottenosh4548]

There's a lot of esoteric value to understanding the Cube as well.

[@user-ys5mz9hp4l]

brilliant way of explaining the perspective !

[@sandracastillo7916]

I love the explanation!!! Thank you!😍

[@rosemariebeiter7340]

Lieber Liron, deine Erklärungen sind einfach nur SUPER!!!!! Vielen lieben Dank dafür!

[@chisathot750]

jeeeesus not even marshal dandruff explains as good as you, thanks a lot man

[@nikahadasart3207]

Your tutorials are amazing, videos like these are very specific and detailed. Thank you

[@imienazwisko9083]

An awesome tutorial! Thank you

[@paulacampbell6683]

This was an awesome video. Thanks you so much for starting with the basics!!

[@shalinijoseph3705]

Thanks Liron, this was fascinating!

[@user-ws2me9xm8t]

Good concentration of profitable info per minute 👍

[@LironYan]

Happy to hear, thank you 🙏

[@noone-iq4ne]

thanks liron this is something i have been waiting so my figures can have construction

[@artakito8595]

You explained perspectives in the simplest way. A great teacher .learning so much from you

[@rachelm7525]

Great example of drawing what we observe, and not what is already in the mind! Great stuff! 😀👍

[@virginiahouse1456]

Thank you! Fantastic!

[@irenekael93]

I can’t thank you enough of much this helped me! I always have a hard time to draw figure and such, they always look off and not pleasing to my eyes 😖, so I thought that I obviously need to go back and study the basics first then move on to drawing human anatomy. I’m currently drawing boxes and watch your videos constantly. I really appreciate it so much! You’re such a wonderful teacher and your teaching is great 😊! God bless you 🌷

[@sendlocation8476]

@ LIRON I’m new to drawing with no experience. I been drawing basic perspective cubes. But I’m not sure how this will apply to drawing something. I want to draw a koi fish but not sure how to practice it? Any tips? Having hard time on what I should practice to draw that will help me be able to draw

[@crogo2004]

Thank you Liron! You took a confusing concept and explained it so nicely and visually.

[@Ace-The-Puppet]

This helped me a lot, thank you. 🙏🏽

[@user-ws2me9xm8t]

Just - is a topic I'm working about, I try to replace consumption with drawing

[@InstrumentvanVrede]

Helping me tremendously.

[@lilybay1]

Really liked this video. Good for beginners and those more experienced. Everyone benefits from learning or revisiting the basics.

[@fabihakhan4593]

Thank you so much!! This was super helpfull💙

[@zRantt_]

what a amazing video, thanks

[@squeisedit]

Thx alot ❤

[@abunchofemos-kn4sm]

thank you so much

[@CoraYeboah]

thanks so much 😘

[@yasmineemad7183]

Thanks

[@sangeetasaxena5100]

Wow v nice explanation never ever seen like this . Thanks for this information vedios

[@alessandrooliveira6108]

Estou ficando louco já! Estou vendo formato de cubo em qualquer coisa que eu olho.

[@chawal78]

This is a very complicated subject, the truth is that I have learned a little more about the subject of the Perspective thank you so much

[@Yosraasgari]

Great job, never saw a precise explanation as this one👍

[@LironYan]

Thank you 😊

[@Ramolos]

Drink each time you ear the word : lines. Tks a lot sir, it was rly helpful ! Going to watch you every day for sure.

[@manomoneysubramaniam254]

Wow your experience n sharing is amazing too ! Looking forwards to other interesting objects n things which is would useful in their art work to slow learners like me! Tk u so much n appreciate this video n u made me pick my pencil again at 72👏💐🤝

[@preetimaheshwari9018]

Thank you so much for this detailed explanation !

[@LironYan]

Happy I could help! 🙏

[@valera723]

thanks very much !!!!!!!

[@imeprezime1335]

Something is still not adding up in my brain. How to draw it perfectly? Like perfect cube.

[@naiyenzo]

I'm wondering the same thing, but maybe if you draw enough cubes from reference you would know how it should look even from imagination.

[@radhekrishashringar5537]

Use perspective

[@LenaD-fc9ii]

Wow. I really like the way you explain things. Not just saying facts but trully explaining how it works in reality and on paper. There's logic behind all of this and with your help I can finally grasp it! Can't thank you enough !! >_

[@dionisiosaez6585]

😍😍😍

[@amurawaiyeayomide1173]

My great teacher Please tell me how long should I learn about shapes before moving to anatomy, please reply I don't want to rush myself...🙏🙏

[@miriamwettenstein4856]

It’s a bit confusing but I’m trying to understand!

[@kaylenedawnbuteaufitnessbu2282]

Did you know, and as artists, I hope you can relate to this, that the neuro tests make the elderly with no art or interest in art draw a cube with no instruction or a reference. Betty Edwards says people cannot draw cubes without instruction. I'm almost finished with my graphic memoir of how I used my health and fitness knowledge to stop my mother with mild dementia from forgetting me, and it worked. I tricked her off caffeine, then no prescription meds, forced her/tricked her/incentivized her to drink water, kept her away from high fructose corn syrup and other poison, because they made her mean and delusional, and kept her away from gluten. I'm always curious to know what artists think of this fact? My book is about how the right hand is not talking to the left hand with many aspects of our health, and people should use art to help with their caregiving.

[@LironYan]

Very interesting! Makes a lot of sense to me (:

[@kaylenedawnbuteaufitnessbu2282]

@@LironYan Wait a minute. what makes sense to you? That I question the neuro tests or that they use the cube as a neuro test? ???? I can't find any scientific studies on how that correlates to life, executive functioning, etc, but many essays by psychologists listing the pros and cons of it and those pros are outweighed by the cons.

[@carmenwong4402]

This video confused me even more 😂. I got to watch it a couple more times 😂

[@vispian7688]

Honestly, i still have no idea how to draw a cube lol

[@wulu3519]

Where’s part 2, sir?

[@TheMuffinBagare]

Part 2 is on his channel. It's cylinders, looks like.

[@wulu3519]

@@TheMuffinBagare thanks I'll find it God bless you

[@baileyayyy5085]

perspective did not seem this complicated when they explained it in third grade lol

[@speedbuster5675]

your face looks wrong

[@bob3586]

He talks to much

[@LironYan]

I know right? 😂

[@ieatalot4189]

i feel like i didnt quite grasp it- shall look at other videos