IMPROVE your LINE WORK! Basic beginner LVL exercises!

[@Rustyhound-Cartoons]

This is so cool. So far I've been doing Line exercises by Peter Han for a month and a half, every day and it really opened my eyes to how much I needed to improve my technique for drawing the actual line itself. These exercises will be a good way to switch things up a bit. Thank you! A tip to anyone starting out, I'd say try and be aware of how tightly you're gripping your pen. I find my lines to be best when I hold the pen as loose as I can and only as firm as I need to in order to maintain control, but no more than that. In the beginning it's gonna be a little annoying having to constantly remind yourself of your grip, but it'll get better if you keep at it.

[@REIQ]

actually these exercises are from his class that I took like 4 years ago, I saw the positive side of it and it has helped other people too, so why not share! XD

[@nikyazikov6853]

Rustyhound II

[@GeekedOutNeckbeard]

After 7 days you begin to get into the rhythm, after 20 days you begin to get even more comfortable and after a month and a half it becomes essentially second nature. So people, don't feel threatened, for each new skill you're trying to learn, a week will get you a grasp, 2 weeks you get comfortable with it, and after a month and a half or a month you get much better(no Mastery but still..) at it that it becomes second nature and after that you're basically just Mastering it and learning better and quicker ways to do what it is you are trying to do. Sometimes it can take a month to get comfortable, but just keep at it

[@RorschDG-2]

@@GeekedOutNeckbeard I don't think that you should just be doing these exercises right? Or should you? And for how long? Sorry if these are novice questions and all, I don't really know if there is any sort of "Time" you should be doing this for. So again apologies if it sounds like a stupid question.

[@miku4936]

@@RorschDG-2 i'm wondering this too, but if you go to peter han's website, you'll see the duration of the course is 8 weeks plus a bunch of other techniques that aren't shown here. so 8 weeks while drawing various things from shape will do

[@VZAAGE]

Such an important but easily overlooked skill. Thanks for the video, REIQ.

[@REIQ]

overlooked indeed!

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[@SinerAthin]

I'll admit, I never thought of using such a test to practice my linework. So far I've just gone with; "The more complex pieces I draw and the more I challenge myself with both time and detail, the better I'll get". Timed challenges, on the other hand; I do love. As they are fast, and pretty much "do-or-die". When trying a new form or technique, repeating it with a limited time window is like taking a new car to a test drive :D (I dunno how, but some of my drawings I drew in 20 minutes can even beat my 1hour or 2 hour ones)

[@smoage]

As someone who struggles with drawing overly sketchy lines or "feathering" and wanting to improve speed, these are exactly the types of exercises I have been looking for. Most advice I get is "draw from the elbow" or "draw with a more confident line" or "sketch with a pen." All of which are valid but I have been looking for a long time for structured exercises to do those things accurately and train my hand and eye in a new direction after years of working a certain way. Thank you for sharing this it's a big help!

[@vonpotatostein]

At last!!!!!!!!! Someone who really goes to the basics!!!! Most other videos are like: well do steady lines instead of trembling or hairy ones, but they don't explain how one can learn do them properly!!! T H A N K Y O U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DGP406]

You probably won't read this but I'm a big fan of your work and I'm eternally thankful for all the knowledge you share with us beginners. Thank you very much, God bless you and repay your kindness tenfold.

[@MrAwesomeBart]

Thank you for this tutorial. Most of videos about how to start drawing mostly skim on it and say "just practice something". This exercise at least gives purpose and helps with the basic drawing skill.

[@megalomaniac6391]

Reiq your art is friggin amazing as hell.

[@nimueladyofthelake]

Thank you so much...this has helped more than you know. I took art classes for years and was never taught how to do this. They seem to think teaching is simply sitting down with water color or canvas with paint and jusr do it. i cannot thank you enough

[@adstrings.ink0]

Feel like a total idiot. I've been drawing most of my life and I never thought there could be exercises for something like this. Thanks a lot man!!

[@PelvicGaming]

I really appreciate this video. I am going to start these today! I've been binging your channel and learning so much. I also appreciate the mention of your movement points. Like the arm, wrist, and applying pressure with the fingers. As you said that things just 'clicked'! Thank you for your solid work on teaching!

[@MrStrides]

so, 1 year later, got any results my dude ?

[@Peteru69]

Something I did to help me with accuracy was to do my circles the other way around. I practice circles, dot to dot accuracy, ellipses, and circles with pins on them in proper perspective. And drawing the opposite way of what you normally do will be very difficult in the beginning but ultimately help doing lines from any angle. Your ellipses are very good Reiq! I think that's where most people struggle. Great exercises.

[@REIQ]

Thank you! these are very basic I'll be making more advanced ones!

[@Tismunited]

I just went to a portfolio review event and I was told I should work on my lines. Hopefully this will help me!❤

[@360clouds6]

Thanks a lot for that vid. I finally got accepted into art school (which will start in august) and am currently freaking out about my skills. I know that my control over the line is not the greatest and I absolutely need to improve that.....sooo, your vid is just a gift from heaven. I will definitely fill out some pages every day for the next months, to warm up and train myself control. It looks soooo calming though, I even look forward to doing this :D

[@aura_above]

Your a great inspiration thank you for helping me!

[@honeypots8787]

I never realised exactly how bad my lines were until I watched someone do it right.

[@cornflakey-n7k]

SAME

[@TheJahn1]

I've been using a similar exercise I devised to practice curves. I place 3 dots (ABC) randomly and draw a curve from A, through B, to C. I'm personally tempted to move quickly and constantly keep the pen in motion, I find this exercise helps to slow me down just enough for fluid linework but not so much that I hesitate to complete the stroke and produce jaggy lines. Grains of salt though, I'm an amateur at best. :p

[@curkacola8601]

I'll have to try this on my drawing pad. Thanks Reiq.

[@cindylong2782]

These are helpful. I have been doing some of these and similar things you show here. I like the idea of the circles inside the circles. I carry lined and graph paper along with my sketch book so when i am sitting long periods i can practice a variety of ways. Shading in the areas sometimes as well. Even practice shading with other media like colored pencils etc. Nice video. Thanks!

[@interludo]

very basic but essential and very rare online. had similar-ish type of exercises when learning 2D animation drawing. Love doing these. It's possible to play and make up a variety of exercises from these that suits yourself, body, drawing better. Another tip is to keep your body and hand as relaxed as possible; and connect your movement with your mind/thinking/focus. Do it as a play, game, stretch, one learns easier this way.

[@vidyawitch]

thank u. i must really remember to relax. :) would u share those similar-ish exercises? thanks, good day.

[@robertotheronin8230]

This was great! Thank you.

[@mattrees210]

Thank you ReiQ!

[@miguellopez3392]

thanks man for the video, and helping me as a beginner.

[@vidyawitch]

THANK U !!! This is so smart. Good day.

[@FigsArtsandCrafts]

I have to try these exercises! Thanks!

[@veesentdaysendz8113]

Yes,I loved it!

[@Ozge223]

Thank you for this video , In my free time I'll definelty try

[@vbun4662]

I didn't realize you had a KZbin channel! This is pretty nice, I hope you're able to do a lot.

[@huynhtuyet99]

Thank you so much!!!

[@jimst2424]

this is amazing practice thank you

[@Oleeh-oleeh]

I like the background music. And thanks for these tips

[@luiztomikawa]

I was very reluctant to do this, so I draw a face on the paper, and them started to do the lines outside of the face, trying not to clip the lines inside of the drawing i guess that might be a "more fun" way to do this exercise if you already are advanced on the drawings but still need to practice more your line work

[@MJ-zx1pw]

thank you so much ❤

[@陈艺芳-m2h]

Finally here! lovelovelove~~~

[@abberdabs]

You had me at your straight lines

[@sonnybie6194]

Great stuff!

[@tygeetheartshinobi8413]

I like this✨

[@MayaAsakura]

i start to do it and listen to you

[@SparkingSkeline]

This is very helpful

[@SuperGranock]

EXCELLENT!!!

[@ganeshraskoti8573]

Does the line work matter on the pen i use because my pen does not make a straight like with no gaps I would like to know what type of pen I should use

[@yueseishuku]

thank you for this vídeo!!

[@xxttakret9045]

does it matter if you do this exercise on an incline or a flat surface?

[@ladywhyasker]

I don't wanna be failing! This video gave me anxiety but you still have my like.

[@JesusCondeArt]

woooojo. nice intro bro! =p

[@lazarus3273]

I did a couple of pages like this.... Is it bad that I left the exercise completely discouraged? I can't keep my lines straight at all! :)

[@Mr.Architecture]

It was a very interesting video, my dear friend, I hope you will always be successful

[@janiyahhorne56]

I wanna get in to art school so i can be a art teacher i have started drawing and paintings before taking lines lesson but someone told me i gotta still learn basic lines which is why I'm here. I want A art Tutor

[@maudjdraw6119]

great man! ^^

[@arandano8111]

Hey, thanks

[@Silbusia]

I show this video to people who keep blaming their tablets and graphic programs for poor lines quality - it's all a matter of practice :)

[@Fantasy2012dz]

Fengzhu 's recommendation as well.

[@savagesfortruth]

I struggle with shading and line work it’s one of the reason why I stopped drawing because I felt like I keep hitting a wall with my art

[@toongamer2810]

I have so much trouble with drawing literally anything that faces to the left. I can barely draw circles either, and straight lines are seriously hard. Because of this (Well I think it's because of this) all of my art, when flipped, is skewed to the right. It looks like it's always leaning, it's severely frustrating but I don't know how to fix it.

[@johnnyboy2411]

So, what if a person prefers drawing with their fingers intead of their arm? Would it still be helpful to do these exercises?

[@LJHArts]

very good

[@OmarGonzalez-yi2xl]

No sabía que tenías un canal de youtube! ya me suscribí... y por qué decidiste hacerlo en inglés?

[@tred131999]

Will you make a video about tutorial about practice drawing pose/anatomy :3 ?

[@trilmizzrim9229]

Like Dynamic Sketching from CGMA.

[@zriter]

Отличное видео!

[@rickysalvador1588]

can you do a tutorial about how to draw the female body please :-)

[@sharksocks8130]

reiq! woop woop!

[@lojo1627]

Quick question, I've been doing these line drills for ~5 days and after I'm done with them it gives me a hand tremor for a bit. Is this normal? Like is it just my muscles not being used to it and a general lack of confidence? I'm wondering if anyone had a similar experience and if it's just part of the process or not.

[@lojo1627]

I should mention i started on paper then after a few days of that I started doing it on my drawing tablet which is where I notice most of my wobbly hand.

[@shmel3689]

Do carpal tunnel exercises, those elevate the pressure off your hand. Also, don't push yourself if you feel pain, take a break, or it won't end well

[@anren8162]

Can you make tutorial on how to draw feet?

[@rayzdays82]

Anren yesssss with great emphasis on the toes haha

[@aboutdrawingsx6070]

Should I practice this daily?

[@Kirihere]

It's a good video and yup...Imma try it Btw your accent is awesome

[@italiansandvich6]

Reiq where have you been?Haven't seen a post from you in a while.

[@REIQ]

busy shipping my new sketchbook and making new videos XD Im back!!!!

[@seaallin2125]

the tutorial make me know my line work is literally trash :(

[@ehsan_shardum]

i draw in mobile..any tips

[@cesarvilafuji]

paisano !!!! ok como lo he dicho en otros videos que has subido deberias tambien dirigirlo a la comunidad latina

[@tayougin]

Podes hacer uno comentário en espanhiol?

[@jackdawcaw4514]

I'm a bit surprised you use your wrist so much. I figured these exercises were done with the elbow and shoulder.

[@dusk-clips]

v nice

[@SparkingSkeline]

I messed up sometime

[@karara5532]

How do you do this when it's so painfully boring?

[@radsquid9541]

i can't make such straight lines ._. i guess it's my joints, not muscles

[@amys495]

Did you forget an "r" in the thumbnail?

[@REIQ]

Fixed

[@patryxsterv4523]

How to improve your laying :v

[@darkHevn]

I seriously need to stop relying on the wrist too much.

[@JimmyMercado-eg2yo]

I dont know how to fix thst so far

[@Ibn_battouta]

I want to know if there is anyone who got results within a month

[@3asianassassin]

never thought a porn artist could help me

[@monalefae]

chinmoy808 😂😂😂

[@jim-mu1ji]

business penmanship use the same way to practice the arm control

[@louiecelerio]

Im getting older.. my lines would only worsen

[@joe-zf7fx]

second

[@Tatarkiewicz]

draw a box, anyone?

[@DoctorZisIN]

I like you, man and I'm a subscriber, but in this we disagree. I can't believe you just spent half an hour telling people to draw lines and circles to warm up. This is kid stuff, for back when we were learning to write. I believe you should warm up to draw by drawing. Draw stuff in your room, or buildings you can see out the window. Draw your shoes, a bowl of fruit, anything. Tell yourself these are just trow-aways. Don't worry about correct proportions or perspective, just lines. Not only you will improve your lines but you will learn many things along the way, and you will be surprised. Your warm-ups could end up being some of your unintentionally best drawings ever!

[@REIQ]

these are very basic level exercises of improving your lines when you are starting to draw, LIKE BASIC MEGA BASIC, once you get a certain level of improvement , you are totally correct. 100% draw all around you, but you have to think about how you are placing those lines, as I said in the video the mechanical part of drawing.

[@DoctorZisIN]

I see what you mean. I still wouldn't recommend it, but I do see your point. Cheers.

[@abberdabs]

Grafight23 I absolutely agree with drawing stuff around you for warm ups, however foundations should never be regarded as kid stuff. It is the backbone, and can only be strengthened with practice. No matter how skilled you are, foundations practices are always beneficial. Take Kirk Hammett for example. The guitar player for Metallica. He continuously takes guitar lessons. Beginner guitar lessons. Metaphorically, a building may be the most beautiful on earth. But a beautiful building must have a strong foundation to survive. If that foundation crumbles due to neglect and poor maintenance the building will fall.

[@DoctorZisIN]

Yes to everything you said, but these calligraphy drills are not part of the foundation. They're optional, if you want to focus on making pretty lines, which are nice but they're the least important part of a good drawing.

[@REIQ]

I differ lines are very important you can express a lot of feeling with your lines depending on how you use them, this is about controlling your lines for a more efficient line drawing. you need to have control over your lines. These are super basic exercises for people who have never drawn in their life and I have taught a few already. the next video about line work will show more complex exercises hopefully those will give you another insight.

[@tred131999]

Will you make a video about tutorial about practice drawing pose/anatomy :3 ?