Just Don't Paint What You Don't Know.

[@uhuhohno8453]

One minute I'm learning about art and the other I'm trying to avoid jail, love it.

[@stephenchung8233]

I don't get it

[@Flaffy0097]

@@stephenchung8233 4:12 Boro out of context

[@Arvaar]

Did you say l0lis?

[@stephenchung8233]

@@Flaffy0097 ohh, i skipped that part, thx for pointing out

[@Mimi-wv5rg]

That's a nice challenge to go trending, you paint wrong you go to jail!

[@BoroCG]

*Reading from jail*

[@adonas3903]

You draw a stickman wrong, believe it or not, jail!

[@kenkenken9449]

"Just don't paint what you don't know" Understandable, have a nice day

[@BigDBrian]

so basically i shouldn't paint, nice, been going well so far

[@tiffcreates]

Oh. Its like a traditional oil painting technique. You start out with less defined paint layer and build up the detail.

[@fvsander7766]

Specially when painting alla prima, yes. It is the way the sculptors work

[@ngejrengz]

i do this approact for a long time and for me it's like try to figure it out the scale or some sort like a checkpoint with less defined paint because like Boro said "it's about just finding the clever way of avoiding what you don't know" because i really don't know about it :"D

[@skougi]

@@fvsander7766 I came here to comment this! Excellent book, totally helped me grok painting. The story about him painting in cold weather without gloves while his partner was all warm in the car and the cost of making mistakes really emphasized about working to avoid wasting time/effort.

[@kaizze8777]

Sounds like a expensive way to use oils

[@beki864]

I'm also a huge defender of not learning anything.

[@sonymicronin]

Out of context it sounds hilariously

[@bradleysmith8630]

@@sonymicronin are you taking a really long pause for dramatic effect or is that a typo

[@greedthesavage9551]

@@bradleysmith8630 I hope you're not trying to jump on sony for punctuation. You got enough errors in your own comment.

[@bradleysmith8630]

@@greedthesavage9551 no malicious intentions, just making a joke

[@greedthesavage9551]

@@bradleysmith8630 My bad then.

[@ShyZShark]

Essentially, It's about not having an ego with your art, if you don't understand it, don't act like you do because someone who truly does understand it, will instantly call you out on it. Focus on what you truly know and use references to build a visual library on things you don't. Learning mechanics and concepts is more important than learning carbon copies of super specific things, one improves your painting skills, the other makes you a photocopy machine. (You can copy other things to learn, just don't call it your own work and give full credit to the original, it's just a study piece after all)

[@ChrisGeden]

Good advice.

[@RainRedMusic]

He means this quite literally. There’s another video where he goes into depth on this topic but it’s an older one. In the end, the face will have much more detail than the helmet, maybe the mask portion too. If you don’t know how a mechanical mechanism works and it isn’t your focal point, don’t waste time putting in the detail because everyone will notice you have no idea what you’re doing. If you are not familiar with an object in your painting, don’t give it detail or emphasis. That’s all this means; It isn’t some deep metaphor. I think if you’re not good at drawing eyes though you might want to at least practice those, but I have seen plenty of artists do impressionistic renditions of eyes, too.

[@kannakamui4165]

No intro, no bullshit, just straight up painting. I like

[@user-rf3ln9lp4e]

I like this so much. I'm not really the learning type I rather do everything myself.

[@accordingtokeikaku314]

this is genius and also freeing in a way. thanks for reminding me i can guess, have fun and play around and get to know myself & my skills instead of stressing about studying anatomy of everything before even sitting down to draw. ive been procrastinating on drawing just because i was too scared to mess up, but maybe messing up is actually best way to stop messing up

[@dx3910]

Extreme beginner here with a tip! Smudge with a soft brush FTW. My lines are terrible and I get stuck if I use too much color too early. By putting down two or three colors and then smudging them around at 100% strength, lines form when I cross color boundaries and silhouettes sort of sculpt into existence ("the search"). I don't need to switch tools, it forces me to work with few layers, and avoids the problem of accidentally mixing colors too early. Autodidacts make the best teachers. Love the videos. Thanks and have a good one.

[@soapblocc]

Fastest click in the west

[@BoroCG]

Comment, too

[@angelfernandezmesa95]

"Think about you are a suspect about murder and they can use anything that you say against you" I f***ing love it, thank you for this video, you are one of my references.

[@jazzyzee5110]

This is such valuable information that is so fundamentally true in interpretation. It is too easy to get stuck in the habit of forcing what you assume should fill the space, instead of focusing on what basics you know go where, and can easily devolve into a chaotic string of mistakes and anxiety.

[@KUSAK100]

These concepts you talked about had validity during the Renaissance and still do today in the digital age. I can see you painting in Florence 600 years ago and giving exactly the same speech. Timeless...

[@RaysonWilliams]

What I like about your advice is that it always feels obvious and natural. Like "Duh! Of course it was like that, how did I not see it sooner?" That's usually a great sign it's gonna be really useful.

[@Luper1billion]

Several artists, from Kim Jung Gi to Bridgeman, have said something to the effect of "you can only draw what you understand". So I can see where youre getting at. Theyre whole approach becomes about understanding visual reality more deeply. Like lighting and perspective. The more you understand them, the easier it becomes to paint anything.

[@BigDomski]

This explains so much about how many of my favourite artists create. It's not just painting but drawing too. I think this is why learning even a little bit about the fundamentals goes sooo far - all of a sudden you can define things more believably, so you can afford to leave out the stuff you don't know and play with it.

[@333Vampirewillrule33]

It's the perfect way to approach a painting, if you look at most oil painters they use this exact technique

[@haissake]

I like this approach, it is a completely different mindset from what a drawer would do. Sketching like a drawer is like building the fundamental concepts of the image (structure, proportions, etc.), but when you're painting technically you're just defining what is being reflected by light, everything else is non-defined. So just highlight what you know!

[@orthal298]

I love how you always try to find your own way for painting and also you want to teach other people.

[@Gotblade]

I like how optimistic that is and how authoritative it isn't. Giving credit to having an interest and where that can lead you. Excellent!! Some of us can't learn in more conventional ways but a lot can be accomplished by just trying on your own. Besides it takes the fun out of it if you are told everything without a chance to explore.

[@diegoelcriticonomamon8240]

Reminds me of spongebob's way of drawing a circle

[@BoroCG]

Yeah, you get it

[@benjaminlyons5261]

This is the video that made up my mind to subscribe. I typically roll by because your videos are legit. Short, and not pandering or making it overly simp,e or complicated for the sake of views.

[@kingzlo]

Brilliant. I had to get that in as I prepare to #paint the bottom of my #skateboard. #trucks are off the #board . First paint used is white for the canvas. Then either paint over what I want in #markers, black brush pen #blackbrushpen , or #acrylic. I’m thinking to use the middle or former in that order with acrylic for I have not used for a good while & will use it on a #canvas I recently bought but haven’t touched for a good while either.

[@WeBuild4Life]

I heard you referencing this video in your most recent ones and came back to watch. Wow, this is very similar to how I am learning to paint, which I am not good at all at yet. I find If I try to over define something it looks worse compared to when I roughly place what I want and let it naturally come together.

[@skydragonxonmove]

Man your videos are always amazing, i can't find any other videos like the ones you make, you were the person that made me want to try the painting style and I've been improving ever since! Thank you Boro!

[@zaidaliahmed7869]

i think i get what boro is touching on, he's basically saying that we all know the basic shape of things with minimal amount of detail, so only try to paint that, nothing more. I've done this multiple times, after a few years of art practice you just feel that if i change this angle then it'd match the perspective better or if i push this here it's gonna look more proportional/3D or changing this is just a better shape, of course there are times when you still need reference but this is a pretty solid advice, focus on the initial shape, then for what you "don't know" get some references and fill in the gaps.

[@orangerazzz]

I didnt think I would agree with this video based on the title. Im not good at coloring and usually just draw with an ink ballpen, some fast sketches etc. And I always think its good to challenge yourself to try draw new things. But this thoughtprocess was pretty interesting and I think you explained it really well. Im thinking about a puzzle, for ever piece you find on the right place the easier it gets to complete, and for me even if I dont know what the end result will be, it gets more clear for every line i put down on the paper. I was inspired by this video and will try do some artwork after work :)

[@BLAKEOTRON]

you put so much effort into to all your content and still post frequently, youre incredible at what you do

[@robbuelens]

That's why a basic understanding of anatomy is very useful. You wouldn't believe how many pro artists paint shoulders way too low so they look disjointed. Or the ever popular but uncanny 'eyes not aligned'.

[@kocakolotra5076]

seems like you're rocking to some heavy metal when you speed your cam while you paint :D

[@AishaKyes]

I like how we went from digital painting to getting into jail in a matter of seconds

[@hardboiled7467]

"I knew nothing hence the white canvas" "What an incredible philosophical journey, how about 15 million for this painting?"

[@kullenberg]

Only if you mint it as a NFT

[@hamburgertv1438]

Did he just said that he was trying to figuring out what he want to paint and than show us a full photography reference of the actual painting ? x)

[@cloggedaorta]

This took a turn. I was like, so an episode about doing studies. I was wrong, and I’m glad for it. I guess I understand what you’re trying to say, but if you mature your idea I’m sure that will be another videos to be counted among the greats.

[@vic2rvic]

I've been thinking of/practicing/ and implementing this idea in my pencil drawings. While I get how it works digitally (I also do some digital painting but I enjoy traditional more) I like messing around with the blending stump after putting down initial value shapes and light/midtone shapes then redefining everything (once I know/find the subject) with the pencil and eraser to define the shape more and put it in focus.

[@syneydesign]

I ALWAYS USED HIROTO IKEUCHI AS REFERENCE IM SO HAPPY YOU DID

[@waqarmalik4489]

I sort of understand what you are trying to say. But I still need to see how to implement this method. So yea. Need a lot of elaboration. Feels like I am about learn something big again. Like the last time about using small brush size. I am really benifiting from that technique! Thank a bunch!

[@ZZEN-0]

i watch your stuff for years, keep it up my man

[@lostarsm9240]

Also.. It's VERY NICE to see you uploading so much!!!

[@comradespleens640]

you're one of my biggest idols when it comes to art! Your videos helped me so much on my journey :) Thank you for doing all of this

[@adelinep4104]

Love your videos. Short and informative.

[@nichols4520]

I totally get it! I'm up to this stage in developing my art. And I'm trying not to get stuck in details. Learning silhouettes and shapes is hard. But I know avoiding it will not help me develop my art skills any further.

[@emmyalshafeay]

I would seriously love to see more videos about this, this is very interesting to learn about

[@vloopyart]

Krita artists where you at?! \o/ Great video!

[@lostarsm9240]

Boro hype!~ I was thinking about this as well-- As my painting workflow (usually) as of late takes on a hybrid approach to what has been dveloping as this new style of yours and I have seen huge improvements. I do a very quick paint sketch search, quick overpainting the sketch with blocking in shapes, keeping what I don't know/don't know how to paint well vague (hands....................) , and continuing to render as I go from there... also.. almost ALWAYS starting from color. I had my glazing days and I don't wanna go back. Give me rich, bold, colors all the way or take me out back and end me...However, unless I am going for something supremely ethereal type of wispy painterly, I don't avoid the silhouette.. That's often the first and foremost thing I think about when I'm painting. Of course it evolves througout the painting. I am not shy about using the lasso+transform or the liquify tools at all. My painting takes on shape throughout it's journey from start to finish all the while TRYIING REALLY HARD to only fully define the main focus and allowing details to soften and become more vague the further away from that focus if it might pull attention.

[@OnesFan1]

Paint what you dont know, if you dont try youll never know

[@cismifikriyat3940]

You are my teacher! Thank you so much for all information you share and i really am waiting for next video! As you say, "byeee..."

[@grimreaper9350]

Interesting concept, it will be a fun study session to try it out

[@adxmartistic5974]

I've been 3D modelling and for things to look real it needs the muscle groups and anatomy. The learning of that happens automatically when you spend time doing it. Now I just implement that into 2D and it works perfectly fine

[@artistbabysteps]

awesome idea...dont define anything i dont know is my new motto

[@renatolins4670]

Nice video, but I think it would be more approachable to make a parallel between going from big to small with confidence, focuing why you are drawing in a certain order, what and why you are deciding to render certain parts and not others, etc.

[@LunaLorea]

I think thats what my teacher wanted to tell me when he tried to help me a few weeks ago. I really like how u put that in words :O

[@RahfeN]

It's a very interesting way of doing, never really understand before what you mean by "searching"... and now I think I do :)

[@Rainhet]

I just like listening to you and your videos.

[@bramjanssen2056]

Very interesting thought. One comment though: it’s a lot harder to “not draw what you don’t know” if you’re not just copying a reference image. Now obviously you always need to use reference, but it’s way harder to make and detail abstract shapes if you can’t just directly copy from reference images. And if you can, why not just copy paste the photo and then do with it what you want?

[@justalostlocal]

Studying is the answer. Draw whatever subjects you want, but you find your knowledge and skill is lacking to draw them then you study first. I think for most artists it's about transformation and different variations of design. So if you copy photos you're actually limiting yourself.

[@mzaxnav4153]

That is what's called photobashing, some people don't like it but I think it's an equally good way at making something as long as one doesn't become a slave to this process.

[@justalostlocal]

@@mzaxnav4153 Yup, have you seen concept art of Last of Us 2? They use a lots of photo textures but it still look damn good because the artists understand fundamentals like perspective and lighting and are amazing at compositions.

[@zilvart238]

the idea is to paint without a line drawing, and how do you know? well, you kind of know the shape of the object, you kind of know the colors, you kind of know where to place it, you kind of know the values. if you have a rough understanding of where to place things, and a rough idea of the pose, then you can simply start painting without a drawing.

[@yurista_art]

It might sound weird but i had the same kinda epiphany while developing a minecraft texture pack At first i was trying to downscale any seamless texture to 16x but obviously that wouldn't work And had to use the same kinda search method to figure out a sweetspot and pretty much paint it Learning never stops i guess

[@StrictlyStarsky]

It is such a great sketch advice, just do it

[@MrLaTEchno]

......the art of taking things away from a blob till something stay's behind >>>>> your art

[@thegoose8663]

Ох, Боро, Боро. Какие сложные конепции)

[@GuuMonster]

It's a very interesting idea, I'll try to practice it, thank you Boro!

[@nolwazi3076]

omg I tried doing those mecha headwear things too! I drew one I think last week and I think it looked good! I already painted a scifi looking gun. it was neat :>

[@BoroCG]

Yeah, I think these mecha photos on Pinterest are cool, fun and helpful

[@nolwazi3076]

@@BoroCG Yeah i agree, they are super fun :^)

[@WhenTheUhh]

Damn bro you're so fucking smart, really big brain. I haven't tried to do a concept art in ages and you're gonna make me, just like that... Just take my like and sub already.

[@Galaxy_Kal]

I like your titles because I always want to know what you have to say!

[@dapugloaf5999]

I love the thumbnail. You clearly knew what people would immediately think when they read that title, didn't you?

[@chmdraws5083]

Thanks Boro. I luv your channel

[@greyareaRK1]

I forgot about the camera obscura effect - thank you.

[@A_RyanWilson]

Skendering makes a return! After all these years!

[@noriakikakyoin6009]

Let's say I finish painting everything that I do know about the painting, some parts look refined while others neglected, what then? Should I search for ideas and try to come up with something or look at references of what I initially thought could work there but didn't paint in. (I haven't tried this method yet, maybe in a day, but just a random question I had)

[@Doubleaa500]

I would like to see you try the galaxy s pen on one of the galaxy note phones!!

[@captainmeowington]

Hey. In a previous video you briefly talked about where a highlight should be. Could you elaborate a little on that? Because I literally did not understand a thing 😅

[@MegaMath3]

Your biggest error here is not quoting the reference you're using to draw, it's not some stock cyberpunk moodboard photo. So big shoutout to Hiroto Ikeuchi for its amazing props!

[@MrJoshimitsu1]

how can you not know what to paint when you have a reverence?

[@jinagibson6818]

Thanks. Shared👍🏻

[@omeralsoma_]

I watch all your video but I still don't know how to paint right away

[@bermonty]

Jail is just a place

[@RaysonWilliams]

I think a bit of elaboration is needed. Even if I think I did understand most of it, I'd prefer to be safe than sorry. This is a really, really big thing which I don't think gets talked about very often!

[@slade6257]

You are amazing ❤️

[@00nyoom]

Haha that last example is so relatable

[@Lunaeincola]

What would be the best alternative to the tablet you have ??? I have been looking to buy a tablet as big but Wacom doesn't seem to make them anymore...

[@natv6294]

Hey boro, any recommendations on a chair and a desk? Do you recommend standing desks?

[@heroiam4067]

There’s no way to avoid learning if you want to get good man, don’t delude yourself.

[@FrostDrive]

This is such an interesting way of thinking about things!! Looks like I'm going to jail though

[@sketchpadartco]

I love this

[@josephslucass2936]

Well... How can I learn to paint something I don't know how to paint by not painting it?????

[@realswobby]

This looks like my newest approach but I jump into details too quickly, I think 😔

[@michaelhunter2136]

I have no idea what you're talking about. What is the relationship between the earlier theory, avoid silhouettes, and the revised theory, don't paint what you don't know? I don't know what you mean related to either. Couldn't I just know what the silhouette should be and completely violate... huuuu... Earlier version: Avoid silhouettes What bad thing happens when you focus on silhouettes? How do you avoid silhouettes? Revised idea: Paint what you know How does this avoid the problem of silhouettes? Is there more to this idea than don't make stuff up? Is this the same as research before you paint? What new benefit is there using this strategy over the previous one? Maybe some examples of what can go wrong if you don't do these things would help. You make great videos, I just don't understand this one at all.

[@redactedwatkins6195]

so... lying by omission but with colours? got it

[@Anonysus-z9y]

"They'll put you to jail if you say something wrong" Oh, you mean like in Ace Attorney? 😂

[@unnikrizhnan]

I felt your conceptive way of thinking was nice but, felt it was a lil complex for me to think so cuz Imma beginner 😂

[@fvsander7766]

I disagree with the part that you don't need/have to learn anatomy, color or some theory, that you should learn by practice and by mistake. I mean, it's a good way to paint you if you already have the basics of theory, if you don't want to make realist or very precise paintings/drawings, and can start to figure out for yourself the problems you need to solve. But by experience I can say that for me it works better right to study and know the subject I'm painting, because being able to interpret and represent even a face (the exemple of the video) takes a lot of practice and understanding of the real form. Kin jun gi is a great exemple of study= better, he knows the forms from inside out.

[@henry5636]

Do you think you’ll make a discord?

[@george3660]

Dont,discords are horrible terrible

[@SketchyTigers]

@@george3660 depends on how it's managed. In my experience artist focused discords work fairly well as there can't be any drama and the roles are usually done fairly well

[@george3660]

@@SketchyTigers I'm not fond of the cliques that exist in Discords,keep the community together in one place

[@lostarsm9240]

@@george3660 cliques happen everywhere.. KZbin comments section isn't a really strong platform as a community. I would LOVE a Borodante Discord.

[@boo63735]

I hope he makes one. Would make it easier to discuss art stuff with other people that watches Boro.

[@dukkiegamer1733]

So I should just not paint?

[@speedb.bernard5404]

I have ben trieing to recognize that krita brush for longer than I wana admit is it a costume one or is this a newer version

[@kevinquintana3085]

And how I'm supposed to learn something that I don't know???

[@blinkence]

what if you don't know happiness

[@kevincaron5268]

whats the monitor you are using ?

[@restindeath1755]

Just paint what you want.

[@taro1455]

i always struggle to go from sketch to painting.. like do i merge the two layers together? paint over the sketch? always lost on this and end up taking too much time on things because of this:(

[@master03171]

chek marc brunet's last yt video use steps 1 sketch. 2 clear line 3 shadows. 4 flat colors. 5 light 6 polish all what you need. and remember, linart is 80% your work, try to copy hes works with his pipeline. he have free psd files in cubebrush chek that.

[@taro1455]

@@master03171 thank you!