Proportion Drawing Tips - How to Create Accurate Drawings

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Proportion Drawing Tips - How to Create Accurate Drawings. In this tutorial video, I go over some tips I know for proportions and how to keep your drawings in proportion and more accurate. Hope this helps you! :)
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[@mariocosentino3863]

Hi, I don't understand when you take the width that you have determined on the paper and then rotate the pencil vertically it to create a square how can you be sure that after rotating it the pencil hasn't moved from the original position?

[@omeismordaunt6224]

@@mariocosentino3863 You should try to pinch your finger around the point of the pencil that maintains the measurement.

[@freewheels7544]

It's not often that i subscribe to a yt channel , but this video and the channel over all is of good quality , keep it up!

[@tuckrex2038]

the length of the lead on the pencil gives me anxiety

[@veaudor]

Its an academic thing..

[@aidanc.d.2695]

It’s for if he wants to draw with an overhand grip, it’s common for fine artists to carve back their pencils to expose more lead :)

[@aidanc.d.2695]

ender gaming yeah i just use a lead/charcoal holder bc ain’t nobody got time for whittling pencils

[@reddpoint3788]

I opened the video to see a crazy weird pencil and the word "persimmon" and thought "Huh, so that's what art school does to people."

[@tiner8414]

I bet its great practise for not pressing too hard down with your pencil.

[@luvella9795]

This is more helpful than spending 4 hours in my drawing class.

[@kyraakira7933]

Exactly. Someones just dont wat to teach art, couse it base on talent they say. And theese people went teaching... I assume, to sabotage?....

[@yunusatas7020]

ı cracked! hahahah yeah indeed!

[@onetenonetenonetenoneten2305]

Yare yare

[@MultiTrollface999]

lol I got shafted out of a drawing class

[@InkAndPoet]

@@MultiTrollface999 is the reason because you, as they said on Impractical jokers, dry humped the sculptures?

[@lioh656]

i like how you managed to get straight to the point and only talk about the subject on hand. really informative and definitely helped me figure out how to not fuck up my proportions.

[@alma-wi]

right!

[@sabus4312]

learned something new Guestimate

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad to hear 😊

[@ggtiket]

I’ve never even heard of the fruit he’s drawing...

[@MultiTrollface999]

@@ggtiket I had my first persimmon a few months ago, it was growing on my grandpa's farm

[@rainbow-dl5bc]

my teacher introduced that to me last year 😂💀

[@evangelinepoe8952]

Thanks. I've been teaching myself to draw so I'll give this technique a try.

[@SchaeferArt]

Sounds good, hope it goes well :)

[@SebsTheRatKing]

Same with me 😂

[@beankaty2651]

Bro same, I’ve never watched art videos but now I want to try and be good

[@philleshy4822]

Holy... This what i need for a long time ago, i have been learning to draw but no improvement at all, thank you so much

[@SchaeferArt]

No problem, more drawing basics and fundamentals to come :)

[@Blablablahx3]

Been drawing by myself since I was a little kid. I'm 25 now and this video is super interesting to me because I have no freaking technique and wing everything lol but somehow it turns out nice probably just from spending so much time on it. Maybe I can finally incorporate such a technique as this into my process to make things easier and faster for me. ^^ Thank you dude

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad to hear it!

[@gingerfreak01]

I was the same, and was subconsciously using some comparative size/position techniques (I love doing portraits) - I know that eye's a bit low and can fix it by moving it up where the eye cavity is level with x and y - but watching a few videos like this (which I thought was great btw) made me so much quicker, formalised my thinking, and with extra ideas. In fact these sort of vids made me feel I wasn't unartistic, which I've felt at times, they made me feel like I was on the right line. Incorporate it, it's so worth it! And look for other vids too around this subject. You'll be so much quicker and if you get frustrated or feel like it's busywork trying to get things in the right place, this sort of instruction is brilliant and lets you get on with the fun stuff.

[@kyraakira7933]

if it would be possible, i deffinitely would be liked this 3 times already, You just solved a big problem of me. I had a serious fight against proportions and perspectives. Now I see more clearly.Thank you.

[@goodlikemaster]

The same with me...I was taking measures deliberately in a way instinctive

[@artsyabin8145]

Can i ask how are you doing with your art's

[@kyraakira7933]

@@artsyabin8145 hi, I am struggling since but not as much as then. It is. a shame but I need a teacher, so this is my new mission. Wish me luck. :) Also I am learning a lot like compositions and line art. I am a bit shy about my art in this state but I definitely see the end of the struggle now, that I did not see before.

[@artsyabin8145]

@@kyraakira7933 woah you replied so quick. Wish you all the best

[@JH-pe3ro]

Here is a guesstimate proportioning trick that I discovered today, which helps with proportioning complex forms before you've started breaking them down: First pick out a few points on the outline of your reference that you can use as anchors. Guess where those points land on the page, then sketch "probing" lines that simply connect all of the points to each other. All of the points will be somewhat wrong at first, but what happens when you connect them is that the probing lines will start to reveal where the error is, because they'll form different angles than what you see in the reference - and then you can go back for a more confident second pass. I've always struggled with proportion, but in a lot of cases, it comes down to a mix of using more reference and finding a way of constructing it that lets me calculate and subdivide with simpler, easier-to-estimate ratios.

[@lalitkhairnar9173]

Sir, so helpful because I stopped drawing from last 6 months and I found really hard to draw now.your tutorial help a lot to back on my drawings. Thanks. This video shows me from where to start a drawing. Thanks again.

[@SchaeferArt]

Awesome 😎 have fun.

[@amysambrook1305]

Hi I’m really struggling with proportions and accuracy so this is great! However I use watercolours and often find myself left with visible sketch lines or mucky eraser marks as watercolour paints are very faint and transparent and of course I use the unpainted paper as highlights so pencil marks show through. How would you deal with this problem? Thanks!

[@SchaeferArt]

I'm actually a watercolorist as well. But mostly landscapes so usually the sketch beforehand doesn't have to be that accurate - usually. What kind of subjects do you paint?

[@watercolourkeyes]

You are an amazing teacher! I’m so glad I’ve found you. Thank you for sharing your talent and knowledge.

[@kittymictur8600]

I never realized our ears lined up the way the do!! Itll be a lot easier for me to place them on figures now that I know this!

[@wild4192]

Have been following you for sometime now. Really enjoy every bit of it. Just don't stop doing it. Thumbs up.

[@peggyrogers7012]

Love that you give real-world, practical instruction. Thanks!

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad it was helpful!

[@CraneStyleNJ]

I remember watching this video about a year and a half ago when I started to learn and didn't get the concept so much. What I know now though this video makes much more sense. Thank you!

[@yunusatas7020]

thank you for sharing! I am new to drawing and trying to be a self thought medical illustrator. ı am always out of proportions. thank you and really looking forward to more tutorials of all kind.

[@cncshorts1075]

Thanks for all your videos, inspirational, motivating. Much love

[@elizabethkapas9437]

Thank you for this terrific explanation and method of maintaining proportions. Your videos are fantastic, and your work is extraordinary.

[@bluciuswastaken]

That Pencil tip looks like its going to break O.O

[@prciousposts6588]

I think it’s so you draw lighter with a longer tip and that can be useful when sketching 🖤🖤🖤

[@-mayanvsszn]

It’s the fact that he doesn’t even have an eraser O.O

[@allmyrattys]

Wow I learned so much from this! I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. Thanks so much!

[@ShootFirstNS]

This is the hack i needed to feel progress in my art, thanks so much

[@displaychicken]

I love that you got into the useful information immediately.

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@chatnoir1579]

Ive struggled with proportions for the longest, thank you for this

[@krydala7650]

Thank you so much, finally someone who explains the one thing I couldn't figure out.. I DO feel kind of dumb cause now the solution seems obvious.. just make either height or width a fixed length but maaaan... this taught me more of what i wanted to know than my art classes. Sometimes it's those small things that make all the difference. So again, thank you!

[@ScheherazOdd]

This has to be the first time in my life that I searched for something and found *exactly* what I was looking for! This helps so much! Thanks!

[@SchaeferArt]

Really glad to hear

[@andrealnborg8280]

I cannot tell you how much this video and method improved my proportions. Thank you for sharing!

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad it helped!

[@PeterHenrichsen]

Great help! I've needed that video for years! Thank you!

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad it was helpful :)

[@kingboo9573]

I wish I watched this two years ago, this video has provided a great help go me and will definitely use the advice. Thank you!!!!

[@sanazrafi2707]

It was so useful video. Thanks Schaefer.

[@333cheese]

This was the most helpful video on this topic thanks

[@Boomge666]

Returning to drawing after over a decade of not, thank you for this, very helpful :)

[@brenttaylordotus]

Very nicely done Brando.

[@SchaeferArt]

😎 thank you!

[@bernadettekendell1176]

100 drawing vids later about proportions and yours is by far the only true way to capture reality,not the formulaic and statuesque formula most others practice ,thanks

[@SchaeferArt]

Thanks for the kind words! Glad it was helpful :)

[@chadcarpenter1959]

Great video, very helpful. Everything I know I've pretty much been self taught and would love a career in art. Your videos are very informative

[@SchaeferArt]

Have fun 😊

[@brightandsunny]

Really helpful! Thank you. I watercolor but am a terrible sketcher; this gives me such a good starting point. Please keep posting!

[@SchaeferArt]

Will do. Hope it goes well 😊

[@nicolasjass3653]

For someone who is trying to learn how to draw on their own from scratch, this is incredibly helpful and easy to interpret!

[@SchaeferArt]

Awesome to hear

[@costelandone5128]

Thanks man for this tips! I love you work man! Congrats!

[@SchaeferArt]

Thanks man! 😊

[@lauriebetz9092]

Again , Thank you ! You’re the best teacher ever !

[@SchaeferArt]

Wow, thank you!

[@antonionarenta9854]

Honestly, that was very well explained sir. A good deal of videos I watched often diverge off topic.

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad to hear

[@Germaioni3]

Thank you! Your video is really good!

[@RayNaso]

Terrific tutorial. Very beneficial technique, especially for portraits. Thanks for posting.

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jachii196]

Thank you this is very helpful i was having some trouble understanding this but you helped me

[@muhlenstedt]

Very useful and important video, thank you

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad it was helpful :) Have fun!

[@_biomacromolecules7782]

great lesson! you are a brilliant teacher, thank you for sharing your wisdom :)

[@lei1954]

This is definitely helpful ! Thankyou.

[@marianargazevedo]

Best explanation EVER! ❤️

[@kushunadkat9087]

2:00- it’s happened to me in the past, it’s happened to all of us. Dude- bold of you to assume that I’ve drawn before, the best I’ve done is stick figures when I was in kindergarten and I haven’t drawn since. But tysm for your tutorial on perception. It’s helping me a lot rn

[@jalopy2222]

Awesome video Brandon! I've been following your channel for a couple years and doing art for about that long, but I learned something with this video. Keep it up man, Hope to see you hit that million sub mark!

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad to hear :) I'm going to be focusing more on the basics and fundamentals for a while because it seems it would help a lot of folks out. I think it'll be a long while before I hit the 1 million mark haha, but I am really close to 300,000. But who's counting.

[@arnavsingh8512]

That was so helpful..Thanks so much!!

[@panayiotakatsamentidou4925]

Very useful information, please continue❤

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad it was helpful :) Definitely more to come.

[@bubak4960]

Thank you for the tips. It helps me a lot

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad to hear :) More to come.

[@alyssa7536]

so helpful! great explanation, ill def be using this method, thank you!

[@SchaeferArt]

Awesome to hear!

[@quirkyhonor3427]

Thank you so much. This video was very helpful, and I appreciate it so much.

[@joanneblough6958]

I enjoyed this video and found it very helpful! Thank you!

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad to hear!

[@NotThatBob]

Nicely done. Thanks for the video.

[@SchaeferArt]

For sure 😊

[@shailajatrivedi4582]

This is so helpful. i can even take help from your videos for any entrance exams!!!!!

[@SchaeferArt]

Awesome :)

[@grade7519]

Thankyou so much ! This is a very helpful video

[@MissMelindas]

So helpful! Thank you.

[@SchaeferArt]

No problem 😊

[@allangoncalves1453]

Thanks!! hope you do more tutorials

[@SchaeferArt]

Plan on it, a lot more to come :)

[@aidanc.d.2695]

Thanks so much for the thorough video-I just subbed! 😁💖

[@SchaeferArt]

Thanks for subbing! Much appreciated :)

[@utubehandlepr]

U make it seem so simple.. its awesome 👍

[@SchaeferArt]

I try to simplify things when I can :) It's still a challenging method of drawing but I think it might help a lot of folks figure out where there problems lie.

[@tetradamallian]

Very helpful video. I'm definitely going to have to try that about keeping the width or height the same. My drawings always seem to get smaller the longer I work them.

[@SchaeferArt]

Haha I know what you mean, it happens to us all :) Mine get larger sometimes but I do try to stick to this method and I find it helpful too. Things don't always go as planned though, so it takes a lot of practice to get used to it.

[@jon2.059]

Thanks for the tips here man!

[@SchaeferArt]

No worries!

[@Anonymous-pq4mr]

The block diagram really helped me.. Thanx

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad to hear 😊

[@richalvarezfan101]

Thank youn SO much for sharing this in a way that makes it accessible for everyone! Definitely subscribing :)

[@joycegilley6601]

Thank you! What a valuable video for me!

[@SchaeferArt]

You’re welcome.

[@CarNerd7]

great video!!

[@LadyJP6969]

Awesome!!! Thanks for sharing!!! Subscribed!!!

[@SchaeferArt]

Thanks for the sub! I appreciate it. Hope the drawing goes well! :)

[@toddfullerton3930]

Excellent! Thank you.

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad it was helpful!

[@shuvoarts.3314]

Very helpful video 👍👍👍❤

[@ranjitray1392]

Beautiful and information video

[@SchaeferArt]

Thanks for watching

[@chin5707]

Great video

[@kathandterry2]

Thank you so much I have watched sooo many vids on how to yours is so well explained great stuff !! How do you sharpen your pencils please have a good day

[@HM-fw6op]

Thank you for the help

[@jasminelane79]

Very informative! Thank you 😊

[@SchaeferArt]

No problem

[@ulysseBa]

Thanks for this 6 seconds intro, right into the subject 😩👌

[@SchaeferArt]

No problem, hope you enjoy it

[@susansumnerroberts9617]

Thank you. Good simple exercise.

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad to hear :) No problem.

[@ramchandradhond9794]

Very nicely explained. Thank you sir

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad to hear!

[@spade3499]

Thanks! This really helped.

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad to hear!

[@longboardin1]

Thank you for just getting right to it! Love that

[@SchaeferArt]

You're welcome!

[@irenemartin7155]

So helpful!

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Mike__james]

Great tips

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad it was helpful :)

[@lu_re7198]

Thanks. Looking forward to learning more about measurements and maybe relationships (?) between objects and interior perspectives. 😀 I still struggle with these things...So tired of trying to fix a wonky interior painting.

[@SchaeferArt]

Yes going to do more on this. Do you mean interior as in buildings and such or interior just in terms of like a face and features inside of an object?

[@lu_re7198]

SchaeferArt I was referring to the interior of a room and the alignment of furniture, figures, floors, walls, corners...wrt receding lines, etc.

[@maramtaha2531]

so much helpfull thank u

[@avili1050]

Good one.

[@cherry6609]

Thank you this was helpful

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad to hear 😊 no problem.

[@thatguyTushar]

Brandon, how would you go about measuring objects that are off in the distance?

[@misadarelax1250]

Thank you ,very helpful

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad to hear 😊

[@mspates5982]

Wow that was very useful information! I am a new subscriber!

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad to hear 😊

[@owoshiroi9874]

You deserve more subs.

[@SchaeferArt]

Thank you :) I don't really worry about the numbers. I just want to help the people that I already have!

[@anthonyjefferson6601]

Very helpful thanks dude

[@SchaeferArt]

Glad to hear 😊

[@vinodrawat6160]

Awesome very useful thanks

[@SchaeferArt]

No problem.

[@ren-il1iw]

great video! thanks :D

[@arsnrhmn]

Oh boy time to learn art In quarantine

[@eliana7924]

Man, I love your videos! You are a great teacher... please keep it up, hope I will manage to be half as good as you :)

[@SchaeferArt]

Just takes practice and time :) You'll get there. Just keep pushing yourself.

[@jacryder735]

who knew you could draw rounded shapes from straight lines. this is nuts

[@SchaeferArt]

Haha I know right. I felt the same way when I first learned it too. And it's really the best way to do it - in my practice and opinion.

[@moon-be2gk]

ive been struggling with proportions so much and this video really helped me! cant wait to start using this technique. thank you so much for this :D

[@SchaeferArt]

So glad to hear this. Enjoy :)

[@cowboywiki1743]

Keep doing more tutorials, good video keep it up!

[@SchaeferArt]

Tutorials are going to be my main focus from now on, at least for the next few months. A lot more on basics and fundamentals coming :)