Quick Tip 219 - Artistic Observation

[@lilybay1]

I’ve had difficulty learning to draw so I’ve adopted some of these strategies. I’ve begun to draw using shapes rather than that umbrella blowing in the wind or that exotic sports car. Boxes and rectangles help keep my subject corralled and then I move on to defining and detail work. I’m hoping this will help my progress. Oh, and of course, I watch your videos that are so helpful.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Drawing is just a matter of teaching the eye what to look at and allow the hand to follow what the eye is seeing.

[@dianacraddock1721]

Another fabulous tip Dianne, thank you so much. Love your channel and all you do.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks.

[@MrWYSWYG]

Love listening and watching your videos. I can feel your love of the subjects

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for watching.

[@twopurringcats]

I really enjoy all your videos! You help me to look beyond my formal training (long ago) and have a better grasp of art techniques and issues. Thank you.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Great. Thanks for watching.

[@christinebalfa7809]

Another great Quick Tip, Dianne! Thanks so much!!!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@JEBavido]

Good instruction! I saw a building with wide set eyes and a really big mustache. Haha!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

:)

[@rezahosseinzadehnasser993]

Thank you so much, Very useful tip.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Always a pleasure.

[@holysheesh1]

superb! thanks for enlightening us about a different approach to seeing the world...

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

Wow...God bless you....such passion in teaching....Thank you

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks for watching.

[@joannmiller4034]

Thankyou for all of your quick tips

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@kavithajaikumar9635]

Thank you so much 😇 clearly explained ❤️👍

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Thanks.

[@alanclarke5339]

Thanks for the tip Dianne , when is someone going to invent a cap for our tubes of paint , theres nothing more frustrating thqn trying to screw one up when in mid flow of a painting , what about a cap similar to a washing up liquid cap ?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I've been wondering that for decades. The neater painters among us would advise us to wipe off the tube before reapplying the cap. I'm as guilty as anyone of not doing that.

[@lindasummerville4431]

Your videos are so helpful!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Great. That's my hope.

[@SpottedBullet]

Is it okay that I look at things as geometrical shapes, as well as the light, color and shadows?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Yes. Seeing things as to what makes them appear the way to do includes seeing their geometrical shapes.

[@painterlybrushes4035]

Thanks for the tip

[@hamzalafiart765]

Thank you very much... how I can name my paintings ?

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Ah, now there's one we all struggle with. Begin with what was your intention for doing the painting? You might get a title from that. OR what is your feeling about the subject: there could be a title there. Some artists just give their paintings numbers, such as "Flower Study, 4" but even though I've done that a few times, I don't think it says much. Sometimes, just using the location if it's a landscape such as many historical painters have done. There's really no formula for giving a painting a title, but perhaps following these ideas might help.

[@goharavetisyan1273]

Thanks and greetings!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure, and greetings to you, too.

[@jonuhh_]

THANKS LAD!

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

You bet!

[@dawnmillett4875]

Thank you.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

My pleasure.

[@jerryjohnson4013]

I wish that I had found you years ago.

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Today is what counts!

[@jerryjohnson4013]

Thank you

[@mamtadugar2447]

Plz give tips how to paint a flower in acrylic

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

I'm not an acrylic painter, but I can tell you that it's not the kind of paint you use, but how you see and translate the colors in light and shadow, and how you use the brush to for those shapes.

[@zehisap8883]

I thought my cat was meowing! 😁

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

Might have been answering mine.

[@fusfusahhat]

At 1:12 Spelling of Doing is wrong ! "Point 4"

[@IntheStudioArtInstruction]

It happens! Thanks for pointing that out.