Sharing My Sketching Tips and Techniques While Drawing Neptune

[@delmarrosa8596]

Amazing work. Never took life drawing classes in college but I will definitely try the technique of horizontal proportioning. Thanks again!

[@bradfordyorks5055]

".....blow his mighty conch....." I must remember that! In addition to your useful tips, of course!

[@julliettecarignan8563]

Inspiring, thank you! I love your drawing style.

[@consueloyoung4484]

You are so gifted!!. ❤

[@donyoungblood9845]

Hello Steve, great video, enjoyed watching you create the drawing of Neptune, Thanks for sharing, oh and by the way "drawing".

[@amandamorton2438]

I recently started settling aside time for just drawing. I've gotten lazy about it over the years. Thank you for these drawing videos, it great to follow along and gives me ideas when I draw a blank ( no pun intended). Beautiful drawing!

[@angelruizrisueno2729]

Maravilloso dibujo, genial 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@nancylemon4120]

No worries Steve, we LOVE your drawing videos too, heck you could draw a garbage can & I’d happily watch it!😉😁

[@SteveAtkinsonFineArt]

Alrighty Nancy, I'll add that to my future video list! 😉 thanks for the laugh...

[@johncollado1151]

Hi Steve... what a coincidence, I just completed a personal project for a client for his up and coming family reunion that involved the entire statue of Neptune and another figure from Florida history and mashed them together to create a line art piece for printing on a t-shirt for the client's reunion. Wish I could remember the other figure's name, but as I write this the name eludes me. Thanks for another informative video and I really enjoy when you discuss the tools you use in your projects. Enjoy the rest of the Summer and see you in the next video.

[@SteveAtkinsonFineArt]

That's super cool John! It sounds like it was a super fun project to work on, I'm sure it turned out fabulous! We learn a lot when doing our work, don't we? Thanks for the kind words and I'll see you in the next one.

[@karenjohnson6487]

I love the drawing and the history lesson. I did not know ( or remember?) that Neptune was a Roman god. When I step away from a drawing I take a picture of it with my phone. By looking at the photo I can usually spot things that need fixing but many times see that things are progressing well. Bring so close to the work I lose sight of the “big” picture. Lol. Thanks for sharing.

[@SteveAtkinsonFineArt]

Taking photos of your progress as you go Karen is a really good idea! I would suggest that you make sure you are right over the top of the drawing so that the perspective is not skewed. And then, if possible, flip the photo horizontally on your phone. This will show you any problems with your drawing that you can correct. Usually, you get the best impression of what's wrong in the first few seconds of looking.

[@karenjohnson6487]

@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt thank you for the suggestion. I will remember to try it.

[@Ramesh_009]

Nice work sir 🎉

[@amysandifer9421]

Love your videos so much!

[@SteveAtkinsonFineArt]

Awww, thanks Amy! I'm working on new videos as I write this (even while battling covid ). I appreciate you taking the time to LMK!!

[@lightlightpink]

hey Steve! I never knew any of that cool mythology behind Neptune. I love your directional mark making and rendering, so organic! cool to find another lefty too :) hope you're doing well!

[@artsalivestudio]

Steve, you said watching paint dry - I'm a painter. (ok artist) I'm always "watching" - or at least waiting - for paint to dry. 😁

[@Pandak-Bonsay]

I would trace over the image. To get the outline. Then draw the shades. For a bigger drawing of the real picture. I would take a large photocopy of the image and trace over the image. Then, draw the shades. I won't go through all the effort of drawing the actual image's shape and dimensions correctly where and how features are and should be copy drawing on my own.

[@rosettiwrites]

Nice sketch but too fast! Would have preferred the real-time full hour version! (We're more patient that you may think :)

[@SteveAtkinsonFineArt]

I hear you, but my analytics say different. 10-15 minutes is the average watch time. Thanks for watching.

[@danv1061]

Viewer could always reduce the playback speed. If the actual drawing took an hour and it’s condensed to 15 minutes then reducing speed to .25 should give you something close to natural speed. If you already watched the original video you got the audio so you can just mute the sound.