No One else Talks About This Drawing Warm Up Exercise

We shouldn't run a race without a warmup - and if we start our drawings cold we can end up with an injury - at least to the drawing. While no one talks about this videos's warm up process, it is both far more relevant and fruitful for our drawing than the patterns, lines and doodles more often espoused.
This warm up technique has transformed my drawing, and I wouldn't dream of even a quick drawing without using it - even on location. Why not give it a go yourself?
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[@colmancool_plays]

W stream; Great manner in which he explains such concepts no one else speaks of in as great detail as him. I fancy the way where he simplified the drawing in a semi-realistic manner which creates a construct easy to comprehend and achieve great inspiration from. No other artist channel have I stumbled upon on this platform has explained their process and a technique to draw in such a thorough methodology. Great work. 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿

[@karincarter4962]

Fantastic video ! I have done 2 previous drawings of the first ref picture and I'm excited to give it another go now! Very helpful info 😊

[@stephentraversart]

Thanks. Have fun with it 😀

[@MaudeyMakes]

This is great Ty 🎉

[@stephentraversart]

My pleasure 😀

[@297St4rsinJ4rs]

I normally don't comment but this is such great tips! I love your channel so much! Life long subscriber!

[@Powerphail]

Love the gorgeous backdrops you've been filming recently... Makes me want to visit Aus!

[@carrotfreak1]

Great video, if your where drawing outdoors rather then from reference, do you still do the same warmup or go straight into the drawing?

[@stephentraversart]

I do the same warmup, in fact it’s usually a little more comprehensive 😀

[@Steviepinhead]

Great use of examples to illustrate your points about "warming up," and an interesting mixture of your two primary presentation modes -- actual drawing and camera-facing verbalization/discussion.

[@sonyaj66]

Great tips! I've been going back and forth with pen and ink drawing, and the distinct challenges it creates vs. traditional painting. I've done the doodling and warm-up exercises with the mark making, and those are fine, but what I've found is that I enjoy just doing what you describe - making marks of specific subjects - from imagination. So, practice drawing various trees from memory, or even while looking out my window, and drawing mesas and desert washes, rocks, etc. I've found that as soon as I start going from an actual photo, I suddenly switch into a tighter "copy mode", and it makes it more difficult. Doing some practice thumbnails and scrap mark-making as you demonstrate/describe, is really a great transition. I also love photographing and sketching birds - I have sketchbooks full of pencil sketches and some ink overlays. Drawing skills, and the ability to draft accurate proportions in general are highly under-rated in terms of their importance to any genre of art or medium used. One only has to look at Picasso's expertly-rendered realistic drawings to see they were crucial to him later being able to "break the rules" and develop his cubist style. Even spending 10 min a day sketching from life is invaluable. Cheers, and happy drawing!

[@giancarlorivera8113]

Hi Stephen, do you still paint (I saw your works in Facebook but I think your not active on that platform anymore) or you only do pen and ink nowadays?

[@bashi_jjsjdj]

I love your channel so much

[@giancarlorivera8113]

Very good explanation in experimenting marks first, it's like mixing a paint and testing samples of pallette before painting. Thank you teacher Stephen!

[@giancarlorivera8113]

We also do this in calligraphy, those swirls and straight lines.