This Drawing Exercise is the building block for ANYTHING! ✏️

Frustrated with watercolor? Solution here - bit.ly/2mDpOHN
Beginners' Drawing Course: bit.ly/2Gn4rOIDrawYT
My TikTok! 🎨🔥 - / liron.yan
Instagram: / lironyanil
My books on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Liron-Yankonsky...
Hey there, Liron here!
In today's vid I'll share a super-important exercise for developing a foundation that will allow you to DRAW ANYTHING.
If you practice this correctly a hundred times I guarantee you'll see a significant improvement in your understanding of 3D space, and drawing things within it.
I hope you enjoy 😊🙏🏼
- Liron
🎨 MATERIALS I OFTEN USE 🎨
Paints (all Daniel Smith)
Phthalo Blue (Red Shade) - amzn.to/2FCuEvA
Ultramarine Blue - amzn.to/2FCvicu
Nickel Azo Yellow - amzn.to/2HW5Ik3
Perylene Red - amzn.to/2HUc1Ve
Quinacridone Rose
Brushes
Tracy Lebenzon Brushes
www.lebenzon-paintbrushes.com/
Escoda Travel Sets:
www.escoda.com/sets-de-viaje....
Silver Black Velvet - amzn.to/2JCnSJZ
Raphael - amzn.to/2Wo71wb (multiple sizes and sellers)
Princeton - amzn.to/2YoSHpa
Paper
Saunders Waterford / Arches, 300gsm, cold-press - amzn.to/2WrdTZU
Palette
Mijello Airtight 18 Wells - amzn.to/2IbhSoa
Plein-Air Easel
The BEST I've found so far for watercolor - amzn.to/2Ljyc6Q
White Pen
Uniball Signo White Gel Pen (easy to find on ebay!)
** MUSIC CREDITS **
Music by Joakim Karud / joakimkarud
Music by @joakimkarudmusic
* Please note this disclosure - Many of the links to Amazon (and possibly other websites in the future) are affiliate links.
This means I make a commission if you buy through them (and you obviously pay the same price).
However, my recommendations are honest and are always based on my own personal experience ^_^

[@brendafitzsimmins6866]

Hi Liron. I am 74 years old and have been on my artistic journey for over 20 years off and on. I have never been very good on spacial things, in fact I don't understand it at all. I'm trying to understand your video but I'm having a hard time. I will watch this video over and over and maybe I'll get it, I hope so. You make it look and sound so easy. I'll try harder. Thank you for sharing.

[@LironYan]

Thank you for sharing! This isn't necessarily the easiest thing to begin with. I would say this - art is about freedom of creation and joy. Find what gives you that (: To this day I still enjoy sketching things as I see them, without thinking about any of this 3D stuff. That's my version of it - and you may find yours. Happy 2024 🙏😊

[@jeffjefferson2853]

I have been on my art journey for 1 month and even I can tell you to just ignore this video. It seems to be about guestimation and the clickbait title makes you think you need to know this. You're better off just copying a reference, get an actual rubics cube or any cube for that matter. Understanding perspective is important, but this video just shows nothing more than a simple brain exercise, I'd just ignore it if it's not for you

[@MrRandomnese]

​@@jeffjefferson2853so you've been doing this for 1 month, and are saying that this should just be ignored? If anything, you sound like you don't know what you're talking about. I think your message is to not worry about perspective, and to just draw in the beginning, and that's true. But perspective is absolutely essential regardless, and you will eventually need to take it seriously if you wish to take your stuff to the next level. So this is not clickbait, the video explains exactly what the title says, and it's a good exercise. Go and draw 250 boxes from imagination and then tell me it wasn't helpful for drawing literally anything you want.

[@SafetyKitten]

@@jeffjefferson2853 no offense but you are very, very wrong

[@beaniebutt47]

I’m restarting my artistic journey as well. I raised my kiddos and my arts good but time for submersion. I don’t have to rely on my art for money but I’d still like to share it in a professional manner. But as a creative I have to say I love this approach I 100% feel your passion coming from you but I feel my art like I feel only my flashbacks to being called stupid from my geometry teacher, I don’t think it’s my fit. Remember this may teach everyone the motions but not the emotions required for some. I feel like you’re more excited about the angles and perspective. I think DaVinci and youself sir would have been best pals I would still be your pal just not your student today.

[@EvilMP5]

Holy crap this just gave me what I was missing seriously. I asked many artists what are the degrees and no one could answer me or would look at me like I was crazy. This confirmed all my beliefs, thank you for the clear explanation. Awesome video.

[@LironYan]

Awesome so happy to hear! 😁

[@user-do2eh2il6m]

I get it drawing cubes is not very inspirational. The guys not wrong. That is his approach. When I first started. Astro boy was my inspiration. Then Godzilla. My brother would bring home marvel comic books. That is what got me drawing.

[@krisp.1584]

Oh my gosh! Although I understand this concept of perspective intellectually, my eyes don’t seem to connect with my brain properly. This will/has to be my next task - drawing cubes very diligently and thoroughly as long as it takes, until it eventually seeps in and leads to the great Eureka Moment. Thank you very much, Liron 😊

[@getsomecolourinyourlifedav2478]

I got to agree with you Kris lol 😆

[@LironYan]

You got it exactly right Kris!! That's pretty much the main way of improving this skill. Keep at it! I've been drawing for SO LONG and still learn and improve my cubes and cylinders haha 😁

[@ScilexGuitar]

The trick that did it for me is to think of each plane of the box as having a minor axis and degree, just like an ellipse

[@yassinedghoughi9500]

​@@ScilexGuitar I like your approach and want to get it better, can you elaborate more please?

[@ScilexGuitar]

@@yassinedghoughi9500 The best way to understand this is drawing boxes with cylinders in them touching two opposite planes of the box

[@guestuser117]

You are the exact teacher beginners need to learn from. I bought a perspective course on sale, but I didn't feel like it was right to just learn how to put down a horizon line and match lines up. It wouldn't be really teaching me what is really going on. You break it down in a way that's easy to understand and shows us what elements we are actually seeing when we pull out the horizon line/VP. Thank you Liron! I'll make sure to check out your other videos/courses.

[@LironYan]

Wow thank you so much for the kind words 😁🙏🏼🙏🏼 You can do this 💪 ✏️

[@leif1075]

@@LironYan Is the pen you use here the Uniball White Gel Pen yiu said innthe description? Thanks for shaping

[@realamericannegro977]

Perspective is hard cause many dont teach it right.

[@soku330]

@@realamericannegro977true he also got the lines wrong

[@user-do2eh2il6m]

My thing is people have the notion creating art an expensive endeavor. However When just starting out Go to the Ninety Nine cent store or walmart, get some Crayolas,copy paper.or some large white card board used for posters. I promise you won't spend over ten dollars. In New York where I live there are expensive stores like BLIX OR MICHAELS. There you will spend $30.00 and up. Professionals shop there. Another tool which is good for a beginner are a pack of "bic pens and ticonderoga pencils. Because "IT IS NOT THE TOOLS BUT THE PERSON WITH THE TOOL"

[@ScilexGuitar]

I heard that Kim Jung Gi once said that when he learnt to draw the cube in any angle his art improved a lot. Great video! Another exercise is the hinge another cube on the edge of a cube without making it look wonky perspective wise

[@itsDjjayy]

Interesting 🤔

[@Hawkfeet]

I read it as kim jung un 😅

[@knopfir]

@@jmshrrsn godspeed brother, may your art journey take you far! o7

[@jaso7839]

@@jmshrrsn you're right, you need be conscious with those exercises;

[@adelaova9868]

@@Hawkfeet So did I! And I also read '' his HEART improved a lot'' 😂

[@juurstudio]

If i ever had an art teacher like you I wouldn't have to discover now in my mid 30s that yes it is actually possible for me to learn how to draw. Thanks a lot for this!

[@artfuldrawing]

Seeing objects from many angles gives you an unlimited amount of ways to express your art

[@sloanphone2323]

This video was a huge breakthrough as a beginner. I love the format it made everything click for me. I really wish more art KZbinrs made videos like this to demonstrate concepts instead of just talk about them.

[@killakella1433]

perspective is something that i still struggle with even after I've just gotten my diploma in animation. i don't think I've ever experienced a very concise and clear explanation, finding your channel is such a blessing! thank you so much for making these videos I'll be binging them and sharing them with my felow-perspective-strugglers.

[@LordBaktor]

I'm proud that I came up with this sort of approach on my own a couple years ago. I thought "instead of having to do the whole vanishing point shabang every time, why don't I practice cubes from different angles to get used to how they look?". Then I ended up doing basically the same steps, closest corner first, three lines from there and finish off by making the parallel ones slightly converge. Your explanation is much better than what I could put into words, though.

[@jamesdeaconjamesandlesley]

I got it after reading your comment 😂

[@Darkhorse1909]

Actually, you just REALLY simplified it for me, thank you!

[@bluemonqi]

I feel like i finally begin to understand mathematic better, truely amazing info that i was looking for. Tried to follow the drawings with you and when i looked up you already drew two more, my mind is blown by this, thank you so much!

[@211candygirl]

Thank you so much! I started really diving into perspective this month. I learned about the horizon line and vanishing points, etc. And after going through many videos, people would continuous say that we should learn how to freehdand this stuff. However, anytime I tried to freehand my boxes, they would come out looking weird or I just countinued wrap my head around freehand boxes. I learned about the Y / pie method a few days ago, but that was it. I didn't learn how to apply it affectively. I feel like this video just brings it ALL together. My boxes have started to look like they are ACTUALLY in perspective. Thank you sooo much for making this video. Keep it up!

[@BlakeIzayoi]

I'm just beginning my journey as an artist at 23 years old, and I have to say this video has helped me immensely, especially with the idea of putting human heads and rib cages into boxes at the end... thank you very much for creating this tutorial!!

[@vertxsecretstash]

im also startin out at 23 lol hello!

[@Ifargannoam]

Same age as you guys started like about a month ago, and there was a book by Ernest norling-perspective made easy . One of the best books on perspective I have ever seen really helped me on this journey .

[@BlakeIzayoi]

Do you by chance have an Amazon link to the book or a good place to buy it from?

[@user-do2eh2il6m]

PROBLEM , WHERE WOULD I PURCHASE AN ANIMATION PROGRAM? HOW MUCH ARE THEY?

[@dovshaves]

This is the video that Ive been seeking. Interesting how few other instructors include this one. For me, as is pointed out, it's critically foundational! Thank you!

[@Cre-Art]

Excellent. Using Rubik's cube as a visual aid makes it easier to see, but your explanation is also clear and easy to understand. I'm enjoying all of these tutorials. Thank you.

[@androandro7179]

Cubes are difficult I mess them all the time so gonna do this exercise 😁 I love how you explain things in an approachable way 🤠

[@embryonicandcatatonic]

Subscribed!! 🙋🏻‍♀️ You're so right; this exercise is the basis for everything. It's also really satisfying to see the convergence lines. Thank you. *Grabs sketch pad!...*

[@cliffberry1900]

This is the single most important drawing video I've ever seen. This solves multiple issues I've had regarding cube movement in space. This video nails it!

[@janebridge1325]

This is such a helpful tutorial, Liron - thank you so much for this fantastic description of the reasons behind perspective in all subjects. Very clear and memorable!

[@ReddoX30]

Just wanted to say thank you, Liron! This video really helped me in understanding the cube better!

[@moonwoven]

This was a really great video and I appreciate your posting it. I have been struggling with perspective and your explanation on the way in which you draw the cubes was very helpful. It help me realize the way in which I had been seeing things was flat. This is one of those videos I think I’m going to watch over and over again. Your explanation was excellent and clear.

[@eileenburnus1692]

Very new to drawing and water colour and I am amazed at how much I learn from your videos. Will be spending this rainy day practicing these cubes!! Thank you

[@yasmindixon3358]

Thank you. I am not a beginner, but I always find beginner exercises insightful. I would love to see your drawing exercise applied to drawing tesseracts: cubes within cubes.

[@kallak9676]

Splendid! Appreciate your beautiful efforts ❤💐

[@kiranp2325]

You have become one of my top educators about painting and watercolour. I continue to improve and will keep doing much of what you ask, and it makes and sense and works. With deep humbleness, very many thanks.

[@LironYan]

Thank you so so much for the kind words 🙏🏼❤️☺️ Keep up the great work!

[@giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947]

I'm glad this exercise is being spread around, I think it really helps you to get out of place with drawing, usually exercises and drawing teachings just make me confused on the internet.

[@rhondagrammer2770]

I thought I had a good grasp of the cube. This really brought it together for its value for a basic shape fo evolve everything. Loved it. Love you.

[@LironYan]

Thank you Rhonda 😊🙏🏼

[@shawnconary6810]

The idea of starting with the closest point first is super intuitive. Thank you, Liron!

[@SirRickyBeez]

Your video was a tremendous help! I’ve watched countless videos on perspective and yours helped make things click. Thank you!

[@palettejunkie8246]

Same here.

[@nitaboyles5765]

Great teaching! Thank you so much for explaining the 120 degrees triangle and the closest point. Once I fully understand and practice this, I think I'll have it!!

[@sophiemessenger5472]

Thank you, Liron. I most definitely need to do this exercise. Thank you so much😊

[@patsymccown2766]

OMG! Love this! So glad I found you..was needing this! Going to continue watching, of course! Thanks!

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much Patsy 😊🙏🏼 So happy this helps! And welcome aboard 😁🎉

[@joemonga3788]

I was having a rough time drawing my cube now I know where I'm making my mistakes. Thank for making it clear for me. Like you said practice as much and eventually it'll start to make more sense in perspective.

[@LironYan]

Thank you! Very happy this helps 😁 Mastering cubes and boxes is huge, it will make everything easier afterwards. You can do this!

[@la4dreams]

I can't thank you enough Liron. Great way to fill another sketchbook page! Great way to become comfortable with perspective. Never before could I grasp 3 point perspective. When you added that third point I had an aaaahhhhaaaa moment. THANK YOU!

[@LironYan]

Haha so happy to hear! 😁 Thank you so much for the kind words ^_^

[@sarasmart6327]

After quitting drawabox twice right at the “drawing a box” portion, I think this is the best video to explain exactly what I was doing wrong. I might give the program another try thanks to you!

[@marcdaviddecker]

Thank you! Great insight, and so wonderful for you to share it !

[@arii4514]

immediately subscribed. You've explained something I've struggled with for a while in a matter of minutes. TYSM!!🧡

[@zaugitude]

9:00 Yes! This is so important and helped me to finally properly understand perspective. It now helps me to think of it as the full perspective, a vertical and a horizontal "horizon", with vanishing points occurring along both. With this in mind, one, two and three point perspective are actually either special instances (one point) or some abbreviation (two point) of this full perspective.

[@paulettepaulette1613]

Excellent. Best session this week. Inspired and fun to do. Thankyou

[@donnabandrews4728]

I'm just learning to draw and having so much trouble with this, thank you for breaking it down so clearly! Since I was a kid I drew cubes with parallel lines and thought I was so good at them, now I realize that I've been missing the right concepts all along. I'm using perspective now!

[@nanschifris8734]

Really great tutorial, Liron!!

[@roni_flips9738]

me qwatchiing this drunk af

[@emmittation]

Idk why that was more hilarious then I thought XD

[@iknowcharley5]

I’ve been watching this video for like two weeks. I hate drawing out grid lines and thinking of logic behind perspective because I’m a right brain. But just today it started to click intuitively for me. When drawing the Y angles, all you have to do is think about the VPs. If you want to turn the cube to the right or left, think about how the VPs would move along with the cubes. Thanks so much Mr. Liron!

[@henrycederblad3157]

This was actually great and detailed! I had already started with doing shapes from different angles but the detail level in describing exactly what gets bigger, smaller or changes angle gave a lot. Keep it up!

[@LironYan]

🙏😊

[@daviddespain9774]

You are an amazing teacher. Very concise. So many people want to express how intelligent they are and can't get enough of their own voice. Great lesson.

[@gamenrage5998]

This is a good reminder for basics of how to view objects and understanding what point of view to take and shaping them all out with this shape.

[@darleneplant.6284]

That was very helpful. Thanks Liron.

[@trisht5064]

thank you soooo much liron most helpful! really helped seeing a head develop in the cube 👌

[@rlhayes8508]

Thank you so much! As a beginner sketch artist I welcome ANY instruction you can offer!

[@LironYan]

Awesome! Let me know how it helped 😊 And thank you for watching

[@isabelleseidner9966]

Wow! I’ve always drawn my cubes with parallel lines and I find it hard to change this habit but what a difference that makes doing it with convergent lines!!!

[@thebanman2293]

How are you doing so far? Any better?

[@albertolopez2697]

Wowww never explained better... You are a great a great teacher Liron. I bought your book of how to sketch and a I fell in love with the drawing. Keep going with this videos... you have an student in Dominican Republic from now on...

[@sallyfinch540]

Super valuable! Thank you Liron!

[@LironYan]

Thank you Sally 😊🙏🏼

[@LionofJudah7771]

Thank you Liron! You're an amazing teacher. I SO need this.

[@LironYan]

Happy it helped 😁🙏🏼 Thank you for watching

[@betsy_babu]

The concept is explained so well! Great video!!

[@LironYan]

Thank you ☺️ So happy this helps!

[@TheGobluejeff]

Making a difficult concept easy to understand=brilliance! Finally, someone has presented this confusing subject into a user friendly and practical tool. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@LironYan]

Happy I could help ☺️🙏🏼 Thank you for watching!

[@djkostya76]

One of the greatest tutorials. Thank you.

[@felix-xd4mx]

thank you so much this helps sooo much. i followed along and feel like a new world opened up to me. you're amazing

[@raikou8157]

took a break from art because of burnout and I have just started to practice again. I'm glad I came across your video. Keep up the good work!

[@LironYan]

Thank you so much 😊🙏🏼 Very happy I can help. By the way did you see the new Raikou design? 😂 I kinda like it!

[@dannyblue8382]

Hands down Best vid about this topic on KZbin

[@lifesence71]

wow simplicity is the key, thank you, finally i started to get some knowledge. 🙌🏼😁

[@rizmorrill8260]

I feel so lucky I've encountered your Chanel today. I've been trying to draw box for 4 days now and wasted 4 extra large drawing paper as Art Project. I can finally go through to the next segment of my kesson. Thanks a million. ❤

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

You are a real Guru of perspective 🙏🙏🙏 I'm going to do it

[@maxc4747]

Best video ever !! Thank you !!

[@debbiec2663]

Love your teaching. Thanks

[@Rairaiiiii]

This is so helpful, thank you so much

[@Streetcat1988]

Thank you so much sir !!

[@nelsontan9967]

Thanks so much for this!

[@jamestuday7875]

your explanations were so easy to follow, thanks so very much.

[@tejeraillustrator3810]

Holy shit man. This exercises will change my life. I guarantee it. Ive been neglecting studying forms for more than a week at a time because I dont understand cubes at all. After watching the tip of using the corner that is closest to you and imagining the lines that converge, my mind has been blown. Thank you.

[@LironYan]

Awesome 😁 So happy to hear! 🙏😊 You can do this!

[@mwsugg]

Excellent demonstration. I understand perspective drawing but this will help me more intuitive without actually drawing all the vanishing points. Thanks!

[@verwilliams1]

You are a great person! Thank you!!

[@ruudratajczak2240]

This is gold for me! You are a briliant theacher! Thank you so much.

[@randolphkoder3022]

Thank you for sharing your insights. Very helpful, and I will do this study a lot because I see its value so clearly.

[@Crabnuts]

This was an incredible tutorial, thank you so much for this

[@kaliya02]

I've been struggling with perspective but this video helped me a lot, Thank you!

[@dijonstreak]

awesome dude. !! rhee BEST demo ever on Drawing without all that techmical stuff...direct & simplified. very enjoyable and very well presented. MANY tanks to YOU for opening up the floodgates of happy drawing !!

[@varshakoli8706]

This is so helpful!! Thank you, Liron..

[@LironYan]

Thank you 😊🙏🏼

[@glenhuman3681]

Thanks for the video!!

[@ronakprajapati9779]

This video was really helpful thank you bro

[@Nod-xr3oj]

Thank you so much for this Video!

[@sieker41]

Finally i understand the 3rd vanishing point. Thank you!

[@patrickhalloran5985]

Thanks for a good tutorial

[@lolab56]

THANKS LIRON! Great lesson and explanation.

[@peternelson4419]

Extremely useful - Thank You so much!

[@Tallacus]

this was great, thank you for this

[@QuietLumina]

This is so helpful and clear. Thanks!

[@WillMadeDat405]

This is exactly what I needed I've been trying to find different techniques to add perspective to my drawings. Great video man.

[@LironYan]

So happy it was helpful 🙏😊 Thank you for watching!

[@stevebyrne5048]

Great info, thanks for sharing

[@chantelmcskimming6633]

Liron!! Great hints - clear demo. I never knew about a third (!!!!) vanishing point and now I see it. The whole video really helped ☺️

[@LironYan]

Awesome! So happy to hear 😁🙏🏼 Reality is much simpler to understand once these ideas "click"!

[@chantelmcskimming6633]

@@LironYan Indeed! And you definitely have the teaching skills that help get the points across ☺️

[@cecileegeorgeson_artist]

Absolutely fascinating…such a great way to explain and explore our space👏👏👏

[@LironYan]

Thank you 😊🙏🏼

[@ursulastaempfli759]

Sie hatten 54 "Likes". Ich habe Ihnen auch ein Like gegeben, da waren es nur noch 2. Das passiert hier ständig.

[@RoninVikendi]

Great video. Thank you!

[@squeisedit]

Thx 🥰🥰🥰 it finally make sense

[@ilgabo01]

Thank you so much, is really useful. I'll start practicing this

[@manuhjadonarts]

Just mind-blowing! This trick is ultimately helpful for me! Thanks a lot!

[@amanimation_studio]

thank you so much for guidance

[@nickyperryman2683]

Wonderful tutorial. Thank you so much.

[@vynhart]

Thanks for making the video, it helps

[@angelcmercado2022]

Great exercise, Lirón.

[@ReimPrim]

This helped me a lot, I’ve been taking drawing seriously for 1 year now but have ignored the fundementals but now that I wanna learn anatomy I can’t ignore it anymore. Honestly, drawing boxes in 3d space has never been easier than now

[@LironYan]

Amazing, so happy to hear 🙏♥

[@virginiarparker9503]

Thank you so much for this.