Top 5 Tips for Painting Portraits

[@RossDraws]

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[@peachy_suga_876]

Ross Draws Can you do Laura Croft from tomb raider Plssssssss😁

[@heyitsmae5602]

Ross Draws your videos are like... MADE for adhd people like me lol 😂

[@crywoof_8196]

hope you are staying safe too:)

[@gaminggeek948]

Can you make a coulerdoge toutorial

[@-shallowishfrogs-6445]

Your my favorite artist make sure you and all your loved ones stay safe and healthy also!

[@PalmotTaiga]

My favorite art tip is “push through the ugliness of the drawing, don’t stop just because it looks ugly at the beginning”. Best advice I’ve ever received

[@argmarc]

Love this tip! Or alternatively: Get really good at drawing ugly stuff, and use this to accumulate skills to finally draw something pretty in the end... ...This is kind of a joke, but i like the thought!

[@ambers_tiger3708]

Otherwise known as: Trust the process! It'll get there eventually!

[@emilias8618]

Yes this is great advice! I mean I trust the process, but people (aka my fam and friends) sometimes look at me while I’m drawing and just cringe and I can tell they think it’ll turn out bad, so there’s always that little twinge of annoyance when I tell them to trust the process lol

[@rumpledik2254]

Now that I think about it, I don't think I have ever finished a drawing for myself. For a project, yes but never just for my own pleasure. Heh. Definitely using that tip.

[@ackerman7490]

Good luck you guys, work hard :)

[@honeyboy7978]

A tip that really brought some life into my paintings is: The Contrast Colour. It basically means that you choose one thing that is suppossed to stand out. For example: Your Charakter has a warm skintone, soft brown hair and has generally very warm colours. And then you give them piercing cold blue eyes.

[@vioblanket]

Great tip!!

[@iamunknown7168]

Bruh! Me too!

[@terranitusblitz1897]

Character*

[@DizonArt]

Thanks for the tips! 😁

[@itriedfollowingatutorial828]

i really like this one. are you in art school? i wish i took classes

[@jlg5466]

-- MY ART TIP-- : Once you decide where the light source is and you want to shade your object don't just shade the object with different shades of the same colour.Instead take note of the colour of the light, if the light is yellow for instance, highlight the rim where light touches the object with a sharp yellow and then fade it to orange and then to the original colour. It's a very basic tip but starting out I never really took notice of it.This has helped me a lot with creating a more realistic atmosphere in my paintings :)

[@biscuitandbread]

it helped, thanks😁

[@jlg5466]

@@biscuitandbread I am glad :)

[@mefirst8150]

Thanks for the helpful tip! :D

[@priscilla5515]

You can call this bounce light btw

[@hanngo4414]

Thanks for your tip! :D

[@concernedpigeon429]

“Good artists copy, great artists steal.” - Picasso. No that doesn’t mean claiming someone else’s art as your own. Being an artist means learning from those who came before you. Very few things in the art world is original now. Artists are always pulling inspiration from each other, just like how Ross has a mood board! Lot’s of artists we like used other artists’ techniques while they were learning. But do we just use it once and not use it again (borrowing) or do we keep at it (steal)? Hope this makes sense.

[@rei_ikko]

Anglo Saxon I think what copy and steal means is that, if you copy, you do it the exact same way with no modification, whereas if you steal, you make it your own. In my opinion, if you copy another artist’s techniques or style, you do it exactly the same but it’s still someone else’s. If you steal it, you make it your own and maybe make modifications or apply it into your own style, which makes it your own technique or style and not directly mimicking someone else. I hope what i said makes sense! Good luck to all the artists or aspiring artists out there!

[@concernedpigeon429]

Reiko uwu that is also a good interpretation of the quote. 😎

[@__-fi6xg]

We steal so much that nobody can tell

[@emastechova9842]

My favourite art tip is: never give up even when you're struggling. It's my favourite because there was a time I wanted to stop drawing because I haven't been doing any progress but then I watched video that helped me realize that progress isn't straight line up... instead it's a line that goes up then it stops and after some time of studying and practicing it goes again up. Then it repeats and repeats and repeats...

[@emastechova9842]

Thanks for all the likes and please excuse my English... Now that I read my post again a can see that it isn't the best. I'm not a native speaker and sometimes I have problems. Thanks for understanding.

[@ivthx3979]

*1 minute posted* Me: Howdy, my school can wait

[@ieena9466]

You still have school??

[@dp2989]

What country are you in where the schools aren’t closed??

[@embory6515]

my school shut down....

[@sereine2472]

I think he means online school lol

[@Jubileedell]

@@ieena9466 mines closed 😂

[@rahatos]

"Horizontal Canvas Flip" saved me.

[@MakerJake101]

Absolutely.

[@Eraktab]

"I'll be right back with the final painting" >Perfect portrait appears I'm happy you put "7 hours" because I always feel like a bad artist for taking that long...

[@0312sams]

I usually feel like a really good artist when I work on something for a long time😂 makes me feel like I didn't half-ass it

[@MarWan-hp6lx]

usually i take long time just in trying to find out what look better for my draw

[@Eraktab]

@Debora Getahun lol that's too real

[@pewwer123]

@@0312sams samee

[@sparkoceanic]

@Debora Getahun The grind is real

[@sereine2472]

The last time I was this early, corona was still a drink

[@vanillasyd]

Fifty shades freed..lol

[@insertname747]

-Oof-

[@revolutionarii]

Why would you do that XD

[@CreativeSteve69]

That was wayyy to good of a joke. I applaud your sense of humour. XD

[@jacezbblankji5198]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Neon-bz1df]

My favorite tip: Becoming the character you're making. I find this to really improve character design because it makes you think deeper about what that character's personality would be, and thus, what they look like. The clothes and pose come with personality which you can channel better if you become the character in your head.

[@Lofi_101]

Please don't just "finish" a drawing SHOW US HOW TO "FINISH" THE DRAWING Ps. I love your art

[@lilshake6414]

he saves all that for his patreon mate

[@Z3r0Art]

Become a patreon then! 😄😃😄

[@cortex1014]

It's a bunch of rendering, you can learn it from many books

[@zoinksscoob6523]

damn it i dont have any credit card

[@DizonArt]

😂😂 Haha I can understand that

[@MrGoalie2012]

Art tip: Not so much a tip, but more of a reassurance. And the tip is: Never stop making art, because you can only improve

[@bonbon_1729]

Every time Ross says "Ooooh!" when he thinks something is cool, I just have to smile :D

[@raspbunnyy]

"ok lets finish it" *recreates the painting of the last supper*

[@VincentAldi]

Sometimes KZbin videos teaches us more stuff then a real teacher do. Respect from one artist to another!!!

[@elizabethkirkland7699]

favorite art tip: Using an angled paint brush to blend graphite!! This tip has been SO helpful with pushing my artwork and giving them a realistic feel. For the longest time I didn't know you can use a paint brush on dry media artwork- it works wonders!! P.S your work is incredible and I look forward to every Friday when you release a new drawing/video!!

[@lummymanpix]

i can do everything up until "lets finish it" and then it becomes god tier impossible.

[@vhenizeganda5428]

Ikr

[@hmonggirl_artist]

Ever since I found out about your channel a couple years ago and learning new tips which have greatly helped me improve on my art, I really liked your tip about contrast. Through contrast, it can create a whole new meaning to the art piece and I really like the idea. Art is expression and I think contrast holds great meaning in it. Keep it up Ross! You rock! You have inspired me to draw again after a while of not drawing or taking any art classes. Thank you! ❤️

[@TylPhumin]

My favorite tip is the "edges tip" i rly struggle with edges, when i started out, i blurred EVERYTHING making everything look like satin or something x:

[@learncat9182]

the exaggerated edges bit has left me beyond shook.I love it so much !!

[@kewin6601]

For me i would the art tip that's helped me the most is clipping mask it really saves so much time during the coloring stage

[@deathinablanket7679]

i think a tip that really stood out to me and has helped me is shows and lighting like always placing a light down first making the shadows to go with that then highlighting that is one of my favorite steps and has been really helpful to me

[@MrTMan0071]

(Me in self quarantine) Yeah, imma watch and study Ross. I'd say favourite tip would be to understand planes on the face and how it can make lighting and shadows easier. Keep it up dude 💯

[@sebart9321]

Warm light and cool shadows is one of my favorites too!!!!! It just makes such a difference!

[@paulag4531]

God I love this videos, but You know that meme that's like: "how to draw an owl" "Step 1: draw two circles" "Step 2: draw the damn owl", well that's kinda what I feel when he says "I'm going to finish this and I'll check back soon", like bruh-, that's like Magic to me😂😂😂😂 Like seriously, how? Everything looks so clean 😱, No matter what I do, mine's always look "blurry" in a way, this is so sharp like how?????

[@jakubmilek]

Use lasso tool then shade.

[@jonkusar2153]

I know right he just recreates the whole dam painting its like magic

[@iamunknown7168]

My favorite tip is pairing warm colors with a dash of cool colors and vise versa! It just gives that pop of boldness to a piece that I just love!!

[@aoiken5321]

sigh, I wish I can see the rendering tips. I mean I LOVE these tips but I always want to see how it looks so crisp and detailed :(.

[@vermeilart9812]

I love flashy colors ! Especially YELLOW AND PINK they catch so much the eye 😍

[@heyryanisonx3141]

my art tip: always look for FLOW in your shape design, avoiding incongruent and jagged edges that cut off the circulation and consistency of the drawing

[@sadisticgirl_]

What does this mean exactly?

[@fruitnure]

pls put it in more simplified words for a numb like me

[@meaux7409]

@@fruitnure I think he means smooth lines idk

[@billaniii]

@@meaux7409 pretty sure they mean something like keeping the flow correct. like if the hairs blowing in the wind to the left make sure everything else follows that flow

[@meaux7409]

@@billaniii yh your much better at explaining

[@reytancurios2748]

HIGHLIGHTS AND SHADOWN REALLY HELPS ME WHEN IM DOING DIGITAL ART BECAUSE IT MAKES THE ARTS MORE REALISTIC. ❣

[@k.angelova]

The 5 tips in the video: 1) Group your shapes. 0:37 2) Find your light. 2:04 3) Blush. 3:17 4) Exaggerate edges. 3:57 5) Instant gratification highlights. 4:37

[@etheraea]

I think my favorite tip is understanding relationships in art. Something really important as an artist is knowing the composition and where things lay in relevance to each other, it really helps tie your pieces together!

[@tagnenjosephs3124]

My tip: Study and implement ambient occlusion into your art, it makes the character look more dimensional

[@parkerdrake1389]

My Favorite art tip or piece of advice I have received would be to sketch loose, and to rough in ideas. I used to draw very stiff, searching for the perfect line with every stroke, and it resulted in a negative headspace while drawing. Not only did it stop me mentally from getting my piece to where it needed to be, but it also resulted in stiffer images. By far one of the better tips i`ve ever heard and had nearly instant success.

[@yeetopateeto-2290]

The most useful and my personal favorite art tip I have received is before focusing on detail look at the shapes that create the photo and then move on to detail.

[@alisyuh2161]

Me: Ok time to sleep! Phone:* Notification* My Brain: *Watch His Video* Me: Ok Sleep Can Wait Sleep: *Am I A Joke To You?*

[@SarJ7Kat]

My favorite tip that I recently learned in an oil painting class was the "cool/warm" game, where you can define values just by playing between cools and warms. You can have a cool color next to a warm color that are the same value, but by putting them together you can define a highlight or shadow.

[@domithepotato]

My favorite art tip; Don’t be afraid to *go darker-* My middle school art teacher always told me this because I refused to press the ebony pencils into the paper to make really dark spots, but once a I got used to it the contrast in some of my art was more noticeable because the shades c:

[@WooferRae]

Thanks for the portrait tips Ross! Always loved Jake Parker’s saying of having a ‘Finished, not perfect’ piece of work! Helped me push through to complete a lot of drawings

[@dubbybub9899]

Me: Trying to make my own oc Also me: Needs to be better at drawing first :(

[@kennethgonzalez3618]

Favorite Tip! Using sky or background color on portrait skin to ground it more! ever since doing that I've definitely notices it improves my art.

[@pitrek121g]

My favourite art tip(not only art tbh) is definitely... PRACTISE MAKES YOU BETTER :D nothing brings me closer to my art goals than this one :)

[@gatauapaajalah]

Expectation: "that's actually pretty simple" Reality: "how did he paint that"

[@kirinki13]

Contrasting color. I'm color blind so really studying the color wheel and how you described it throughout your videos has really changed my art for the better. Thank you for making videos and giving knowledge to those who cant be a patron yet

[@shinah6975]

My favourite art tip: ,,Practice makes progress, not perfect.’’ This single sentence can breath lot of confident and courage into me. :) As a relatively fresh illustrator wannabe this ,,tip,, was the reason I kept on drawing even if I couln’t see any progress in that moment. Don’t forget guys, cherry doesn’t blossom overnight, and practice makes your journey even more colourful >< Oh, and Ross, I wanted to say thank you, because you’re a huge inspiration for me, and I dare to say to others as well^^ Thanks again!

[@kookiekracie1915]

A tip that I learnt early on and that always stuck with me is to use different colors when painting not just the same shades of my base color! It really brings life to any sort of art I feel like

[@megamaster0]

I use warm light and cool shadows all the time!! Absolutely my favorite tip and it makes my art pop so much more!

[@SpiralFishKeyk]

My favorite art tip is : PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE to build a strong(er) ART foundation -- Pick up where you left from. Even though I've gone on hiatus several times, practicing art or just making those simple exercises with lines and shapes really helped. Having a strong foundation of art is about as important as its result. So just continue to PRACTICE, until the concepts and ideas get embedded onto you. Artist's block happens, but don't let it stop you. Practice with the basics in the meantime. [Thank you, Ross, for showing us different perspectives!]

[@mariamermi971]

I think the best tip I ever got was from my art teacher in the 5th grade (that was around 15-16 years ago). He thought me about color theory and how placing certain colors one next to each other (for example red and green) will just make them pop so much more!

[@marylou7939]

Thank you for your video, it's super useful! My favorite art tip is not being afraid to make mistakes and fail! Failure is a great teacher, along with practice and persistence! ❤

[@RoadkillTheRaccoon]

I think my favorite tip , is when i found out what color doge is from you really changed my art life! but this new tip of exaggerating edges is going to be super helpful for me

[@kokin7]

"I've identified my light source, and this is just like a math problem." *so is that why im so bad at digital painting*

[@chongshuyao3674]

My favourite tip is shadow family stays shadow family, light family stays light family. So there's a distinctive difference in value which makes your artwork pops. This tips was by Marco bucci a few months ago. It really helps me to get my artwork upgraded to another level! Thanks a lot Marco bucci! You are a life savior!

[@meldixon1918]

Love your videos Ross. 💞 My favorite art tip is to think of value as a number line from 0-100% ! It sounds so simple but helps me a ton!!

[@jasminedominguez9513]

Loved the warm light and cool shadows never thought of digital drawing that way. As well as taking each painting/drawing with shapes 🤙🏽😄

[@allycat5087]

My favorite art tip was group your shapes. I'm just barely started doing it digital art and didn't even know that I could do that. That will make painting so much easier for me

[@ritakuuu6601]

Hey! Thank you for the tips. They are indeed really helpful. My art tip(also to myself) is Contrast. I try really hard to persuade my self do you use darker shadows and more light. I was always scared not to overdo it with the black and white on my paintings until the point I figured out that this is exactly what I must do to make it look cooler and not just plain and boring. Love your videos! Keep up the good work!

[@maryphoenix5414]

My favorite type is that as long as your values are right the colours don't matter, made me realise what I need to work on

[@pumpkin6872]

A tip that was really helpful for me, was making references for poses you want do your charakters in and break them down into the most basic shapes (circles, squares and most important triangles). This really helped me in gettin my proportions right. PS: Love your videos.Your art looks really lovely.

[@artofbluejay76]

the high pass tip from the masterclass course was quite game changing for me!

[@apokko2014]

great work! I''d love to see a longer video with the full process of how you create your paintings!

[@LecturasdeAtenea]

One of my fav tips is making some elements that stand in front of the drawing! Like lights bubbles leafs... it gives more dynamism!

[@banee-on-sugar-rush]

My favourite tip is blush! Usually I was putting it only on the cheeks and the nose of my characters, but couple weeks ago I started using it on other parts of the face and body and looks amazing! 💗🌸

[@tiredeq]

the best art advice I have ever heard: you can always erase. this applies to lineart especially, where it's easier to over-draw a line and erase the excess, than to have to continue a line you made too short

[@RyukiRennieSan]

Definitely, a big art tip or a life tip I heard from Jake Parker is; "Finished, not perfect." Ive managed to ingrain that mindset into my own work and not fuss over the minute details or worry about pieces being at a 100% polish. At the end of the day I know I can only work a piece to a certain degree. Great Video Ross!

[@Paul-oz5se]

I think one of the most inspiring art tip I got was to exaggerate shapes and poses and all sorts of amazing stuff! Even in the most realistic style you can exaggerate shapes to create something unique and dynamic

[@taylorbond1492]

My mom saw this paining while I was on Instagram and she could not believe that this was a painting! She loves your work!

[@cynikoarts]

My favorite art tip was global illumination. I could never forget it when I first applied it.

[@artsekha802]

Learning that color is always changing temperatures really helped me out :D

[@tabbi_tabs4557]

The tip that helped me the most must have been "to exaggerate contrasts". It doesn't even matter wich sort of contrast you want to push. Colour, haptics, light and shadow, forms, proportions or perspective. It made my pieces so much more interesting and unique, wich also really helped me to find myself as an artist. I recommend it especially to beginners, but it could be also a lot of fun for everybody who just wants to try something new!🎨🎨

[@shirshabhattacharjee]

My favourite art tip is drawing the minor details that would bring my works to life!

[@dianevierra781]

for me, my favorite tip is to not be afraid to use reference photos. that has helped my work turn out so much better, and it helps me get proportions right.

[@ralpatrice]

My favorite art tip is one I learned from you in a past video a long time ago which is the rule of threes! ✨ Helped me a lot with figuring out where to put certain elements and not make them look clumpy hehe

[@meowmeow3208]

I'm completely in love with Nima! She's so cute😍

[@andreatorres7600]

I like that you add the time next to the finished portrait, it gives me a more realistic expectation on how long fully rendered out paintings can take. I'm slowly realizing I need to put in more time to really bring out my artwork.

[@lunodoodles6016]

One of the best art tips that I got was to start a piece with the big, compositional shapes in mind, rather than starting on fine details!✨ This really helped speed up my art process!♥️

[@kantarawat5667]

your art is just so inspiring and natural amd well, honestly, gorgeous.❤

[@zackira13]

Looks awesome! My favourite tip was to draw humans using edged shapes rather than circles, it really helped me find organic ways to bring my characters to life!

[@apeksharai2061]

I've just started digital art and been exploring different art types n styles but I think portraits are the things I love to draw the most. 🔹To me the favorite tip was to add shadow edges n highlights.

[@kanashiibe]

my favorite art tip would be contrast and light source. contrast can be found anywhere, for example in colors; with warm tones and cool shadows and vice versa, or in the flow of your shapes. and whenever i feel i'm stuck in a painting, thinking of where the light would hit really builds up the whole piece.

[@TooEpik]

My favorite art tip that helped me in my art journey was to learn anatomy. I used to struggle with poses, character design, and proportions, but learning anatomy really helped me especially since my style is based off of comic book art

[@Chockitkat]

Goodness this was really very very helpful. Thank you Ross for doing such a detailed tutorial explaining everything in detail that suits beginners, amateurs and professionals. I would use your tips when doing digital. Thank you Ross

[@ceciliahernandez2331]

The tip that I love is "grays communicate to each others"

[@WKalytera]

My favorite art tip is breaking shapes into simple pieces it help so much

[@DJ-oc7tq]

source of light and edges... 💕💕💕💕 Thank you for the tips!!!

[@mackenzienaffziger9698]

I think my favorite art tip is having a creative imagination making detail really stand out from your imagination

[@shadowstar4423]

I haven't got to use it yet but my favorite tip was also the shadows and highlights because I believe they really make a piece pop!

[@veronikakertsman8134]

My fav art tip is using warm light and cool shadow too. And also dont be afraid of using sharp edges (cast shadow for example)

[@megatronondacounter]

My favourite art tip (especially in sceneries) Add a humanoid shape to give scale

[@achromium63]

My favorite tip was grouping the images since learning that everything is wayyyy easier 😂 Thanks ross!!

[@sushibee8222]

The blush is always my favorite

[@0312sams]

My favorite tip is Starting with the lights and shadows and adding all the different colors afterwards! It has made all of my paintings look alive and not as two-dimensional :)

[@lowqualityblanc2148]

my favorite art tip is the base of characters and shading i've mostly just made characters with only a 'U' shape head but now i'm making them better slowly and surely

[@brunomedeiros4533]

Awesome tips! My favourite art tip is line of action. I love to draw characters in movement

[@antoniam7051]

Take a shot everytime he says "ouuhhhhuuuu" , love it ! ♥

[@timothyallen1345]

One of my favorite tips: exaggerate the pose/expression. It really helped loosen up my drawings and forms, and helped them be less stiff and more expressive. I was a very "literal" drawer, so pushing myself to make more fun and expressive drawings helped me think outside the box and make poses i was proud of! And also: draw everyday!

[@jadahkay3524]

An art tip I learned that stuck with me was simplify your color palette and design of your character

[@sirirond1990]

My favorite art tip is more of a mentality one, and its, "Its ok to fail, thats the only way to improve, so just aim to fail and do it big!" i think most of us always want to be the best we can, but the thing is, that in order to be the very best, you first need to suck super hard, BUT the quicker you are at sucking and fixing your mistakes, the quicker youll improv, so dont be afraid of failing since thats only one step in the right direction of being the best you can be

[@ronadrian6007]

Idk this is kinda weird but my favorite one so far is "aim to fail". It really did leave an impact on my creativity like im now able to experiment freely on my drawings without feeling anxious that i might mess it up because I know I have to fail it smartly for me to be able to pinpoint my mistakes and learn from it and move on to another artwork cancelling those mistakes, and again and again. Because I dont think that Im so big and so tough.