How to Draw a Portrait of Bruce Lee

[@BR54niner]

My favorite part of this video…other than the talent and the tips…is the fact that there is zero background music. THANK YOU ☺️

[@zenoist2399]

I'm a portarait drawer myself and this is really useful for a beginner to know. You have to study distances and angles. I like you've shown the pic you are referencing too. Excellent tutorial.

[@xyzabc7615]

Thank you sir for teaching how to measure angles and reference points for perfect sketching of a portrait and also for teaching shading

[@vkballen5253]

great portrait and Bruce lee is my idol also since i was a kid

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Yeah, me too. Thanks

[@saptarshimandal611]

I also learn to draw portraits, whenever I need to practice portrait drawing, I only draw Bruce Lee's faces. By seeing his face, I get more zeal to draw. Love it from India 🇮🇳 ♥...

[@alex630710]

You ARE the Bruce Lee of drawing. Congrats, and thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@rich3419]

Fantastic tutorial. Seriously, the best portrait tutorials on KZbin. Thanks!

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Thanks Rich.

[@void1777]

No it's not no offense

[@arafatlabib3289]

*Thank* *you*

[@selwynbriones1958]

@@void1777 are you better than him?

[@jamesmcknight8200]

Beautiful tribute to Bruce.

[@ArtofWeiHo]

James McKnight Thanks James.

[@donaldpratt9795]

This is just amazing... The legendary Bruce Lee.. Much respect to him, and a very good sketch Mr. Wei

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Donald Pratt Thanks Donald. Please just call me Wei, the Mr is making me feel old=).

[@donaldpratt9795]

Alright then..

[@szthercsxrofaudaszx7391]

+Art of Wei speaking of age. How old are you?

[@arafatlabib3289]

The legendary Bruce Lee.💚

[@KQMScribe9992010]

I emensely enjoyed your video. I too am an accomplished portrait painter, and I do a lot of drawing studies before I do an oil painting portrait of someone. Bruce Lee was a defining hero in my adolescent period, when I was heavily into Marvel Super Heroes and. Martial Arts. I see my drawing and painting through the "Sculptor's Eye" ,which has helped me to visualize and feel intuitively, in my mind's artistic eye, the subject's form in its geometrical occupation of space and time. I think learning bones and muscle anatomy plays a big part in getting the form and likeness right. And of course, as I teach my grandchildren: draw,draw and draw some more, but have fun!

[@ArtofWeiHo]

+Bill Kendall Thanks Bill. Yeah, I grew up watching his films on channel 9=).

[@israelfortunatogomesdeoliv46]

Perfect technique!

[@tsoijacky]

Thank you so much for your drawing technique, that's much helpful to me.

[@baljeetdham]

Awesome. Thank you for nice tutorial

[@norascombedule1057]

duuuh nampenda Bruce lee

[@radamescenteno2640]

Love it! I also agree with your remarks about Bruce Lee's life. He was also my idol growing up.

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Yup. Thanks.

[@parvpatel2329]

I love this drawings first I thought they are printed portraits but when I watched the whole video hats offff to you

[@drgigiwong]

Hey Wei, can you draw more other famous characters? That will be great!

[@T-bit]

Bruce Lee, just like your drawing, so inspiring.

[@ArtofWeiHo]

tony white Thanks Tony.

[@aminamonica7553]

tony white and white gentlemen

[@johnlatham2156]

This is great Wei, i love to sketch and this will be a big help to me, what a great subject too!! Im old enough to remember him from the seventies lol

[@ArtofWeiHo]

John Latham Same here, I'm probably a little younger than you. He did they year I was born. Grew up watching all his films over and over again on out local channel then, channel 9, Kung Fu Theater. I still recall the theme music for that=). It's so cheesy but man, those were the days. Love it. Miss it.

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Art of Wei I meant, "he died the year I was born." Sorry for my bad typing.

[@HimanArtists]

Awesome Draw

[@RockListeningChick]

Thank you for the share!

[@romeross1557]

This is awesome! Great work as always!

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Roman Ross Thanks Roman.

[@h0ckeyd]

This is a fantastic tutorial, thank you very much!

[@arafatlabib3289]

great thank u.Fantastic tutorial💚

[@christoskazazis4225]

i'm a tattooist and i'm tattooing mostly portraits and i can say that this video is been really yousefull. thanks man. keep up the good work :)

[@ArtofWeiHo]

+christos kazazis Thanks christos

[@amansaurav5324]

you are really a good artist + a art teacher

[@grabodo2023]

bro this drawing is op!!!!

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Thanks 😅

[@heatherchan1098]

Thank you , for teaching the values of shading! This is going to help me draw Bruce Lee ! Thank you for teaching us! =)

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Hiakura Chan Thanks for watching Hiakura.

[@heatherchan1098]

Your welcome =) Art of Wei​

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Hiakura Chan Love your profile pic=).

[@heatherchan1098]

Thank you =) I like your profile pic too =) Art of Wei​

[@lawrencekraal1020]

+Art of Wei what an impressed portrait you've sketched

[@CL-et1rh]

great Job Mr. Wei, you impressed me with your Bruce Lee draw. Now i got my own Bruce Lee video

[@ArtofWeiHo]

coglanart =). Thanks.

[@miguelangelaguilera3793]

Buen trabajo del maestro 👍 felicidades manito saludos

[@rjravaz]

Great tips and the pic came out great

[@ArtofWeiHo]

+rjravaz Thanks.

[@Anosaan]

Again, this is beautiful and very inspiring. I have a question though, did you only use a 4B to have such a dark shading in the end? Thanks!

[@ArtofWeiHo]

+Ano saan 4B or a 6B for really dark areas.

[@randysajol8521]

thank you so much, for the tips and i like your style, GOD BLESS YOU

[@bearbee1891]

This will help me so much for my art exam!!!! Thanks😊

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Bear Bee Good luck.

[@LearnFineArt]

I love his first fight :-)

[@jmr7368]

Excellent commentary!

[@butoktoy]

.Learned much from your videos.your loose sketching and rough pencil shading gives a more lively expressive rendered image . Can you please sketch the famous photo of Bruce Lee and Kareem Abdul Jabbar fighting scene from the Game of Death movie? Thank you Sir!

[@ArtofWeiHo]

That's a great photo.

[@tinart5356]

Very nice and methodical...!

[@elvascoiturriagagoroso5206]

What type of paper do you use? Thanks for your tips!!!

[@stevemccracken5856]

Practice is the key for me. Thank you much.

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Steve McCracken =). Yup.

[@pedramnori6439]

great thank u i learnd alot from ur videos

[@ArtofWeiHo]

+pedram nori Thanks.

[@arafatlabib3289]

This is great💚💓

[@jaedonrufo4244]

Spot on 👌

[@dineshd9135]

Your tutorial is very good

[@Mr1fireice]

Hey Wei, I like the portrait of Bruce Lee, but I think using the reference photo via computer maybe hard to get proportion acurately. Bruce was my idol as well. In fact, I still use his quotes in my everyday life. The easiest way to Master all things is to be like water. Anyway, for drawing this I would probably use Andre Loomis to get some frame work first. I also have a question about loomis. You madea video stating that the nose would go somewhere around just above the bottom of the initial circle that you make. Other people say that the tip of the nose goes right on the line of the circle. Or ........is ti that as the head turns in prospective the nose would eventually touch your guid circle? Thanks

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Mr1fireice Thanks. It's a much easier setup for me to show the reference on the side if it's on a tablet. It's too difficult to find print images that is the size that I want. In terms of the head, there's many different methods, but it all centers around Loomis' methods. You can use whatever variation you want as long as it works. Nothing is suppose to be too constraining.

[@Ninasen-62]

Really good 💖

[@jasminkalkhof626]

That was amazing! ^^ Can you draw Heath Ledger? Please!

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Yeah, maybe

[@mysterieuxillusion5896]

The Best of the Best bruce lee 🇫🇷

[@gustavocruz561]

ur really good drawing i like ur drawing its sick☺

[@ArtofWeiHo]

+Gustavo Cruz Thanks Gustavo

[@arafatlabib3289]

*Thank* You _Dear_ 💚

[@terobistmkonko234]

Great work, great tutorial.

[@limsokpanha5308]

I really love your drawing.

[@ArtofWeiHo]

lim sokpanha Thanks again lim.

[@limsokpanha5308]

You're welcome.

[@ArtofWeiHo]

lim sokpanha lim, join me at my facebook page--->art of wei.

[@limsokpanha5308]

I join it many days ago. facebook.com/ArtofWei?fref=ts

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Okay, got it. Just saw your photos=).lim sokpanha

[@Islamicstatus_190]

I got many tips from ur passion :):) Thanks for sharing ur GOD gifted talent

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Ashraf Naveed Thanks Ashraf.

[@drgigiwong]

BRUSE LEE DA BEST !

[@sergiogardelia]

I LIKE THE WAY YOU EXPLAIN .COULD YOU SHOW MORE VIDEOS ON HOW TO MAP FACIAL FEATURES ...FEELS GOOD TO FINNALLY FOUND AN ARTIST LIKE YOU!!!!

[@ArtofWeiHo]

sergio martinez Thanks sergio, that's good to hear.

[@sergiogardelia]

HEY I ...I HOPE THIS IS NOT A STUPID QUESTION BUT...WHAT TYPE OF LIGHT BULB DO YOU USE IF USING A DESK LAMP AT NIGHT WHEN DRAWING YOUR PORTRAITS?

[@keithparker117]

man your drawing skills you amazing good drawing of Bruce Lee

[@mostafafarweez3161]

WOW, as always Wei. That's AMAZING, LOVED this tutorial :)

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Mostafa Farweez Thanks Mostafa.

[@elitebanana4866]

Hey Wei :D new sub here. Just a couple questions if you have the time :) 1. I'm really interested in digital art, but only have the bamboo tablet and my iPad. I've been checking out the Cintiqs, but they're way out of my price range as a high school student without a job yet. Should I wait until Im older to invest in it? 2. How exactly does a cintiq work? Is it like a monitor for a computer? Thanks =)

[@ArtofWeiHo]

iGamingProR Yeah, your situation, I would not recommend the Cintiq. The bamboo is fine but I would recommend upgrading to a Intuos model as they are much more sensitive. Then all you need is a desktop computer or laptop. The iPad is too hard to make art with. Just get any PC or Mac and you'll be able to run almost all the drawing programs out there. So get a computer and a tablet. Or just use your bamboo with a desktop computer. The Cintiq is just a monitor that you can draw on. It still needs a computer to hook into. That's all it is.

[@26hariharakannan25]

good technique bro very useful

[@ArtofWeiHo]

+hariharakannan hariharakannan Thanks.

[@popajr58]

Love your work .

[@orsikun]

I really enjoyed your video:)Thank you.

[@ArtofWeiHo]

+Orsi Kun Thanks Orsi.

[@kingsaroj1028]

nice technique of art

[@art4all310]

This is great work! Which pencil did you use for the initial guidelines again? I believe you said 4B for the sketch part.

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Yes, correct

[@sarmadyako]

Amazing!! thank you for the video

[@ArtofWeiHo]

+Sarmad Yako Thanks again.

[@ronzwellthegreat6992]

+Art of Wei can you draw jet li or Jackie Chan and if you can I would greatly appreciate you

[@narcovice]

great job

[@ArtofWeiHo]

ronald ferreira Thanks ronald.

[@hetdesai5530]

you are the best arter

[@prasannparab1341]

u really help me in make my drawings perfect.. thnx art of wei

[@ArtofWeiHo]

=)

[@fredz19boholanasco54]

thanks 4 dis video .. i really like it ...now i know how to draw already ...........by using measurement strategy

[@stuartrogers6788]

wow your drawings are amazing.

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Thanks Stuart

[@britynjbear]

Very good drawing man your very good at that man keep it up man

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Brityn Bear Thanks Brityn.

[@britynjbear]

Your welcome when I draw my only problem is trying to draw the eyes and the proportion of the face

[@InsanityHere]

Mr. Wei, When you mentioned in your drawing that you thought you made it a little too wide, I thought so too from a little earlier on in the drawing. I can't draw. Still, I'm watching all these videos on KZbin so I can learn. I'd like to see more drawings from you. Do you have a ball point pen portrait of someone? Ray

[@ArtofWeiHo]

+Ray Charles Hi Ray, I don't have a pen drawing for portraits. I've always liked pencil so I haven't done much pen work, other than in school where I was forced to=). Drawing is fun, Ray. Hope you get into it.

[@InsanityHere]

Mr. Wei, I sure hope I do, and hope to find a good portrait photo to try and copy from. Your Bruce Lee drawing came out well, I thought. I will check to see what other charcoal drawings you may have done. Ray

[@ArtofWeiHo]

+Ray Charles Thanks Ray.

[@darshilpatel6771]

What pencil do you use

[@ArtofWeiHo]

4B

[@awkwadi]

nice i made it successfully thanks

[@wafaamorocco1535]

Great video.

[@ThatArtistGryph]

What type of paper are you using ?

[@ArtofWeiHo]

***** It's just regular sketching paper. Not the regular printer paper, but slightly better, something with some texture to it.

[@ThatArtistGryph]

Thanks for the reply I have another question maybe you can help me. I was in the market for some new pencils now that I understand the benefits of different types of graphite/lead like h vs 2b for shading. Was wondering if you could point in the right direction. 3 options i'm seeing 1. Mechanical pencil 0.3 0.5 and so on. 2. 2mm lead holder 3. A normal pencil with the specific graphite/lead type. My question is lets say you were using all these pencils and the lead was 2B for all of them are there any benefits to choosing one over the other ?

[@ArtofWeiHo]

***** Hi Tony. Good question. The .3 leads are really small and is good for small details and very fine lines. But you don't need that because you can get the similar sharpness with the larger leads just by sharpening. The 2mm is the standard size. I use the 2mm lead with a lead holder. The lead holder's advantage is that the lead is retractable via the lead holder, making it 'cleaner' to carry around. Also, the 2mm leads are slightly cheaper than the wooden pencils. But you will need a special sharpener for that. I love the lead holders. Given that, you might ask why would you choose a wooden pencil over the lead holder? Well, the wooden pencil 'feels' better in my opinion. I am able to get more feedback between the wooden pencil on the paper than I would with a lead holder on the paper. You can feel the paper more with the wooden pencil. So for me, it's a toss up between the two. The lead holder is convenient, but nothing replaces the feel of the scrapping with a wooden pencil on the surface of the paper. So I would suggest go with your #2 and #3 options and forget the .3 leads. Hope that helps.

[@ThatArtistGryph]

That's perfect thanks!!

[@zzblinderzz7996]

hey please reply! how would I draw if the picture is small or it is a post card. please reply........

[@ArtofWeiHo]

It's the same, just smaller.

[@ff4541]

Love ur uploaded Video! This is helpful for me!

[@EHYEHasherEHYEH1]

Fantastic

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Revelation 1:15 Thanks.

[@theartofjosephadams1970]

Great video

[@jasminkalkhof626]

cool! thank you for the answer! 🙂😄

[@earlymorningeagle]

thank you man. that was delicious, great !

[@ArtofWeiHo]

earlymorningeagle Delicious=),

[@drsushilkoirala]

Which pencil are you using

[@sadik.ziyali]

What did you use pen

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Game- Rangerss 2B and 4B

[@sadik.ziyali]

Art of Wei thanks.Great work

[@bryannyan2882]

very good sir

[@ArtofWeiHo]

rian fpf thank you rian.

[@arafatlabib3289]

*Right*

[@jingykim5]

my hero Bruce Lee!!

[@ArtofWeiHo]

=). Me too.

[@geraldmacantal3522]

this is amazing style I'II try this

[@zbrart]

I drew the exact same drawing but I started with the eyes could take a look on it ?

[@nledonda2915]

20:29 best part ever, trust me

[@heatherchan1098]

Art of Wei thanks it well help me out a lot ! =)

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Hiakura Chan Thanks again Hiakura.

[@heatherchan1098]

No prob :) Art of Wei​

[@Goxus95]

I have 2 questions, did you finish some art academy? and is it bad if one uses a grid for drawing? Thanks in advance =]

[@ArtofWeiHo]

+Goran Pavlović I never went to art school. Drawing grids are okay, but just don't use too dense of a grid. Reason is that it becomes too mechanical, and painful=). Maybe a like 2x2 grid, like a tic-tac-toe grid would suffice. Remember, it's not about being accurate at first. You've get more accurate as you draw more. It all comes together. Making grids so your final drawing is super accurate defeats the purpose of drawing. especially if everything else is not good, like your line work, shading, composition, etc.

[@christiannaalbay2552]

this is so good

[@beyondthestars8860]

This is a great tutorial very well explained thank you!!

[@frederickphoenix]

this is awesome! thanks a lot

[@atoymoko2883]

Very helpful tutorial drawing, thanks for the video brother. you got one more subscriber from me,.,

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Atoy Moko Thanks Atoy.

[@banksygal6917]

Wow hard to believe u posted this two years ago and ps who's watching in 2917!!!!!!!!!

[@PierreJp]

Nice here it is :D! Awesome wei c: yeah my lines when i shade can be flat sometimes so i cheat with the good old rolls up piece of paper q.q! this looks great i'm learning a thing of to about being patient from you because i feel like my mind is but my hand isn't if you know what i mean xD. Thanks for rocking another drawing and sharing your upload Wei c:!

[@ArtofWeiHo]

Pierre Jp Thanks Pierre, yeah, it just takes a lot of time and practice and eventually you'll have great hand control. Unfortunately, there's no shortcut=).

[@ElioBd]

Congratulations for video

[@-thesalemcrow-5941]

19:51 this couldn't have been said any bit more true

[@anko8aug]

NICE WAAHHHH!!!

[@ArtofWeiHo]

+anko8aug No more pictures? =)

[@Moncept]

+Art of Wei Great video and drawing. Ive been trying to draw for about a year and till have bad results and its very frustrating please help. Thank you.

[@ArtofWeiHo]

+Alex Franco Thanks Alex

[@vishwapalekar8280]

awesome bro this was my first ever sketch & it was gud only the space between nose and the lip has increased a bit but 2 thank u nic work !!

[@ArtofWeiHo]

+Vishwa Palekar Thanks Vishwa

[@X1GenKaneShiroX]

Martial Arts! Bruce Lee the man and is called Lee-gendary Bruce