Why You Should Learn Grayscale!

Greyscale! Important skill! Values!
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[@ciscodadisco6378]

Me, who can't even draw circles correctly: "Ah, yes. My mistake was not focusing on values."

[@hudeckova.terezie]

Haha

[@samdoesarts]

💀💀💀

[@samdoesarts]

How to draw circles video next

[@MV.]

@@samdoesarts fr though, you actually should do a video on foundational drawing like sketches and stuff and how to correctly draw

[@redpie907]

😂😂😂 in the past i draw a lot of circle 😃 between two lines or just next to each other randomly like bubbles next to each others in different size Btw you don't stress about it 😊 just draw

[@ayilwalker7431]

As someone that's been through an art education, videos like this convince me more and more that my education was NOT worth it. Sam's videos have probably taught me more than my illustration course did in 3 years

[@ad_kk16]

Weird because he was in an art school throughout his high school years and went to University for it

[@cherilynsarts8845]

@@ad_kk16 it actually depends on the art school cause most/some sucks.

[@mica4977]

I could see how certain schools might be more in it for the business/profit side rather than actually educating

[@ad_kk16]

@@cherilynsarts8845 He’s been to York/Sheridan Design. The Design program at York University is excellent and well known, many in the graphic design community tend to hire those who graduated from the program over candidates from other schools

[@cybergalacticnova]

my art school actually helped lol

[@aumarivero]

*"Okay it's been about fifteen minutes..."* Me: 👁👄👁

[@freyalisa9472]

how could is that possible man, he is unbelievable

[@pakhisingh2490]

He said in another thread that it took 50 minutes, not 15.

[@zepp9579]

EXACTLY lolllll i was thinking the same thing

[@14bqdonk]

he is the Flash but artist

[@Tutterzoid]

Even if it took him 50 minutes .. I would be happy if that took me half a day to get such a result :)

[@lov3r510]

“Doesn’t really take any brain power. Which is perfect for me...cause I’m stOupiD🤧” felt✋

[@cansaidraw8494]

🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@aleenaabbasi1858]

We stan that pfp tho. Yeontan. What a king

[@majestics0ck]

I actually laughed out loud when he said that

[@erwinblakeley807]

You are trying to learn, or not stoupid

[@rupakekevys9671]

ARMYYY

[@qenn3119]

Never been this early, notice me master gave me your blessing.

[@samdoesarts]

You are blessed

[@yelena4227]

@@samdoesarts hi lodi/idol can you do a tutorial how to color grayscale im SUCKS at coloring tin grayscale

[@cansaidraw8494]

Give me blessings too senpai

[@varflock9777]

Senpai noticed you.

[@gowrigireesan526]

You are one of the few artists I saw here who really want to help new artists to develop their skills.😀 You are my greatest inspiration. I love to watch your videos again and again cause they are so helpful 😉

[@sanctuary_of_mango]

I had to like it, unlike it, and relike this comment to at least be able to like it more than once. So true

[@livingincreation]

Fax frfr

[@EmmaJohnsonShenanigans]

you should watch the youtuber Drawingwiffwaffles then! her videos are more about her process than teaching objectively but watching her draw can be extremely informative (especially her 100 heads challenge video)

[@alyssa2188]

"except we're doing this digitally so it's going to save us a lot of time and it's going to save us some trees " lmaoo

[@sophiedarnell467]

yeaaa took me a min or two to get the "trees" reference, but finally remembered "trees/greenbacks" are usually refereed to as money because, tress are green, and trees can also be made into paper. So strange the way my mind works sometimes lmaoo

[@miranda_ward_artz7949]

I LOVE doing grayscale art!! I normally only do gray scale when I'm trying a different shading style. Also I am in love with that art at the end!!!

[@Amms468]

Dont run from your respo-

[@lov3r510]

When Sam tries to grab the digital pen but drops it instead 💀😂

[@samdoesarts]

I am not elegant

[@inkwhiskers9948]

My Wacom pen spends more time in the air than in my hand

[@poagy]

@@inkwhiskers9948 Same with my apple pen, im surprised on how its not completely shattered

[@inkwhiskers9948]

@@poagy 😁

[@ivanimationm.b3386]

hey sam do you plan to make another tutorial and how to trade your soul for the talent you got

[@samdoesarts]

This will be our 500k special

[@kaorumugen991]

Talent is an illusion you have when observing skill without observing the process of developing it. And he didn't have to trade his soul for it - just a shitload of time.

[@ivanimationm.b3386]

@@kaorumugen991 its sarcasm you need hard work and patient to achieve those talent he got

[@RaphBuzz]

What amazes me is how fast he is. I mean time/effort vs result it is impressive. Wondering about his brush pressure setup and pen config. I swear sometimes I could say it is a watercolor like. Would be nice to see a video about that.

[@c.j.5455]

@@kaorumugen991 it's not just time though. There truly is talent involved too! Not everyone can achieve his level of talent even with hard work

[@qr9613]

this mans voice, i swear sometimes i just play it in the background

[@skinnysince96]

Really, the way you make sure we the noobs need to calm down and take things little by little so we don't overwhelm ourselves in this journey becoming a good artist means a lot for me in particular. I often rush anything, be perfect as quick as possible, no rest, etc which turns me into the opposite, showing a slow progress and somewhat stuck. Anyway, thank you. You deserve my subscribe button!

[@arsonistic_spoons_arts]

This opened my eyes why my traditional and digital quality levels are so different. I've been drawing traditionally for 2 decades but just picked up digital . Thank you

[@enrovi]

Brushing up on my understanding of values was one of the most effective things I did to improve my art. Thank you for the great tips, Sam!

[@ayushbijalwan4812]

I'm a traditional artist and I work in graphite too! It's the love of my life

[@samdoesarts]

Yesssss

[@Themagicbusofficial]

Love that man.. I in a process of achieving my dreams And now your video was part of it. And never say I’m stupid 😆

[@meijelly]

I'm in art school rn, and one of my most recent classes was color theory and still life and I've learned a lot about grayscale and it's def helped me improve

[@Devils-Eve]

I'm an experienced artist with pens, pencils and paints on paper or canvas. But once I made the transition to digital it was hard, but once I got a feel for it all my knowledge of art eventually transitioned over. So in a sense I did have to start with square one, it was frustrating knowing you can make art a lot better on paper but having to stick with this to get better, and I did, but it also has to do with what kind of tablet you have. Display tablets are definitely the way to go the others are just way too hard to adjust to.

[@ih8usernamezalot]

As amazing as the information Sam gives us through his videos can we just appreciate the FIRE that is the music he uses as BGM?

[@Gatz3D]

It’s nice to see outtakes when you’re hashing out the dialogue. Makes us remember that talking to a camera is hard 😂😂 Excellent video!!

[@wee8537]

Yayayaa congrats on 100k :D

[@samdoesarts]

Thank you!!

[@qupsoup3156]

Your voice is just like Bob Ross. Its so relaxing. This helped me a lot btw!

[@regularhuman4208]

Sams content has chage ALOT!!! Im glad to see how much he has grow

[@kaichiro7549]

You're voice is gorgeous and hypnotizing. It made me wanna focus on every words you are saying. I learned a lot. Thank you!

[@cocoacat.pngggg]

i never thought of doing grayscale art until this video popped up. Thanks for telling us why grayscale art is important to learn! ❤️️

[@nikolion4256]

Greyscale is definitely important and can help alot

[@monikagw1495]

This is such a lovely painting! I love her expression, this video made me want to draw again 💞

[@ScapePlayer]

This definitely one of my favorite video's of yours, maybe one of my favorite art ones on YT. It's so important to remember how to properly use values!!! defo gonna share this and go back to it when needed.

[@close2751]

seeing your videos make me more and more exicted to finally get my drawing tablet

[@anonymorse1335]

I am obsessed with grey scale. Just finished a big piece in grey scale. one of my best work.

[@ironmanabhi007]

2k to 113k its been an amazing journey till now looking forward for many more amazing & helpful videos from you. Thank you 😊😊

[@juliusreviko4865]

Okay now...i know why its so important! Thanks alot Sam! Your an inspirational, and talented artist, we love you Sam, i hope you can do a tutorial of painting skin plz🙏🏻

[@jiayi4084]

Sir it is illegal to be this talented

[@scarletdrxmz8646]

I swear he needs more recognition! he is amazing at what he does!

[@wileycom]

I don’t know how your channel finally got into my feed but this is my Lucky Day. I’m a beginner and totally appreciate your clear informative approach to drawing! I’m a jazz musician by trade and appreciate the value of practice but, as you said, it’s important to know where to begin! Many thanks for all you do!

[@tarsan894]

this dude is the art teacher we all wanted in school!

[@KittyUnicorn56XD]

I’m doing a weird way of learning how to do a realistic drawing by starting fresh without any experience knowledge and trying to do this on a program that I basically just picked up and don’t really know how to operate it. So this should be very interesting.

[@artzydragon770]

how did that go?

[@KittyUnicorn56XD]

@@artzydragon770 Started it but never really moved on after one stage. So it is interesting. 😂

[@tinamarie9136]

What about now?

[@KittyUnicorn56XD]

@@tinamarie9136 I haven't really worked much on it since I started it. I've worked on other projects though.

[@tinamarie9136]

@@KittyUnicorn56XD alright

[@lucidcannibal]

I start my day with Sam's videos and end it the same, practice in between, hoping someday I'll be able to draw like this.

[@nunki_space]

YOUR ART IZZZ AWESOME!!!! And I know YOU GET THIS A LOT, BUT YOUR VOICE!!!! 😍 IT MELTS ME AND IT FEELS SOOOO SOOTHING, COMFORTING, AND I KEEP BLUSHING WHILE WATCHING AND LISTENING 💖💖💖

[@isbllebr]

You are actually helpful. I think on instagram aswell on yt theres a lot of do this not that instead of like you saying "this is an important foundation! practice it because of this and that"

[@yimyam1301]

You deserve millions of subs! Thank you for inspiring me always! Whenever I want to draw, I look to your artworks first for inspiration! Thanks a lot!

[@electrotoffee]

Ah, so fundamental basics of art do apply in both traditional and digital. I always wondered if my traditional knowledge could transfer over. I adore the finished painting! She's so pretty and the contrast is really nice without being jarring.

[@vk69525]

i normally don expect great artists to look this fine 😳 plus the voice omg

[@MadiX2002]

Amazing timing for this video, been feeling as if my illustrations have been more flat these days and I couldn’t figure out why :”) I might even try this out with a single hue only too! Something like a monochrome portrait

[@magicks8905]

Watching you sketch before you paint is my favorite man. Your lines are so pretty. I’m really having trouble with proportions of facial features idk how you do it

[@MichelleGranados]

"Still got it" that talk way of yours got me in love hahhaa, love your channel Sam! Looking forward for the next video :D

[@davidsanders7249]

Great work! I started out a more traditional artist and I completely agree with you. Learning values is So important. Love your work.

[@chrisknight8476]

I needed this and had no clue as to how much... Thanks big homie!..... And this sound track in absolute GAS🔥

[@DanielGreen0]

I'd love a video of you talking a bit about how you started and some tips about what kind of a road map you think will be good when learning. I really like your style, I think your understanding of light and value is fantastic and I wanna learn.

[@demialabi4942]

I agree! I recently started taking it seriously and it really helped my art!

[@Gabeeys]

Sam, you taught me so much that i didnt understand back then. I’m not so experienced with art but yet pretty good, but i see some issues i do and dont really understand them. Thank you, Sam does education!

[@ayayron8221]

so glad i found your channel a couple months back. I really love your style and i cant WAIT to see you blow up!! ALSO I WAS LISTENING TO SHIT ON SPOTIFY AND IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED YOUR ART STYLE FOR THE PINK SWEAT$ AND KEHLANI SONG

[@briezeee]

Your art is so beautiful Sam ... that’s one thing you and it have in common

[@monimoop7762]

I always feel reluctant to go into grayscale because I get very bored - I'm always so excited to apply the colours. Need to learn some self-control and practice in grayscale!

[@liliastobbeart]

This drawing is just insane

[@Ehh0.0]

Imagine a movie is Sam's art style!!!!! That would be AWESOME!

[@ArtistOdysseyMaster]

This is very helpful.Thanks!

[@garymcderp1146]

This is probably the single most important thing I’ve learned.

[@kimchi8022]

Awesome video. I’m that new digital artist that has only been studying anatomy, colors and rendering. But I’ve been sleeping on values to be honest. So I’m definitely going to learn about them. What you said about there just being so much info online and not knowing where to start is also true and can be very overwhelming! 😅

[@artandbujos]

I only recently found your channel, I think your videos are super informative and inspiring, they make me excited to get better at painting again!!

[@Kaykaylul]

Love your vibe and how well you explain things :) I can tell you have a genuine love for your art. Thanks for the great vids

[@hope-gg3jc]

you are really talented.period

[@samdoesarts]

Thank you. Period

[@suzume_artz]

Thank you so much for this video. I've been drawing with graphite for a while now, but I haven't tried Grayscale digitally. This was very informational! Thanks, Sam

[@paytonbrown20]

you should do an art challenge where u turn off the color in settings and then draw with black to gray and then turn the color back on and see how weird the drawing looks with the colors you used!

[@ogdraws_6919]

no one gonna talking about the first bakground music that he used in the video?? thats so vibing

[@josephbondzie4171]

Right?

[@ogdraws_6919]

whats the first music? anyone?

[@NadorSin]

@@ogdraws_6919 i want to know the music of the second song

[@ogdraws_6919]

@@NadorSin i found it :D, its Trenches by Nbhd Nick (instrumental)

[@NadorSin]

@@ogdraws_6919 Thank you very much. Just found it too

[@frolic8310]

I have been troubling picking color even though i have an reference to follow it, but after watching your video, im gonna start with learning grayscale first before jumping to coloring and other complex stuff. Thank you so much! :))

[@toastedsmore8110]

Wow im actually struggling a lot learning to render art - and last night I started to try to do greyscale and it really isnt working. I really needed this video thanks :D

[@okjason3446]

7:59 damn he did this in 15 mins i practice values, i turn into samdoesarts

[@theholyshrimp1012]

50*

[@RadxPLord]

Sometimes, it's simple problems that make drawing hard. 0:10 was when I realized I could just choose the gray scale pallet on my app instead of trying to choose gray and black then blending it to make the shade I want

[@safe4547]

One thing I would like to add to make Value drawings easier is to group your shadows, and use at most 5 values.

[@matthewjohnvu8104]

So good, Sam. We need to get the basics. My schooling didn’t teach me this way. It was all just sink or swim. I learned more basics in HS than in college.

[@nganmai9674]

A thousand thanks ♥️♥️♥️♥️ I'm really looking forward for your next videos !!!!

[@monimoop7762]

Yeah I was about to start a black and white portrait to practice but then I saw Sam's 15 minute portrait at the end and now I'm kind of intimidated... 😂

[@dynosaurrrr]

*50 yeah ik lol i thought he said 15 too (bunch of ppl did) but then realised how impossible that would be dont conpare yourself to other artists too much! its sometimes is just discrouraging, and its important to know you will get there eventually, and everyone needs their own amount of time to get good at something 😊 keep going!

[@jugedamultimedia]

Your art always inspires me a lot, it always leaves me mesmerized :O

[@sukainabatool3740]

Haiii, great video. Tbh ur style has inspired me soo much, and I and ur yt channel helps a lot. Ty sam💖

[@jerrywanda3886]

"Ok it's been 5 minutes" And he has got a finished painting! It happens in almost all of your vids. Teach me master!

[@smile4chuhi519]

This was awesome! To the message and music! Thank you for making this!

[@marygracepahilan7081]

Thanks for sharing your digital art! You are so good!👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Kazuyoshiiii]

i like your style, it's so beautiful

[@biia.lex06]

The “I still got it 😌💅✨” is everything LMAO

[@allthingsartsy7391]

Watching you always makes me want to do digital art! Great video btw :)

[@ArtWithVibes]

This is really good man, I haven’t tried to fully render out a digital painting with just grayscale. I’ll have to try it sometime

[@Kwarateen]

I have always wondered why people do this and I never bothered to look up why 😂 thank you!

[@kaabfarooq6179]

It really add depth in your paintings

[@upalidecosta1009]

Thank you sam,really helpful tutorial👍❤️. Wish u all the best

[@doesntmatter3358]

You're very talented, wow. I love your style.

[@HartDraws]

I was having an art block and hadn't drawn in weeks... This helped me so much .. I will surely go back to drawing

[@ath-o8071]

Honestly I can't even draw but I watch the video till the end cause watching him drawing and colouring is kinda therapeutic

[@elemmir3704]

I found u on Instagram and I love ur drawing style, it’s so beautiful ❤️

[@missmillienettleton]

If you could do a video like 'introduction to creating smooth skintones' I would cry with joy.

[@AshIDraws]

Hey sam ill be waitin for another tutorial for beginer like this its really help me and motivated me to become good artist like you...

[@dahliaa26]

Thank you for these tutorials Sam! They really help me out a lot. I was wondering if you could do one about "finishing touches" because i really like the last details and shapes you add to your paintings!

[@livingincreation]

This man along with Ethan Becker and some other artist are my biggest inspirations super good break downs and they really help people understand unlike those ppl on tictok who go... Step 1 draw a circle Step 2 add detail there you go and your done Lol Also the beats in his videos go hard

[@BuffOrpington5]

Here’s a tip: choose your colors, lay them out spread apart from each other, and then just turn on grayscale mode. When you’re done, turn it off. It’s similar to the “I don’t see the colors I use” challenge, except you do.

[@rebeccavanberkel]

This video really gave me to confidence to try character painting and that stuff. I'm better in landscapes, but I really want to focus more on face, body and character. But it just doesn't work out. So I might try this

[@louis1062]

It looks so easy when he does it, when it's actually not.😯

[@sandysetiawan2892]

Probably because he has done thousands of portrait drawing.

[@grahambahamas]

Awesome tutorial. Appreciate your teaching style and keeping it about the art.

[@Lyndaadlng1]

Excellent. Just what I needed. Thank you

[@mahi0710x]

You are a lifesaver, grateful for your video's💎

[@bervens.a]

This video is exactly what I needed, Thank you !!