Drawing Essentials, Part 1
Added 2020-12-06 08:32:58 +0000 UTCYou can find the lesson notes attached to this post (at the bottom).
Coming up:
- Part 2: Analysis & practice of Bargue drawings (intermediate) + head structure templates (me/Loomis).
- Part 3: Cast drawing concepts (beginner) + cast drawing demo (I might pre-record this bit).
All that you have to do to take part in these events is to be an active subscriber at the $10 level or higher.
For parts 2 & 3 the dates are TBD depending on my schedule...
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Comments
Thank you so much for your courses. I have only been drawing seriously for 2 months. You share a great knowledge that is easy to digest. I learned more from your free sphere tutorial than I have in 2 months. Do you all think this is the best place to start within this learning environment or is block in also a good place to start?
Aaron
2025-03-06 13:52:35 +0000 UTCWould love to give you a hard calculation, really. I can tell you that the resultant drawing will not be the evidence of internalization- its kind of like the thing you work on while the knowldge takes root.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2024-11-14 09:01:42 +0000 UTCHi Stephen. Assuming that I draw 2 hours per day, how long should I expect to spend on the Atelier lessons 1 through 3.2? I am aiming for competence with the concepts as an amateur artist, not professional.
David Schnetzer
2024-11-14 02:25:43 +0000 UTCGreetings everyone, I am new here and kind of overwhelmed. If my goal is to become a portrait artist, start from the basics, where do you think should i start?
Elmer Dalangin
2024-02-18 06:22:55 +0000 UTCDrawing essentials 1 + 2 are all lecture based. Part 3 is practice based.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2023-11-28 09:18:50 +0000 UTCHey, after watching this video, should I practice? Or at what point practice/"drawing along" will be done?
Adan Mauricio Sámano Ordaz
2023-11-24 05:14:58 +0000 UTCHi Stephen . this video is really interesting , the part on shadow and light is very usefull , well explained and is what i'm searching for, hope to find something more deep about it .Thanks so much
shaki
2023-05-24 09:09:06 +0000 UTCThank you!
Kimberly
2023-02-27 10:54:49 +0000 UTCSight size is very useful for Bargue. I do not use it here as not everyone will have the space to work this way. You are right that the envelope shape is where you should start. You can follow along with this exersize: https://sbanavigation.com/collections/patreon/products/psyche-of-napoli
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2023-02-27 07:47:17 +0000 UTCHi Stephen. I really love your teaching style and how you really explain the concepts in such great detail. I do ask though if when we begin our Bargue's if we should start with the envelop. Also, I took a different online course where we did Bargue's but used sight-size. Is this method acceptable or should I forget about sight-size? As well, we were instructed to use vellum over the Bargue to check our work for accuracy. Is this a tool I should forget about or continue to check my work like this? Thanks so much for all you are doing!
Kimberly
2023-02-26 20:23:49 +0000 UTCThank you for this one, love the way you started by introducing the concepts and basics, and then continued into applied examples! These are great! 🤩🙏🏽
Andy Rodriguez
2023-01-08 10:28:38 +0000 UTCI will check that folder- you should have access.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2022-12-27 10:07:02 +0000 UTCi'm in blockin bootcamp but when i go to download your bargue sources it says I do not have access?
vasjamesart
2022-12-26 17:22:39 +0000 UTCThank you, those thoughts hit home. (I started drawing 2 years ago. Was actually never interested in accuracy in itself. I did drawings with fountainhead pen, no corrections, straight on the paper. But then I bumped into work of students of the Florence academy of art. I was so moved by them. One thing led to another. And with studying your YouTube videos, for the first time, concepts like a good organization of values etc.started making sense to me. The almost accidental consequence was a big progress in my accuracy. But it is very good to be pointed out that accuracy in itself is a bit of a cold, or empty goal - those last words are just my translational of your advice. I guess I started tasting the taste of progress in accuracy and started focusing too much on it. )
J. Debaere
2022-10-23 09:43:06 +0000 UTCFeedback is important- principally to point out errors in thinking and organisation. It can also be good to hear about accuracy issues but this is of secondary concern. A tracing paper can be useful for this but is an artificial way to "juice" the accuracy of the drawing. If we think about the drawing as an experiment and your drawing as the proof of your method, this tracing could result in a false positive. Bottom line, it is not a black and white issue. Use a tracing, don't use one... as long as you are drawing, repeating the exercises, you will progress. It isn't an issue of it being a bad thing, just a different one.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2022-10-23 09:18:44 +0000 UTCGreat lesson, as usual. I wondered what your thoughts are on using tracing paper, as a tool for self correction, in self study from 2d pictures? I tend to think it is an unnatural shortcut, so I shy away from them. But then at the other hand, I started wondering, if you study by yourself, and despite all triple double quadruple checking, keep making similar mistakes you don't see for yourself, tracing paper might be a good tool to detect this? Or does the capacity of the eye grow anyway, over time, even without experienced people nearby that can point out inaccuracies? Thanks for your thoughts on this, Joke
J. Debaere
2022-10-23 09:08:54 +0000 UTCThat is the idea. The 1st 2 are kind of an info download.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2022-09-18 08:50:18 +0000 UTChello Stephan! thank you so for the videos I just wanted to ask to recommend that we watch all parts of the essential videos then begin practice drawings?
Lois Agyapong
2022-09-17 12:12:03 +0000 UTCThank you Stephen ! This is great content !
Ernesto
2022-09-07 21:55:53 +0000 UTCThanks you, Aaron!
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2022-06-15 08:32:15 +0000 UTCGot to say thank you Stephen! The amount of information you provide and relay is fantastic, can't wait to continue 👌
Aaron Costello
2022-06-11 12:52:47 +0000 UTCHello Stephen, I just subscribed yesterday. The work you accomplish here is GOLD. Thank you very much for your involvement !
Hermès
2022-02-09 14:35:57 +0000 UTCHappy to help!
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-11-09 07:07:01 +0000 UTCthanks so much for this course Stephen very well done
Μυρτώ Ανδρονή
2021-11-08 18:55:03 +0000 UTCApelle's line https://www.patreon.com/posts/defining-term-28986613
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-11-05 09:34:03 +0000 UTCYou mention a term that means when two planes meet. It’s around the 1:54:00 time mark. How do you spell that term? I wanted to learn more about it. You said you posted an article about them on here but I can’t find it.
Chris Garippo
2021-11-03 02:46:03 +0000 UTCThanks Stephen, I draw but definitely beginner at atelier methods so I will follow your advice 🙂
Mairead O Neill
2021-10-25 09:05:54 +0000 UTCHi Mairead- it depends on your level. If you are a beginner going here next would be good: https://stephenbaumanartwork.com/collections/patreon/products/studying-proportions
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-10-25 08:55:47 +0000 UTCi have just joined the atelier tier & wonder if you could offer some guidance about how I should proceed? I have watched drawing essentials 1 & will continue with those but I am not sure where to go after that?
Mairead O Neill
2021-10-19 14:48:15 +0000 UTCHI stephen
Mairead O Neill
2021-10-19 14:45:50 +0000 UTCNo worries :)
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-07-09 16:44:19 +0000 UTCInstructive Course. I love how you illustrate and simplify those complex concepts in such a clear way. Thank you for all of your hard work!
Ali Mohamed
2021-07-08 22:56:43 +0000 UTCThank you, David!!
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-05-05 08:28:56 +0000 UTCExceptionnal course. Well done Stephen to explain so complex concepts in such a crystal clear way.
David Suissa
2021-05-05 04:57:17 +0000 UTCThanks, Ana!
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-05-01 09:05:50 +0000 UTCGreat stuff, Patricia! Thanks :)
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-05-01 09:05:38 +0000 UTCThank you so much. This is more than I could have hoped for. I have watched parts several times trying to absorb all the information presented. I love the details that help me to improve on my work. I will be reviewing this series over and over until I fully grasp all of the concepts that will help me to be better at my work. Thank you again.
Patricia Penner
2021-05-01 03:50:08 +0000 UTCThis is awesome Stephen- very informative, thank you so much!
Ana Tilghman
2021-05-01 03:12:38 +0000 UTCJust 1 thing to clarify before I advise- you are buying panels for painting right?
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-04-10 08:55:08 +0000 UTCI stephen! I'm so grateful for your courses. I wanted to ask you since I am in the process of buying all my materials what kind of birch panel you use? I book marked a ton of different pages from links I saw you reply to other students with. For specifically the New Traditions Art Panels, are you using the NL219 1/4 inch Birch? Or is another one? There seems to be a lot of different options in widths, size, etc. I haven't ever stretched paper over panel before so I want to make sure I get the right stuff.
Marissa
2021-04-09 21:36:12 +0000 UTChttps://archive.org/details/C.BargueDrawingCourse/page/n31/mode/2up
George Thomas
2021-04-05 16:11:21 +0000 UTCHope it's ok to post this here. I found a pdf of the full Bargue book on archive.org. It's got some interesting content before the plates, which I found helpful.
George Thomas
2021-04-05 16:11:14 +0000 UTCHi Mariana, the Canson paper is called Mi-tientes and it ais a good alternative to Stonehenge.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-03-26 09:15:34 +0000 UTCHello Stephen! You mentioned that the type of paper you use for bargue drawings is stonehenge or canson midtone paper? Can you tell me the name or specifications of this canson paper? I am searching for an alternative to stonehenge for quite some time. Cheers!
Mariana Campos Flôr
2021-03-25 14:57:35 +0000 UTCIt sounds like you want to check out the refined edition of my proportion tutorial: https://stephenbaumanartwork.com/collections/patreon/products/studying-proportions
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-02-15 10:14:34 +0000 UTCThese videos are helpful. I wish I could spend more time watching them. One of the questions was about proportions, please can you tell me which part talks about proportions. There were only couple of minutes about proportion in part 1. Did I miss it in part 1 or is there another video about proportions. thank you so much for these video.
Mark Twain
2021-02-14 21:08:56 +0000 UTCThanks, Warner!
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-01-19 10:27:57 +0000 UTCThank you Stephen, your tutorials really cleanse the self-taught artists' confusing learning path and brought my fragmented and flawed learning system to a relatively complete piece. PS: I open patreon account because your art lessons only exist here.
WarnerCheng1024Bambu
2021-01-19 05:54:23 +0000 UTCHi Jia, at first making a lot of very simple short drawings is very useful. This is to get you more familiar with your materials and just getting used to drawing. After many drawings like that you can start to take longer and more complex subjects.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-01-08 11:09:57 +0000 UTCThanks for the positive feedback, Wayne!
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-01-08 11:08:00 +0000 UTCReally nice tutorial . I am a total newbie to drawing, and somehow (fortunately) came across your teaching and Patreon site. This is also the first time I have ever heard of Bargue drawings, and I am looking forward to this new adventure. Also, thanks for speaking so clearly. I am hard of hearing so I appreciate the excellent audio quality of your videos, While they are a little fast at 100% speed, I find they are perfect for me at 75%.
Wayne Schuyler
2021-01-08 04:58:30 +0000 UTCThanks Stephen for a great tutorial. The concepts you discussed make a lot of sense to me. However, I am struggling to figure out how I can practice to improve my drawing. Any advice? Thank you very much
jia liu
2021-01-08 01:50:42 +0000 UTCGreat! See you there.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-01-01 16:46:31 +0000 UTCThank you so much! I started studying bargue two weeks ago without guidance and I stumble on your account from proko! I will practice it before the next live!
Manal Alajmi
2021-01-01 09:03:26 +0000 UTCComing up February 1st :)
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2020-12-17 14:46:05 +0000 UTC3 hrs flew by , first person to actually explain cantwait for next one
Paul ward
2020-12-16 21:29:57 +0000 UTCJust updated the model pack to contain all 3 foot slides used in the lecture.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2020-12-08 11:20:41 +0000 UTChi sorry, me again. were we to attempt the foot plate as shown in the video as that isn't with the others? or does it not matter which we choose? 🙂
Michael Fairless
2020-12-08 11:02:38 +0000 UTCBrill. Thank you. 😁
Michael Fairless
2020-12-08 10:35:58 +0000 UTCThanks for the reminder. I am posting them to the Model Pack folder on google drive right now.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2020-12-08 10:31:32 +0000 UTCHi Stephen. Did you provide the link to the Bargue plates? I can't locate it? thanks, Mike.
Michael Fairless
2020-12-08 10:18:14 +0000 UTCThanks, Sebastian!
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2020-12-08 06:33:39 +0000 UTCMaybe this is the format that can work- a live workshop rather than a pre recorded lesson... I will put this on the to do list.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2020-12-08 06:33:19 +0000 UTCThis was awesome, thanks. Really looking forward to the cast drawing demo. :D I'd also be really keen to hear more about figure drawing and how to organise the values in a figure.
Brooke D
2020-12-07 21:41:46 +0000 UTCThanks Stephen 👍🏽! This series looks to be amazing, as my school work comes to a close, I will be watching these and learning, looking forward to it. Martín.
Sebastian Rivero
2020-12-06 16:00:51 +0000 UTCI’ll look into that integration. The next dates are a bit in the air with Xmas and the upcoming full color painting tutorials... I love doing these though- can’t wait for part 2.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2020-12-06 11:03:06 +0000 UTCThis is great! Love it! When's the next session? Also have you considered break out rooms in zoom, just a suggestion! 👏
Andy Rodriguez
2020-12-06 11:01:32 +0000 UTC
